Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1880-09-08

issues OF the day discussed.
The meeting was first addressed
by T. A. E. Weadock, of Bay City
who made very effective speech
that left a good impression on the
minds of those who were present
Mr.. Weadock showed the necessi.
ty OF change in the administra.
ton OF the government. He told
how the South had become solid
by reason Of the atrocious deeds Of
the Republican carpet-baggers
who, during their administrator
had increased the local debts OF
the Southern States by sl72,4ll,.
56S-tbe greater part OF which had
been stolen by the carpet-baggers
This OF itself was a sufficient rea.
son why the South was solid
against Republican misrule. Re.
garding some of the so-called re.
bel States, the speaker stated what
some OF those States had done to.
wards preserving the Union. Mis-.
souri, had furnished l09,l11 Union
soldiers; Kentucky furnished 49,.
O25 Union soldiers, A comparison
with many of the Northern States
showed that some of the so-called
rebel States furnished more SOL
diers to put down the rebellion
Missouri, for instance, furnished
1888 more Union soldiers thar
Michigan.
Concerning the charge made by
Republicans, that the greatest
strength of the Democracy was il
the Southern States, the speake
quoted from the election return
of 1875. These show that Will
the Democracy received, in rount
numbers, 100000 votes in th,
Southern States, they received il
the Northern States 100000 vote
the Democratic vote in the Nortl
exceeding the Democratic vote il
the South by 100000.
In regard to the claim made b,
the Republicans that they ha,
saved the Union, the speaker pre-
duced more statistics. For in
stance, Lincoln, in 1860, receive
1,s57,610 Republican votes, an
Douglass, the northern Democrat
candidate, at the same time, n
ceived 1,365,976 votes. The reb
vote cast in 1860 went to Breckil
ridge. The number of Republ
cans in the country when the W;
broke out, was, therefore, 1857, 81
The records Of the war show thi
about 100000 citizens enlisted
the Union army, and if every R,
publican in the country, at th'
time, had enlisted as a soldier
the Union army, there was near
100000 Union soldiers to be a,
counted for. 1t is a well know
fact that all the Republicans di
not enlist in the Union army, an
1t is very evident that about one
half of the Union soldiers mus
have belonged to the Democrat
party. The claim made by tn
Republicans that they saved tn
Union is not true-it was the pee
pie who saved the Union.
The speaker brought forwar'
many other political issues, whicl
want of space will not permit us tt
speak of, excepting that when b,
wished to find out the misdeeds o
Garfield. the Republican candi
date for the presidency, he had on
ly to read the Republican papers
of 1873, and. there could find suf.
ficient to satisfy any bipartisan
citizen that Garfield could not be
trusted in the Presidential chair.
Robert White the Democratic
for senator Of the Goth
district, was the next speaker
He returned thanks for the honor
of the nomination and pledged
himself, if elected, to do his best
to advance the interests of the
people of the Goth district.
After q few remarks by A. G
Maxwell, of Bay City, the meet
ing adjourned until the 18th, wher
Timothy Tarsney, the Democratic
nominee for Congress, for this dis
trict, will address the citizens or
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