Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-22

poured into the Park in vast numbers, and
the crowd was swelled by P. N. to Its
greatest hight.
Speaking proceeded from three lofty and
handsomely decorated stands-one on the
ouarter-stretch, one on the first turn and one
at the entrance to the barbecue grounds. At
each band of music was placed, and at
each distinct set of presiding officers, and
each stand had about it splendid audience,
attentive, thoughtful and enthusiastic. AT
the outset of the speaking the south stand
had an audience of 5, 900, the north stand OF
5000, and at the east stand 2,000.
The East Stand.
Speaking was inaugurated at the east stand
at L o'clock. 1t was located at the gate near
est the large eating hall, and an immense
concourse of people were collected there wait
ing for an opportunity to get something to
eat. Ex-Mayor Chris. Green, who had
charge of this stand, introduced as the first
speaker,
B. COLLINS,
OF Chico, Butte county. On being intro
duced he said that he was here to-day to have
something to say about the great Republican
party that party of great achievements !;
| that party that ennobles and civilizes man
kind. He wished particularly to talk to Demo-
Gratis He advised them to join the Republican
! HafJys 1ub lNcDubllCdll party CldI &c Va
| the great car of human progress and Demo
Gratis were now invited to come aboard of it.
! We cannot offer you Offices, but it is better
to be door-keeper In the house Of the Lord
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness
[Applausel We will take you all in. We
will strip you of the dirty grey rags of seces-
sion and dress you in the
WHITE ROBES OF LOYALTY
And purity. You. who cried for reform in
1876, have found it in the administration of
Rutherford B. Hayes. He insisted that more
stealing had taken place under Democratic
administrations than there ever had been
under Grants administration or any other
Republican administration. The Demo-
cratic party is the party of States
Rights. 1t insists on that in every
platform, and Just so long as they kept on
that line they would be defeated by the Re-
publican party. Applause. The Southern
! Brigadiers and their party were still con-
| tending for the doctrine of secession. If we
have again to resort to arms, let every patriot
stand ready. He looked beyond the ques-
| tions of finance and saw the danger of the
very life of the Government. The Demo
Gratis claim that if Hancock is elected he shall
be inaugurated. That is all right; We have
no objections to that But they make it as
a threat. They meant that if Hancock stood
ago, they would inaugurate him though it
ruined the Government. Admit that Han
cock was good soldier but there were other
and better Generals. The Democrats claimed
that Hancock won the victory at Gettysburg
alone. They d not ention the other great
Generals who were there, or the services Of
the privates. They have no other fighting
cock to praise than Hancock.
ONE THING Is TRUE
If Hancock ever won any laurels he won
them with Republican spurs. He denounced
Hancock as the tool OF Andrew Johnson's
administration and the tool of the South.
His brief period of power in tie Fifth Mill
tary District was his only experience as
statesman, and that was failure. The
Democrats were even attempting to capture
the colored vote, but it would not work. He
called his audience back to twenty years ago,
and drew glowing picture OF the scenes OF
those days. It was true that many good
Democrats went into the army to save the
country, but SO cut of every 100 Of them came
out Republicans, and were Republicans still.
To pay the soldiers 1t was necessary TO issue
greenbacks. The Democrats opposed i5 and
said it was unconstitutional, The greenbacks
paid the soldiers and furnished the sinews Of
war Then after the war the Democrats OPP
posed specie payments and wanted the Gov
ernment debt paid off in greenbacks. The
questions of the currency and the tariff are
of little importance now. The question is,
have we a nation? What did Hampton say
at Staunton? He called on the men of the
South to stand up for the principles for which
/ Lee and Jackson fought. Let the people of
the North stand firm for the principles for
which Lincoln and Grant fought. Ap-
plause1 He defended Garfield and said that
| he stood high above all his detractors. He
did not take the back pay which Ben Butler
did. He was a son of toll, while the only
! instrument Hancock ever welded was the
bloody sword. Applause.
| The crowd gave three cheers for the
| speaker, three more for Garfield and Arthur,
and the band played "Red, White and
| Blue"
Ex-Mayor Green then introduced
! L. B. MINER OF soLASo.
Mr.. Miner said that everything was subject
/ TO decay. 1t was evidencedby the present on
/ slaught on the beef and mutton in the adjoin-
/ ing building. The Democratic party was an
evidence of it a few days ago in Indiana.
and there was another good sign Of it few
days ago in San Francisco. The Democratic
elector from Sonoma on that occasion called
/ for champagne. When the Democratic
( party deserted whisky and took to champagne,
it was the best evidence in the world that
1 the Democratic party was in the last stages
of decay. Applause and laughter If
I the Democratic party had its way the
nation would have no flag to-day. The Re.
/ publican party bad been kind to the South
| 1t had admitted the rebel Brigadiers to Con-
/ gress when there was two.thirds Republi-
can majority in that body. That double-
| dyed old traitor, Wade Hampton, who had
| taken many oaths to support the Constitu.
ton of the United States and then went into
| the rebellion. started
THE BLOODY SHIRT
! Argument in this campaign The Republi-
can party did not wish to revive that ques-
ton, but they had been forced into it by this
| old traitor who first called Secretary Sher-
man liar and then challenged him to mortal
combat. He hoped the people of the nation
would frown down such proceedings. APP
| plause
After music by the band
HON. C. n. FOX
/ of Alameda was introduced and spoke to the
| large but shifting crowd He predicted, in
the opening of his remarks, certain and
| glorious victory for the Republican party.
| There were several reasons why the Demo
| cratic party should not be trusted with
| power. There were many good men In the
! Democratic party, but they could not control
/ it. No party was better tkan its leader. No
stream could rise above its source. The Dem
| ocratic stream had its source in the South and
/ flowed towards the North. He discussed the
| doctrine OF State rights. That was the doc
trine Of the Democratic party. 1t had not
always been so. The Democratic party was
a Union party under jackson, and he said,
!" By the Eternal this Union must and shall
! be preserved" But there was dissension in
the party. The secession party under CAL
/ houn finally won their point and the Jackson
| plank was stricken from the Democratic plat
| form. State rights meant the right of seces-
| sion. The fruit of the doctrine of State
rights was rebellion. This same question
confronts us to-day as in 1860 II the coun-
try to-day confessed the right, then the
war was fought in vain Ii the right was
acknowledged the Government could not re-
fuse to pay the Southern claims. . II the
| doctrine of State rights was confessed then
1t was confession that the South was right
and the North wrong. If the South was right
then the Government had no right to put
down the rebellion and must pay the Southern
claims. The FIRST bill would be one OF two
billions of dollars for human chattels, because
! if the South was right then the slaves were
not legally emancipated. Then would follow
claims for individual losses of all kinds. There
| was nothing in the Constitution to pro.
! hibit the payment of these claims, no
matter what might be said By the
! Democrats. He referred to House Bill No.
| 1898, bill to increase the number Of Judges
of the Supreme Court of the United States
! fror, vino m tvan tv. one irving the prasi.