Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-22

Democrats while you wero rolling that plat
form of 1856 as sweet morsel under your
tongue, Republican Congress passed the bill
that provided for the jettes. loud applause
Republican President, Gen. Grant en- husi-
astic and long continued cheersl, signed II.
Gentlemen, in recognition of the enthusiastic
welcome you give to him who was my candi-
date at Chicago renewed chccrsl, and with
The consent OF the Sanhedrim on the stage,
admit you all to honorary membership in the
ancient and stalwart order of 800. Loud
cheers and renewed cries of "Grantl GrdntW
was saying that IL was Republican Con.
gFcss that provided the means, and u Repub-
iican President who signed the bill, con.
gratulate Sc. Louis that IL was a st. Louis en-.
ginecr who made the icttics possible and open
TO the largest ships. lCheers.l Were this
system LETT to the states; If Arkansas should
levee the river lluughterl why, of course, as
Democrats don't think that the General Gov
ernment can do II, and from the election re-
turns of 1873 there arc no Republicans in Ar
kansas llaughterl, the Democrats of Arknn
sas must undertake the job--whcn they
have succeeded In leveeing and deepening
the river, and then Missouri dccpens aud
levees above; If Missouri-where there are Re.
pubicans-shouid happen to allow the levee
TO be unrcpairCd after "A crevasse, Arkansas
would lose great amount of money she had
invested I'm the undertaking. Laughter
There is no thoughtful man but knows that
intelligent
IMPROVEMENT OF THIS GREAT RIVER
system which reaches with the arm Of the
Ohio up to the nail factories of Wheeling and
forges of Pittsburgh; which reaches through
the Wabash, away up into the heart of lndt
ana, which reaches through the Upper Missis'
sippi, far up to the falls of Minneapolis which
reaches through the Missouri up grandcr
reach than even the Amazon travels over lar
up to the wondrous wheat. fields and great
mineral deposits of the mighty Northwest
which then sweeps downward bearing the
product of eighteen States and Territories
bearing the productions OF at least quarter
of our entire population, in an area winch TINS
last year grew four thousand million bushels
of the cereals-this great river system can
only be improved blythe Federal Government.
[Applause.J That improvement can only be
maintained by the Federal Government, while
dear General Hancock laughter, applause
and hsses that as right, always cheer good
soldier, even when found In bad company,
and by decent treatment hope to wean him
once more from the error OF his ways; while
the Democratic party stood in its platform as
silent as the grave Gen. Garfield prolonged
checrsl Gen. Garfield in his letter of accept.
ance said frankly, squarely without word
of reserve or equivoCntion, II favor the i'm
provcmcnt of the Mississippi River" lCheers.
SO / say to you again, Missouri needs the
Republican party even more than the licpub
licRn party needs Missouri
You may think it strange that New York
er, from that distant city by the sea, speaks
thus frankly and freely with regard to this
question. believe that the
ONLY SURE CORRECTIVE
against combined railway systems lies in pro-
viding such pen and free water cOmmunicH-
ton that when railroads pool their freight,
that from n barge man down to a tlatboat eN-
cry man who Will carry the farmers corn for
less price OH the river should have an open
river, and so bring lcheersl ana so hold the
railways under the power of the people by
the wise, complete, effective antagonism of
the water courses. LApplause. The lakes
the lakes and the Erie Cnnal-havc done that
for New York MY love for my country Is not
so restricted that l would not have all done
for this great West that has been done for
that distant East
Nay, more: We New Workers believe that
we can keep up with you in the race. We
believe that every spade that is driven home
this wide continent Ovcris growing wealth on
which we propose to get II little toll. LOhcersl
Now we want fair play let US have an equal
stripping for this race of the future: let ST.
Louis let Chicago, let Cincinnati, let New Or
leans have all thai the brains and the power
of each city and State can give them let there
be fair race, and let the best man take the
crown. lCheersl.
My friends, not only Missouri, but the entire
South, In my humble Judgment,
NEEDS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
and needs Republican victory, so that white
men can own themselves all over the State of
Missouri and all over the South. lChcers
When mans politics are inquired about as
he goes to the shop to get work he don't own
himself; when man has either to talk Dem
ocrucy or keep silence in the state of Missis
sippi he doesn't own his tongue; when man
in Mississippi can not put just that ballot in
the ballot box that his heart prompts and his
brain approves, then lfe don't own his heart; ;
hedon't own his brain. lie don't even own
his poor right hand that should drop the bal
lot into the box. lCheers.
