The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-08-26
An Excellent Address by q New York
s-N Soldier.

At recent meeting of veteran |
soldiers at Utica, N. Y, Colonel Anson
s. Wood delivered an excellent address
frOm which the following is extracted.
Better speeches are not often made:
Iwant to congratulate you, Mr.. President,
and you my friends and fellow citizens, and
you my Democratic friends, upon
by the remarkable changes wrought by re-
peated defeat in the minds of the Democratic
party. In this good year Of grace, 1850, "the
sIumber of the Democratic states
men horrid visions of a ruined country and
soldier, unused to the ways of
civil and political life, suggests to their be-
calmed imagination no danger to the Consti-
tuition, and BODIES no evil to the country.
For many years the statesmen Of the Demo.
cratic party have been mere prophets OF evil
g iSs the
men-in the highest onices OF the land.
nence, tired of defeat and hungry for ONCE,
tainted with treason and allied to rebels, have
old hey
ningly bring to the front an old soldier of the
regular army. in the vain hope that his blue
the political donkeys beneath. Assuming that
the people are wilfully ignorant of their true
character they hope to win under & n pSsTowed so;.
Their pet ghost "Cfesarism, no longer
nss been 10 sioxed 70 sssSer his White sheet
about him and steal on TO the graveyard OF
buried psocratc hu%Sggs Even iSir the cse9 st
traction, has ceased to draw and no longer ap-
pears upon the bills. This favored year DEM
editors and Sos sSs
responsible for the famine in Ireland, the pes
thence in the Orient, and the earthauake in
Peru. All their old battle cries have lost their
rallying power and been abandoned.
This blessed year their whole political capf-
Of love and affection for the solnier. The sim
ister character of this suddenly inspired pas,
sion can be readily discovered BY the way and
From this time forward no Republican nend
intent upon gore can wave the bloody sd,5s IN
our 6ianohed fsSes Is not hwna 0Hf Memories
of the past, when we sneered and sconed az
"Lincoln's hireliugs," and prayed for rebel
nSss or DISTURB our % feasts OUR candidate is
q soldier, and beneath the ample folds OF ms
from tSe p%blc Ss saae Before this campaign
is over, I hope some cunning artist will nnd
canvas large enough whereon he can paint the
big soldier in such immense proportions tnat
below and underneath him-through the trans
parent thinness or this pretended love for the
the past and present Of the Democratic
history, S and M faithfully records the facts,
authors Of the foul plot to plant slavery upon
the free soil of the West, and chief among
tai % candidste, whose barrel awaits the tap
ping. In front of these will stand the worthies
who stood upon street corners, in front or
dark and doubtful days of the war, and boast
Cd of rebel prowess and rejoiced at rebel vic
tories. Still in front of these will be grouped
the patriots who gathered at Chicago in 1884,
and while their candidate of to-day was trying
to whip rebels at the front. treacherously at
famous body of men who counseled together
how best to betray the country, and hit upon
the plan Of declaring the war for the he Union Enf
crate fiag, which q solid South few years ago
followed just as zealously as it now follows
Win be seen the whole band Of martyrs who
for four years have besieged the National
Capitol and crePt into places OF trust and
profit once held by Union soldiers. Way up
In front in solid column viii stand the rebel
brigadiers whose votes control Democratic
ooe sor ana the nest Presdent
one should ever be elected. The painting will
not be complete IL the artist stops here. a
which make the blood run cold-outrages
which have driven loyal men from their homes
and made south solid f0s ,..v the DEMOCRACY:
part of the Democratic party to ruin the cred
and a%r ee the Ropd
tions do not go backward.
Fifteen years after the great struggle fol
Democratic politicians to turn patriots and
soldier worshipers. In 1854 the Republican,
renominated Abraham Lincoln, the great
my, and the loyal Democracy Immediately raj
lied around the standard of a General Failure
mounted upon platform OF submission te
In 1855 the Republicans nominated the greai
chieftain of the war, and our soldier-loyine
ceiient gentleman and statesman, who, a few
weeks ago, solemnly assured us all that wert
he compelled to choose between the Democrat
10 Presidential nomination and a funeral, h<
would promptly order the hearse.
Don't you remember, my worthy Democratic
soldierloving friend, how, in that memorable
contest, you besought the dear people not tt
risk their liberties by voting for soldier'
Don't you recall the eloquent words in which
fS5 so
lips only. but made your hands do service, a.
stuffed ballot boxes and fraudulent count,
fssa fess pnS 90 far as Rev York was CON
cerned, quite as enectual. Pete had been 9
PROVISIONS became mighty scarce. Pete wa
Q good man, and In his poverty prayed thu
good Lord to send him one Of Massa Peytoni
changed the form Of his humble petition, ant
ssked the good A LORD in to ] send old Pete afse n
the old man said DE turkey was on hand mex
morning before sun up" -
Grant, superior TO General Hancock ever,
way, was renominated by the Republicans
and In order to compass his defeat you pocket
and said Anything to beat Grant" 10,
Nominated Horace Greeley, whose creates
your party and its creed; but you hurrahe,
Tor him, you voted for him, and when remind
Cd that he Was IS Ses Sou sas
party said the whole thing was fraud and
voted for the soldier. You stood condemne'
before the world as party without principle
and possibly without brains.
have been fright inward face" You starte
out as reformers- The Republican part
placed In nomination brave soldier, q faith
Ssme You en dominated S rlden snd reform S a.
often since has he prayed the blessed virgin
with penitential tear moistening his cheek
for forgiveness for the awful wickedness Q
since he has faithfully promised that IL fol-
| given for the sin Of voting for Tilden he woul
never-no, never-well, hardly ever-do 8
the great farce failed. as all such fraud
And now comes another contest. No clario
| call for reform starts into life the statesma
| of Cypher Alley. No attempt Is made to rfgh
e1e % segea Seess wrSns 80 macn Nc nIonen
| plea for Justice to the Great Defrauded: N
sknest demand for higher political standard
| no lifelong Democrat, with honored name an
| experienced statesmanship, whose service
| your party and to the country In civil lf
| entities him to the support of the party an
commends him to the people. You come wit
q professional soldier" manon horseback
| without experience in civil affairs, and n
| political record fixing his position on the liv
| questions of the day, and you ask the citize
and the soldier to leave their party and sur
port this man in preference to the voiuntee
| soldier, the tried Senator, the able Congress:
| man and experienced statesman whom tn
| Republican party has placed in nomination.
| We 'front.' do Il! The supreme impudence Q
| the campaign Of 1876 has been matched by tn
| sublime audacity Of the campaign of 1880. A
| old, willy, cunning, tricky politician playin
| the role of reformer was simply impudenc
personified. A whole Democratic party, rebel
| and all, masquerading in a blue uniform. wit
an old soldier for figure head, is audacit
| intensified. And vet it was q great thing tn
Democratic party sought to accomplish X
Cincinnati, and in part succeeded. The
/ managed in hot haste to bury Tilden. and the
| thought they had put down the ghost OF th
| bloody shirt. II Is much too early yet to d.
| termine which gave them the greater Joy.
| For fifteen years not an election has bee
L ,vf fh<.n " In, no r