, 1880-09-19
THE DEMOCRA CY.

ings In their districts, and are making enthusi
astio home campaigns,
THE DEMOCRA CY.
| COL. Villas SPEAKS IN MCCORMICK HALL.
The mass meeting projected by the Chicage
Democratic Club to come OF at mcCormiok Hal
last evening resulted In thnt place being faIr1,
we'll filled, tho hull being probably two-thirds
full. The meeting was announced to open ut
O'Clock, and some in,patience was exhibited by
early comors at tho tardtuess OF the appear
ance of the silk stockings who we're te
relieve the platform Of its baroness, and
Col Villas, Of Wisconsin, who had been adver~
tisodas the orator Of the evening. Music By the
band Of the Sixth Regiment somewhat relieved
the monotonous cheer1esness of the long wait,
and the appearance Of band of some thirty
torch-boarers, marshaled by Nike Mcdonald
and uniformed in waterproof capes improvised
for the occasion from gnzed table, cloths, caused
q aslghtattempt at enthusiastic ebullition. whose
full fruiton was prevented, however, by the
colicky quality OF the music produced by tho
bagptpes Ut the head Of the procession, whose
grating discords had registered power Of
$3.50 the silk. stock. .ng gentlemen Of the Denoc~
racy. made their appearance and took seats upon
the platform amid the wild phludits of the all
the hagpipers prosecutions. After all had taken
M F. ii. Smith, Jr., opened the meeting by
announcing that it would be addressed by one
Of the greatest orators Of the Republic. The
most stupendous duty bad to be performed By
the Democratic party IN the next few week.
namely: to show that that party was not US dis
reputable as 1t WAS generally credited with be-
ing. The speaker pnmed categOrlcnl1y all the
virtues Of the political calendar, and said that
they belonged to the Democratic party. He
then introduced Col Villas, Of Madison, Wis, to
Mr: Villas said that he was not prepared to
0ffar than ANYTHING YrnrfhV NJ fhQjr r1ra1far1-
uon. aud on that account he asked their consid-
grafton: There @ were two ways Of appealing to
mon, sense, the other By appealing to their
passions, the latter being the more proht-
able Of the two. He would, however,
II a@erea eyery man t1s Vas eqaa1 @ao
might enter for the struggle end secure the
prize he was competent to win :, The President
Of other lands, and the members OF Congress had:
no more right to their position than the Consta-
Bile OF a Justice office, though the former posi-
lions were the more important and dlgnihed.
loud applause from North Side Constnble.1
The question to be answered now was:< Which
the fna 9:t bs
differences between the two candidates for the
Prestdency7 There was no issue upon the
IN of and eau
respect was separate fsoa @ both I The The
No issue could be drawn upon the financial
p1unks. It was the same with the tariff ques-
tion; the Democratic party not having been able
though, us Roscoe Conkling had said in his late
speech. they would do 1t II they got into power.
0vershadowtng AT these questions was the great
issue OF secIionalfsm between the North and the
South, and till that great question was disposed
OF by the destruction Of the Republican party
the business interests Of the country must wait:
Questions Of administration and finance must
watt until this ts settled. The Republicans
claimed that the South was solid. and that this
n1 Snss # &c r t. he bs saa
will bring to bear unitication Of the
Of baety he N0ff In ta non 3
had conquered the South they allowed the Union
Republicans to reap the spoils. At this time the
South ought to
HAVE nEEx ooSc111ATED
by allowing them to practice the arts Of peace,
and DUNG all that could be done to enable them
to recover their lost fortunes and regain the
power Of self-government- Instead of this the
freedmen were made voters aud thus enAbled to
become the rulers Of their late masters. They
we're oppressed and nisgoVerned as no people
the the SOU south % had Brought these les % eaiamities upon pom
themselves, but he believed they still were fit
subjects for pity Under reconstruction the
was it not time when they were given the ballot
Seem - ther laad Tx, X 81 snfaESon3ins gS .,d6s t6s
Having emerged from that rule, these States,
after being the scene IF bloodshed and bulldoz-
ing.-a word which hnd been invented to ex-
press those deeds,-joined the Democratic party
and made it. four years ago, outnumber the Re-
publican party as he believed it would do during
Tho speaker did not believe that the Southern
Democrats were seeking to eain agnin TINT
which, they had lost IN the late War Coqstltu-
Nation which settled these questions, and who
would be bold enough to go into the House OF
1d oaer e Seqog tates 10 p6
[faht iSa tue's to seeede &c e. F Noi from two or
tbree, very falntlyf Nor did be believe that the
to sustain bis. position on this point as
zaow9g that the votes ter Taen and
States which had seeded. The speaker had no
fear OF state.rights, for upon the quesnon Of
Democracy WAS as good as that Of the Repub-
The Speaker claimed that the victorious
md quoted Gen. B. F. Butler as saying that |
ivc-sixths OF the forces which he led belonged
The theory of Southern claims WAS perfectly |
3xploded by very few considerations. Geu- |
hancock had said that he accepted the consti- |
unona! amendmen&ts IT, and that Was .soe, enough; ,ia
he recognition Of the Contederaoy. and it was |
lot likely that the Northern Democrats |
gSqd put f9ss ts hands in ehss ass P00fs!5 Sa5
aid this very thing himself. and the speaker
I'M one wanted to refer TO it. (Several voices
dive Us the date'l The speaker g.t gavS no heed ts
ntaeonism begot recrf1iifnatton, recrfminatton
ed to irritation: Irritation to enmtty, and enmity
Q anarchy, 80 that it needed no reference to the
istory of other lands to see the danger OF war
which lay in the secdonaiism now prevailing
he business interests Of the country were
reat]v affected thereby. and for this reason j
riendly relation should be cultivated with the
outhern people The Democratic party would
orrect ali this, and manning some Chicago silk
tockings] was not the party cnhraclng such
nen as these to he safely lntrusted with the
ountry's commercial interests.
The speaker reviewed some portions Of sena-
Or Copklinss speech, and M ATTEMPTED TO- to prove
1ercial stagnadon OF the South against its
eople, in reality the Almighty was to blame for
all w.,
osinR candidates the speaker acknowledged
eat he candidate of the Republican party was
onspicuous for his talents and statesnan-lke