Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-07
ANOTHER RALLY.
General w. II. Gibson Speaks In
Granite Halt.
VIGOROUS FIRING ALONG THE
SKlR MIsH LINE.

The republicans are keeping the ball a-roll.
ing. Last evening Gen. w. II. Gibson of
Ohio, spoke in Granite Hall to fair-sized audi.
ence. No efforts were made to drawn a
crowd, and the 6aring fusion torches and sui
try weather kept many away from the hall
and allured them to other places Hon. An.
son p Morrill, presided and in a few cbarac.
teristic remarks introduced the speaker of the
evening. Gen Gibson is man about sixtv
years of age, smoothly shaven. He has
& e face and resembles Wendell Phillin,
and the Illusion is heightened BY his allusions
to slavery days and his silver tongued ora.
tory and rounded sentences. He painted the
biographies Of the two parties. dismissing the
f,ctions of greenbackism and enforced prohi-
biton with word. Light was let in in q
binding food in the history and traditions If
the democratic party as illustrated by long
ne of patriots and statesmen" The party
WIS held up and in its mistakes, its crooked
ness and its crimes. His illusions to the
war were very effective. He confuted the
assertions that Hancock would &c. large
proportion of the ballots of the ..bovs in
blue" In Ohio 81 per cent. of the soldier
vote was for James A. Garfield. They will
vote they shot GAppause.
While the war was in progress the north.
ern doughfaces did their utmost to dishearten
and discourage the loyal people No demo-
cratic convention in any Northern State
passed resolutions of hope and encourage
IN nhecr tho hon
were battling for the flag. In Buchanan's
administration our bonds sold below mar.
now our credit is better than that of any
other nation on the face of the globe.
In 1864 they held a National convention
Mt Chicago No Southern State participated
for the simple reason that the delegates
couldn't get pass through the Union lines.
applause At that convention they passed
resolution declaring that the war was a
failure. That very day Farragut was thun-
dering in Mobile Bay; Sherman held Allan.
ia in grip Of iron, soon to leave it in ruins
and thunder Oh to the sea Grant clutched
Lee by the throat, and the horses of Phil
Sheridans cavalry champed their bits i'm
patiently in the valley of the Shenandoah
doe Johnston didn't think that the war was a
failure; Hood got an idea into his head that
it wasn't. The Southern people began to
realize that it was a terrible reality. APP
plause.]
The history of the issue of the greenback
was given. Ii was war measure Demo-
cratic orators stood on street corners and
that the greenbacks would socn be as value
less as Continental money When the war
was over they began to wake up to a realizing
sense of the beauties of paper currency. The
rag baby was born in Ohio. Geo. II PEN
dleton was its father; the democratic party
its mother. Last year the last scrid of
clothing was torn from it. The grandeur Of
the nation in resolutely resolving to pay the
debt of 81, 700 900 900 contracted by the war.
Pathetic and powerful pictures were drawn
of the heroism of the volunteers who gave up
health and life to maintain the integrity of
the Union. We have not only been trying to
pay debts Of money, but debts of gratitude for
shattered limbs and broken hearts. love
the republican party because it never appeals
TO an ignoble sentiment. When proposed
to free the slaves the democrats said that it
wasn't constitutional. / don't know whether
it was or not. | know that it was right.
Applause, We took the bayohets and
pried open their shackles. Applause. At
last when we wrote Liberty" on our BAN
ners, we took up new hymn:
dior IN bring saIv ation
We died to make you free
And that hymn was the psalm OF freedom.
In conclusion he called the attention of his
audience to the gradual extinction of the
national debt BY wise legislation. No nation
of ancient or modern times ever accomplished
such a feat. We have paid at the rate of
Sl,S00 an hour ever since 1865. We paid
sl2,027 200 during the month of August,
100000 every day; SAG every second
Applause. When the war closed we paid
Sl5l 900 Of interest every year on debt
contracted by democratic rebellion. We
now psy but $40, DOC, 900. The audience was
dismissed in the best of humor, glad that
they were fortunate enough to be present
to hear Mr.. Gibson.