Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-15
Republican Rally.

A Garfield and Arthur Flag Thrown to
 the Breeze ina the Ninth Ward-A Cam
 paign Club Formed-An Address by Jo-
 seph sheldon, Esq, and Others - Im-
 mense Enthusiasm.
 The Presidential campaign was successful Iy opened by the Republicans of the Ninth ward last evening. The ratification meeting which was called at Masonic Hall, was suc- cess in every particular. At an early hour the people began to gather, and at o'clock, when the Broadway band appeared upon the scene and commenced to play, large crowd was in front of the hall, which continued to increase in numbers every moment until the time arrived for throwing the handsome new flag to the breeze which had been prepared expressly for the occasion.
 At 8:3O o'clock the flag, on which were inscribed the names of Garfield and Arthur, was run up on the flagstaff amid blaze of rockets and red fire, the band play ing the Star Spangled Banner. Just before the flag was raised Captain J. H. Wilkins made a ringing speech in which he urged the colored men to stand by the Republican party and not be led away by any sophistry that the Democratic party might advance.
 After the flag was raised the immense crowd proceeded to the hall, where Capt. Wilkins called the meeting to order. On motion Capt. Wilkins was appointed temporary chairman and Theodore V. Cromwell secreta- ry A committee of seven was appointed by the chair to bring forward names sor per manent officers of the club. The committee retired for deliberation, and while they were absent Capt. Wilkins made brief speech and then introduced Capt. Thomas J. Grif- fng. AS Capt. Griffng went upon the stand the band played Hail Columbia. When they had concluded Capt. Grifing spoke in sub- stance as follows
 Fellow citizens-I understand that there is room for any sinner that repenteth. 1 have found that there is no milk in the Democratic cocoanut As colored men all our interests are wrapped up in the Republican party. We owe to that party all that we enjoy of free dom to-day and if the Democratic party should be successful it can never rob us of our liberty We are climbing Zlon's hill to- night and we never again shall know mas ter. Black men will rally around the stand ard of the Republican party, and our glorious deliverers will triumph in the next election. James A. Garfield will be elected the next President of the United States, and nothing can prevent this happy result. The speaker then arraigned the Democratic party, which, he said was guilty of all the crimes in the cal endar and under which the colored race had suffered in years gone by. He then gave graphic picture of slavery and the bad treat ment the blacks had received from the hands of those who now sought to obtain the votes of the colored men to install them in power in the National Government. When the Captain closed his interesting address he was greeted with loud cheers.
 Ia,,I Ia D of fo1. which the committee on permanent organi- zation entered the hall and reported a list of officers as follows:
 For President Theodore w. Cromwell.
 Vice Presidents William G. Hancock, Ali fred Manning, jr., James Treadwel, Henry E. Nash, A. Frazer, Thomas Smith, A. G. Seymour Leonard Turner, James Brooks, W. R. Keys, H. H. Allston, John Adley, J. o. Jones, s. Rice.
 observation-disclosures l.. Grifing, J. l.. Howard, J. L. Williams, Moses Graves, Richard Smith.
 Mr. Cromwell on taking the chair made 8 brief address in which he returned thanks for the honor conferred and promised to use his best endeavors for the success of the Re publican ticket.
 Joseph Sheldon, Esq, was next introduced In opening he expressed his qualification at the large gathering. He then considered the capabilities of the candidates of both par ties for President. He thought that the fact that man was graduate of West Point was no reason why he should receive the support of the colored voters of the country On the contrary, West Point made its graduates an aristocratic guild, and they were not and never would be in sympathy with the laboring classes of the country. He then arraigned General Hancock for his action in Louisiana at the time the gallant Phil. Sheridan re- moved and General Hancock was appointed i,,l cfo GoporoI Eonooob'c so suited the shareholders of the South how will he suit you colored men? inquired the speaker The conduct of General Garfield has been in sympathy with you always. He has been the friend of education and the friend of equal rights. An equality be- fore the law: makes your rights and my rights, and this man Garfield commenced there. Everything he has has been the pro. duct of his own industry. In every single point of his career he has been in sympathy with the laboring man, and what he has done has been in the interest of civil liberty. On the other hand you have in the Democratic candidate born aristocrat. The Democratic party will, if MT. Hancock is elected, control his administration. Great parties are not made; they cannot be made by any process whatever. They come into being by force of circumstances. The Democratic party is composed of men who have believed and now believe especially in the South, that they are q Sup0rlOE TdC0 dI1O I1dG Iu0y nave Jldt are superior to yours. If this is not so why will they suppress the votes of colored men in South Carolina and other South ern States? I know that the Demo- cratic party cannot bring slavery in its old form again because 1t is impractica- ble, but under the guise of criminal law and for the most trivial offences the colored man may be deprived of his liberty and sent to prison for long periods, which means no more than slavery. Can you trust the party whose whole life has been devoted to the idea that they are superior race
 I know that the Republican party have made mistakes, but they have always stood on the broad platform of Christian civilization and the Declaration of Independence. They patton of the slave without resort to civil strife. During the reconstruction period they have endeavored to carry forward your principles and advance your interests. They have not been exactly where MT. Garrison was, but they have had on the whole con- the general average has been noble and right. Again we have had the ad- ministration of President Hayes, and his ad- ministration has on the whole been success. When MT. Hayes came into power the South cIamored for their rights, and made fair promises that they would see that every man had his rights. I had no confidence in their
 
 have gone forward in the same old way, and while Wade Hampton says he will give 30,0O0 or 4O, 900 majority for Hancock in South Carolina, yet we know that in a fair vote that State would give ma jority for the Republican candidates Let us then in Connecticut do our duty and aid in placing James A. Garfield in the high est position in the nation, and see at last that this grand old flag which you have thrown to the breeze tonight shall forever symbolize equal and exact justice to all men,
 On the conclusion of MT. Sheldon's speech he was given three rousing cheers.
 series of resolutions endorsing the Ma tional Republican convention and pledging support to the nominees were passed, after which three cheers were given for Garfield and Arthur and the meeting adjourned.
 Police Notes.
 John Carboy got into the good graces of Jacob Hermann, saloon keeper on Church