Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-08
EMORY A. sTORRs.
a stirtinE speech BY Him in San Francis
coA1he Issues OF the Campaign Boldly

coA1he issues Of the Campaign Boldly
nnd clearly stated.
Leaving that wonderful city OF mine, en-
throued on the edges of the great inland seas
coming aNvay across 1900 miles of plain ana
mountain 10 this gem on tho Pacific coast,
this jewel erhich rests upon the edge oil that
wonderful ocepn, 1 find they are both patri
niiow me 70 carry back 70 my fellow citizens
when return home the message IRON san
Francisco 70 Chicago that this wonderiul elty
State, nntis true 70 that great party which
made MS nationi IApplause.l Coming here
me TO addiess the Republicans of the Pacific
coast here assembled. | come, not as n mis-
sionary, but as a messenger, to speak in be
half ofthe interests of that great party which
has nlnds of this continent Nation, and
which has made us all citizens OF that Rrent
Nation. 1 am never tired of telling the story
OF the Republican party. hope, my triends,
that you may never weary of hearing the re.
Citul of its magnificent achievements. 10 1s n
great party, born OF the best Thought, the
holiest purposes and the loftiest impulses OF
our people, IL Is n great party, which mas
crowded into about twenty years of time y
thousand years, reckonedby achievements, oil
THE MOST MAeNIFtcENT HISTORY
that this world has ever witnessed. [Great
cheering.l It's great party which hnd tne
brains and the courage to- deny that slavery
was national, and to insist that freedom was
national. q Is n great party which confronted
slavery and rescued leagues and leagues OF
territory. from its grasp and dedicated them
for ali time 90 free thought, free speech, free
soil and free men. lUheers.l IL Is q great
party which confronted Il gigantic rebellion
In arms and put it down a party which rose
60 the ca of 4 principles party willing 70
die tor a Thought, party which placed mi
lions of men In The field that freedom might
not die upon this continent; party which
bound mp 5000 miles of seacoast with its fleets
and covered continent with its armies 80
that the globe rocked beneath its treadi n
party which carried for four long years the
bright star of freedom shining resplendent on
its fOrohead; party WHICH succeeded in ,ay-
ing the Union a party, Mr.. President, which
made promises and failed TO keep them
tgreat applausel party which found ,OOO,'
900 of slaves and made them EN- = oO99OO Oh Ireo t3
men q party that lifted 4 900 600 OF human be.
ings byane splendid, supremet sublime eHoft
from the night o saN0gefy ana DarDarlsni Of
African aoliittelhood into the equal, pure,
lofty, hracing atmosphere of American otti-
zcnship upplausel; II party which, finding
the milton a structure full of the docaying
timbers of servitudo, removed them, and has
replaced them with the everlasting guaranty
of universal freedom q great party, us nave
said, true TO all its promises making the slave
free il made, him a citizen, and making MIN
citizen II clothed him with the right OF sui
frage m great party which found mt the close
OF the Wlra gigantic debt; great, splendid
party Inade up oflaTge hearted, splendid men
and woIndh a party which through daily sui
ferlngs terrible labor, sometimes sore distress,
paid the debt 30 party that respected It's honor
highlythan it respected its own convenience;
a party which gave us currency good all
over tAe, goHdj h party which lifted our ma
E NATIONAL CREDIT -
on a loftier eminence than IL had ever before
reached; a party which threw its protection
over American industry and labor in all It's
forms; party which set the wheels OF ma
chinery running everywhere; which kept the
promise Of the greenback and paid 1t In gold
coin lapplausel; a party which through all
these difficulties has come grandly and safely
on, and landed our people where they stand
to.dhy-in the center of the solidest prosperi-
ty that any nation in all the history OF this
world has ever before enjoyed a party which
has made of these states a nation. ProlOnR-
cd applause.l l come from the Atlantic 10
the Pacific and one nag covers us; recognize
that Wherever am am citizen OF the Unit
ed States; and when think OF allthese splen'
did achievements and of our party, we did It,
we DID it tapplausel, and the poorest OF us
however little we may have OF other worldly
our patrimony. [Renewed applause This
great party, ike pride OF humanity every
where, confronts to- day the Democratie par
ty, party that asks thatthe past be buried
and ] do not wonder at it; party that insists
that no previous record shall be examined
aIn not surprised at 1t; party that wishes
10 ldc X to the future only-l amnot aStonish.
