Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-09-04


BRIDGE srRERr.-John P. wyman; John Par
sons, elegantly decorated with flags. string Of
six white lanterns bearing each letter OF Gov
Corners name, Hayes & Wheeler notices, ilu-
minated portrait of Lincoln; Mr.. Stimson; L.. w.
Neal; w. II. Brooks; j. c. Weber; Fred Nor.
ton; +. Moorlen.
CHESTNUT STREET.-Elisha Atkins. house illu-
minated, motto suspended from trees, Equal
rights for all, Union forever; ). r: Dunnng,
lanterns and flags; George 5. Ballard, house and
by Chinese lanterns; Mrs. Craig; c. E. Collier;
W. II. Turner, lanterns and flags; Il. +. Black
man, Hayes d Wheeler transparency, flags with
Hayes Il Wheeler portraits; Mayor Nash, tapers
in every pane of glass; Russell Eaton, house and
grounds elegantly decorated Geo. Tobey Misses
Burton, display of bunting and flags; l.. V. Phil
brook, Chinese lanterns.
SPRING STREET.-P. o. Vickery, lanterns, flag
suspended across the street to N. G. Wares, whose
house and grounds were illuminated with Ian
terms; DIR. Brickett; G. w. Vickery, lanterns and
flags; Alden Sprague, light in every pane of glass.
elegant display of Hayes 4 Wheeler portraits,
notices and flags.
SUMNER SThEET-D. c. Robinson; Charles
Greenwood; w. +. Hallett; E. A. Mason; S. G.
Whitehouse; Mrs. Ladd Rev. c. +. Penney G.
F. Hawes; Mrs. Sarah G. Morton.
NORTH STREET.-Ed. Getchell, house brilliant
ly lighted
COURT sTREEr.-Joseph Partridge David T.
Wald; Capt. Charles Mclaughlin, house and
yard Illuminated with Chinese lanterns.
WINTHROP STREET.-lIon. Lot NJ. Morrill,,
house and grounds brilliantly Illuminated with
lanterns and flags; James Moore Mrs. Wood
bury; j. /. Plummer and Z. Gilbert, parlors illu-
minated and decorated with flags festooned, shield
in centre bearing the device "Loyalty"; Miss
Elmer sanborn; j. T. Wyman, Chinese lanterns
0. c. Whitehouse; Jos. Anthony. lights
shown throughout the house, cupola bril-
liantly illuminated with tapers in every pane;
Joseph Baker; VIM. 7. johnson; J. s. Gushing;
Arthur d. Locke; Eben Sawyer; l. II. Titcomb;
Daniel Sewal; Mrs. Arthur Hall, house and
grounds; +. Ii. Beae.
Scene after the Halt.
| A large crowd had collected all the evening
about the Augusta House and stand, in expectation
of speaking but the din of cheers, the inspirting
music and flaming torches and fireworks were not
exactly conducive to attentive listening or calm
reflection. So it was not until ten o'clock after
the procession had broken ranks on the return and
at the close of their march, that anything like
favorable opportunity for speaking was seized up
| on. crowd doubling in size that of the after
noon and fully twice enthusiastic, gathered
around the front of the house and in its vicinity;
the windows, doors, and balconies of the hotel
were crowded. Even in the assembled multitude
in front there many ladies anx ous to see and
to hear.
| Previous to the return of the procession, Mr..
Nicholson sang several campaign songs.
| Gov. Conner called the assembly to order and
introduced Gen. John A. Garfield of Ohio, as
gentleman who had served with distinguished
honor in the field, and who had so nobly followed
up Mr.. Baine's passage at arms with Hill.
Gen. Garnsld's Speech.
Gen. Garfield was enthusiastically received and
said he would speak but few minutes lie had
listened in the afternoon with great pleasure to
the distinguished Senator, dear 20 the people of
the country. and with whom he had been long
in comradeship in his noble work. lie felt as he
| looked upon the scenes of the evening, as though
| the old spirit of the war had come back and he
had again the thrills of victory. He would say
something about the two parties; and one thing
must be admitted that political parties have life
and growth. The democratic party started on its
career forty years ago. it was party Of ideas and
did the country great service in the time of Jack
son and Jefferson. But by and by there came up
a great que stion-that of savery-it begun to
call out from that party its brightest and best ele
ments As the sun, shining upon an iceberg, lifts
up into the sky the best particles Of that ceburg,
to shower them down upon the earth again, so
the best elements of the democratic and whig par
ties, were drawn into and formed the republican
party of this nation. Growing up from small be-
gnnngs, it had become the best party in the whole
world. But just this party grew in good ma
terial, the democratic party deteriorated. and so
the great contest has been waged, and liberty and
| truth has prevailed. The brought great
strength to the republican party by taking out the
best and patriotic men from the democratic party,
until now the democratic party is left cold, dead
mass of obstruction-a dead party of negation.
| He would like to have two great scrolls exhibit
ed. Upon one he would have written all the
leading doctrines of the democratic party for the
last twenty years, and upon the other all the lead
| ing doctrines of the republican party. On the
democratic scroll there would not be found written
down one single doctrine or idea that is not as
dead as julius Caesar. Is there democrat that
can name onef He would pause for q reply.
You don't name it, as there is not the slightest
possibility of doing In 1860 the democratic
party had faction that said the constitution car
res slavery into the territories. You don't be-
lieve that doctrine to-day The Douglass doctrine
of squatter sovereignty is also dead. At Chicago
in 1864, the party resolved that the war was fail
ure. But it not failure Sheridan and
Farragut shot that doctrine TO death. In 1868,
| Seymour declared that the three great constitu-
tional amendments were void. Are they so, to-
| day. The issues raised when the party nominated
Greeley, in 1872, are among the things that were,
but not. We walk across the ideas of the
democratic party, and we tread among the graves
of the departed-Dread Scott decision, slavery,
sece sson, all dead and buried. And good many
democrats are glad that on all these points the
republicans voted them down.
But look at the scroll upon which is written the
record Of the republican party. Not single
dead doctrine there; flaming all over with life
and glory. Slaves made free, secession subdued
the fact that this is nation confirmed, and made
alive forever From top to bottom of the great
list, our doctrines glow with life and light.
| With this plain contrast between the two great
parties, can any one long hesitate where to go?
He contrasted the two candidates. Tilden is
making a persistent personal assault upon the
presidential office. He is disciple of the old
school of Martin Van Buren,, and has been trained
| in the worst school of New York city politics.
Over against that cand date stands the man who
gave himself early and earnestly to the cause.
When we talk of him the democratic party accuse
us of waving the bloody shirt. We will wave the
bloody shirt just so long as they make bloody
shirts for us to wave. We will hold up the gar
ment and say "you made this bloody" When
Rutherford b. Hayes was carried bleeding from
the field, he was not ashamed of the bloody shirt
| he wore.
He would take the whole vast debt of the ma
tion pile it up before the door of the democratic
party, and say, "You caused it all" He did not
propose to forget the war; its spirit is in this
campaign, and it ought to be there. He was
ready to meet any democrat upon any of the is
sues of the day, but when they turn their backs
upon the soldiers of the war, they must under
stand that the will be fought out at the ballot
hox until il is fully established in history, Every