Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-08-07

our sovereign, the violence that STILES his
voice, the fraud that obstructs him, is the
process that chokes to death our noble
country, and there can be no son to succeed
him. [Great applause.] And therefore the
Republican party will guard the ballot box,
this cradle of our sovereignty, with all its
but men who are entitled to vote shall sully
it with their presence. [Great applause
Hence the wrath of the Democratic party,
and they swore from the beginning to the
end of the last session of congress that I'M
less they could get these supervisors away
and conduct their elections in secret with.
out the eye of the government upon them
at all, they would starve the government to
death. Now, fellow citizens, let ME simply
| this extra session was not to have q solid
south. All they want is the vote of the
states of New York and Ohio. With these
| two they can carry the presidency, and then
they have the control of the government
| from turret to foundation. How can they
carry Ohio and New York? One way; if
they can get free control of the cities of
Cincinnati and New York, they can carry
those states without any power to prevent
steal more votes into the boxes after the
election is over than the good people could
put into them between the hours of in the
morning and at night. [Great laughter and
applause. Hence the anxiety. New York
and Cincinnati; this is all they have been
after in the late session. If an angel from
heaven, or, rather, devil from the internal
pit had been able some night to pluck from
our statute books the provisions that keep
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appropriation bills would be passed without
a word of debate, and we would have gone
home not to vex you. But they knew they
must carry those two cities or lose in 1886, and,
gentlemen, the Republican party don't pro-
pose to sacrifice 1880, or any other year of
our Lord on such an issue as that. After
they had said not one dollar of the forty.
five millions should be appropriated until
the election laws were repealed, we have
come back to tell you that forty -four millions
four hundred thousand have been appropri.
ated, and not one of the election laws have
been repealed. Great applause.
But, fellow citizens, we knew another
thing. We knew that the good people Of
this country had paid their money into the
treasury for the express purpose Of sup.
porting the government; but If this new
Democracy, reinforced from the late embers
of the dead confederacy, coming back into
that money to be paid, we knew VIC could
do with you what we did with you in the
days of the war, falling back into your arms
as you brought your bravest aud best to die
around the flag, that liberty might live.
You knew that your substance would be
poured out like water to sustain your gov.
eminent until you could cleanse the Augean
stable of politics aud send loyal men and
true to represent you.
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this period of time has brought forth some
very many marked and decisive results.
Two years ago all over the country, in the
Republican party, there were sentimental.
lists, optimists, men who said, $50 to your
southern brethren with the olive branch
and they will come back to you" Then
the talk was of friendship and love. There
were good Republicans and true who be-
lieved it; and it seems to be necessary that
the very. last experiments should be tried to
satisfy the minds of all, and when our pres
ent president came into power, an optimist
in the EXTREMIST sense of the word, sincerely
believing in the gospel of good will, he
went south and bore olive branches in both
his hands, far more than you aud l wanted
him to carry, but in good faith he bore them
everywhere, and while they spoke the word
of promise to his ear he has seen, you and 1
have seen, that at last they have broken it.
Now, after all that has been done, the dis.
closures of the last session have opened the
eyes of the most sentimental of Republican
sentimentalists.
There have been days of fullness in the
Republican party. It was day OF fullness
when you organized in 1854, and it was a
day of fullness when you chose Lincoln
in 1860. 1t was day of fullness when he
called for three millions of men to 60 under
the flag and save the republic, and it is
to-day again a revival of the Republican
party Applause such revival as you and
I have not seen since 1860. I tell you,
fellow.citizens, in parts of my state, now,
actually taking the canvass of townships
and making up the list of votes "certsin
Republican," "certain Democrat" and
"doubtfal." The campaign has begun,
and it has begun at the right end of the line
among the people themselves. These
American people have been more profound.
months than anything have known for ten
years. We have not sought to revive the
dead issues of the war. For one, would
be glad if all the bitterness of that strife
should rest under the green graves of our
dead; it the debt, currency, the honor, the
faith and the glory, all. II you pull up,
one by one, the roots, you will see the basis
of that glory, Of that faith, is the Republican
party.
Fellow citizens, we stand together as one.
l rejoice to see Wisconsin, young and
strong, hopeful and steady, and running On
her old high plane of faith in the Republi:
can party. [Applause.] l do not care if
as they are constantly doing. It is only q
compliment to us that they come after us.
They tell us that the greenbeck is the best
currency ever devised by men. True.
Who made it? [Applause.] We made it,
when you cursed it. Talk about home.
steads; why, even the decent Democrat
now is in favor of reserving ali the public
them to homesteads. But who originated
that? The first homestead law that the
republic ever kaew was signed by
Abraham Lincoln after it had been
| vetoed by James Buchanan. Zap.
pl.use You are in favor Of liberty after
YOU failed to keep slavery alive forever.
You are in favor of the war after it is over.
You are in favor of greenbacks after they
have done their great work, against your
will. find you marching along on some
high plateau and picking up some brand
fire, and swinging it around and saying,
" See my light" but the brand is an old ex.
tiDguished brand of our camp fire [great
applause] that we built ten years ago, and
when you were firing your curses at u.s..
But our lights shine ahead of US eternally,
and you may, if you desire, follow us at
what distance in the rear you please.
Thanking you for your great patience of lis
teping, will now retire.
Following is an abstract of Senator
Chambers excellent speech:
CHANDELIERS SPEECH.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND FtILOw CITIZENS: :
l have the right to use the word fellow.
citizens, and I use it in no narrow sense.
might use it in a narrow sense, inasmuch as
the state of Wisconsin once formed \ part
of Wayne county, where [ now reside
J [taughter], but use it in its broadest SEP Sc
rs an American citizen. It has become pop
ular to talk OF state citizenship and deny
national citizenship. am glad that yon
and l have precise y the same rights t., go
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