The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-10-27
OLD BEN'S HARD HITS.
The Way He Talks to the People
From His Special Train.
Extract From General Buffers Speech
At Leominster, Mass, on
Monday.

lam now acting with the Democratic
party. Well, now, let US see If l am sim
gular in that. never left the Republi-
can party until all its great leaders left
it-all the men who carried it through
to victory. Horace Greeley became
Democrat, Charles Sumner left the Re-
publican party and acted with the Demo.
Gratis. Wendell Phillips left the Repub-
lican party and acted with the Demo-
Gratis. And never left the Republican
party until had all these examples be-
fore me. Now my old fellow Republicans
are attempting to crush me for that!
Why pour out the gentle stream of cal
umny, accusing me of everything on
earth and under the earth. daughter
and applause) Why, according to the
decalOgue, if all that is said about me is
true, it would be no harm to worship
me, Naughter) am in the likeness
of nothing in the heavens above the
earth, or on the earth, or the waters un-
der the earth. (Greatllaughter.) Yet say
that l am plain, common man. Gap
plause.) And there is no lie from the be-
ginning to the end of the chapteB which
il not told about me. / don't complain.
1 don't care much, very little indeed.
Take an example. 1t has been told in
this neighbOrhOOd that had suit for
lady against the Lancaster Mills, recOv-
a
storm of laughter), and that was done
about twenty-five years ago and not
found out until now daughter and ap-
plause), and some red nOsed editor who
has got control of few damaged type,
little dirty white paper and little
muddy ink, publishes that sort of stories.
Uaughter,) Think of it. Then | am
called all manner of hard names. That
was begun by the rebels; it has been
1AV aA kyv
have been rebels If they had lived South.
daughter and applause.) They STAYED at
home with great vigOr and helped the
rebels all they could in that way. Great
laughter.) But what matters that.
Jackson was called worse names than L.
Jefferson very much worse The people
of Massachusetts were told from the pull
pit that if Jefferson was elected Presi-
dent their Bible would be taken from
their houses and burned. Elijah Parish,
of MedfOrd, preached that in sermon.
Why, campalgn lies and cam paign hard
words are no earthly consequence to
thoughtful men and women. | don't
think they catch vote, but they may
catch q foolish laugh in foolish assem-
bly,. Oanghter.) Hard names do not
hurt anybody, L assure you, for if call
ing hard names did hurt anybody, l
should have been dead long ago. Great
iaugnJef) 30 mucn L can say to clear
away the underbrush to get to the argu-
ment, and the argument is upon this
question. What is the best way to ad-
minister the government of the SateP
Do not be frightened by any Presidential
matters, for that is one of the bug bears.
First. am so mean and so poor, and so
foolish and so dishonest, that no man
ought to speak to me Qaughter), as one
newspaper says; the mex Is, that, if he is
Governor, the whole United States will
take him up and make him President,
and then our Republican party Presi-
dent will get beaten. Well, which is it
Laughter) Leave that aside. Presiden-
tial elections ought not trouble any
body. The man who is nearest being
President is farthest off always, because
the moment his head pOkes up above his
followers, that moment they all up and
jump for him and get him down. Great
laughter and applause.) You under
stand it thoroughly.