Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22


are 20 be levocdf How the jotties arc 10 bo
mnintnined3 How this great system Of inter.
Staie state coinmnplcation By water Is ever 70 be
takes hold Of the dutyf My dear brother
Democrats, while you we're rolling that plat.
form OF 1856 ns sweet mOrscl under YOUR
tongue, n Republican Congress passed the bin
that provided fort icttics loud applausc.l
A Republican President, Gen Grant icnthuh.
Gentlemen In recognition Of the enthusiastic
welcome you give 20 him who was my candi.
date nt Chicago lrenewed cheersl, and with
the consent ol tile snnhcdriuf ON the stnue 1
admit Noa all 20 honorary membership IN tho
ancient and stalwart order Of gO8. loud
cheers and renewed cries Of "Granti Gfantp'
was saying that II was % Republican Con.
gress that provided the means, and Repub.
lican President who signed the bill. 1 con.
graduate St. Louis that IL was n 81. Louis en-.
gincer who made the ietties possible and omen
70 the largest ships. iCheersI Were this
system lett to the states; n Arkansas should
leyee the ivcr-llaughterl-why Of course, as
Democrats don't think that the General Gov
ernment can do II, aud from the election re.
turns Of 1878 there are no Republicans in Ar.
kansas llaughterl, the Democrats of ArSan.
sas must undertake the iob-when they
have succeeded I'm lCvceing and deepening
the river, and then Missouri deepens and
levees abovei If Missour-wherc there are Re.
publtcans-should happen 20 allow the levee
TO be unrepaired after crcvasse Arkansas
would lose great amount Of money she had
invested in the undertaking. [Laughter.l
There is no thoughtful man but knows that
intelligent
IMPROVEMENT OF THIS GREAT RIVER
system which reaches with the arm Of the
Ohio up to the nail factories of Wheeling and
tOrgcs of Pittsburgh; which reaches through
the wabash, away up into the heart OF Indi.
ana, which reaches through the Upper Missis.
sippt, far up 60 the falls of Minneapolis which
reaches through the Missouri, up grander
teach thhn even the Amazon travels over; far
up to the wondrOus wheat-helds and great
mineral deposits Of the mighty Northwest; (;
which then sweeps downward bearing the
nrOOupt of nfnhfgHn nd
bearing the productions Of at least n quarter
OF our entire population, in an area which this
last year grew four thousand million bushels
OF the cereHs-this great river system can
only be improved by the Federal Government
lApplauseJ That Improvement can only be
maintained by the Federal Government while
dear General Hancock laughter, applause
and hissesl-tbat IS right always cheer a good
soldier, even when found in bad company
and by decent treatment hope 20 wean him
once more from the error of his ways; while
the Democratic party stood in its platform as
silent as the grave, Gen. Garfield prolonged
cheersl, Gen Garfield in his letter OF accent
ance said frankly, squarey, without a word
OF reserve or equiyocation, Il favor the im.
provement Of the Mississippi River" Cheers
So | say to you again, Missouri needs the
Republican party even more than the Repub.
lican party needs Missouri.
You may think it strange that n New York.
er, from that distant city by the sea, speaks
thus frankly and freely with regard to this
question. believe that the
ONLY SURE CORRECTIVE
agalhsJ cOmDlneu railway systems lies in pro-
Nlulng such open anu Tree water communica-
tion that when railroads pool their freight
that from barge man down to a flRtboat ey-
cry man who will carry the farmers corn for
less price on the river should have an open
river, and so bring Lcheersl and so hold the
railways under the power of the people by
the wise, complete, effective antagonism Of
the water courses; lApplause.l The lakes
the lakes and the Erie CanH-have done that
for New York. My love for my country is not
so restricted tnat l would not have all done
a hRt Iona Ns,s
that distant East.
Nay, more: We New Workers believe that
we can keep up with you in the race. We
believe that every spade that is driven home
this wide continent Overis growing wealth on
which we propose to get q little toll. [Chcers.
