The Ottawa free trader., 1880-07-17
INDIANA.

Gen Albert G. Porter, who resigns respect
able Office at Washington to accept the repub
llcan candidacy for governor of Indiana, ar
rived at indianapolis from Washington on
Wednesday, and his advent was made the oc
caslon for a grand republican demonstration
The faithful had gathered in from all parts OF
the state, 80 that it is said a crowd of $4,000
greeted him on his arrival. Guns were fired
brass bands blared, and stump speutcrs spout
ed OF course Gen. Porter also made speech
and the sort of stuff he regaled his audience
with and upon which the republicans of lndi'
ana expect to rely for campaign thunder,
may be judged of by the following extract
from Mr.. Porter's speech;
Suppose the democrats get into power. They
will have a solid south, securing them three
tourths of the democratic members Of the
house of representatives. Texas will be dvld.
ed into four states, according to the provisions
in the old act of admission, and thus secure
ten IN place of two senators. Utah Will be
admitted with polygamy untouched, and two
more secured. They will organize Indian
territory into a state and secure two more.
Thus they will push all their claims through
the constitutional amendments,
A man who will gravely stand up and sup.
pose" such rubbish to an intelligent audience
deserves no respectful treatment from decent
men, He mast be an irreclaimable fool or a
conscious liar and an execrable demagogue.
Are the democrats fools? How long would
such solid south" be able to maintain itself
against the indignant SOLID north which it
would lead to, seeing the north numbers
about three to one as against the south? II
Mr. Porter is not a fool he ought to know that
it is not to maintaining solid south, but to
securing divided north, that democratic tao
tics are directed rs the surest means of secur-
ing the permanent good order, peace, harmony
and happiness of the whole country.
Mr.. Porter can hardly be a respectful reader
OF even Mr. Garfied's speeches, for he certain
ly would not have uttered such rubbish if he
had read the following extract from speech
delivered by Mr. Garfield in the house Decem-
Der 10, 1878:
| want to say another thing SO far as
have studied the current of thought and polit-
cal feeling in tins country, no feellng mas
shown itself more strongly than the tendency
of the public mind during the past months.
| The man who attempts to get up political
excitement in this country on the old sectional
issues will find himself without party, with
out support The man who wants to serve his
country must put himself in the line of Its
leading thoughts, and that is the restoration Of
business, trade, commerce, industry, sound po-
litical economy, hard money and the honest
payment Of all obligations, and the man who
can add anything to the accomplishment of
these purposes is a public benefactor.
AS to the democratic prospect in Indiana in
October Senator Mcdonald at Washington on
Monday thus expressed himself to an inter
viewer:
| He said that Mr.. English Is one Of the best
managers and organizers IN the country, that
there is entire harmony between himself and
Mr.. Hendricks, and that Indiana is as sure for
the democratic ticket as Massachusetts is for
the republican ticket The democrats of In
diana are prepared 10 make a canvass more
earnest than that state has ever before seen.
Senator Mcdonald reports great enthusiasm
in the state, and when told that Judge Porter
expected to be elected governor, replied that
he would not expect 1t after he got out home.