Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-10-29

Gen. Grant presided ut meetings in STAN
ford Conn, and Jersey City, on Thursday
last. Ia the latter place lie attended three
meetings, and made short speeches at all of
them. AZ one of them. lie said, hUmor-
ousy
Ladies anil Geatlenta-l have been re-
qucstcd to serve as president This IS my
third term. Itoars of laughter AMI ap-
plausc Out in Connecticut this afternoon
was my second term. was also president of
amecting helda at Warren, Ohio, Il short time
ago. That was the first time ! was ever
president of Il political meeting.
Further on he remarked
The Republican party never asks any
thing for Itself which it docs not grant to
others. If we have three 10 one in a precinct
we do not forbid the ballot to the fourth
man. but we allow him TO come up and vote
just as he pleascs, and we count his vote just
as he CASTS it, Now, all We ask of our car
pet-bagsers, the colorcd race, and all others,
is that they shall he allowed to vote, 10 have
| their ballot cOuntcd as they cast it, and not
to be turned out of their homes or ostracised.
That is all we ask. If they beat us on this
issue we are willing to accept a beating.
Gen. Grants second speech was reported by
telegraph and has been given to our readers
His third was as follows:
| LattS and G,ntltmea This is the third
political meeting have been in, in Jersey
City this evening | have found crowded
houses. | came out of doors into the street.
and found the streets full of people, from
which conclude that all of New Jersey Is
here in jersey City this evening. Cheers
and applause This has been an occasion
of Republican rejoicing. | suppose the peo-
pie here are rejoicing with us in the success
of the party in the States that have already
spoken, and in anticipation of success in the
States which are to speak. Cheers From
what | have seen to-night-if all are voters
whom have seen, and they cast their votes
for the Republican candidates-l don't be-
ieve there will be any Democratic votes cast
in this State. Laughter and cheers. |
know, therefore, when you have been def
cent in Democratic votes you were able to
get few after SHUTDOWN, by keeping your
polls open until 6 or : o'clock in the evening.
Laughter If you get out all the voters, |
have no doubt that New Jersey will rejoice
with us on the Sd Of November that we have
perpetuated this Government for the benefit
of all the people in it-black or white male
or female, North or South loud cheers 3;
so that it may be so ultimately that the car
pet-bagger can live and do business and be
prosperous and reside in the Southern States,
as well as in the Northern States, and build
I'D the South and make it as prosperous us
CARPET baggers have done in the Western
States.
Out there they are oil carpet baggers.
Laughter and cheers.
1t is only quite recently that in the State
am now living in, and that | carpet-bagged
to some years ago, laughter it is only
recently that they have ever had Gov
ernor who was native of the State. Laugh
ter and cheers. The present Governor Is
the first Governor who was born in the
State; yet we have respected some of those
Governors notwithstanding they were car
pet-baggers, and they helped TO build up a
State we are proud of. Great gifts have
come from carpet-baggers in four or five
of the Western States. They have given
away counties as large as the province of
New Jersey, and carpet-baggers have built
UP those States and counties. There is
Hamilton county, Ohio, and Cook county,
ILL.,, for instance, which were given away by
carpet -baggers originally. | will venture
that the statistics will carry me out in what
am going to say, that either one of those
counties can buy the whole Of the mother
State without having any of their paper 60
to protest That has been the effect OF car
pet-bag government in the Northwest.
Cheers Let us hope that after this cleo
ton carpet baggers can go freely in the
South anywhere and build up the waste
places and make them rich, and, if they can,
build up free schools though free schools
knock the Democracy ''higher than kite.
Great laughter Let them introduce free
schools there, develop their industries and
their business talent, and then we shall sec
the triumph of Republican principles al
over this country.