Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-01

The speech as originali
! reported IN the !Stau1l
| ton Valley FirJiniaf
| July %.
After alluding to the fac
that his ancestry we're Vii
ginians, and had tough
side by side with the son
of the old state, and to hi
own services during til
late war, he said, so it j
that 1 am bound to you b
bonds which death alon
can sever. So it is that !
like so many of the vetcr
ans Of the C0n:fe5cracy
ant jealous Of the honor
and proud Of the gloriou
heritage beQ1,eathed to he
by her Lee and her Stone
1caU Jackson. Do not I'm
derstand that I come her,
to dictate u policy to you
or to advise you what 70,
must do; rather am I her
to consult with you as
Democrat, as a man, an,
as a Southern soldier; a
one who looks back to tn
time when he shared Will
you privations and suffer
ing and defeat in the arm,
of northern Virginia.
I am here to voice tn
earnest hope that I feel, t.
utter the fervent prayer O
my heart, that Virginia
the mother of states, vii
not prove recrcant to al
her high traditions. "
hare at1rays looked to he;
to lead, and are Eno,r tha
she has the right to do so
We kno1c her history, an
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yoa "''I; 1,.' eu.'eu' ~ ee1'
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"o,. ,na's uo''e ~ ,.:t ot,o'e' tt Mve " u,
,"ays ,na 70 ta ~ ,a.. oeeeo'N o"' ~
'uys ~ ~ ~ Mo,.vI. ,u!I H..
NOW, "1"' vo,, 70 'nsim,a ~ sa1,. oi;n: . u;.t:
nv, nv" fr;onIu aJu ha,."s ha", nea'iae a'' 4 =
,,op',s NO. i.' on ~, NV ot;a, n,,.tn ne ,.e
Stu,a Stato Iur M;,I ~ =. .'..rGn .a';4 - so'
casting One hundred an
th1rty-eight electoral cote
are need only Ne,g IOr.
and Indiana, and l be
licve ,ce snail haze them
Will Virginia, when w
have success within ou
very grasp, sacrifice th'
Democratic party, will sh'
sacrifice the south, will sh'
sacrlhcc the national gov
crnment by aiding, lndl'
rect'y tho.lSh 1t DC, TO elec
a hepnDlcan president
l VIII not DclleVe 1t. :!
St0od. .tonr gears 6y the sad
o. p1TG1n'0nS, ana Ikn0l
the $tAF 4f 1rh7ch they az
maze. In those four year.
1 neucr S01O them tattcr
at this crisis I cannot,
7'1V mt think that 30,
ariN prone false to you.
ta0itiOnS-that you ca,
Drore yccrennt to the er
dltcd teachings, the en-
nobling inspirations o.
your glorious past. Pu
by everything thGtcan dis
tract yONr attention from
our one greatObjcct. LO0l
only to that; fght for 1T
and 1cin the fght. l hay,
nothing to say to you abou
your local differences; 1y'
haze them IN our orr
state, ont ,gc haze Tr*ot1.te
y put them beha'sd as
Realize If you can wha
Will follow a Republican
triu m ph in November
iou nave all seen wha
strides that party has mad
toward centraIlzatlon, yo'
nave seen your judge
stricken down by tn
mailed hands OF the ma
tonai government; yo'
nave seen the Rep'lbilcal
party mass troops at tn
polls to overawe your ire
suffrage; you have scc1
their deputy marshals
their supervisors, their re
turning boards-the in
ftr'.ments OF an overthrow
OF the last vcstlgc OF stat
rights. l tell you, m.
countrynlen, the tate @
tue south VIII De harde:
than ever II the Kcpubil
can part! 's s"cccss1ui II
!hls canpa15n. we snal
nchoid no more Tree ciec
slens'no more untranieiie' l!l:
eApress1oh EXPRESS o1 Polllcal sen
tlment; ana no ,C one OF u
no" hvlng VII ever a5al1
see a restoration OF Demo
craslc rue ana prlnclpies
II We eject tne Demo
crat,c nominees Tue h.'
P!tDilcdn m parry WI. go :!
~ Rle.Es ,';N.:a ,,Ae a aol'e VI sa'i:' !:
!, ueii @ inireioi. - cliuc!, i
1l,ey III, eyer uau d iuisel'1 !
Ihere is notnlng tnat hold
thenl toGctner To-day say
"the concslVe power Q
tue puo'lc spolts." IN
Democratlc party ls I'll
party OF peace ana 0
union i, mat wouid piot otl