Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-30

10 suffer the penalty of the law when
ever discovered, and no special len
iency should be shown Tilden. Clear
ly he is very much cut of place in try
ing to play the role of honesty and
reform. For the first time in the his
tory of the Republic a self-convicted
perjurer has had the effrontery to put
himself forward as the leader of ere
orm."-Chicogo Journal.
VIM. A. WHEELER.
The Next vice-President at St.
Adams, Vermont
ST. ALBANs, VT, Aug. 25.-There
was large republican rally tonight
but a thunder storm prevented the il
Nominations. VIM. A. Wheeler ar
rived this evening, was greeted by a
salute, and in response to q serenade
spoke as follows:
Republicans of st. Adams: You
honor the cause of which / am just
now prominent representative. l
was placed in nomination rs the re-
publican nominee for Vice-President
in the National convention by the &C
ton Of the states of Vermont and Mas
sachusctts. 1t is the greatest honor of
my life that the republicans of these
states deem me sufficiently grounded
in New England faith to be one of
the representatives of their ideas in
the pending canvass.
In the matter of my faith I trust
they have made no mistake. ZAP
plause J believe in New England
/ believe in Plymouth Rock-for they
arc convertible terms. One of the
most gifted of New Englanders WAR
ren) has said that Plymouth Rock is
no quartz; it is perfect stone, cut off
the mountain without hands, and
hands cannot prevent it from becom-
ing a great moutain, filling the whole
earth. Every church, every school,
house, every town-house, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, has Plymouth
Rock for its foundationstone.-
Wherever freedom aims muskct or
raises standard, or sings song, or
makes protest, there is the Plymouth
Rock Of freedom.
The church-the school house-the
town house-these, my friends, form
the very cardinal principles Of the
Republican party. have often
thought, and often said, that the Com
monwealth Of Vermont composes and
illustrates the complete realization of
the highest ideal of republican form
of government.
| Where else can you find such gen.
eral intelligence-the result of your
free popular system of education !
Where SO much Of fidelity and econo-
my in the administration of state af-
fairs? Where so much respect for
the civil rights Of each and all the
people, as in the state of Vermont
The mission of the republican par
ty is to confer upon all people of this
country, in all the States and in all
the Territories, the inestimable privi-
leges which you enjoy. 1t is a duty
to which, in this centennial year OF
our nation, we ought to address our
selves with renewed attention.
| I have no purpose here tonight,
my friends, to recall the memorable
conflict through which this nation
has passed and which made the Amer
lean arms forever illustrious, but let
us never forget the obligations rest
ing upon us to secure the results OF
that great conflict for ourselves and
those who follow after us; and never
my friends, were these obligations
more apparent and imperative than
now.
i We are already engaged in another
conflict with the opponents of the par.
ty that saved the nation, and which
to-day protects its integrity and
guards its honor as in 1860. We are
once more, my friends, face to face
with an united South, with the demo.
cratic party of the North as its sub.
servient and plant ally. In every
late slave state in the Union, where
the Confederate party is dominant, ii
claims and may receive 40 votes in
the electoral college.
1t has complete control Of the lower
House and the balance Of power in
the Senate. There is not to-day in
these late slave states any man hold.
ing a prominent position, who was
not identified in the great struggle
against Grant. Not in the state o.
Kentucky can you find man in any
position whatever, who was not ell.
gagged on the rebel side. This is thu
condition of the South to-day.
/ have sat for months during tn,
last winter in Congress by the side o
81 men who, a few years since, will
arms in their hands, were engaged il
an attempt to break up the govern
ment. Now, have heard those mel
defend the hellish atrocities of Libby
Andersonville and Salisbury. hav'
heard Lincoln maligned. ! hav'
heard defended the right Of Virgin
ia justice of the peace to detain ant
open the mails of the United States
Can you tell me where is the diff
, ference in the spirit which twent.
, years ago led the Missouri borde
ruffians into Kansas and the MASSACRE
, at Hamburg, where regularly or
gained military company were frs
disarmed and then murdered in cole
, blood?
: My official relations have called me
during the past two or three years
: into Southern States, and tell yo1
what know, my friends, Of the .rea
, feeling of Southern people regardin.
t reconstruction acts. They regard tn
! amendments to the constitution in re
5 ference to slavery, and laws for tn
) protection of the freedmen, as tn
French provinces did their cession tt
l Prussia-at the point of the bayo
net.
1t is to the South, my friends, wit
this spirit and with the Democrat
, party of the North as Its plant ally
that we are asked to turn over til
!, government of the United States wit
all its powers of legislation, with al
, its machinery Of taxation. No sucl
,, proposition for audacity has its par
, allel in the history of the country.
3 What is the spirit of the democrat
e ic party? Do you want to prov
: what the democratic party of tn
| North still is! Go to Washington
!. and see fifty soldiers crippled In tn
! service of the Union turned out o
, the House to make room for as man
/ rebel soldiers. This is evidence o
4 the spirit of the northern democracy
!, Ny friends, we confront the oil,
. issue. You must not underrate tn
/. strength Of the South and its allies ii
a the North. You ask me if it can b.
averted. tell you, yes,-in the oil
e way, and in the old way only. Yol
: must not underrate the strength o
E this alliance. have an abiding faitl
' that the conscience Of the nation will
/ be sufficiently awakened to avert thi
great point. Under the lead. Of tn
gallant Hayes, who periled his lif;
f on the field Of battle-a modest man
. a plain man, a man who has eyinced
D great ability in his administration o
the affairs Of the great State of Obi,
under Hayes the republican party
will again achieve new triumph.
) What shall be your duty in the can
vass2 / tell you, freemen of Yer
mont, what ! know. The democrat