ed at 1t, tor if the party 10 which belong, and
you belong were Us leprous with guilt as theirs
Is, and were stained all over with crime as
theirs Is; ii the political history of our party
were as theirs Is, not merely criminal but
crime itself, would ask, as they nsk, that the
hese &c deSd ssaes2 THEW ciaim so thinS
not The great effort of the Democratic party
of to day is TO unload its history, to run away
from its reputation and its character Laugh
teri 1t is a hard thing to do. tRenewed
laughter.l They discover TINT character Il
always in issue. No man asks for employ
ment without he puts his character in issue
You don't employ men on their platforms noI
on their promises The banker would not
employ the pilfering clerk of last month, even
If his platform of next mouth embodied the
Ten Commandments and Christs Sermon on
the Mount rolled into one. Applause. You
perhaps, by this time have discovered that
am
NOT IN FAVOR OF A CHANGE, ~
except In the better and qualified sense
lLaughter.l am in favor of all changes tha
look to Improvement. would be in favor o
change from hell TO purgatory llaughterl
but not from earth to purgatory I am ii
favor of n change from one Republican 10 an
other Republican, but not from any Republi
ter. i can understand why the sheep grower
might he willing to swap one dog for anothe
to watch his flock, but never could under
stand how he could swap n dog for n wolf
Now, If the wolf goesto the sheep -growerwitl
asplendid platform, in which he announce
that he has lost all his formertastes for NUT
ton, and that his tendencies are altogethe
peaceful, and insists that they shall shalk
hands across the bloody chasn and be friends
l doubt whether any sheep grower in th
country would be ready to make the bargain
which the wolf proposed. | am in favor o
conciliation, always have been and alway
will be, but l am in favor of being conciliatet
myself [Iaughtur.l insist that 1 shall b.
conciliated, and insist upon 1t that the Old
time enemies OF the Union shall immediatel.
begin conciliating the old time and life Ion
friends of the Union. Applause. / an
speaking of the old Democratic members Ii
bulk, not of the individual members of ii
There may be many good men in the Demo
cratic party, but the Democratic party as IA
organization is unanimously, persistently an
diabohcany wicked. lApplause.l Did yo
ever know an Instance when the Democrat
party fiourished in good times? When til
times are hard the Democratic party pros
pers. III there is great movement OF grass
hoppers 80 that it deyastates the tields ther
is an Increase of the Democratic votes
Laughter II there is famine or flood, o
calamity look out for Democratic majority
closed, when the rust is over all your machin
cry, when grass grows green IA all you
streets, when lank and lean, aud thin an
hungry, when with care and glazing want 4
his eyes the poor laboring man goes totteTin
around for employment, and his wife, be
dragged and shiveIing, follows him, the scar
prosperous times for tho Democratic partl
When moneys close and tight. when wage
are low and employment limited, the Demo
cratic party Is prosperous IL aourishesi
GROWS FAT ON FAMINE.
[Laughterl But when the mills are all busy
when every little siream Is just humping itse
10 carry the busy wheels OF manufacturing in
stliutons; when the streets Of the cities aI
all rushing with business; when the sunshin
OF contentment glOws over the faces of all ou
labodng mon and comfort is in their homes
Z
whatuse Is the Democratic party? lLaughter
In its platform of 1880 IL pledges itself aney
asking the attention OF the people to what
calls it's traditions. Permit me TO say that W
don't have to rely upon traditions to faste
guilt and crimes upon the Democratic part,
The history OF their great crimes has not bee
handed down by mere word OF mouth frol
father to son. It has not been preserved b
minstrelsy and the agency of troubadour
There is no tradition about It, There Is not
all this land one single cemetery that has nC
the grave Of slain soldier, who persisted
that great cause that does not furnish ey
dence, evidently better than tradition,
the guilt of the Democratic party. Applause
There is not a single widowed wife nor
single orphaned Child whose husband
father died in the conflict who is not livin
witness infinitely better than tradition OF I'll
fact that that father and that husband died
save this nation that the solid Demoorat
South undertook tO destroy. lApplause.l q
back to Lone Mountain, 20 the stil and Voic'
less grave OF Baker. lGreat applause.l Res
on the impeIishable marble the record of h
glorious deed. Is that tradition7 IL Is a reeol
which all the waters Of the great seas ca
never wash out and which history will neV,
permit 10 fade, that that great heart cease
20 beat, and peftshed grandly that the natiC
might not die from the face of the earth,
the hands of "a solid Democratic South, Thr,
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