Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-29
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/ buys any thing by tic aero Il IL d hat We
] thke man who is not only "a scholar, pa.
/ tilot hud soldier, but a statesman. When
/ shy statesman mean II In the true sense ~
| the term Tor he has but few peers NJ o states.
man In this country. These one. horse can.
! tel0pe Democrats llnughtorl that 20 around
TINS country dcnouncing Garfield as u dishon.
| ,est man-wly, he has got moro honesty IN lis
/ ms had for twenty years. lGrcat applause.
] NOW, my fellow. citizens, IN closing, / want
| 20 chll your attention - the class Of people
and ask then
WHETHER YoU CAN TRUST THEM
| or not. Who arc thoy that arc supporting
] Sch. Hancock TO. .dnyI Because he wears u
Dlue coat and brass buttons, does that cover
! loynif would Ike 60 know. With u few eN.
| cepuons-therc may probably be two dozen
| exceptions 20 the rule-but, rs n rule, every
] traitor that attempted 20 destroy the Amen.
| can nag, or that shot your brother, or your
| son, or my friend or your friend, Is support.
ing Gen. Hancock. lApplause.l Every man
] tnht stole your muskets and your ammuni.
! tion from your arBcnuls, every man that rob.
! pea your Treasury i5 friend Of Hancock.
] Applause 1 would like to see the Demo.
! cratic leaders march up here and muster their
! troops that they are going 20 bring up to sup.
! port Hancock. lLaughterl When they draw
| them up in line, who would they bel There
| would be 100000 rebels under the stars and
| bars, with curses on their lips against the Ma.
ton, with oXecrations against the sacriflcial
! blood OF Union soldiers. They would be com.
| ing up to supprt Hancock for President of the
| United States, that the laws might be re.
versed, and that they might control the Gov.
ernment of the Nation. You would not only
| find them, but every White Liner every White
! Lacquer, every ku.kluN, negro murderer
] Dulot-DoN stutcr, and every outrageous in.
! dividual who has opposed the authority of
] the Government, and who has been terror 20
/ the lives OF southern Republicans, you would
| ma in that column and in that phalanN. ZAP.
! plause.l
WHO ELSE WOULD YOU FIND THERE?
Every man in the North who wanted the
! rebels 20 succeed and who rcioced with their
! success, and with the defeat Of the Union
men thercI Yes you win find IA few misguid.
! ed soldiers who do not vote as they shot
! VINO else would you tndy You will not find
| the women and you Will not find the men who
stood under the shadows Of the trees in their
! own yards and lifted up fervcnt prayers to
heaven for the success of the boys in blue.
! you VIII not hnd the men and women who, with
! scHlding tears through the long four years OF
! war nOurncd the loss of friends fighting for
! the Union. You will not lind the people who
maue the tags and presented them to the
| Union soldiers during the war. Who would
! You hndy You would find Lyman Trumbull
! John VI. Palmer, Mr. FarnswOrh and "A few
other lame ducks Ilaughterl, who could not
! Eet any offices any longer under the
Republicans and have hobbled over to
III you Will let us be in the lead in the
Northern states we will let rebels lead in the
southern States" Laughter and applause.l
| lhele they are behold them. LGreat APP
! plause.l Now, who IRE they that support the
! Republican ticket? Why, there are II million
! OF men to-day who fought for the Union
some of them crippled and maimed that
march up to the same Old step; IL is the
steady tramp, tramp, tramp, to the music OF
| come with the ballot in their hands-not Il
! sccesh ballot, but the old broad white ballot
OF the Union, representing the glory the en-.
