Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-06
Grand Republican Rally at East
Salem,

| that wete III inc. IL Wds tnc utbifc ol many
that the meeting should be an outdoor
meeting, as no building in the place was of
sufficient size TO hold half the people pres
ent, but the speakers had Z dread of the
effect of the night air, and on that account
the meeting was held in . large school
house at the south end Of town. Not half
the people could get into the house. A
large percentage Ct the audience IN the
building was composed of ladies'. A dele
cation from McAlistersville was present,
also a delegation from the vicinity Of
Browns Mills. Ii WAS q source of regret
that no building in the place was large
enough to hold all the people. The best
the boys could do outside was to walk, and
parade, and shout at such times as best
suited themselves, which sometimes did not
chime In with the comfort of those who had
seats inside the building.
jeremiah Loudenslager is President, and
Mr.. Shurtz, Jr., is Secretary of the Garfield
and Arthur Club, under whose auspices the
meeting was held. They were present, and
their manner OF dispatch of business indi-
Gates executive ability Of no common order,
as officers of public meeting.
The meeting was addressed by jeremiah
Lyons and B. F. Schweier. Mr.. Lyons was
the first speaker. He was introduced by
Mr.. Shurtz, Secretary of the meeting. In
an able and convincing manner he discussed
the issues of the day, and il is a source OF
outlined on paper as TO secure its publics-
ton. as a number of people who could not
get seats in the buildingi were anxious TO
hear it, and expect TO zee it in print. At
the conclusion Of Mr.. Lyons speech, b. r.
Schweier was introduced by Secretary
Shurtz. A full outline of his speech may
be fornd in the following report:
Schweier said: Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and
Genilemen-On the 2Sd day of last Septem
Der the telegraph flashed a message through
out the land-a message that has given, IS
it were, a new inspiration to the Democratic
party, because, by its promise they expect TO
win many votes, and tonight il furnishes
one of the text points that bristle from a
thousand Democratic political camp-fres
from the Canada line to the Mexcs an border.
The message Is in the form Of letter from
the chief standard bearer of the Democratic
party; it was dispatched by General Han
cock, the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. With your permission, Mr..
Chsirman-Ia addressing Mr.. Loudenslager,
Chairman of the meeting1 II will read the
letter, not because of any new docti inc that
il promulgates, but because of its promise,
and the declaration from Democratic speak
ers and Democratic journalists that Repub-
licsn speakers and journalists will conceal
the letter from people of their political
faith. The Hancock letter is in regard TO
the payment of claims that originated
through rebellion, and to declare that the
letter will not be given TO Republican read
ers and hearers is a wrong declaration, and
the force of the untruth will fall on the men
who make it, for the Republican party is
pre-eminently an intelligent party and comes
TO conclusions as to the merits, or right and
wrong of questions by reading what the op-
ponent may say and write, and that, Mr..
Chairman, is my reason for reading the let
ter.-[Letter read. Where General Han
COCK learned the art of stste-craft, or learned
state diplomacy the letter does not sav, but
il is a model of stste-craft composition.
King Williams chief cabinet officer, Bis
marck, could not excel ii, and if Bismarck
should die, the King of Germany could do
no better than to put Hancock in his cabi
net as chief diplomatist.
The letter is promise, and declaration
"a promise that the Southern war claims
shall not bc paid, and a declaration that the
time has come to pronounce az ainst the pay
ment Of the claims of Northern men. 1t
puts the rebel and the Union men on one
and the same level, as 10 claims on govern
ment, and just TO that degree sinks the
cause of the North by putting il on a level
with the cause of the South. There is one
sentence IN il that reads, " Nobody srpects
or rants such unnatnrqf Gcfion," which SEN
tence Is in direct contradiction of the lies
of Congress, for it is well known 10 the
world that many want just such unnatural
action, as is proven by the millions of dol
lars o. claim bills that are on file awaiting a
favorable time to pass them through Con-
gress. How Hancock can put such a de-
hbera,e misstatement before the country is
no. understood.
Bat, Sir, when We come to consider the
letter Of promise of General Hancock in the
light Of history Of prominent men of the
Democratic party, in the light of former
Democratic candidates for the Presidency,
in the light of the promises made by James
K. Polk and James Buchanan, it falls to
pieces like ashes.
Is the. promise of Hancock worth more
than the promise of James X. Polk or the
promise of James Buchanan They we're
men of character. Is Hancock's character
higher than was their's7 The very best
that can be said of them is that they fell
away from their statecraft promises, under
the influence of the now Southern briga-
diers. They were not, 1t is true, surround
ed by brigadiers, but by men who believe
the same doctrines, ideas, or principles, as
TO government. Men with the same ideas
of government will surround Hancock if he
be elected President, and they will infiu-
ence him just as their predecessors intiu-
enced Polk and Buchanan.
In 1874 the mining interests and the man.
ufacturing interests of the North became
alarmed under the free trade teachings of
the Democratic party, just as many people
now are alarmed under the teachings of the
Democracy that the southern claims will
have to be paid if a Democratic Congress
and Democratic President be elected. To
quiet the alarm of the mining and manufac-
turing interests of the country, Mr.. Polk
and bis friends inscribed upon their banners