Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-14
Judge Black on the Stump.
He MAKES FoRCIBLE SPEECH IN TIL
BOROUGH or YORK, Pa.

Ut AAhtN n fOk' lbiL sfbt'h IN lhE
BOROUGH or YORK, Pa.
The Democrats Of York held great
mass meeting at which Hon. j. :. Black
delivered powerful and unanswerable
speech. Judge Black, said among other
things
"Unawed by influence and unbribed
by gain the incorruptible Democracy
elected Tilden and utterly routed the
corruptionsts The majority OF the
white people was n million, reduced to
three hundred thousand by the black
vote. Of the electors duly appointed
there was a clear majority OF twenty.
three against them. No man was ever
elected TO any Office in this country if
Tilden was not elected president of the
United States.
Then came that enormous outrage
which made the name Of our opponents
infamous forever. They iraudulently
| altered the appointment Of twelve elect.
ors, enough to give Hayes a majority of
one ; and on that fraud they put him
in. The corrupt knaves that assisted
| them are billited on the treasury as
reward for their crimes and we the
| people are taxed 10 pay them for cheat.
| ing us out of our birthrieht. There was
no excuse for this that can be accepted
I even as mitigation of the crime-no
/ preiense Of any excuse at all that was
/ not founded IN perjury and forgery
which aggravated its bsseness thou.
sand fold.
| But the cheated millions that we had
/ before are with us still. The immense
majority that voted in 1876 for State
| independence, honest government, pop.
] ular liberty, peace between the sections
and equal justice to all men, will vote
/ again in the same way. To these will
| be added the thousands in every part
| of the country whose conscience forbids
them to support the particular kind Of
| fraud TO which this administration owes
its existence. Still further will the
great majority be swelled by enthusias.
tic love Tor the great Deliverer who dis.
interestedly stood by the cause of liber.
~ at the time OF its EXTREMIST peril.
! The oligarchy that persecuted and
sneered at him then shall painfully
| feel
what frccmeu can DO when their hearts are on FIRE
For the hero they love and the chief they admire.
confess am disappointed in the
effect Of this upon the popular mind.
| | believed that the thunders of univer.
raj condemnation would break over the
| heads OF the men who had done this
thing. But they took the moral meas.
ure OF their party better than | did.
Doubtless there are many thousands
who have determined in their hearts
not to trust such criminals any longer
| Ao,,htlaea ha EAau-a nf ,,,anv -. q a,
heretofore acting with them has received
n shock from which 1t will never recover
but their organization is nearly as com.
pact as il was before, and most of their
leaders move with step as alert as ever
in support of u nominee who made
himself especially conspicuous in the
preparation of that great wrong.
OF course We will elect Gen. Hancock
as surely as we elected Mr.. Tilden, and
by much larger majority. But the
same men who cheated in 1876 may
cheat again in 1880. They do not ap.
pear to have repented. They have not
said or done anything to show that they
would not commit the same crime over.
What then2 ] can only answer II you
be men bear Il not The deliyerer who
leads now has always been true to the
people in war and in peace and no
matter what betides US he il sure TO be
true in the future. Let US also be true
to him in every emergency for his
danger is our danger, and If he falls
by another fraud our rights will perish
forever.
In his speech Judge Black paid many
eloquent tributes to the worth and abil.
ity OF General Hancock, declaring "that
every man who believes in the whole
American system Of government should
be friend of General Hancock. He is
and always has been for IL, In every
part. His sword defended the lawful
authority of the union he threw his
shield before the breast of civil liberty
IL was his great order that vindicated
state sovereignty"
The Woman'a Taunaranca Tfu,o.,