Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-10-28
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good that We ought to sell + per cent.
bondsin coin. So | withdrew the Al per
cent. bonds and offered the pei cent.
| bonds. The banks would not take them.
They said the rate of interest was too low,
and don't blame them at all because il
| Is natural for man to get as high rate
of interest as he can, and he does not care
whether it Is right or wrong. However, l
insisted upon offering the i per cent bonds
| to the people. We. did so by what is
called the popular loan. Strange to say,
the people of the United States t. ok
3l5, 900 of tt ose bonds in sixty days.
IApplause.l
Now let me try and draw
THE LINE OF DEMARCATION
between the great political organizations
| told you | would divide the line between
these parties, and Judge them by what
they have done What hassthe democrat
ic party done in the last twenty years that
should induce any man to vote tor them:
what measures has it proposed? When
the war broke out the democratic party
the south. which was the head and body
OF the dog which went into the rebellion
8aged war against the country. What
did the democratic party do during the
war that induces you to attach Yourself
to it? Although thousands OF patriotic
democrats entered into the war: fought
nobly and did their duty galiantlv, and
God forbid that l should takea laurel
from their brow, vet in 1858 in Ohio they
nominated as candidate for governor
Clement l.. Vallaendigham, a man who en-
deavOred to disturb and cause civil war
in that state. They supported the knights
OF the Golden Circle i'll In.iina, and bat
for the gallant herOism of Gov. Morton
W. Ia 4,I %,
Applause The democratic party met in
1864 in Chicago, your neighboring city.
and demanded peace on .auy terms, i ces-
satiOn of hostilities. the verv time when
Grant was in the Wilderness. When
Sherman was on his march to the sea,
they raised The white flag of truce in Chi
cago and demanded peace aon anv 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 nour-
lshed spirit of nationality, of love, of
honor, of glory and public credit We be
lleved IN our nation the pluck and honor
OF our soldiers. The democrats have no
such rights, and the resolutions of '98
have no glOries from the past. They did
nothing, and III the name of God | appeal
to you what did they do that should in
democratic ticket. Applause ] ask
you if you have heard from Ohio and In
diana? [Cries Of t'hear" and applause.
They are two kindred states to Wisconsin;
two states cut out of this great north
western territory. There was the battle
ground where these questions were de
bated. livery man of eminence on both
sides entered the lists and gave the why
and wherefore. The state of Indiana was
claimedtO be democratic, and there the
issue was tried. Ohio was a republican
state. What was the result? We carried
that state by twenty thousand majority
and elected fifteen members OF congress as
republicans. Those doings will be memor-
able in political history. In Indiana we
elected eight or ten members Of congress-
and the news by telegraph is
increasing the number every
day. [Applause,l We have made sure OF
a United States senator IN Indiana by hav-
ing 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. .....
My friends | am not d sectionalist.
belong to
THE NATIONAL PARTY; -0
[ don't believe in sections. If l could tear
up the solid south and divide the solid
north | would be glad to do it. But [ will
say that l will stand by the republican
banner until every man and woman and
child is secure in every business right CIV
en- by the constitution and the Laws. Great
applause | will say no more. | will
stand for the north until the solid south
lays down its arms in obedience to the
north <c t..-..t --..a'..