The Columbus journal., 1880-10-20

ter. lie really thought the Ameri.
can people had more confidence il
him than in the Democratic party
for that reason he steps TO the frent
and says to the country: IL will no.
allow these ragamuffins behind me
| Laughter. | will not allow these
Rebels who placed me in power,-
| will not allow them to pass a law
that 1 don't want" Laughter and
applause lie says, Il admit they
are bad; look at them. Renewed
laughter. | admit you cannot trust
them; but between this hungry
horde and the American people
promise TO throw the shield OF my
veto" He says, Ladies and gentle
men, | will protect you from this
party. laughter All l want OF
these men is to make me President,
snd then | will protect and let them
20 TO the Devil" Laughter and
applause. Gen. Hancock might die
laughterI; death might veto him.
[Roars OF laughter. From the grave
he could not carry out his promise,
and who comes in then? Mr.. Eng
lish. Death has never elected a
good President in the United States.
yet death has always made fright
ful mistake. Laughter and ap-
plause. Read the letter of accept
ance made by Mr.. English, and tell
me whether you are willing to trust
that man. Read his history-a man
who has done nothing but loan
money, take deeds of trust on the
'1ife, liberty, aud pursuit of happi-
ness" of the people, and then fore
close the deed, and yet
AFTER NOMINATING THAT MAN
the Democratic party passes reso-
luton that they will save the people
from the cOrmOrants. Laughter.
II won't do; we don't want him
Laughter. | had rather trust u
party than any man; so would you
you had rather trust the Republi-
can party than simply Gen. Han
cock. He says: Il am a shepherd
will take care of the sheep admit
that my followers are wolves"
Laughter. Well, | say rather than
have the wolves, We will dispense
with you. Applause and laughter.
What are the ideas of this soldier?
What are his ideas about money?
lie was a hard-moncy men they tell
me. Mr.. Bayard, the representa-
tive of hard money, a man who
once in the Senate voted to pay the
bonds of the United States in de-
preciated money, and to pay them
at the same price at which they
were originally sold, that man now
says: "As fast as we redeem a green
back let Us burn il up; let us put
the greenback out of the country;
when he knows the greenback bears
no interest; when he knows it is
gold. What are the opinions, | say,
of Gen. Hancock? | say he is for
hard money, and yet when a Green
backer carried Maine he congratu-
lated him. Why should he do that
if he is a believer in hard money?
Why should he be delighted be-
cause believer in paper money
carried the State of Maine? | don't
know. May be, after all, he was not
so glad that the Greenbackers car
ried that as that the Republicans
lost it. What does that man believe
in? Does he believe in free trade ?
| don't know. What kind of
tariff does he want? don't know.
What is his opinion about things of
interest TO every man here? don't
know. You do not know. Iwo'd
like to hear from him. | wish we
had heard from him years and years
ago. In 1865 he was opposed to all
legislation that has made the negro
a citizen. In lS6S he was opposed
to all the
GROWING OUT OF THE
WAR.
Only little while ago he was in |
favor of soft money; only little
while ago he said that we never
could redeem; only a little while 1
ago he was a Democrat of that |
school and now we are told be is a
man. Now we are told /
he is in favor of the constitutional
Now we are told he |
is in favor of an honest vote every
where. 1t won't do. Laughter.
On the other hand, we have a man
who is a trained statesman, who has
discussed these questions time and
time again, and whose opinions are
well known to all the intelligent
people of this Union. lie was as
good a soldier as Hancock was. IA
voice, "A volunteer" and applause.
The man who makes up his mind in
A time of profound peace to make
war the business of his life; the
man who is adopted by the Govern
ment; the man who makes war his
profession, is, in my judgment, no
better than the man who in time of
peace would rather follow the avo-