Now, for the moment, 1 leave the negro all
out OF the question. pass -kluX outrage;
L even pass SnOt- gun anu tissue DilllOU. w n1te
men don't own themselves in any section of
this country where the Lieutenant General of
the Confederate army was ostraCised from
Southern homes because he dared to accept
the results of the war and be a Republican, !
Applause. measure things by themselves; (;
don't so to the negro cabin for my proof.
don't search the record of ku kluX investiga.
tions for my proof. | don't 90 into doubtful
matters, but when Senator Butler, OF south
Caronl, says in public speech that james
Ii. Longstreet should be ostiacised because
he is a Republican, then tell you white men
don't own themselves in South Carolina.
[Cheers.l
Gen. Hancock-and | appreciate your mag
nanimity laughter You nominate Gen.
Hancock because in General Order No; 40 he
did your will. You ostracised James B. Long
street, who fought on your side, because he
dared to exercise his own manhood lCheers.
Now If there is II manly Democrat i'll this
audience. want him when he goes home to
look into the glass and ask himself il he isn't
ashamed of his party, no matter what he
Republican party asks with regard to the is
sue of war is simply this l will ciystallize it
in sentence-we want every man Mt the south
to be free to accept or reject those results, ac-
cording to his own Judgment. lChcers.l
AN APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS.
Now, my dear Democratic brothers, let us
go back in n brief resume of the argument
have been making YOU Missouri Democrats
believe in hard money; now isn't the Repub
lican party safer on that issue than the Dem
ocracy?
Every man of you in his conscience answers
eyes" You Missouri Democrats believe in II
protective tariff; isn't the Republican party
safer on that issue than the Democracy Ev-
cry honest man among you answers Yes"
You Missouri Democrats believe In Il wise
and efficient system OF internal improve
ments. On your conscience answer, Isn't the
Republican party safer on that issue! Every
honest man among you answers Yes"
If you agree with your platform that the
right TO n fair ballot is the right preservative
of all rights; If you indorse the eloquent ut
Nawsa a.,Fu data s. 50
vor of a fun, free ballot and fair count, on
your conscience give the answer, Does not
the Republican party stand by that doctrine
far better than the Democracy of Mississippi?
lCheers In your conscience you answer
Yes" and yet the Missouri Democracy pre-
sents the strange spectacle OF believing in
hard money and voting for a soft-money paI-
ty, of believing in pr Itective tariff, of voting
for free trade party; of believing in internal
improvements, of voting for party that nov
er changes, except in stress of weather
tlaughterl, that has always stood against in
ternal improvements. You believe in a free
ballot; you vote with the bull -dozer.
Now, my dear, my dear brother Democrat,
why Is this thusY Now, am not right in ven
turing the suggestion that st. Louis ana Mis-
souri, incline to the Democracy to day be-
cause of sentiment and memory of Democ-
racy, and you had larger practical sympathy
from 1860 to 1864 than you and RepublicanisIn
had laughter, and because of that memory
and that tradition you insist on looking on
to the sunset and wondering why the sun
never rises. My friends, to drop jest,
PARTIES MEANS IDEAS.
The struggle of parties is the conflict of ideas.
Two forces are contesting. They are not la.
beled Hancock on the one side nor Garfield on
the other. In the purest and best sense it is
Republicanism on the one side and Democ-
racy on the other ON the one side are all the
| forces that look toward the Nationality of the
republic Applause On the other are all
the forces that look toward dead and de-
caying past. [Applause.l on the one side is
| labor with hammer and loom; on the other
side Is the old idleness of the olden time. On
the one side is the school house; on the other
is the whipping block. On the one
side is progress; on the other Is
marching backward 20 the dead past.
lApplausel ON the one side stands
the genius OF free Missouri beckoning you
forward, pointing TO fields that shall be golden
with the harvest; pointing TO mines that sink
to the heart of mother karth; pointing to in.
dustry that shall utilize your water courses; ;
pointing to labor, 70 conscience, to brain, that
shall wear their triple crown of the future.
On the other stands the genius of the Missouri
of the past. At her foot are the broken
shackles at her foot is the whip thrown