The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-28
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u,n, Green B. Rsum, United STATE
Ia' ,i..ouer Of Internal Revenue, mad
....tb Of the campaign thus far /
aA y. m At the Court House last nigh
Ss y. NJ ,,Dors Of which is made in anOthe
po' ';'nn Sir. Rsum comes amongst Vi
a,'.J ..I, With the prestige of the hig
" o.. vi TbIch he has so ably and honesa
saI ,e.I In, With q war record equally une1
'l.t, '.'.io.,bIe. He was for four years
P.', .oldier OF the grand army of th
F.. For four years he has ad
t.;,s,ed 's one Of the most importsn
Elements Of the government, anc
,.s., ,ba, time there has been col
s4J sI,J' opdsr his supervision $4,000,
!" ,Iaollsrs ,riiEOa he %" Of one penny Il
wa ;,ysrument. He has been part an'
'...,l Of the golden administration o
p'..iJ.n, ~. HAyes-au administration thai
vi.eIy and honestly discharged itl
= -, ;, t,p,ts that the total loss in the col
i,.,ion Of all iu immense revenues ha
W, ba4p one third Of one cent on Die ttoisant
M %Ts, whereas under James Buchanan
n. Io.. V. :352 on the 81, 900.
~, t,,cs and effect OF Mr.. Raum'i
,,...b x,s in the telling facts that he sub
4i,tsd. He did not deal in generalities
Mt ave names, dates, places and all Other
rino,ia He told the people ~ why b.
-. A Republican, and t2) why he
81, mot q Democrat He offered thirty
.i,rtes Of his time to any man in the
I,n.e who would get up and tell the
n8iepce Why he was q Democrat
i, one got up. He then took
N. ,,1ialin, the reasons why he was not
fsmocruL lie began with 1850 and enum'
.ntel the various issues as they arose in
nd out Of Congress, and as he specified
n,h one he stopped at every point and
..s.d whether there was any man in the
house who would say that he was a Demo
N. on ,hstissue. Notan answer.
SWELL" said Raum, "there must be some
isue-some reason why somebody here
hvbeen Democrat during all those year,
MT. What is III" No answer.
lie took up the war issues the consti'
ttiioua amendments tinances-and
th.u showed how each party had stood on
s.h aud all Of them, and kept on with hi,
q,stious, asking whether there was q
nla present who would say that he was
SLING to be recorded as a Democrat on
be positions assumed at this time by hii
Rty. Still no answer.
Finally, General Raum came down tc
hesitate Of things in the South for several
!as past He took up the election re
ans in South Carolina, Alabama, Missis'
ippi and louisiana, and gave the dates,
piass and places connected with a mum
MOtths worst massacres. He explained
ashmOus mississippi plan," by which
ESQ mljorty in that State had been &C
Eidenly wiped out. He recited the his
bg Of the vicksburg, Clinton, Yazoo and
SH Orleans nassacres. He showed the
n,lus opeaudi by which the South had
bea made solid for the Democratic party,
ndhOw they were Aow attempting to use
AspoEsr thus obtained TO strike down
asiudlstries Of the North.
Altogether bis speech Of two hours wai
nids intensely interesting and thrilling
nd at It's conclusion the audience
dinOred for him to go on. "Go on!" sec
oaI" was the cry all over the house. But
A@uld not 20 on, for the reason, as ht
nd, that hehad many more speeches te
nile, and he was obliged to husband hi
tr.sgth. r
hgOes from here to East Liverpool,
Ohio, where he speaks this evening. ",
any to Republicans everywhere tha
a'asfal Raum is one Of the strongest mer
ahh canvass.