The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-07-30

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10 their >weetcsi. particularly The Dem
,crasic ones hrs ilahn anh Bradem.
10Th Disappointed the people by NOT hc- !
no there. Mr.. T.. =. Hobbs WAS called
10 the shair. and after n consultation,
MIR. Jos. Siubbleiieid. % OF
well 10 hIi i,r. Hahn's piarc. and say
W hat DR. HUM would "A, II present.
Jos. appnlns ,zeh for the situation amd
liz In. Ni~f h. sail nc one on the
ground knows. for so little interest was
thai hardly any one listened.
though II wA~ ruinorrd hr said some
thing about The majority 10 tho South (
being inundated b. minority. and
being too rowardly 10 vote, but did moi
offer ANY excuse for the Intimidation OF
their hands by The owners OF large manu-
featuring establishments la Massachu-
setts AMI other Republican states. lie
finally closed nv promising 10 prepare
himself 80 thar he cbuld speak about
|something he knew, and address the peo-
lple another time:
Mot a sound was heard, or funeral
note.
AS his speech TO the dead past was
1 buried;
Not Radical even cleared up his
throat.
/ But an realized they were ilurried.'
| Mr.. Hobbs called upon the Hunting
! burg Cornet band 10 cheer up the crowd
lby some music. and right well did they
play. and 10 "A certain extent revived them.
but the canSe was TOO lar gone 20 vitallze.
and when Mr.. r.. Il. Posey took the
stand. ne undoubtedly fell the oppres-
sion OF she position. which accounted for
the weak manner in which b. handles
his subject. MIR Posey, ruic. - ~
able and atfsnent. and occasionally an
eloquent speaker and we feel SIRE must
feel himself much dissatisfied with his
effort II the opening Of his campaign ~
a candidate for Eiector.
He began with an anecd0te, and then
ldisgusted himself with recital Of a
speech he made at Orwell four years ago
upon southern ontrages.' without
showing any evidence, or even charging
that there had been any outrages COM
mitted during President HAYES sdminis-
j tration. Ills theory seemed to be that
because something wrong had been done
wears ago. when all departments OF the
government were in the hands OF ke-
publicans. therefore II would be right 70
restore the government to the Republi-
: cans, that they might take some meas
lures to punish those wrong-doers, al
though all was being conducted lawfully
and peacefully now. He said the solid
'lSouth was dangerous to Republican Of
!. lfice-holding as the Democrats had han
) kering after the flesh pots, and therefore
he would have Uncle Sam. in accord
ance with the Republican National pol
lev, send down military enough there Y
ARREST sufficient number Of Democrats
and imprison them until after election,
to change the political complexion 2
7 several Of the States. This is not his ex
Z Tact language, bu; it il the logical Sc
= auence Of his argument. II il may be dig
bv that term. This would onI,
''rcouire an increase of about 100000 il
the army. and the arrest aud caring 70
! lof about 100000 Democrats involving a.
additional annual expense Of $2O0,vOO.
= 200, TO be borne by the already overbur-
i ldened taxpayers Of the North, - uadef
! military control the South would not y
= liable to bear any oft. DO our Repubsl
! lean farmers like the proposition! II Q
!, they will vote for Garfield.
y Mr. Posey spoke highly Of Gen. Han
cock. As a soldier and an honest mar
which il more than prominent Radical
have said OF Garfield. Judge POLAND
q Gen. Banks and Secretary M'Creery. al
y Republicans. reported to the House 9
y Representatives. under the solemnity 2
n their oaths. that he was a perjurer. MI
- Posey while abiding to his lohg servic
!" in the House, as fitting him for n
n Presidency, did not attempt 10 explai
l. this Report. Perhaps he considered
II one Of the qualifications he bad game
" by his seventeen years service.
~ In fact Mr.. Posey's entire speech wa
more noticeable for what he did not sa
! than for what he did. and the evider
~ effort was made TO make the people n
a, licye there was not much difference v
~ tween the parties except the Office
j though he made one broad assertio
a, which surprised many readers Of cnrreI
"a events. 1t was that the Democrat
Z, since they had control Of Congress ia
=. not originated single law Of public In
=, portance. He certainly forgot the Ia
81 restoring the silver currency to the Pc
IA pie, which was emphatically Democra
Al ic measure. as also the arrearages OF pc
sions law, by which simple justice whi'
had been denied by Republicans, wi
~ meted out to wounded soldiers. and q
Sc equalization bounty bill, which won
"a have done equal justice to soldiers, b
q. for Republican Presidential veto: a.
on the bill for insnring free and fair GO
NIB gressional elections, the veto Of viii
NJ by Hayes now lies Enacted upon on q
TO- Vice Presidents desk and the law pr