Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-03-22
lngersoll on Hayes.
SPEECH or col. r. G. INGERsoLL OF ILLINOIS,
IN NEW YORK.

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Above I'll things. Il President should BE- a pa
triot Party AT best i only means to an end.
that end being the good of the country aud the
happiness of the people. The President took
the right hand Of the North and put it into the
right hand Of the South and said Let Us be
friends. We parted at the cannon's mouth
we were divided by the the dripping sword.
We must become acquainted sgain. We are
all citizens in government Of the people. by
the people. and there shall not h. a down-tr rod
den class, whether white or black. To this
feast every child OF the Republic shall be in
vited ami welcome.
1t was a grand thing grandly done. If the
President succeeds in his policy il will be an
immense compliment TO his brain. II he fails
it will be an equal compliment TO his heart.
Applause. He has opened the door He
has advanced and he has extened his hand.
He has broken the silence Of hatred with the
words OF welcome. Actuated by thi- broad
catholic spirit he selected his constitutional adj
vi>er-. Let me say right here, the President
has a light 10 select his constitutional advisers
to suit himself. Loud applause. The idea
Of men eudeavoring TO force Themselves or
others into the cabinet OF a President against
hi will. | would soon think of circulating
petition 10 compel some woman marry me I.
Laughter
lie has gathered about him the men he con-
siders the wisest and the best, | say, let Us
give them far chance. | say. let u be hon
est with the President Of the United States
ami with his Cabinet, and give his policy fair
and honest chance. Mr.. Eyarts- Loud ap-
plause is lawyer. standing coufessedly at
the head Of the Amer lean bsr, man perfect
~ acquainted with international law, and who
has character without a stain. Carl Schurz
man OF culture. man of great literary at
iainments, AMI believe an honest man. !
look upon his selection a real compliment
paid to intelligence and brains. Richard ".
Thompson have known personally for a good
many year.. He i gentleman OF the old school.
He has been republican ever since that par
~ was born. and believe he has helped write
every platform 1t ever put before the world.
He i an excellent lawyer. He is one Of the
kindest, puresi. and best Of men.
Gen. Key will he honest with YOU, l did
not like that appointment when / first heard
Of 1T went anI called on him. ! thought /
would be fair ABOUT the thing. Laughter. sm
satisfied with the appointment. II will 90
good. And he begins 10 re>embie republican
already. Laughter. He fought against this
Government snd did nearly much harm
a. thought he had lived in the North. and talk
ed and wrete against the Government. There
is one thing in hi favor he never was a MEM
ber-I won't say It. lie voted for samuel ]
TIlden. What DO you think of that; Laugh
ter. Don't tell me that reformation j. not
possb. for all the sons Of men. He j. a dem
ocrai. and yet the President made zap his mind
that 10 appoint that man would be 10 saw to
the South, i don't hook upon you a. pzriahs
in this Government; look upon YOU a. ie-
low cltizent / want YOU 10 wire forever
cords Of this Government. on occount Of what
ha, bean done heretofore What are YOU now:
i the only question that should b. asked.
il was strange thing for the Precedent 10
appoint that man. 1t was an experime mt. II
j. an experiment. II has not bren decided,
but believe it will simply be proof OF the
Presidents wisdom. II was brave thing 10
appoint him andi was a brave thing on the
part oiGen. Key 10 accept the nomination.
APPLAUSE For ms part. am glad the ic,
nd | hGl stafft
ami applaud the appointment OF Gen. Key.
Nothing could have been better. in nv judge
mcni than the appointment Of John sherman
at he head OF the Treasury. Applause. He
i pcrfcctl, scqua ntel with our financial his
tory. with our legislation upon the subject.
and he has the confidence Of the entire cOun-
try. A, long as Gen sherman nolds the sword
sud John sherman the purse OF this nation
Will neither be whipped nor robbed. ZAP
pause. The Attorney General. thas Devens.
was As brave a. he is modest. aud i A. learned
A. be Is unas>umlng. | am satisfied with him.
McCary i naturally man Of peace; il the
South will accept this prOffered branch. and II
the south Will not. my judgement i that he
will b. q man Of war. He comes from the
banner Republican State in this Union. fIe u
a firm. honest man. and Whatever he doe. will
be that which his conscience and his heart ap-
prove and applaud.
