Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-02


the sea and the retreat from Washington
| (Great laughter and applause). And in th
, next carriage was Elihu B. Washburn, with,
believe, our dignifed secretary of war, Gov
! Ramsey. And in the next carriage was Bi
Washburn and some other distinguished pc,
son. And In the next carriage were the littl
!; Wsshburns. And then, l believe, they had
string of empty carriages to represent the un
born generations OF the Washburn family
tremendous laughter and applause) that per
petual breed that is to affiict the human famiI,
in all the future. Uaughter). And then B!shoi
Ireland, that great and good man, delivered
sermon. and he refuted the charges against Fa
ther Hennepin, and he proved that he was not
liar and rascal and plagiarist and vii
lain--proved it conlusively; and it is said tha
when Bill King beard the sermon he turnec
to one of his friends and said: Gentlemen W,
have celebrated the wrong man. Bill want
ed to take it all back. Uaughter.) They had
walked up the wrong customer.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Dropping personal matters the speaker next
turned his attention to national affairs. He
claimed to have pursued a consistent course in
that he had opposed slavery but now that slav.
cry was dead he accepted new issues. The
South was solid, owing to the corruption and
| extravaganza with which her affairs were adj
ministered after the war. He contrasted the
42d and 43d Congress under Republican rule
with the 44th and 45th under Democratic rule.
showing that the latter saved 113 millions.
| lie then passed to considering Hancock per.
sonally and said:
Now my friends in this district it is right and
proper that all the elements of opposition
should unite. Mr.. Weaver has no chance of
carrying the State. The widest visionary
could not suppose such thing for moment.
but If Ohio and Icdiana give, as believe they
WILL proper return on the 18th of this month.
there will come such tidal wave, such rush
OF pubic sentiment, that even Minnesota is
not to be despaired Of, (applause), and I hold
at this time in this crisis, it is the duty of all
men who love their country, all men who de-
sire fair and honest government, all men
who desire to rebuke this abominable system
of bribery in elections and corruption In the
ballot box, to unite together. I am willing as
an old Greenbacker, as former
Republican, holding the sentiment I do
taking back nothing of my past, I am ready,
with all my power, ard all the little ability
God has given me, to sustain Gen. Hancock In
the coming campaign. "a voice-"good." and
great applause.) The cry that has gone forth
against the Democratic party in the past has
been that it was not faithful to the Union. No
man can bring that charge against Winfield 8.
Hancock. His blood bedewed the field at
Gettysburg. His magnificent carriage in
all human probability, saved the day in that
awful crisis of our fate. for that battle of
Gettysburg is written down by
historians aa one of the seven
great decisive battles of the world
upon which the destiny of mankind hinge.
(Applause.) And when those rebel batteries
had for hours poured thcir shot and she'll
against our troops crouched behind the hills of
Gettysburg, and at last came on in almost
solid phalanx to overwhelm, there along the
ridge, in that very volcano of fire and deatha
when the very air was alive with destr uction
rode upon his charger, that magnificent Gener-
al. (Applause.) 1t was not a reckless expen-
diture or exposure OF life or of person. II was
doue upon Judgment; 1t was done upon s.
Judgment that knew TINT those men covering
there to await that last terrific charge of this
force, those fierce soldiers of the South aud that
they needed IN inspiring example, and he went
fourth in that sulphurous atmosphere, amid
those kissing bullets, and showed them what
manhood could doln this crisis of a nations fate
A cry "bully," and applause.) All, friends,
there has been no man in this canvass that has
dared to say that if Winfield Scott Hancock is
seated IN the Presidential chair any act would
pass with his signature that would imperil the
rights or liberties of the American people or
the perpetuity of the American union. (Ap-
plause.) 1t cannot be pretended And 40 /
say myself the Setting aside the bugbear of the
solid South. which, as 1 have shown, grew out
of terrible excesses. Setting aside this charge
that the Democracy could ua+-b .t,rf Sd, SKY
1t is our duty TO sustain Gen. Hancock in this
struggle. History will be searched in vain nv
friends, for parrellel of such case as we
have before us. When the Southern people,
who had fought, shed their blood,
and lost their beloved in contest for what
they thought was right, although we believe il
to have been radically wrong. / say when YOU
see them now come up in convention and vote
earnestly, cordially, fora man whose gallantry
beat them in the carnival battle of The war.
that those people Gamble trusted. (Applause).
Go through the South. Who was it opposed.
Hancock on that awful field? Who led those
forces9 Whose sagacious mind as it ia claimed
historians, If his advice had been followed
might have produced a different result? Who
was it? Longstreet. Where is he now? a Re-
publican official of the south Whero is
Mosby, who used to bushwack our men,
capture them in the brush in Virginia, and
take them out and hang them-a Guerrilla.
knowing no law but cruelty and death-where
is he to-day? United States consul under Ru-
therford b. Hayes at Hong Kong Misses
And yet they tell us that the man who perilled
his life, who shed his blood and who went
down wounded in the strife, cannot be trusted
TO De faithful to this nation when it employs
Longstreet and Mosby.
My friends close with one last appeal for
the broadest view of this great question. We
are nation spreading from the tropics to the
line Of Canada, reaching fIom the Atlantic to
the Pacific. That flag that floats yonder floats
over every part of this great country. NV
friends, the South made hght-all men ad-
NIT that it was gallant and terrible fight.
for what they believed to be right.
They have been whipped: they acquiesce.
They come forward and say, "Give us the most
brilliant commander of your forces and make
him President" (Applause.) My friends, in
the LANGUAGE of Greeley, believe in reaching
across the chasm-the bloody section-the hand
of reconciliation and friendship. don't vent
that flag yondsr to be all stars for the North
and all stripes for the South. (Applause) l
don't want a nation pinned together with
bayonets, as Hancock himself has said in one
OF his magnificent orders, ''The boyotet is not
a mt Instrument to collect the suffrages of a
free people," (Great applause.)
Ii Gettysburg had gone the other way, if we
had lost, and our flag had gone down in dis.
aster and death and the rebel government had
taken possession of this country, we could not
loveit; it would not bs human nature. We
would feel more less dissatisfied. But what
is the remedy for this feeling in the Sopth?
Kindly treatment and the spirit of
brotherhood, the spirit of nation
on bayonets, it must rest On the love of the
people. l trust that the time has come for
revolution in our political affairs. If Indiana
rolls up the verdict trust she will, then nv
friends let us organize here to see what can be
done in Minnesota. (Applause.) Go out and
attack the Ignorance and the prejudices of the
people, with Hancock as our standard bearer
(applause,, with Sibley as our
leader Lgreat applause) let us edu-
cate the people above their bigctries and their
intolerance. Let us fill their hearts with feel.
ings of liberty and abiding love for the people
of this country.
The man that comes around, and with his
finger seeks only to tear open the s,res of civil
war, and to rouse up your passions to make
you hate your fellow men is rascal. (Ap-
plause)
Bui have Searied You already. Voices.
Keep on-go ahead-we can stay here ali
nightly.
MIR. Donneliy then concluded his address
with history of the timber tresnass matter