Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-01

oVot mcfolS W0r0 concerned, ana they
are there today.
The course OF the party since its for
nation was critically reviewed, and the
speaker contended that all its acts had
shown that II WAS always on the wrong
side Of every question, and when any
man OF common intelligence would
review the nasty, rotten history of that
party, the speaker could not understand
how he could stand up before an aud l.
ence Of even frss school children, and
proclaim himself asA member or advo.
cats ofi IL.
He spohe Of ~ surse Of slavery, that
sepsrsted thehas6aud frOm the wife,
the mother from her Offspring, that On.
courAged adultery and incest, and said
Il was encouraged and fostered by the
Democratic party, and when freemen
OF tho North marched down In that
dark land singing "We are coming,
Father Abraham, three hundred thou.
sand more" the Democrats met In con.
vsntiop and declared the war Q failure.
Al tho time when they made that
declaration In Chicago, the city which
has proved . tomb OF al thslr hopss,
news cAxDo that 6mnt had Qoueens(
vicksburg, and that Mob ile had fallen
'69fofo the gums Of FarraGut's flset
The battle Of ChAncellorville, and hum
bers of others had been fought and won,
but In tho face of oil that, they wanted,
and In fact demanded, that Abraham
Lincoln should bow his six feet Of mob le
humanity before Jefferson Davis. and
cry peccavi.
He spoke Of the nomination Of Horace
Greeley BY tho Democrats at their con.
vention 10 Baltimore after the war, and
said the manly protest that was made
against his omination, was made by
Thomas r. Bayard, but after he was
nominated, he wrote letter to the
Democratic, telling them to support
MT. Greeley. and then went to Europe
himself.
Bnt although Mr.. Greeley accepted a
nomination ct the hands Of that accur.
sed party, he was ashamed Of II, and .
short time before his dea1h, when his
friend Mr.. johnson, who had called TO
see I'm, WAS about to leave he toek
him by the hands and said, " If any of
my old friends on the train or elsewhere
should Ask about me, tell them I am
not q Democrat. The poor old man
was not willing to die and let the world
t-.ink he was . Democrat.
The speaker thought one Of the saddest
pages In the history of this country
was that which told of Horace Greeley
and his death from broken heart
Some people might wonder why he
made . speech such as he was now
making, but he had read the lies pro.
claimed by the Democratic orators, and
had read the lies printed by Democratic
editors.
He was tired Of reading these things,
and thought IL high time for the Re
publican party to show up this party
and put It on the defensive.
He spoke of the Electoral Commits
sion Of 1876, and explained what its Oh.
ject was, and why It was formed. He
said that instead Of them being used "a
. slauder against Mr.. Blaine and for
the purpose Of damning his character,
they showed his integrity and upright
ness.
He regretted that he had not the time
TO discuss the tariff, - he had intended
to do, but he thought 1t Was practically
and experimentally understood In viii.
mington, where the people have only
TO look ct the growth of their city with
tn the past twenty years, to see what II
has done for them.
He cited instance after instance In the
history Of this country, and during the
present campaign. to show that James
q. Blaine 10 the foremost statesman in
this country to-day. After dwelling
for some time on Mr.. Blaine's remark
able powers - man, he summed up
Grover Cleveland in the single word
!" blockhead."
He closed his highly eloquent and
impressive speech with m eulogy of
James G. Blaine, which held his audi.
enoe spell-bound, and when he finished
the house fairly trembled with the
thunders Of applause.
Colonel Matthews spoke three hours
and fifteen minutes, and when he
looked st his watch and declared that
it was time for him to close, there
were cries Of" 90 on" 60 on" from
all over the house. 1t was one of the
most remarkable speeches ever made in
this city, and he held his vast audi
ence, although many were obliged to
stand all the evening, until the close.
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