Taken altogether the Cabinet suits me. Il salts
hedwith every one OF them ,aii-trdto make the
experiment. satisfied 10 help the experiment
succeed. The moderate mel n. the men Il busr
ness, men representing the substantial inter
e-is Of the country, men who have succeeded.
men who expect honestly 10 .ucceej-the rea
heart and brain Of the whole country are sat
ished 10 try this policy. Applau,e. 80 far
a. il has been developed they are satisfied 10
stand by the President in thi. matter. They
know that 1i> policy l. only a means TO an end
and if this policy fails, | tell you Tonight the
President has got the brain and ha. got the
pluck TO change hi, policy jus' a Often As the
ends Of good government require It. OF course
there are men south aud North who can never
be cunciliated.
There are the incapsbles in the South and the
Bourbons in the North. Nothing will coucili-
ate thrm-nolhing. The implscab!e want 10
hunt the negroes and whip them, ard the
BourbOn- never viii be satisfied until they
help catch them. The mplacabies with yio-
lent hand, drive immi grafton from their shores
they poison the springs and sources Of pros
perity, they dine on hatred. they sup on re-
gret, and they mourn over the Lost Cause and
partake Of the communion of revenge. They
strike down the liberty OF their fel ow citizens
and DO not enjoy their own; they remember
nothing but wrong, and they forget nothing
but benefit. Laughter Their bosoms are
Il led with the serpents of bate. No one can COM
promise with them. Nothing can change them.
They must be left TO The sofiening changes Of
time and death. Laughter
believe il was Charles Lamb. who, when
walking IN the cemetery. after reading the cpl
/ tAiu>. eAi 10 us mOtntF. - W mere 10 tlet Duty
the bad people* I'm the future one walks
through the cemetery where will sleep the i'm
/ placables think the question will be, Nv here
do they bury the good:' Laughter. A Bour-
bon in a majority is an implacable, and the i'm
/ placaole IN \ minority l. Bourbon. But there
4 are in the South thousands OF men who have
accepted in good faith the results Of the war.
There are thousands OF democrat, in the North
who have accepted In good faith the results Of
+ the war-thousands Of them who admit that
moi III in no Late civ rifa
laughter Thousands of these men, | say,
/ there are. North and south. who wish to pre-
| serve ibis nation. They are tired OF strife linen
4 longing for reunion based on mutual respect
aud confidence. There men are willing that
/ the colored man should be free. willing that
| be should vote and vote for the government OF
| his choice. willing that he should have all the
rights Of an American citizen.
! There i air enough for Us all let everybody
/ breath. There is water enough for Us all; let
everybody drink. There is liberty enough .or
Us all let everybody be free. The man who
is not willing to extend TO every other human
being every right he claims TO himselfis q dis
/ honest, mean. and selfish man Applause
| Those North and South who still love this coun.
Try are tired Of the Implseables, they are dis
gusted with the Bourbon-. These men wish to
unite with the patriotic men Of the North. with
the men Of the North who have an interest at
stake in the great work Of re-establishing the
government Of the law.
/ For my par, call me Of what party YOU please
| am willing to join hands with those men with
out regard TO color or previous condition.
These men have already-these men of the
South have alresdy--msde US their debtors
Let me tell you something. II the High Joint
Commission had failed; If the Vice-President
/ bad never counted the vote; if the election had
been thrown into the House of Representatives,
| samuel j. Til den would never have been cleo
ted, but Rutherford b. Hayes would have been
elected by southern votes. (Applause.l know
| what am talking about.
| During the last Congress the Southern mem
bers. not all Of them, but enough OF them-men
who had fought upon the field OF war against
| the life Of our country-held in their hands SO
to speak the destiny of the United States. With
one word they could have plunged us into the
he'll Of civil war. We were not saved by the
northern democras, we were not saved BY the
great host OF honesty and reform [lsughterI
We were saved by those who had once sought
to destroy the nation, because they had had
enough Of war-they wanted peace. Applause
They refused to act with the BOurbons Of the
North they said, We like this country. we
know what war is /: our land was laid waste,