Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-06
DEFY THH WORST ENEMY


alied to the letter. [Applausel,
We promised to Save your vast terrific.
ries from the blighted curse &C human
slavery, and we not only saved your vas,
territories from the blighting curse, but
we wiped the curse out Of existence from
the continent of North America. APP
plause
We pledged ourselves to give you q
homestead law, and we gave it 10 you
we pledged ourselves to build the Pacific
railroad, and we did; we pledged our.
selves to give YOU an agricultural college
land bill, and we gave it to you. Every
single pledge given has to-day
BEEN FULFILLED
by this great republican party, and yet
notwithstanding all that, YOU say that
your mission is ended, and therefore you
ought 10 die And who are the men who
| thus utter these ana;hemas ri The repub.
| lican partys Aye, they are the men who
rejoiced at every Union defeat, and who
mourned over every rebel defeat They
are the men who said that your green
backs were not worth the paper ON which
they were printed. They are the men
| who said your bonds would never be
| paid, and now they say, right here in
your town. "Oh, let by'gones be by
goes; let us forget the pastw APP
plause.l Wen, If l was copperhead,
would say, For Gods sake, let by cones
BE by.goes" (Applause.) But, fellow
citizens, we do not feel disposed to forget
the past Laughter) SO far AS we re.
| publicans are concerned.
WE HAVE MADE A RECORD
that will go down through all the ages as
,he most glorious record ever made in all
| human annals.
And now you wantus to forget the past
| We will not only not forget the past, but
we will not letyOu forget your past either.
! Iaughter) No, my friends, the mission
If the Republican party is not ended, and
1t is not going to die. The mission OF
the Republican party will never be ended
until liberty prevails throughout every
| inch of the territories of these United
States. The mission of the Republican
| party will not end until it is safe for you
and me to travel from the lakes to the
| gulf, and preach good, sound Republican
doctrine, and vote good sound Repub.
lican vote, as it is for
THOSE DEvIIIsH REBELS
TO come here to talk treason, and cast
| Democratic votes. Laughter We listen
to them politely, allow them TO take up
their residence here, and talk treason and
vote the Democratic ticket, and take no
| exceptions 10 it. We have done so ever
| since the rebellion closed, and our mis-
! sion will never end until you and | can
travel together from here TO the Gulf of
| Mexico and make the blacklist Rcpub.
| lican speeches that were ever made, and
vote the Republican ticket every time
once. Uaughler)
One single word more, fellow citizens
for | know you arc terribly anxious to
hear brother Garfield. (Cries of "Go onr)
| | want 10 say one single word more to
you. Did it ever occur To you that
1T WAS CALLED FUN
for those boys who threw stones at tho
| frogs, but how was il with the frogsy Ny
voice troubles me, as you have all seen.
! One single word, my fellow citizens with
regard to the prospects Of the country. 1t
| has been the custom with our opponents,
and particularly those of the grecnbgck
persuasion, to say that the people were
| starving TO death. Do YOU know of any.
body in the state of Wisconsin who il
| able to do good days work that cannot
! get employment to-day There Is not q
! solitary one in the state of Michigan who
| is willing TO work who cannot get a good
, days pay for good days work as COM
J pared with
THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES.
There has never been a time when a days
labor would buy as many of the necessa'
| - nd luxnriau IF life q a davis labor
will buy to-day Applause. There
has never been day when days labor
would buy as many nccessaries, as many
pounds of pork and beef, of -four or corn
meal, of bacon, potatoes and all the nee
cssaries of life linsey woolsey and cali.
co, and, if you please, silk dresses. There
| has never been time when days labor
would buy as many Of the nccessaries
and luxuries Of life as it will today,
Prosperity is spreading throughout
all our borders. To-day, you do not have
to carry o counterfeit note detcctor along
with yor, to see whether the bank has
broken, or whether it has not. To-day
you can select gold or silver or bank
notes, that you know to be good, for your
DAYS labor, and you know that it is worth
hundred cents. My Fellow citizens.
let me say that in my judgement this
prosperity
HAS COME TO STAY,
and that the dark days are over. Now,
my fellow citizens, adhere to this good
old republican party, that has done so
much for you, and so much tor the coun.
try, and vote the republican ticket every
time, and keep your conscience clear,
and you will never regret it.. Long, loud
and enthusiastic cheers
A Cure Discovered For Hydr0phobia.