My friends, not only Missouri, but the entire
south, in my humble judgment,
NEEDS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
and needs Republican victory, so that white
men can own themselves all over the State of
Missouri and all over the South. lCheers.1
When mans politics are inquired about as
ne goes TO the shop to get work he don't own
himself; when a man has either to talk Dem
ocraCy or keep silence in the State of Mssis-
sippi he doesn't own his tongue; when n man
in Mississippi can not put Just that ballot in
the ballot box that his heart prompts and his
brain approves, then he don't own his heart
he don't own his brain. He don't even own
his poor right hand that should drop the bal
lot into the box. [Cheers.l
Now, for the moment l leave the negro all
out OF me question. pass ku u-klux outrage;
even DuSs snOL" gun ana tissue DNllOt. w nlte
men don't own themselves in any section of
this country where the LieutenRnt-Genera of
the Confederate army was ostracised from
southern homes because he dared to accept
the results of the war and be a Republican,
lApplause.l ! measure things by themselves;
/ don't 20 to the negro cabin for my proof. l
don't search the record of Ku kluN investiga-
tons for my proof. don't 20 into doubtful
matters, but when Senator Butler, of south
Carolina, says in public speech that James
B. LongstTeet should be ostracised because
he is Republican, then l tell you white men
[Checrs.l
Gen. Hancock-and | appreciate your mag
nanimity tlaughterl-you nominate Gen.
Hancock because in General order No. 40 he
did your will. You ostracised James i. Long
street, who fought on your side, because he
dared to exercise his own manhood. [Cheers
Now If there is a manly Democrat in this
audience, want him when he goes home to
look into the glass and ask himself if he isn't
ashamed of his party, no matter what he
thinks about himself. Laughterl All the
Republican party asks with regard to the is.
sue of war is simply this j will crystHllize il
in sentence-we want every man at the south
to be free to accept or reject those results, ac-
AN APPEAL To DEMOCRATS.
Now, my dear Democratic brothers, let us
90 back in brief resume of the argument
have been making you. Missouri Democrats
believe in hard money; now isn't the Repub.
hcan party safer on that issue than the Dem
ocracy2
Every ulun OF you IN MS conscience answers
Yes" You Missouri Democrats believe in a
protective tariff; isn't the Republican party
safer on that issue than the Democracy Ey-
cry honest man among You answers " Yes"
You Missouri Democrats believe in Il wise
and efficient system of internal improve
ments. On your conscience answer, Isn't the
Republican party safer on that issuey Every
honest man among you answers " Yes"
If you agree with your platform that the
right TO fair ballot is the right preservative
of all rights; II you indorse the eloquent ut
teTnngg of candidate flnt in fn-
vor of Il fun, free ballot and fair count on
your conscience give the answer, Does not
the Republican party stand by that doctrine
far better than the Democracy of Mississippi?
Cheers In your conscience you answer
" Yes" and yet the Missouri Democracy pre-
sents the strange spectacle OF believing in
hard money and voting for a soft money paI-
ty, of believing in protective tariff of voting
for free trade party; OF believing in internal
improvements, of voting for party that new
er changes, except in stress OF weather
[laughterl, that has always stood against in.
ternal improvements. You believe in Il free
ballot; you vote with the bull dozer
Now, my dear, my dear brother Democrat,
why is this thus2 Now, am not right in ven
turing the suggestion that ST. Louis ana Mis-
cause of sentiment and a memory of DemOc.
racy, and you had larger practical sympathy
from 1860 to 1854 than you and RepublicHnism
had llaughterl, and because Of that memory
and that tradition you insist on looking on
TO the sunset and wondering why the sun
never rises. My friends, 70 drop Jest
PARTIES MEANS IDEAS.
The struggle of parties is the conflict of ideas.
Two forces are contesting. They are not la.
beled Hancock on the one side nor Garfield on
the other In the purest and best sense It is
on the one side and Democ-
rHcy on the other On the one side are all the
forces that look toward the Nationality of the
republic. Applause.l On the other are all
the forces that look toward a dead and de-
caytng past [Applause.l On the one side is
labor with hammer and loom; on the other
side is the old idleness of the olden time. On
the one side is the school house; on the other
Is the whipping block. ON the one
side is progress; on the other is
backward TO the dead past
[Applause.l On the one side stands
the genius Of free Missouri, beckoning you
forward, pointing 70 fields that shall be golden