Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-08

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ny altas evidence, il ever
luuin., | acniG not arrce Tit.t ttir
Hancock is tbs representative OF
reconciliation. of the burial of the
bloody shirt. of the grand old Demo
cratic party and it don't matter what
has been III the past, Under him VT
victory aud 4 country peaca-
bic and for ever iudi~isiiie. Need |
remind you again of the fraud Of
1876. It is too soon to predict its
consequences, and say whether it
was wise in the people to submit to it.
Such questions can be best answered
when this campaign shall be over, If
the people are successful in recover
ing their rights, all will be we'll, but
If similar crimes shall be again per-
petrated, what then, How singular !
is such an inquiry. Are we still in
the montains with The foe before and
behind us? If such is the case will
not the people become familiar with
electoral frauds? If such is to be
the result W. may hang our faces IN
shame. await the shackles and bid
farewell to the inheritance ~bequeathed
us 104 years ago.
But will the people submit to such
things. l apprehend not l have
faith they never will, nor do doubt
they will yet break the necks of those
that would put yokes upon theirs.
After music and fire works the
chairman introduced Champ Clark,
Esq, Of Pike, as the smartest and
handsomest Democrat in Missouri,
and as a candidate for presidential
elector, who, after some rich personal
| illusions to himself the chairman aud
Mr.. Jacoby, said he would not have
come 70 Mexico Tonight eNcept for a
report that baa been ln~unstfoustN
5:.rca.l that il. elected Us wouit vote
'ol Garfield. A. ~ ,aIl1 50, suuI:
.i.a;. a:., d. j ~a, lie m1ue ont
q. whole Cioti.
When Gen. Grant vas prominently
before the Chicago convention his
q nomination meant imperialism, and L
bet 500 that he would DC defeated.
: When the news came that a man
head and shoulders above Grant, an
orator, statesman and Campbelite
. was nominated, ! offered three cheers
for Garfield, not that l was glad he
was nominated, but because Grant
had been beaten, and because the Re-
publicans were too stingy to get up
bonfires 1 contributed s. to the boys
for boxes.
l am q democrat, came OF Demo-
cratic patronage and had a Democrat
ic mother.
The nomination of Hancock was a
surprise to the Republicans. l can
illustrate how they felt. A tramp
preacher was blessing n family Of
whose hospitality he had partaken.
His prayer ran, O, God, bless these
people. Send them q Darrell Of ba-
con, "a barrel of pepper-but recol-
lecting himself and falling into his
common y%crnacular he exclaimed.
Oh hell, that is too much pepper.
But for sixteen long years the
South has been ~peIsecutct rs rebel.
as night riders and ku klnk. Why,
then, did it nominate Greedy: ii such
charges were truu.
For twenty years ,h, Democracy
has been in the wilderness. Now it
has taken y new Moses 10 lead it
back to the old Canaan The last
Democratic president vas nominated
at Cincinnati. 80 was Hancock.
The last Democrat president carried
PENNSYLVANIA so will Hancock. For
this the Democracy is under 0bliga-
tions to the Queen of the West.
The Democrats of Pike will pre-
sent my naine to the convention and
if the good-looking people OF Audrain
will second my nomination, ! shall
expect another ratification in Dcto-
Der five times ~ large as this.
When they -"me, what state hail h"
APPROXIMATION. and its famous appi. tree.
Cheers, music and fire works.
The chair then introduced Col. J
+. Hutton as another candidate for
congress. who spoke in substance as
follows:
l regret il is so difficult to be heard.
Not being announced l did not ex-
pect to be present. / have just re-
turned to the city have had no
dinner and only half a smoke, hut |
am here for a speech and baptism Of
three or four minutes. l wish to say
that many important questions have
been settled by the recent nomina-
tons. The third-term is buried so
deep that it will never be raised
again. Grant has been settled also.
He was ~eternally laid on the shelf at
Chicago. Neither Blaine mol Ser
man will eve be nominated again.
John Logan will never be heard of
any more. The conflict of four years
of war and ten years of peace is set
tied. The bloody shirt is buried
anu cannot be resurrected A nri.igc
across the bloody chasm has been
erected and will stand for ever t,.-
tween thc North and South.
I. is settled that the Republican
"u!o OF twenty years will 20 ont on
the 18th of March, 1891, eve to re-
turn to power.
1t is settled that the military shall
be subject to the civil authority and
that no appeal to the people can again
put the military above the civil law.
l can talk but a moment. Yet, /
want to say to Republicans here to-
night, who, up to 1860, belonged TO
the Democracy, that the door Is open
for return. ! want to tell the Green
hackers that left the Democracy I'M
der the lead of sore heads that the
door for return is open. l now set
out the mourner's bench and invite
all that strayed in l860-7s-s0 to
come back.
The country has 81 GRAND fnfure hu-