Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-29

ballot.box stuffcr, and every outrageous in:
dividual who has opposed the authority OF
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find I'm that column and In that phalanx. ZAP.
plausel
WHO ELSE WOULD YoU FIND THERE?
Everysman I'm the North who wanted the
rebels TO succeed and who rcjoiced with their
success, and with the defeat of the Union
army every one. Why, will you find no loyal
men there9 Yes, you will find few misguid
cd soldiers who do not~VOte as they shot.
Who else would you hnd2 You will not find
the women and you will not find the men who
stood under the shadows of the trees in their
heaven for the success of tho boys in blue.
You will not findthe men and womenw who, with
scalding tears through the long four years OF
war, mourned the loss of friends hghttng Tor
the Union. You will not find the people who
made the flags and presented them TO the
Union soldiers during the, war. Who would
you fnd2 You would find Lyman Trumbull,
John NJ. Palmer Mr.. Farnsworth and a few
other lame ducks llaughterl, who could not
SS SGes Snd 6aye SoSs S9SSed over to
the ranks of the rebellion. and say
"lf you will let us be in tho lead in the
Northern States we will let rebels lead I'm the
Southern states." Laughter and applausc.l
There they are; behold them. lGreat APP
plause.l Now, who are they that support the
Republican ticket? Why, there are million
of men to-day who fought for the Union,
some of them crippled and MANNED. that
march up to the same old step; 1t is the
HlthhN lihhlDt tiuhlpI AlulhIi w NV VI
this glorious Union. Great applause.l They
come with the ballot in their hanus-not
secesh ballot but the old broad, white ballot
of the Union, representing the glory, the en-
crgy and the spirit and civilization of this
people. And as they come walking up with
their ballot there is II man with them: Look
at him; he stands serious, solemn and SILENT
but you SEQ every soldier as lie passes by
salute him, each one pays homage to that
silent 81, and quiet man; and when the soldiers soldier,
date of the Republican party, and says: 81
wns the Commander of these Union forces
during the war;
MY NAME IS U. S. GRANT"
Prolonged applause.1 Following these sol
diers and this quiet man come then the loyal
and the true of the North, the men and the
women that were with us in sympathy all
through the war You will find here the good
and noble women following along in this
grand line of grand men. Following them,
my countrymen, comes another classLthe
black man. He walks up at the head of his
column, and saws: DO you recognize me?
why, Massa, don't you know that never be-
trayed YOU? Applause Don't you know
gave you bread when you were hungry? Don't
you know that | took you into my cabin and
sheltered your Don't you know that l show
ed you the road to liberty from the prison
pen? Don't you know that guided yon to
the rebel ranks2 Don't you know that when
You let me took the musket and helped fight
ut your side? Don't you know that was ever
true to the Union, and by that got my free
dom? Don't YOU know that am true now,
may vote without being shot down like a
wild beast in his lair; to vote with the loyal
and true men of the North" [Grcat applause ]
SIR, THESE ARE OUR COMRADES;
these make up our army; these are our politi-
cal friends; this is our political organization.
We are not ashamed of it; We are proud of it.
And / say to the Democrats, while you wish to
hide the record of the war, while you wish to
blot it out, while you wish to never hear
of it again, we say we are proud OF the
record of the war; we are proud of the record
of the Republican party. We are willing to
from every housetop and from the highest
peaks of the loftiest mountains and in the low
liest valleys. Tell it; yes, tell it, We say, tell
our record tell our history; write it down and
let it stand as long rs time shall last. Let fu.
turc generations read it, and while they read
it, the prouder they will be of it. We have
made no record that we are ashamed OF; what
we have done we stand by. We stood up to ii
then we propose TO stand up to it now And
when you ask. we tell you we have given you
evidence of our honesty and of our good faith
on every hand. Why, my fellow citizens, when
you say, WAS the Republican party in good
faith when it declared for liberty?" If you
want to know, look mt what we have done. II
you want to see, look at what every one can
see without drawing much on their own i'm
agination; 1t is monument to principle with
a base as broad as this Union, with steps tC
the very top, and the top bathed in the sun
light of the sky, and on that is written, This
monument is built OF iron shackles that were
unriveted from the limbs of four millions o.
slaves by the strong arm and the genius o.
| the Republican party tremendous applausel
and there it stands and will stand forever. l.
| you want to know more we tell you
OUR MONUMENTS ARE EVERYWHERE.
| We point you to the graves of our fallen he
| roeS as evidence of our loyalty to our Gov
| ernment. We point you to the white shafts
above their graves, and we tell you this, thai
| if the Democratic theory is right, If the theo
| nv of State rights and State sovereignty, rs
taught by the Democratic party NJ
| to 1861, is the right, is the true doc
| trine, then tear down our monuments
| stands over the grave of Abraham Lincoln
| and put it over the grave OF Lee and yoU
want to take down the statues of MCPHERSON
| and of Thomas in Washington City, and real
| in their places the monuments to Sidney
| johnson and Stonewall jackson. If that is tC
| be the successful idea let it be crowned will
| all the glory that it is entitled to. But if oul
| idea is to be successful-the idea that this is q
| Nation, with power to protect 1tself-in GOd'i
| name let our monuments stand and don't dis
| grace them. Let them there stand as long us
! time shall last, and let the inscription b,
read; let it be known that every Treason
| against the Government from the firing upoI
| Fort Sumter to the assassination of Abraham
! Lincoln, was committed by the Democrats
| [great applausel, and that the deeds of glory
in this country were performed by the Repub
| lican party. Continued applause
| Now, my fellow citizens, go to the polls
vote the Republican ticket, vote for Garfield
| and Arthur, vote for Cullom for Governor
vote for all your State officers. Applause.
| Scratch not your ticket but vote the Who'll,
Republican ticket because it represents 10y
| atty to this country and loyalty to our Gov
ernment. [Great applause. Do this, IN.
countrymen, and then you will do justice t.
your consciences and justice to the grea
cause and great principles of the Union
| Great and continued applause, with thre
times three cheers standing.l