Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-15


his personal rectitudc may be, put him I'm the
Presidential chair, chosen by Us Electoral
votes coming from the Solid South elected
by party which has thirty-two Democratic
votes in the Senate of the United States and
one hundred and six Democratic votes in
the House, ana as certain as sparks NY up
ward, as certain as II duck takes to the water,
so certain will that President be like the sheep
that was to be shorn and WAS dumb before his
shcarcrs.
Mr.. Conkling then referred to the
reasonable record of the Democratic
party, and went on to show the danger
of putting the reins of Government into
the hands of the men who attempted to
destroy it. Then following out this
line of argument to its logical conclu-
sion he paid his respects to General
Hancock as follows:
General Hancock-I have nothing to say
against him. lie fought in the war, and fought
braVely. L could sec men here, If l knew
whore they sit, who know better than ] know
the truth of that am now going to say. If your
old Senator, Governor lame, was here, whore
l could see him, l would appeal to him for
spectacles which we have both Witnessed,
showing tho utter helpcssness of the Northern
Democracy to resist for ono moment the ag-
gresSions of the South. Every party question
is decided by caucus. In that caucus
two-thirds of the men come from the
southern States. both in the House and
in the Senate; and just as one man cannot
outnumber regiment. just rs one pound can
not outweigh ton, so the tail feathers TO the
Dem 1cratic party in the North can not out
weigh the body, and boots and strength of the
Democratic party in the South. General Han
COCK is TO do what other men were compelled
to do, what Franklin Pierce did, what Buchan-
an did what mt last Mr.. Van Buren, attempted
to resist, and, like Macbeth, said: - will 20
no further in this bloody business" and de-
structiOn and disgrace were his reward.
Stephen A. Douglas, with Inatchless pluck,
came to the time when he said: "Here |
take my stand. Thus far and no farther"
hay g6 n tn hil
nvenging angel is not more unmercitul in
Judgment, nor more incXorahle or unerring in
vengeance, than the Democracy of the South
toward the men who attempt to upliTt the ban
ners OF revolt in the party organization. That
is what was seen in the case of General Han
cock i'm respect to his order No. ~. And ne
didn't make that order because he wanted
men slaughtered and shot down in Louisiana
and Texas. acquit him ofthat. But he has
no power to resist the pressure the mailed
hand of party
Postmaster General Maynard spoke
at the Circle to crowd of several thou
sand, followed by Governor Kirkwood,
of Iowa, and ex-senator Thayer, of
Nebraska. Mr.. Maynard's speech was
first devoted to u discussion of the tariff,
and said Nations first duty is to in
sure its own interests and the well-be-
ing of its people, to protect itself and
give to its people all the blessings of a
high civilization; and it is for that rea-
son that, speaking for the Republican
party and speaking for himself, he said
that he was for American labor, Ameri-
can industry, and American interests
as against the interests of the people of
other lands. The remainder of the
speech was devoted to the Southern
clans question.
Ex-Governor KirkwooG, OF Iowa,
followed General Maynard, and dis
cussed the tariff question, branching of
from that to the Solid South, and the
danger that menaces the country from
its existence, especially because of the
State-rights heresY. He closed as fol-
lows:
1t is said to us Republicans that when we
address audiences in the Northern States, we
endeavor to excite their prcjudces and TO
war; in short, that we tlaunt the bloody shiit.
Now, my friends, | have profound respect
for the bloody shirt. ! sent TO the held
from my own State of Iowa fifty thousand OF
as good men as ever marched. Many of them
wore the bloody shirt before tn " returned
home. Many of them were buried in their
bloody shirts, and never came home. | say
that the bloody shirt to nle symbolized patri-
otism as pure and devotion to duty as earnest,
and courage as splendid, as this world has ever
seen. / say TO you that have seen men, liv-
ing and dead, wearing the bloody shirt, the
latchets of whose shoes no NOrthern man who
sneers at it ever was or will he worthy to
unloose. have a profound respect fOrit, and
have profound contempt for the spirit that
will urge any Northern man to sneer ut it.
Governor Thayer made little speech
to the Boys in Blue, which closed the
meeting.
Thomas G. Campbell, a prominent
lawyer of Cincinnati, and General N. p.
Banks spoke ut the Courthouse to large
crowds there. The speech of the Tor
mer was devoted to discussion Of the
effect of the Democratic caucus, two
thirds Southern members, upon the
affairs of the country. The calamity
that would befall the people from South
ern ascendency could be arrested by
defeating Hancock. He spoke OF the
friendship of the Democratic party to
the workingman, and said that the stat
utes of seven Southern States regulat-
ing the relations of employer and en-
ployed, master and servant, make the
condition of the laborer as bad as it was
in slavery. In conclusion he said:
We are asked sometimes, when will the wav-
Ing of the bloody shut eNpreI When viii
your people cease to appeal TO sectional fee-
lngf When will you stop preaching the doc
trinc of hatCy ! say TINT 81 far as sec
tional argument is concerned, so far as
preaching Il doctrine of hate is concerned we
have stopped 1t long ago. The war OF tho soc
tiOns is cndcd-cndod, us we thought, a. least
when Lee passed his sword over 10 Grant.
That we arc mistaken in that Is because those
people there have willed that we should be
mist lken. As 10 when we will stop waving the
bloody shirt, that will depend upon how soon
they will stop making the bloody shirt
That will depend upon how soon the
time will come when every man can speak and
vote and not within the law just us he peases,
Z trG ri pII rfAn from In
FREQ from ii ssue ballots. When those things
cease, thea Onr call Will close. But until they
do cense, until every man can deposit u ballot
in every single foot of Union territory just us
freely as he to-day deposited lettor IN your
post-Ollice, and whenever the tlmo comes that
the ballot so deposited win be c ,unted as de-
posted, thcu--but, so help us GOD, not until
then-Wlll we cease to call for a strong, united
party once again, coming from every loyal
foot OF territory, 70 me ct this aggressive, im-
pudent lawlcss South OF ours.
General N. p. Banks followed in
short and scathing speech.
After the speaking the grand torch
light procession started, nearly 10000
torches being in line. 1t was II grand
display-houses were illuminated in
every conceivable manner. Transpar-
enoies and decorations were sus-
pended over the streets, and flags
were used extensively to set
oil what remained uncovered.
The transparancies were much better
than they generally are. The labor or
ganizations bore extracts from the taril
and free trade planks of the political
platforms. Republicans carried trans
parencies with such notices as 1929,
Garlield's Electoral Voto;" 1929, the
Numberof Poor Men Bankrupted by the
Cormorant;" "Jim, Telegraph TO the
Boys" and MY Dog, A. Lincoln," the
famous words attributed to Senator ID.
w Voorhees,. The procession formed
at Pennsylvania and Market streets. 1t
extended east on Market street to East
street, south on East to Washington,
thence west to Illinois street, making
in all nearly three miles, The men
marched close together and in columns
six and eight deep, and in this form