The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-26
TIE DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
speech Of Hon. IL. ID. Hubbard TO the
Democracy of Grayson.s

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Rx-Goyeiibr Hubbard was introduced by
j.. Bemusdaffer, who said: Fellow-citi'
zens, you are aware of the fact that our fel
low citizen, Governor Hubbard, has just re-
turned to our midsi from his brill liant can
vass in Inliana. 1t is unnecessary that ]
should make any lengthy remarks on THU
occasion for he Is present to speak for him.
self.
Governor Hubbard said:
Ladies, gentlemen and felow.citizens OF
the city of Sherman, thank my friend fol
the manner aud matter of this introduction
but his allusion to Indiana--it brings to mem.
DRY snow and ice Just now. "But then he
who laughs best should laugh last" is An
old maxim which trust will prove true. Tie
has mentioned Indiana, and had just Ms
well dispose Of that just now. Fellow.
citizens, there is nobody scared abou,
Indiana. The truth is, 1t was a disaster
there Is no question about that but the dam
per of defeat on the skirmish line ms
that was, when there waa so much
underlying the contest, so much OF
interest to our liberties, to our con-
stitution of the party, that any reverse is q
disaster and misfortune. But ii does not
decide the contest, nor should il do so any
more than the defeat of the republican party
in Maine decided that they should never car
ry another state. 1t is the misfortune Of the
American alignment of elections that there
are few states whose elections take place in
October of the presidential year, the effect
OF which was TO arouse all the desperation of
the republican party, from tho lowest in
office to the lordliest in the government.
"This thing will | have" they,said, and with
pale faces and haggard eyer they sent mil.
lion of money to the grand old Hooser
state. The noblest people you and | have
as allies in the midst of so great opposition,
are the democrats of indiana and Ohio, and
all along that splendid line of states. Ap.
plause We carried the state Of Indiana in
1876, when we ran Hendricks with Tilden,
by Il majority of only $3.50, 50 in any event
this was a fearful contest. la the last cleo.
ton not less than five thousand colored men
An exodus were brought to that state,
together with an importation Of oil
the great leaders of the republican party;
Conkling, Blaine, Grant, and great host of
corporations, menacing the poor man,
together with the fact that 1t was An open
secret that i've or ten thousand votes must be
bad at oil hazards, or the republican ship
would go down to the depths OF the deep
1t was frenzy. l trust will never look
upon the like again. Mems votes were
bought and SOL rs sheep in the market
place. The majorty, after corrections,
turns out to DO only 5,776, and tho majority
IN tho legislature much smaller than was ut
llrst claimed. This does not decide the presi-
Dental vote. 1t is true We shouted when
they cried, now they shout while we cry
they ha o the permission of the democratic
party to do so. Why mott The state of
Connecticut gave us a majority in 1876 of
1900, end Now Jersey gave us l2,445, They
are yet democratic states and solid south
about which there is no question. Why,
slrs, | have found no eminent re-
publican in the north but that con-
ceded the fact that tho south
Is solid. With solid south,
New York, jersey and Connecticut you
can elect your president with five votes to
spare. Then we have California and Oregon,
debatable states as you know, and there is
Pennsylvania on tho outer line; but, my fell
low'citlzens II mans opinion is his own.
There are hundreds of union soldiers, who at
AT the state election voted for Porter, declar-
ing at the same time that at the presidential
election they would vote for Hancock. The
national 10 stronger than the state ticket. The
states have their special issues distinct from
the national. Hundreds, iand | think
thousands, in that state, when the alien forces
and dana uhull hn n.1lal N.
kennels in New York, Maine and Oregon, the
grand old hoosier state will come out with u
safe majority for Hancock and English.
| APPLAUSE. | went to the state of Indiana
not ms volunteer nor as 'conscript.
Laughter | went lowing that had been
honored unsought, for l am neither in state
or national politics. Therefore, when was
invited by the national committee and by
letter from Mr.. English and request
from General Hancock, went, though re.
luctantly. Before went to the state OF In
diana, took occasion TO write TO all the
southern governors and asked them to fur.
nish me, under the seal of their respective
states, the legislation with reference to the
status since the great surrender, and the
question OF slavery. This did because the
only issues OF to-day, Illuminated from the
hus'inSs OF the north, is the bloody shirt
the repayment of rebel claims. In other
words, that hatred is still boiling as in the
play of Macbeth. Do you wish mo to saw
what believe about il q? / say to-day that
the great leaders know BETTER bu. the great
masses of the republicans in the rural districts
are just as earnest as you or /. They be-
lieve to-day that we treat the enfranchised
negro AS chattel; they believe the south.
ern people give them no privileges they
believe that the negro sits on no iuries Alb
solutely that he has no status in court. save
70 be kicked as a cur dog. Now, to meet
that issue, felt, having like YOU a future
tht must live In the bosoms aud breasts of
our children, that the time had come in the
last fifteen years when southern men must
golnto the presence Of these men who
Judged them wrongly, and tell them calmly
that they had 80 judged us. | do not think
did any harm in this. Let US see In the
very first audience of some 10 000' people
in tho city Of Columbus, was regarded as a
sort of political Barnum, Tlaughterl and The
beauty OF 1t was the larger portion of my
audience was republican.
MIR. Conkling was the frs. bold leader
that announced that the south was solid
against the north, and tia! tho north must
DO solid against the south. | announced
that without the southern states there would
be no legal freedom to-day for solitary
freedman in this country. Why? Because
mat any amendment to the constitution of
the United States cannot be adopted except
py the consent OF three-fourths Of the states.
Inc war was on this issue. Since then every
southern state has absolutely placed their
hands and seals in the great organic law of
this country, thereby becoming a party 10
the freedom of tho negro. They said to me
"Oh, yssl" flor they did not know that had