The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-04-22
Sherman's Speech at Mansfield, o.

The Secretary of the Treasury re-.
Gently paid u visit to his home at Mans
field, Ohio, and spoke at some length
upon the issues of the day to his friends
and neighbors. After stating that he
was candidate for the Presidency
under certain well defined conditions,
MIR. Sherman proceeded to the discus
sion of National policies rs follows: i
The contest this fall between the Republican
and the democratic parties viii present for de-
and the candidates chosen for the Republican
party must be those who will not only fairly
represent our side OF those. great iss9es but
The Republican party Is the party of principle,
and the Democrats party is the party of OPP
p ppon its bold ieadership q questions Of public
policy. 1t proposes now 70 maintain the policy
so successfully executed thus far, but must
be supported hereafter by the friendly action
of the Government. II proposes to maintain
with ali the powers Of the National Govern
ment, to the end that every man, poor or rich,
ment @ Of civil ana political rights. tApplause.l
1t proposes to foster and extend the syseem OF
free common publio schools both 6y the
that every child Of the proper age may receive
instruction in the primary branches of educar
xse in tse
tunities to win an honorable position In LIFE
nSs be snS q
the Republican party Is the only party
in this country that has the courage aud abiii.
desire, and that the controlling element of the
Democratic party cannot ana ought not to be
sg sss1
are many men in that party whose friendship
highly prize, yet never concealeo from them
or from you my profound distrust OF the prin-
ciples and the tendencies and the aims OF that
party, and now more than ever would regard
Its success in gaining control Of the Executive
and judicial branches of the Government as
an unmixed calamity. i do not intend to make
you a long political speech on those numerous
there are some matters connected With the
present state of affairs which think should
6rnE csaSse e pses the
summer of 1877. At the beginning of the pres,
lost control of the great central states Dem
.ocratic Senators and Legislatures bad been
sey, Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and even Ilfi-
nois sent the "independent party: 70 the
United States Senate, and the National House
When President Hayes was sworn Into ONCE
the local governments of Louisiana and South
eiecsed BY tne most
lence. From the LIST Of january, 1871. 10 the
of Hampton and Nioholls. The President was
powerless to correct this great wrong, and
subject of more criticism than any act OF his
Administration, yet lbelieye IL Is nowthe CON
siderate Judgment Of the majority Of AL parties
that what he did do was wise, prudent, and for
the best interests OF all classes, both white and
he did do all that could be done according to
law to secure peace and order, where sue
cessful revolution hadoverthrown the popular
will. =. -. 81; s.,yr- -;..s. >.
as desperate and dangerous - IT has been from
the foundation of the Government. Great
bodies of discontented men, deprived Of max
ing a livelihood by honest labor by the hard
ness of the times, were tramptng: through the
general calamity by riots and. violence. Our
paper money was below, par, and universal
, distr,ist peryaded all classes of men. Work
shops and manufactures were Idle, capitalists
hoarled their money, prices were low, produc-
tion had been reduced to its minimum fof
want of a market, and although our public
| credit has been we'll rnstpsssnesll by the