The daily gazette., 1880-10-21
THn DEMeoRAr1o MEETING last

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TIE DEMecRATIc MEETING last |
night in the Opera House was one Of |
the most interesting political enter
tainments of the campaign. Tbs
auditorium was crowded with the
business men, mechanics and labor
ers, the very bone and sinew Of our
industries.
The speech by Senator Saulsbufy
was an exceedingly interesting review
Of parties, and castigation Of the
Radical politicians. He charged John
Sherman with making one Of the most
pathetic speeches he ever heard in de-
fence of Eliza Pinckston eulogizing
her life and character in the very
highest terms, notwithstanding he
knew at the time he did 80 the negro
wench was one of the most debased,
wicked, foul and filthy creatures there
was to be found. Knowing this
woman to be such, John Sherman, to
cover up his own acts in aiding the
Returning Boards to commit the great
fraud of stealing the Presidency de-
hberately introduced the story Of this
woman and aided her to circulate a
lie charging the white people Of the
South with the commission of the
most revolving crimes upon her per-
son. When man like Sherman, in
his high place in the Senate will de-
scend to such work as this, he cannot
be trusted. He is unsafe and 80 are
his political partners in corruption in
the Republican party. Senator Sauls-
bury was frequently cheered during
his able address.
He was followed by Robert Emmett
Monaghan, Esq, Of the bar Of West
Chester, In one of the most forcible,
chaste and logical speeches ever made
in our city. 1t was mastery effor,
and created profound sensation. Its
ora orical effect upon the large audi
ence was electrical. Rarely indeed
are such plain facts as were adducet
by Mr.. Monaghan, made to ploduc,
such emotion, as his did in contrast
ing The character of Washington with
that of Hancock and his picture O
the great battle of Gettysburg il
which Hancock gained the victor,
that saved the manufactures of Penn
sylvania and the treasure vaults c
Philadelphia and Wilmington fror
the grasp of the man longstreet } tn
Republican party has sent on his wa
as Minister abroad, at the same tim
they are bowling down the virtues an
claims of Hancock upon his country
men for gaining the great victory tina
saved the Union.
Mr.. Monaghan's arraignment an
trial of the office-holders of th
United States Government for the la,
twenty years, for the extravaganc
and waste of the public money W.
complete ard conclusive. Tho who
audience were convinced that the
official conspirators" had robbed d
people of hundreds of millions
dollars that had been collected <hrou,
burdensome taxation, that had nev
gone into the trensury at all. In ia
he proved by the report of Mr.. Ho
that % per cent. Of the money CT
lected did not reach the treasury, al
by report from John. Sherman hi
self that 40 per cent. of the mon
collected by taxation failed to rea
the treasury. He showed that in l,
than seven years the Republic
carpet-bag governments in he Sou
had run them into $500, ,O0O, 900 del
and it was that that made the sou
solid against the Republican pa
ofice-holders, whose numbers had
Grants administrations increased fir,
$4,000 to over 100000. 1t was agail
these men who had conspired to Ike
the government in their hands
their own benefit, taxing the peo
for their high pay, that he hoped
find Republicans and Democr
voting on the I'd Of November.
are unable to give more than ia
idea of the contents OF this a
speech. 1t was interrupted frequer
with applause, and at one time