National Republican., 1878-08-30
THE SAND.l0T ORATOR.
Continued from Rra Puos. I

He also sent copies Of his speech to the or
gans of the plundererso Of this country for pub
licstion the next morning. 1t came out in
double. loaded type, headed "A Brilliant Speech
from John Sherman" But they did not say
that the people would not listen to his non
sense. He was received with boots, jcers, and
hisses. ! do not like TO see the freedom Of
speech tampered with but whom man Is 50 bold
rs to rob the American people, perhaps he de.
serves no better treatment. 1fhe does not know
any better he ought to resign. Why don't he
resign? Why don't you men make him resign
1t is your dongs. The idea of this man trying
to cram nonsense down the throats Of intelli.
gent people Is prcpOsterOus. have heard tell
of men having q check, but lie has got whole
face. Laughter. The people Of Toledo have
taught that man lesson he will never forget.
We hnd him also addressing the merchants of
Cincinnati. In the name of common sense,
who are tho merchants? A few men who suck
the blood Of the people.
The sooner the workingmen rise and do
their duty, the bird Of liberty will be again
looked upon as a bird of liberty and not what
1t is now, a dunghll rooster. Laughter.
Now, fellow. citizens, that old prostitute
known rs the Associated Press will say that
1000 hoodlums met oil the Capitol steps to
listen to me. There Is no less than 10000 peo-
pie here tonight, and will leave it to any
man and bet him 800 that l am right in my
assertion. This old prostitute, born Of the
plundorers. of course has some Of Its minions
here tonight, who will lie about the remarks
made by me. l expect to see double loaded
headline, accusing me Of making a prolanc
aud blasphemous argument.
Henry Water-and-Bread Beecher did not
use any profanity when he got into his
trouble, nor did the man who lately swindled
the people Of Massachusetts, out Of their money;
nor do any of those infamous thieves who go
to church every Sunday and form sort Of
prosperous and lazy theving gang of gamblers.
II Henry Water. and Bread Bcecher had used
some Of his time in advocating the rights Of
the wOrkingmen there would be no scandal to
relate about him. The workingmen of Amer
ica Gods noblcst children, are going to prac-
tice what they preach. We are going to or
ganizc ourselves into solid phalanx. We are
going to pool our issues, and take charge Of
this country. We have pruning knife with
which to cut the throat Of political bumners.
We are going to put industrious and intel
lcctual men in office and instruct them what
to do when they get thore.
We want no men like Blackburn, whose
heart Is as black as his name. l noticed re-
Gently the way he treated his constituents,
the people. The idea Of servant OF the peo-
pie daring to talk back and dictate to his
sovereigns We select them, and VIC do not
care what mans position Is, from President
to the lowest office, they are all servants, and
their constituents, the sooner we take them by
tho car and jerk them out Of office the better
for the country. have interviewed the whole
Cabinet look upon tho President as a very
nice gentleman. But as President of tho
United States havo not Il very high opinion
Of him. As soon as | read that President
Hayes financial policy was indOrsod by a band
Of theviug rascals in Chicago, then remarked
| to an audience Of 10000 men, In San Francisco
| that the President was owned, body and soul
/ by tho m Juey power. Cheers. lido not wish
| to cast any reflections upon tho Presidents
| character, rs was glad to see him elected, for
despisCd Tillcn and all his followers; and
say now that IL Tildcn had been elected the
country would be worse oil than 1t is now, even
! with such poor President as Hayes makes
: What the American people want is "a man OF in
/ dependent ideas and full OF live issues. 4
! voice, Butler Is the man.
| II you only had Butler you would bc all
! right. The Cabinet are all hard-money men
| aud il you try to argue the question With them
they ovalo it. They all go to the same school
| and all give the same answers.
| Friends and fcll0w-wOrkingncn let me APP
| peal to your intelligence tonight to raise the
! standard Of intellect. You have the power IN
! your hands to shake the social structure o.
| this country from its centre to Its circumfcr
. cncc In the name Of common sense, why
don't you takG charge OF your own affairs
Why do you invite political buTnmers to ad
dress you and to preside over your meeting
! who use you to suit themsclvesy
You urn marched to the ballOt.bOX like Cattl
to a slaughtCr.hOusr at every election. Nov
you will find great many OF the old batan
| political bumn2rS who have been shaking th
bloody shirt In your faces for the last five %
six years turning their sails to catch tn
popular brcezc. You will see them popping
M nt these meetings like u bObtailed mule II
| u,.i INN 4 ,yilI tall hnNy n
cOgnize them In your meetings: They alway
want to offer an amendment to the amend
ment. They submit some proposition to foo
the workingmen, and the sooner that such mel
are kicked ont from the ranks Of the working
mcu the better. They aim to create discussions
Their object Is to diyide.tho masses 80 tina
thay can again elevate themselves into power
But how joyful and beautiful 1t Is to soe tn
wOrkingEcu OF America meeting together, no
| as Cupmuu.Sis for these Internal pluuhrrer
are the Communists, us they take eyerythin
aud divide nothing. That is what we under
stand by Communists here. We know neithe
, German, Dutch Irish, nor English. Nor do W
know anything about Catholic Protestant
spirituali,ts, or atheists. But we meet u
=, common American workiugmon to assert OIL
, rights, and mean TO maintain them. lCheCrs
You have the ballot My God That Is MOI
powerful in the hands Ofan American lrecma
than the sword OF II nOnarchical leader. Wha
more do You want but to use II intelligcntly
\ voice How about the returning boards ?
Why did you allow them to steal your ballots
You ought to have hung them to the meare'
lamp. post. If men are afraid OF going to prisO
they ought to be slaves, When you put /
your ballots watch them, aud see that II
informal thief tampcrS with that ballUt-bo!
Some politicians make their appearance upo
the rustrum and arc greeted with shouts an
yulls. aud they deliver an eloquent, garnishe
I speech full Of howcry phrases The
talk of the sun, moon, and stars, but yO
never hear them appealing to u wOrkingman
stomach Have not we given this class Of eli
Iucut thieves plenty Of opportunity to run tn
rountryt Have not they run 1t for ninCt!
D, nine years, until il i, almost run TO he'll? The
e what mOrr do they waut7 Why, | could pic
z up cowboy, who has done nothing but drl,
. COWS all his life, aud | guarantee that Il
/ country, IL lCtt IN his hands, would not be IN
( worse condition than II Is to-day. Look ut Il
L South What has boon done for the w0rkim
, meu In that ,rctiun? No appropriations ha'
! hrcu made to build up tho lcvecs Of tn" Mi
. ,isSppi, aud the water comes IN WlL drowl
o the people out. Don't these Internal 8tulr
: Legislators know that every dollar spent in
. good cause will benefit the country? But Ol
. that sink Of iniquity pointing to the Capito
1t pity! II any of you men will only tai
a telescope and watch the moon when II
= passing over this Capitol you vi
. see the man IN the moon put his har
, up to his nose. Great lnughter.l But for Il
blOOd-,uckurs who brought the country to