! ergy and the spirit and civilization of this
! people. And rs they come walking up with
| their ballot there is Il man with them. Look
| at him; he stands serious, solemn and silent
] but soldier na ln IN
! salute him, each one pays u homage to that
silent and quiet man; and when the soldiers
! all pass by he steps up and salutcs the cundi.
| date of the Republican party, and SAYS: 81
! was the Commander of these Union forces
| during the war;
MY NAME Is U. S. GRANT"
| prolonged applausel Following these sol.
| diers and this quiet man come then the loyal
| and the true OF the North, the men and the
women that were with us in sympathy all
! through the war. You viii find here the good
! and noble women following along in this
/ grand line of grand men. Following Them
my countrymen comes another class-the
| poor, the unfortunate, the down .trodden
| black man. He walks up mt the head OF his
] column, and saws: DO you recognize meg
| Why, Massa, don't you know that never be.
| trayed youT Applause Don't you know
| gave you bread when You were hungry? Dom
/ you know that took you into my cabin and
! sheltered you? Don't you know that show.
| ed You the road to liberty from the prison
] penE Don't you know that guided you to
the rebel ranks; Don't you know that when
=
| at your stdey Don't you know that was ever
true to the Union, and by that got my free
DOM Don't you know that am true now,
and honest, and loyal? Let me come where
| may vote without being shot down like n
! wild beast in his lair; to vote with the loyal
and true men of the North" [Great applause
SIR, THESE ARE OUR COMRADES;
/ these make up our army these are our politi.
| cal friends; this is our political organization.
We are not ashamed of It; we are proud of It,
And say to the Democrats while you wish to
u FlsaNN 81
| blot it out, while you wish to never hear
| of it again, we say we are proud of the
record OF the war; we are proud OF the record
| OF the Republican party. We are willing to
! have it { Id on every stump, in every church.
! from every housetOp and from the highest
| peaks of the lOfticst mountains and in the low.
lest valleys Tell it; yes, tell it. We say, tell
our record tell our history; write il down and
! let 1t stand us long us time shall last. Let fu.
! turc generations read it, and while they read
| It, the proudcr they will be of it. We have
made no record that we are ashamed OF; what
we have done we stand by. We stood up to it
| then; We propose 10 stand up to it now And
| when You ask we tell you we have given YOU
/ evidence of our honesty and of our good faith
| on every hand. Why, my fellow. citizens when
| You say, Was the Republican party in good
| faith when it declared for liberty" II You
! want to know, look ut what we have done. If
| you want to see, look at what every one can
/ see without drawing much on their own i'm.
/ aginoton. II is n monument to principle with
! Il base as broad as this Union, with steps to
| the very top, and the top Dathed in the sun
| light of the sky, and on that Is written "This
| monument is built of iron shackles tlnt were
unrivcted from the limbs of four millions OF
! slaves by the strong arm and the genius of
! the Republican party tremendous applausc1
and there IL stands and will stand forever Ii
| you want to know moi we tell you
our MONUMENTS ARE EVERYWHERE.
! We point You to the graves of our fallen he.
roes as evidence of our loyalty to our Gov
| cmmrnt. We point you to the white shafts
! above their graves. and we tell yOu this that
| if the Democratic theory is right, If the theo-
! OF state rights ana StutH SDNprpiUntV IA
taught by the Democratic party up
| to 1861, is the right, Is the true doc.
! trine, then tear down our monuments; /;
| then you want to take the monument that
! stands over the Z ave of Abraham Lincoln
and put it over the grave OF Lee; and You
want to take down the statues of Mcpherson
and OF Thomas in Washington City, and rear
| in their places the monuments to Sidney
johnson and Stoncwall jackson. If that is to
| be the successful idea it be crowned with
all the glory that it is entitled to. But If our
idea is TO be successtul-the idea that this is n
| Nation, with power to protect itself-in Gods
name let our monuments stand and don't dis
grace them. Let them there stand as long rs
time shall last, and let the ins eription be
read; let It be known that every treason
against the Government from the firing upon
Fort Sumter to the assassination of Abraham
! lincoln, was committed by the Democrats
[great applause, and that the deeds of glory
in this country were performed by the Repub-
| lean party, CONTINUED applause.1
Now, my fellow citizens, go to the polls
vote the Republican ticket, vote for Garfield
and Authur, vote for Cullom for Governor
vote for all your State officers. lApplause.1
| Scratch not your ticket but vote the whole
| Republican ticket, because it represents 10y.
atty to this country and Loyalty TO our Gov.
| ernment. LGrcat applause. Do this, my
| countrymen and then You will do Justice to
your consclences and justice to the great
cause and great principles OF the Union.
times three cheers stunding.l
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