The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-04

setting the coulter little deep? Laugh.
ter. He's going around mere pleaulng
for reconciliatlonl Well, II the Demo-
Gratis got up the Rebellion, ana the Demo-
Gratis put II down, they seem 70 ne recon
Ciled. Why Amt they satisnedE. Ihey
needn't come round here prating 20 US
We didn't have anYthlng
TO do with II. The truth IS, that while
many Democrats DID tnelr Whole anEy'
the Democratic party didn't 90 tnlhg,
But In 1854, their National yohvsn. aoS
met and declared the war atailure, ana
tossed bulletins overour oayonets ihto the
rebel lines. declaring the war q Mlntei
and by SO doing they required the iatther
sacrifice Of $1,000 men.
AN INTERRUPTION
..o,..od a. ,bis noint occasioned by the
ocou'seu a. '4.' pO'r' -, ~. .,r,h
return oil the procession from Jus s0u'n
end OF the ronte. In the interim the an-
dience crowded up to the platform to
$4,000 lin no o,o,o, Alta, the
snake hanu9 "i'u 'po o.H ,'.,,..st.' -
disorder consequent upon ofe1AAls 'a"Ho
had ceased, Gen. Gibson again advanced,
and resumed his remarks. ,,
81 have made you one speech" said hes
"and a pretty good one. Laughter
But there are some more thtnRs ! might
say." When the Republican party assumed
control there WAS In circulation SO ,OOO,-
600 In coin and $4,000, 900 In state cur
rency paper. The difference between that
state Of affairs and that kind OF currency
and the present situation was deplcted 10
glowing and impressive manner. NOW
we can take our own money and buy beer
in Germany, wine in France and macaronl
In Italy. 800. ,yl..
The General quoted remark o. Ran.
dall's on Friday night, 70 the elect that
the Democrats had brought about resump-
ton. This was dismissed with the re.
mark: "If Randall said that, he knew u
was untrue. He deliberately lied, ana !
am responsible for what lsay.. Inc Dem,
ocrats brought about resumption! NO; !
believe they DO say Providence helped! J
One thing we have done-we have made
the Democracy pious! Laughter They
never talked OF Providence before TINS
wear. Renewed laughter. We have done
more In twenty wears 10 convert them
than all the churches in chrlstendom have
in 1SOO." 49,. 49,,
me 9e m F Insn na as cSa;rmsn ~ a
committee appointed BY Congress to count
the gold in the United States Treasury.
He and two assistants counted 6 tnt .s Gays
and men men, LON 70 l. fe ain,t tSsre Then thew
sso oUp three days ienger, and Tom re.
marked, "W hen will we ever get doneT
Secretary Sherman lola MN VIII W. .,I snt'
"What are we to do?" asked Ewing;
Sherman suggested that 1t be weighed, and
Ewing sboyeled gold into wheel66arrow
and weighed it on a Fairbanks scales ior
ak days. ale got al! he wanted, and 10
day instead OF being at home helping the
Democracy he is out in Colorado helping
himself" Laughter.
The speakers iguratiye description oil
the Democratic leaders as the worshipeIs
OF Baal and Sherman as Elijah, and ms
allegorical description OF the scene on the
LIST Of January, 1879, when resumption o.
specie payments took effect, was by tufns
eloquent and amusing. II PROVOKED Ire
quent rapturous applause.
In alluding briefly TO
THE TARIFF QUESTION,
c.., cih.or osLa6 his hasrers IN lool
aenefat eiosoh a'Aeu ne n III ~ 80. 80
at the platform oil the Democta''c parry
and to look further, at the history OF the
NAVY 1pol;tical platforms are like the
PAT, ~ ra;,wsv cors which are nj.
platforms Oh railway .Ms' %u 49, az :. =.
ways. labeled, Keep oil the platform wheh
the train Is in notion" Laughter and
applause
L was shown that for eight years prior
to 1860 we had exactly what the Demo-
Gratis now demand, "a tariff for revenue
only" In thatiim the Government bor-
rowed SlS,00o,OO0 per annum, and their
bonds were shaved shamefully. Now we
are payiDg of debt by the millions OF dol
lars. Under the Democratic free trade
policy there we're in the United States
720 600 men working in mines. mills and
workshops. To-day under the Republican