Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-02

would have created civil war in Indiana.
| Applause. The Democratic party met
IN 1864 in Chicago, your neighboring
city, and demanded peace on any
terms, cessation of hostilities. The
very time when Grant was in the
Wilderness. When Sherman was on his
march to the sea, they raised the white
flag OF truce in Chicago and demanded
peace on any terms. Six months after
! that the God of victories crowned us with
laurels and our own country was saved.
Applause. This Republican party has
built up and nourished a spirit Of ma
tlonality, of love, of honor, Of glory and
public credit. We believed in our ma
tlon, the pluck and honor of our soldiers.
The Democrats have no such pride; they
believe in the doctrines of state rights,
and the resolutions of '98; have no glories
from the past. They did nothing, and
IN the name of God [ appeal to you what
did they do that should induce any man
IN Milwaukee to vote the Democratic
ticket. Applause. ask you if you have
heard from Ohio and Indiana? TCries
OF " hear" and applause. They are
two kindred states to Wisconsin; two
states cut out OF this great northwestern
territory. There was the battle ground
where these questions were debated.
Every man of eminence on both sides en-
tered the lists and gave the why and
wherefore. The state of Indiana was
| claimed to be Democratic, and there the
issue was tried. Ohio was Republican
state. What was the result We car
ried that state by twenty thousand ma
jority and elected fifteen members of
congress as Republicans. Those do
lngs will be memorableinpo political history.
In Indiana we elected eight or ten mem
/ bers OF congress and the news by tele-
graph is increasing the number every
day. Applause. We have made sure
/ OF United States senator in Indiana by
having the legislature of the state.
! Applause. Even in the state of West
| Virginia, south of the old line, there we
/ have gained one member of congress-
and the battle goes on. I want to talk
to you
ABOUT JAMES A. GARFIELD,
who is to be our next president. Great
cheering and applause. Who is he {?
He has been covered by the Democratic
party with mire and dirt, but he is an
honest man; he is good man, great
man and a true type of American
citizenship, Look at his life. An orphan
at the age of four, then struggling for
the mere rudiments of learning, walked
by the canal on the tow path and worked
at the carpenters bench and on q farm.
getting gradually an education and then
! going to college and graduating, and
teaching school and beng advanced to
! higher positions. Then while state sena-
tor he enlisted in the war. After a
while, after fighting Id actual battles, he
was made brigadier, afterwards made
major general. He stood by the side
OF Thomas at Chickamauga and Rosen-
Grams at Stone River. Then he was
elected member Of congress, and served
the most critical constituency for seven
teen years; advancing step by step, made
chairman of the most important commit
tees; finally made senator of the great
state of Ohio, and now made the Repub-
lican candidate for president of the
United States. Great applause. Here
! is the man that
ROSE FROM THE HUMBLEsT RANKS OF LIFE.
No man, or boy, or lad ever had less
opportunity for a future than James A.
Garfield in his dawning boyhood. Yet
this soldier of our system, this child of
the people, rose by his own unaided ex-
ertions step by step to the loftiest pin
nacle of human ambition. TGreat ap-
plause. All, my countrymen, there
may have been some disappointment as
to candidates. You may not always
have your first choice. But here is a.
man who has received all these honors
because he deserved them. He is an
honest, brave, good man. TGreat
cheering and applause.
But that is not all. More than all.
more than all the glory that surrounds
the name of any mamie is a Republi-
can, devoted to Republican principles
and tendencies. Great applause. If
elected president of the United States he
will do all he can to give us good money,
to preserve our national credit, to put
down this opposition to the execution of
laws in the south, to preserve the fruits
of the war, and to maintain, and forward
the great national principles of the Re-
publican party. Great applause Now
ON the other hand [ will not say one
word to disparage Gen. Hancock. I am
not in the habit of treating my adver-
fairies with contumely. Gen. Hancock
fought bravely and well in some of the
great battles of the war, and earned dis
tinction which he fairly won. He is
major general of the army of United
States. Educated soldier, he never
earned dollar in his life expect as a
soldier. He is eating now the rations of
the government every day. His table is
daily furnished by the government AS
a soldier I would not say word against
him. But the trouble with Gen. Han
cock is that, while during the war he led
the boys in blue, stood by their side, and
bravely fought in the battle of Gettys-
burg and drove back the rebel phalanx,
NOW GEN. HANCOCK LEADS THE REBEL
PHALANX
against the very men who fought them
by his side. Applause. He is now
supporting and maintaining the very
principles against which he fought.
Why, sir, Wade Hampton tells you that
they down south are fighting for the very
principles for which Lee and Jackson