Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-15

This fusion party up there IS nigh cockalorum and down here is low-cocka- -hirum. You ask the Democrats how General Hancock stands on State rights or free trade or tariff and they will tell you, 70, don't know, but you ought to have seen him on horseback. '' (Great laughter The General here related an anecdote apropos to his subject, which was received with laughter. He then pro- ceeded to the consideration of his subject. Resumption, he said had brought again pros perity to bless our land. It was true that the Democratic party had not won single yic- tory in twenty years of any importance. There never was a party that lost it's power in this country in 8 season of prosperity. John T. Hoffman was elected Governor of New York when the country was in most desponding mood over the results of the war but Fredericksburg fell, Lee was defeated at Gettysburg, and the Democratic party went down again, and the rebel flag and the Demo- cratic banner both went down together. (Cheers. Good times returned year ago and the Democratic party was defeat ed. When times are hard and people are pressed, Democrats rise up like horse sor- rel and Canada missiles. The General then referred to the election in Maine. He said the mills were idle, ,on account of the drought, and when the people were idle they got mad and went over to the Democratic party. Laughter Then again there was the tenn perance cause and the potato buzz which, with the draught, beat us out of that cleo. tion to certain extent. Great laughter. The Democrats said at Cincinnati, this is oul opportunity. They said, let us nominate { Union soldier, quick, quick, and nominated General Hancock. They had forgotten that the Republicans had also nominated UnioI soldier, @ volunteer soldier and statesman too. We honor and respect Hancock, because he was brave soldier, but we honor Garfield not only because he was 8 brave soldier but be lA &n1 Ina Ips for which the Republican party have fought through all these years. The soldiers ot Grant, of Sheridan of Sherman, of Thomas of Connecticut's faithful old soldier, Sedg wick, will be found shoulder to shoulder knee to knee and boot to boot for that faith ful Union soldier, James A. Garfield. (Great cheering.) The General then took up the platforms for several years past, commenc ing with 1856 and passing up to the present time, and asked the Democrats if they were not proud of the results of the Republican party, and if they would say to-day that they would recall the results of that party. The Democrats say to-day that the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments are parts of the Constitution and the law of the land You are wrong now, or you were wrong when the Repubh- can party passed those amendments and you Democrats opposed those grand acts. "A voice: "Did you not vote for Greeley in 1872 ?'l q did, '' said the General, tand came as near the Democratic cauldron as l desire to. I hope to be forgiven for that fool ish act. In that case the Democrats living on the hills refused to vote for MT. Greeley, and the same Democrats will decline to vote for General Hancock, a Union soldier, this time" The speaker then took up the free trade plank in the Democratic platform. By this they will close the silk mills of New Jer- sey, the iron mills of Pennsylvania and the 1f o1a1 Massachusetts. Now the more manufactured articles there are brought from Europe the less work you will have to do. Northern Democrats did not put that plank in the plat form, but Southern rebels did. When they did 1t they struck blow at New England. Like the rattlesnake the rebels of the South have sounded their rattle, and if you men of New England are not fools you will avoid the bites I am not an oficeholder and have not been for twelve long years. I am only 8 simple farmer on the hills of New Jersey, and I come here to talk to you as such. What made you foreigners come to this country ii not to get work? If not so that you could worship God according to the dictates o1 your own conscience, where all men are equal If you wanted to vote the Demo cratic ticket why didn't you go South? Now I say to you, if you don't want to lose all you have got, if you don't want to go back to the pauper labor of Europe, then say vote for Garfield
 The speaker then took up the financial question and said he supposed it was settled with resumption, but up in Maine they are discussing it yet. He then referred in an amusing manner to visit he made to the farm of Solon Chase in Maine, and said his visit did not leave favorable impression on his mind regarding Solon's abilities as a far mer. Yet this man was tramping through Maine with his cowhide boots, talking fiat money. The Democratic and Republican parties have given you two candidates. They have given you Hancock backed by the solid South, and they have given you Garfield backed by loyal North. Choose ye this day which ye will serve. The solid South, which has placed the Democratic party on it's knees, stands ready to plunge it's arms up to the el- bows into the public treasury. The loyal North, that sent million and half of brave men to battle for the Union, will not cease it's efforts for the maintainence of the cause for which they fought. The speaker here paid glowing tribute to General Garfield and urged his example for poor boys to follow. He then told an interesting anecdote of Gen eral Garfeld's boyhood, in the days when he was struggling against poverty. The Gener- al closed with a glowing account of General Garfelds military services, which was re- ceived with great applause. He then passed to the Chicago convention, and excited great enthusiasm by his glowing description of his nomination. He then predicted that he would see him peacefully and triumphantly placed in the chair of a Washington and a Lincoln on the fourth of March next.
 On closing the General was greeted with tremendous cheers and the crowd then dis persed. The meeting was a grand success throughout.