The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-23

hWouB IueuI looklDB each Othef In The
face, who believe that upon the whole tht
man they are looking in the face, wheth
er he Is right or wrong, alter all means tc
be right. (Cries Of good and applause)
Il is not good thing to say OF 4 man thai
his intentions are good and there IL .
proyerb that q very bad place Is paved
with good intentions, (laughter) and yet
after all among this people the man that
has the confidence Of the people, that he hai
good intentions, has gained something
and perhaps l had better stop here and
call upon some other. (Cries Of 20 on)
Well, then, there Is only one other thing
and that is up in New Hampshire, as il
Ohio and every other States. You desire
this Union 10 be q real Union: (amen)
a Union Of hearts, and Union Of friends
you would wish 10 have the entire Union
secure; not merely by force, but by all
the affections Of the people in all
parts oi the country. Applause).
Now while we have had in the
past distrust between the sections,
alienation, hostility and bad blood,
l believe, nevertheless, with the cause re.
moved, the old harmony and concord may
return, [crieS Of good and ! believe It
will return, and ] believe in adopting
measures that will make It return speed.
lily. [Applause and cries Of good. Then
do not see but that in the main we
agree as to the most needful thing 10 be
done and our only difference is upon the
measures by which we are 10 accomplish
that end, and this ! must decline alto
gether TO discuss. tLaughter.] And 80
now let me introduce 10 you gentlemen
who are somewhat responsible for my
blunderS, and It Is great pleasure 10
have somebody 10 lay il on. In the first
place there Is gentleman from the
South that il is said captured the good.
nalured man from Ohio. Well, can't
say sure about that. There may be some.
thing in it, bat thought then We cap.
tured him. He was very much in error
during four years, and his error contin-
ued up to last November, for, as have
been telling audiences, he made bad
mistake in voting against me in Novem-
ber last; and yet upon the whole he seems
to be very honest man, and that is one
thing that seems to disturb men in poIi-
tics. There are so many men that vote
wrong; but he has become better very
fast, and, as l told the up there, If you
keep him among you week or two he
will be as good Republican as you can
furnish. So now l introduce 10 you
Postmaster General Key. Applause.
Postmaster General Key said: "Fellow.
citizens-The President is fortunate in
having some General upon whom he can
lay his error. ! appear before you to-
day with some embarrassment, confess.
remember that twenty-five years ago,
away down in Tennessee, in town where
lived, Chattanooga, l heard discussion
in regard to this State, and I came up to
see how much truth there was in that dis.
cussion. One Of your distinguished citi.
zens, Gen. Pierce, was then candidate
for President, and among others l was q
Democrat then and supported him. There
met at our town an immense mass meet
ing Of both parties. One OF the speakers
advocated the election OF Gen. Scott and
another Gen. Pierce. The Wing speaker
insisted that New Hampshire was a very
bad State and Gen. Pierce was responsible
for that state Of affairs. lie said that
there was religious intolerance. By
the Constitution Of New Hampshire Cath.
olics were not allowed 10 hold office. He
went on to say this was one Of the l3 col.
onies; one Of the original States of the
Union. The reply OF the Democratic
orator was that the Wing speaker was
entirely mistaken; that New Iiampshire's
name was New Hampshire; that she
was not one OF the old colonies
or one Of the old States. Laugh.
teri The Postmaster Of our city
being supposed 10 be the most learned mar
Of the place was appealed to, and he
proved that the Democratic speaker was
right, [applause and that New Hamp.
shire was new State, and that satisfied
the Democrats and the people generally.
They thought that as the Wing speaker
was wrong in one thing he was wrong in
all. Now came here expecting to zee
an old State, but every where have seer
evidence Of your thrift and prosperity
and am not sure but that the Democratic
speaker was right. You, are more like
youngmen, like active men, like men who
are determined, ito work out destiny and
a glorious destiny at that. 1t is true, as
the President has kindly said as few mo-
ments ago, that I was down in my own
State supporting 10 the best Of my hum.
disabilities the election Of another to the
Presidency Of the United States, and
suppose that no man was more sur
prised than l when His Excellency
asked me to take seat in his Cabinet,
l supposed my friends would say thai
such 4 step might not hurt me great
deal, and It might be my ruin. Laugh
teri lsupposed the Republican party o.
the North would say what has this Presi
dent, whom we have done so much tc
elect, gone and taken that old fellow, who
has been from his earliest infancy Dem
ocrat, and who in later days was rebel
into his Cabinet for? supposed, my
friends, and l am serious when l say it
that all through the North there woulC
be q burst Of indignant disapproval
for it was certainly unusual. / have
been gratilied, my friends, TO see tha
a greater part Of the North have accepted
that appointment Of his in = far differ
ent feeling, and / have felt satisfied from
the beginning that it was the expression
OF the people Of the North that they were
tired Of this sectional spirit and wished
it TO be forever buried. [Cries Of good.
Now my friends, these men from these
States assisted In establishing our Gov
ernment and our Constitution, but soor
after we had entered on our career OF ma
tional greatness they entered into con
troversy on the subject Of slavery. Ipro
pose not to enter into the reasons Of thi
controversy, but state to you that it is un
fortunate It ever existed. II iatortunate
that II is ended. There are those at the
South, | regret to say, who have lived OF
this controversy and are sorry it ended
They accept the Constitution in goot
faith; all the Constitution with its amend
ments, and are willing to stand by them
and die by them II need be. (Applause.
We are free people. The great chasn
which has separated the North and Soutl
has been closed forever; and no slaves ex
ist in this broad land Of ours. This ia
cause Of congratulation, as much to th
people OF the South as to the people O
the North; and, my friends, let me asl
you here, let me ask you everywhere, 70
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