Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-12

Illuminate some OF the most glorious
pages of American history. lApplause'
Republicans will have large quantities
,oi stereotype plates for disposition, and
will have to furnish their readers with |
another kind OF literature, (laughterl
for ID is very clear 10 my mind that
united south aud united North will |
elect General Hancock, lapplausel, aud |
drive those miscreants hom power who |
haze places III consequence Ol sectiOha'
preiudices and their hatred al the Soutil'
cncenderCd by the war. Their orators
will hecome Very rloqucn, indeed over !
the iaet that 10y the increase at our trade
abroad; by the large amount oi exports
over imports, the balance oi trade Is III
our favor, and that this IL the achieve
mcnt al the Republican party. Every
intelligent man knows that the balance
of trade was scored by short crops IN
Europe and immense haryests III tins
country [applausel; that gold aud siver
flowed into this land to purchase the
necessaries oi lie. They will grow elo'
uuent over the TACT that greenbacks have
| been restored To an equality with gold.
Some OF us maintained twelve years
| AGO TINT ii the Government would re-
criyr It's own paper Tor lis own
durs, il 1t would order Their
rrcepiipn at the Custom house Tor Gus
| tom duties, they would De ut par Win
gold. MIR. Sherman found it necessary,
! before lac could maintain his sham re-
| sumption, or In inaugurate II, To ISSUE
an order to all the Custom houses oi tue
country to receive greenbacks tue ssh'e
as gold at the Custom'houses. lhey VIII
| tell you than they have been abe To az
icct specie resumption. The Democratic
party by their holding On To the green,
backs, by remonetiHing gold, and tod
Almighty shifting Europe with hm'n,
and giving abundance tp thiS country.
enabled them ~ accomplish that result
in their way. | Applause, Eat the 1T
puhhcan orators will have the impn.
dcnce To claim that these the acts 81
God aud the Democratic pafly-are
Republican achievement. Laughter
and applause.
Nv .ellow .c,li4eus, they have accom-
pIshed specie resumption, they say,
| And how has II been accomplished
John sherman said, in 1871, that the
pollcy proposed by the Republican par
IA wnuld result IN u iali at wages, the
PARALYSIS ui business and IA bankruptcy
aud ruin To- the producing classes. lie
snid that the result would be starvation
10 tho working classes, bankruptcy To
men al business and universal dcsola'
lion throughout tho country. lid lac
not tell the truth. Why did he pursue
that policyr Why was il necessary III
order that specie resumption might hr
done that the road should he taken over
thehankruptcy. ruin aud disasters which
have followed the Republican policy :
Nhy MAS all thi, necessary Simply TIE
cause the murcycd power al the cunn-
trv said Ia John ShcrIuan after all tliS
prrdirtInus oi mischief, This u the
way, walk We in" Laughter Aud lac
uhryed, aud the result VAS disaster and
rum. Who shall compensate the people
inr the mischief that has been wrought
in carving ont the policy ct Tie kr-
publican party
When the Democratic party shalt DC
guilty al Frustrating the industries ct
the country, paIalyIe business. and illl
the land " lih tramls, starvc the Work.
Ing classes, produce wTetchedHrsS and
rain in hundreds ui thouiauds al hnm'S
when the Democratic party shall pro
claim the ductIine that the States and the
teople have no rights which the Federal
government is bound To- respect; when
they shall summon the hayuucts TT lh'
soldier lor the purpose at porpctuating
their power; when the Democratic par
ty shall bo guilty III all the crimes at the
Republican party pcrpCtratcd IN The
last fifteen years, then inr one We viii
seek out ilancnCk IN SOME otLcr par
~. Loud cheers Aud let all the
| friends at Tree guNcrlmchi whether
| they he Democrats or Republicans or
Nationals who want to pcrpctunlc the
government until the las period Of re-
corded time, 20 Ia the polls aud vote lor
Winfield Scott Hancock and William u.
| Al some other time propose To- gave
my reasons more satisfactorily Ia mySell
and more clearly To- YOU, why with all
my soul | enter into this canvass Tor the
election OF General Hancock rs President
al the nited States Applause. Sian
der will seek in vain Tor Il place Ia iniuse
its poison into the lie aud character OF
General Hancock. We can, without
hlushing. ask the people both North
and South tn unite. a united North
aud united South will elect this hero,
this statesman, this patriot, To the high
est office IN the gilt at the American
people. Applause To say that tins
Is my feeling: that it is my warmost
| sympathy, is all that propose To say on
tins occasion. thank you Tor your at
| tCutlun.