The daily gazette., 1882-10-07
A DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
AN ADDRESS BY JOHN ~
FoW, ESQ.
THE INSTITUTE HALL CROWDED.
Large Meeting and an Able speech by
"iadeiphia Lawyer-Remarks by
John Biggs, Esq

IN spite OF all other attractions last even.
j ing the institute Hail was filled with Dema
. ef'N "! 'is'h to fieeC hes from John II
eHn, --sl,, aud John Biggs. The City
: nornet pand furnished music and the meet
| ing was success. oe'
Upon the platform sat Robert II. TAYLOR
william q. Baugh Patrick Plunket Thorn a :
! Ford, John X. Bradford, Charles i Comn'
3eii, Inomas NJ. Ogle, John P. Springer.
Dr. gallagher, j. Frank Ball, George Wells
II. X. remington and John Biggs.
saying: s"" 'y
1T was night In ancient Sparta and the
sun was slowly sinking to rest below the
| t.n hnls, tlng1ng the mountain with its
tha hiIii9 s"'. Inc ferslan enemy lay upon
tne hillside, when Spartan bow addressed
ms mother; Tomorrow we meet the enemv
ana nave only one thing to regret and thai
Is that my sword is too short and there Is
no no way to lengthen it, His mother renlied.
Inc only way to lengthen Spartan's sword
Is 10 take one step forwardp That is what
we propose to do from Maine to California
wi, wi are gong 70 be on the aggressive We
Will take step forward. The Democrat
who acts the defensive is a paltroon and
coward" anu
| de continued by saying that the time had
come when the doctrines enupciated hv
ihomas JEFFERSON should be upheld mora
| strongly than ever. The taxation now
| oPp.essihg the people was even more
Durdensome than the one that melted the
neVoiution. In 1880 the Democrats waited
aioVisioh OF the internal revenue and this |
| campaign the Republicans had stoleo thlis
thunder 'Ooi'h theT
just about this time a bell on the Nov,
CONSTITUTION was heard ringing outside |
"hereupon the speaker suddenly stonnod /
ana remarked 'That sounds like Har-
rington knocking on safe door" which |
Drought down the house with laughter.
me corrupt course of the Repub lican
pasy was reviewed-how played-out poll
br,hna Sians were az the head, ow Legislators are
Dribed. The Republican leaders ask ne 70 |
forgive and forgot the swindles of the mast
twenty-five years, the enormous crimes com
,hl'teu 1 ~ every department. The rules made
ny congress Tor the protection of the mi |
nority have been overlooked by corrupt
republican speaker, Has he used his mower
ior any city or locality on the seaboard9 He
iran uanied 90 ms Committee on Commerce by put
ting Page of California as il Is chairman while
not representative from any port of entry
was member. Only one thing, the sneaker
continued, that Kieter did that met his an |
pronatlon was the putting of Jay HubheU |
on on the committee on Civil Service Reform
a He was then placed on the Congressional
campaign Committse, where he laid his as
~, | a
the poor washerwoman
One of the alleged principles of the Re q
puoncan party is protection. On their
banner, Just next to the Clayton House, tbev
ask for "a protective tariff r
Il am Democrat not because nv hthar d
vas, but because have read the Democratic N
history Of my country, and in the sight of 4
leaVen could be nothing else, | thank q
roo, TOO, that Hancock was not elected q
I, resident, VIII tell you why. III 1880 Il
ne Republicans predioted untold evils n "
hancock was elected. We have suffered all
he evils predicted-strikes, a decrease in
'ages, high price of provisions, etc. IF we
ave suffered all these evils and have not nj
cen IN power the natural conclusion ia that X
ne Republican party brought it on. IF Br
lancoeK had been elected we would have M
cen blamed for all the evils. and would NOT Al
1884," PN'Pto III M
The tariff question was the issne ~ tba
emocratic party, and revision of it and
le internal revenue laws was needed The |
riH was indeed local question and only Ha
small portion of the country asked for a Gu
gh tariff. Outside of certain belt or
rcie OF the Eastern States as many free lef
aders were found among the Republicans bat
among the Democrats, and the time would bal
me When the increase of population in and Il
presentation from the Western States Ha
)uld permit the agricultural districts, who will
Vor free trade, to make tariff laws to suit I
emselves. and
The mission of the Republican party was car
er and the old leaders had forsaken the pitt
mpany, anG renegade Democrats had will
zen thelr places. The Republicans
lined that the public school system was low
otea oy them, when In fact the Demo- ritt
Us established 1t before the Republican Phi
'ty was born. The party was merely of ton
lgus growth. The Republicans also
X the credit of suppressing the rebellion.
en- In truth all the prominent generals A
re eDemocrats-liaRcoek,T Thomas, Hooker. lLt
'eciSns, siegel, Lyons, Mcclellan, Meade, the
'nolds and Others. They had won the | ,rr;t
&c greatest battles of the war. tion
he Democratic party was not living for that
lclpies OF the war, but for the principle min
over tba ~ 1He i pose system now ramp und
n party -. -.
he Republicans wished to carry the State, wifi with
the negro vote, their majority, was not art;c
'SniZed oy tnem nor given any show on \ adj,
hor of his ,.,, Ing enouid ta&e the shou
/ md dro,rn !, 'asNA u around Ills grou
n tben sna ma1's.nn, A.. ausp
" was one of aesthetics and aristocrats. Metl
le the Democratic party was the work cate
mans party. neal
Dehoeratlc Representative from Penn ougb
ANA or Delaware ever voted against pro-
lon. He, Fow, was for a tariff that
ID protect the workingmen against the Jos
opoiists. The Democrats had an oppor- tion !
x ~ tSui years 70 estaplish Tree trade, from
y 3 @ ui.S ! w H. of liq
- - .peaIa an party was meyer ifiehd by tn
IL HS ~ Ains lS .i 3ae NVulmuatioh ened
Us ~. Ss enat tho rosuit Oh tne a heal
erlao, but the speaker, from what he claim
read, could not see where the Waterloo hut II
In. The duty of Democrats was to was ~ ~
yet the ballot and see that no man came fonn5
cen them and their constitutional uitna
L.. -. .h man, nian "ho cauhot vote did nc
ce ought never to have the privilege of FIkto,
q s,,oa,,o .,..,, know
,nit;on - .bo nu'N 1uuou WIN en EARNEST fendaI
md shoulder to shoulder and act as one
Everything was accomplished BY
ling together. Stand together in the The
usiit anu thSCe was no count The Dem appear
St6ckley and Lore in charge OF the ship ,o;.h,
ate, safely guiding her past Harrington iaat -
ment.
JOHN BIGGs, ESQ.,, Vest
introduced at the conclusion of Mr. the Ja
5 remarks and after the band had given the De
good music. The speaker arraigned two fiji
epuonean party Tor all its rascality, The
itch there was hardly any end, pointed a mass
lainlV the pnrrunt and Y.aa II.n !.