Daily Republican., 1880-10-26

plauss.] ] We bave 30: this victory
Applause ] We have got thia victory
will you, men Of Delaware, still linge
idly behind, when eonscisnoe, brain
iaith all point to the future
hoRrBERH s0MDITT.
The North is solid, not for the Nortt
but for the ideal Of the Nation, We are
solid for good money; for the protection
of industry; we are did 10. the rign
Of every man, the lowest as we'll as the
highest, to cast his own vote, withon'
fear, without molestation, and to have
that vote counted precisely as he easts
1t. [Great applause.l
Nov, men OF Delaware, am moi
going to reoite any Kuklnx outrages,
ana not going to recount any negro
stories Of intimidation or violence.
will call but one witness and whs,
ask, Democrats Of Delaware, who is the
one who gives answer
During all the war there was no mar
in the Confederate army, after Stone
wall Jackson died, who had so strong
hold on the love and allegiance Of the
Confederate people and soldiers as
James B. LoDgs!reet, excepting alone
Robsrt e. Lee, and when, by his cour
age, weight and worth, he had become
a aLisuteNant. General In the Confederate
service, he led'his men In the eharg.
up Cemetery Hill, where Hancock
stsod on our side. When the wal
closed, he thought he had a right to &C
oept its results and he exercised thai
right and Joined the Republican party
No sooner had he done this than
every door in Georgia and Louisian'
was closed against him. Southern
newspapers said he was a trailer to hli
State and to the South. General Butler
Of south Carolina, declared in public
speech that General Longstreet having
become traitor to his section should
be Stunned by Southern men. Now
you may pass Kukiux stories as idls
vaporings; you may pass negro outrage
as something yon do not believe, bal
here was q Lieutenant-General of the
Confederate army ostraoised simply be
cause he became Republican
We have no hatred towards the mer
we fought. Our hands are stretched
out In cordial friendship 10 every
Southern man who behaves himself II
time of pss,e. [applausel. We hav
buried the resentments Of the past, 6u
by the memory Of our dead, while w
welcome the repentant Confederates W
Intend that they shall give every righ
to every Southern man who accepts To
situatiop, that they ask from us. | ap
plause1. would not dare to meet M
conscience in the fnal hour, II did no
stand up for liberation By all to all, 8
that throughout this land the boy il
blue may travel, just as safe in Missis
sippi as the boy In gray is in New York
applausel; 80 that General Longatrset
who became Republican, shall be jus
AZ free and just as tolerated in tn
South as my other friend, Genera
Hampton, who stays Democrat. [ap
plaussl. A very simple platform OF tol
eration.
The solid South, having formed tn
solid North, will be beaten in NoVembe
I[prolonged applsuss] and then. al
glad to believe, the solid South vii
yield up the ghost and on itG tomb
stone we shall write: "Disd OF to-
much solidity." Laughter and ap
plsuse.l
HOPE OF SOMETHING BETTER.
Then shall come the better day whel
all msu may vste. Then shall com
the still better day whom Southern so
ciety, knowing that the negro can vote
will do It's best to ft the negro for vo
ting. [Applsuss.] Then will oom
1.-THE time when the schoolhouse shal
without wearing the garlands tina
crown the wine.oup and that fade will
the DYING OF the wine-cup's sparkle
the simple words "Psir play and hu
man rights" We propose that tn
South shall have all the rights en-
blessings In this Union that the Mort
has.
rat this junoture the lamp, by th'
ljpht of which General WOOdf0rd wa
reading, was accidentally extinguished
81 don't wonder that the light wen
out" he said, amid storm Of laughte
and applauss.J
In 1863 the rebellion had been sup
pressed and the Southern brigadiers
not then so far In their journey Nortl
and East as the Halls Of Congress, ha'
gotten to the Democratic Convention q
Isl. Louis as very convenient ant
pleasant halfway house. They thel
adopted the following platform
"We are in favor Of tariff for reve
nue. upon foreign importations.'
In 1876 this party, which within
three weeks has undergone suoh mar
velous conversion, which in 1860 hat
declared that democratic principle
are unohangsable in their nature whel
applied to the same subieots )" in 1876
and would that every Democrat il
Delaware could hear these words, the,
adopted, without a dissenting voice
this plank:
"We donounce the present tariff as
masterpiece of injustice and inequalit'
and false prstence. We demand tha
all Custom House taxation shall b
only for revenue"
Then came the convention OF 1880
and they declared:
"We favor tariff for revenue only.
| HANCOCK on TARITV.
Marvellous In 1879, gallant sol
dier Of the National army. writing to
friend in Kentucky, who had suggested