The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-21

the people, for the people. These leaders
are Of themselves, for themselves, from
themselves-an the money power. Mr..
Lincoln had not the polish which much
contact with polite society gives; but he
had manhood, heart, brain, muscle power.
/ was present in Your own State when he
delivered that inimitable Grafton before
the circling graves Of our dead heroes-an
apple Of gold in a picture Of silver, that
was never surpassed and never will he.
Then saw him riding down through the
little village Of Gettysburg on horseback
by the side Of Mr.. Seward, the most awk-
ward man ever saw astride horse. !
saw him again in an immense crowd in
Baltimore. assembled to do him honor.
I saw him gallanting lady through that
crowd. Never did country boy do it
more awkwardly. He did not seem to
know how to navigate his immense un-
derstandings amid the trails OF the ladies'
dresses-not an easy matter for anybody
to do. Afterwards ] saw him leaning
against pillar, forgetful Of all this tinsel
and show, lost III thought, his soul in
communion with the grand issues posing
iii the scale Of war. Every one seemed
to respect his reverie, and there was
silence about him. / stood where could
look into his face. never saw such q
face. There was more in it than ever
saw in human countenance. / said to
myself, God-like man, though not pol
islled to shine in parlor, You stand six
feet four inches under the mightiest load
that God ever laid ON the shoulders of q
mortal, and you walk steadily under it, q
glorious leader in great revolution.
Such leaders the people select when they
revolutionize their affairs. Applause.
And they are about to do it now; and it
is possible, quite probable, that you will
see when am done speaking referring to
Gen. Weaverl their greatest leader. APP
plause.
How do you propose that the people take
possession Of the government? BY the bal
lot? One word there. In Alabama the
Democrats counted themselves in by o.
600 majority, when they hadn't $4,000
votes altogether. asked some of their
leaders in Congress-, why they uncovered
the fraud and made it 30 apparent. 'You
have injured your party, what did You do
it for?" "To tell the truth, Mr.. De La Ma
tyr" they answered, .the leader in each
Of the counties wanted to make his coun-
ty the banner county," Laughter. That
makes our Republican friends laugh. /
have a dose for them. / went through
the vast manufacturing establishments Of
the East, conversed personally with hum
dreds Of the operatives, and the universal
testimony was, I'VE are given distinctly
to understand that we must vote the Re-
publican ticket or lose our places, and go
out with our families to beg" There
they put a mans love for his wife and
children over against his conscience, and
through his love for Ills family take away
from him the dearest rights of citizen.
/ say that is meaner, more contemplate,
more cowardly than the other. Now,
that has got to stop. Any man that
trifes with the ballot ought to die OH the
spot. Applause 1 have heard quite a
number Of those Southern men say that
those shall die who doitagain; and they are
brave men, and think they will carry ont
their purpose. I am not sanguinary man
myself, but / would gladly twitch the
rope That wonld break the neck Of the
infamous wretch and traitor to his country
that would trihe with the ballot. Joseph
Cook says: "Go ON under your universal
suffrage, with your ideas Of an irredeem-
able currency, taxing Of incomes, and
making us Nal,obs pay some of
the taxes, and we will take away
from you universal suffrage even If
we are to have the fiercest of civil
wars" When I read that asked, What
Il L~&~
anything about civil war? Has he ever
seen q father die with his glazed eyes
fixed on the photograph Of wife or child?
Has he heard the cries and groans Of
dying men by the thousand, rs have !?
Has he gone night after night among the
dead and dying? Then, instantly, there
flashed on my thought the description of
the bursting Of shell, that had read q
little while before, and / laughed right
out There is but step between the
sublime and the ridiculous. wondered
how he would like to hear the music Of q
shell; how he would like civil war him
self how his clients of Beacon and Wall
streets would like it. / want to say to
you that the music Of shell is the worst
music / ever heard. II you saw one Of
OkAck0 uuIot NllO StA1AO u AkAuAAS ASuVAls
him quivering and bleeding mass Of
flesh, you would not like it. heard Of a
colored man who did not like the sound.
He was o servant Of one Of Fremont's
captains. He saw shells burst and kill
one or two men, and he ran away and
stayed away three days, until he got
almost starved; coming luck, he went to
the captain tent, who said, "Where have
you been / do not want any such SER
want as you. What do You mean by
running away?" ''Oh, massa, = he said,
and the whites Of his eyes grew large and
his teeth cleaned; ''oh, massa, me saw
great black thing coming through the air
saying, where dat nigga, and he come
and busted, and ten thousand little
debbles came out and said, where dat
nigga, where dat nigga, and dis nigga
run. Laughter. wondered how Joseph
Cook would like it. God save us from civil
war but if they don't let the ballot alone
we will have il. We viii take the govern
ment by the ballot When you have
taken possession Of the government, what
will you do? We will first restore to the
government the issuing Of the currency.
If cOnld frame the naYt nlntfOrm Of fha