Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-10-03

stand on tho outskirts, perfectly impotcnt TO
carry one vote did not bear arms TO pro.
toct myself against the blacks But argued
with them. told them that they, had com.
mon Interest with tho Democratic land-own;
we carried the election by $1,000, They never
paid me dollarof my expenses in all of those
clghtccn years, and have never asked for
anything. ] have risked my life and my
health for the Democratic party during these
eighteen ,ycnrs. But in all the Democratic
party of Kentucky and in all of the States of
the South, they have had no Office little
enough or mean enough TO oflcr in gratitude
for tho services rendered. Allow mo to say
that the Democratic party is the mcnncst put-
ty that ever was.
Gcntlomen, If am the old hon thoy say
am, will show them that have not lost my
teeth or my claws. | will yet 500 them 20
down as n party, God willing, rs have seen
slavery go down. loud applausol
Well now see now they have treated mo
and mine, because hnvc always bccn opposed
IeasatGrc % in Madison n"So County i II W isss 0 The @
Democratic papers viii say that ! am now
about 70 SANDER my noighbors, But ] am
do2 What gratitude did they show Tor my liz
hors IN the Democratic partYS My son was
sSG son County TSere s arc not Ss DOZEN 0 Repub %
licans i'll tho Kentucky legislature. Let my
son go there. have worked for you these
don't want any onice. l would not go to
Washington IL you were to want to send
mo there. But lot my boy have this honor, I
ask. Hc is an honorable man; ho is an hon.
ost man; he loves his country; he revcrcnces
the fathers, and he stood by the old iing.
Now send him to the Legislature Now,
what did they say 70 himf Why, gent iemcn.
ho was insultcd, He was outrugcd The
Democrats took the colorod pcn of my
nolphborhood and formed n camp, and had
thcm guarded with pistols and shot-guns TO
prevent them getting away, and so tnat they
my son. But some of them escaped and came
to inc and told me that they wanted to vote
Is said: d Il ' am Denocrat; ] y Why do You come
to mcy' They said they wanted TO vote as
they pleased, IAN right" said; 81 will pro-
j know ] am right never ask myself
about the difficulties. formed n camp and
guarded i, these eoorGd men Now the night
DomocraD went to the adjoining precinct.
He WINS accompanied by q friend, Di. Robert
of human rights and cquality-thesc Demo
cruts-nrtccn or twenty OF thcm-oponed fire
on my son Green aud his friend, and pursued
small pocket pistols. They returned the Are,
and then had to set spurs 10 their horses to
save their lives The next day the ,ex-slave;;
owGcrs and their sympathizcrs all armed
themselves. My frion,is and relatives begged
not to 20 @ to ba the HoSg Sgo 6o bosn ,hsy
| tcat to vote for my son and then let politics
go they would not have thrcatcncdtok Kill me;
I but the trouble was that had organized tho
oolorci men who wanted to vote as they
| pleased marched them to the polls and
| sa'd to the oliicor OF the election: Here arc
men who want to vote; let them vote" He
did let them vote. Tho man who headed the
opposite party, when he saw that | was
not going to make n light; said; We're ready
for yuu!" knew what that meant. The col
orcd men We're ut disadvantage. They knew
| that all the Sherlis aud Judges were against
ocruls had been killed. they would have to
die for it: but if any of them got killed that
would havo been tho end of the matter
Had, therefore, fight been prccpitatod, tho
! Democrats could easily have driven the col.
| orcd men away, and they would havegot hold
| ofpld Cash Clay at last, damn them! But 1
| had brains enough to keep ont OF their hands
| --out OF the hands of Henry Wattcrson. Great
laughtcrJ Henry Watterson went up TO Chi,
| cago and made fool speech. / always liked
| Wnlterson. He Is n good fellow, and he al-
| ways affords me amusement. cnll him tho
brilliant, erratic and combustlble Watterson."
| utcnewcd lauShter.) Now, | did not think
Wattcrson would turn against me. But he
made a mouth atmc, and ,lcd me "a damned
cuss in his paper the proposed amendment to
the Kentucky Constitution.
When the grcenbnck craze started advised
| the Democratic party to let it alone. Tho
Kentucky Legislature invited me to go down
| 10 Frankfort 10 make II speech. tried 20 get
| the Democracy TO stand by the old Jackson
currency, of inconNcrtiblc gold and silver. AT
| this time the CniTicr-Igurnat had not scented
was going. great muny men in the South
wanted 10 pny the debt by the printing press.
They thought they could set the presses TO
be done with it. tried to convince them that
that would not be honest. But because was
"a damned old Abo!i.ionist' the great Co,,-
! ricr-Jorndl never noticed my Speech and the
South never knew that Cash Clay had made
Il speech in favor of hard money.
We came to elect a President of the United
States Said !: II am i'm old soldier In poll
ties. Now, while there are Il great many ras
calls in the Republican party'-and am not
| here to vindtcntc any scoundrcl-whocvcr he
| may be-'but there is II great deal of wealth
and solid industry in that party which make
it conservative. The business men are afraid
of the Democratic party. While they believe
with Jefferson that 1t is better to now ana
then change the Administration of the Gov
tfRx N ntF,lt trnI Nt9
that you will break down the industries of the
country; they are afraid that you will make
banks and that you will destroy, the ships.
Now therefore. go for Tildon. He has got
wealth enough TO give confidence, and he has
proven himself reformer and in favor of
honest government, and you can elect nobody
else" And honestly think, gentlemen, that
With the Repmbcan pary you can m not Eet
, me to tell II lie. l don't care for Cloyc-
land Or Blaine or ANYBODY else. Who.
will receive whntever opposition | can
give. Well think that we elected Til
don. don, Nov, what did , the readers Of the
the vote. We had, believe, n majority OF the
electoral vote, and majority also of the pop
Democratic, party insist upon Tildcn being
made PRESIDENT because they were ineom-
Pet,ent leaders They ,, had the game in their
, that Tilden didn't advise with his friends con
iidentially. In other words, he didn't take
| "
was going to give him / don't intend to 60
into any personal controversy, but il Mr..
Beck didn't mean this, what did he meani
: Illden had put his position clearly before the
people. But Beck says he didn't repose con
ildcnce u his friends lends Well, the upshot Of it
@ What wfs r%sd Wns the Hs
II was because the solid South didn't want
Iilden inaugnratod, on account of that letter
he wrote during the heat of the campaign, in
which he said that If made President he would
not honor any claim OF the South Tor dam,
AZ nGcs sustained by the war: Although in l@SSO @
Democrats all turned TO him again; but yet
they didn't vote for.him in convention. II
they wanted him, why didn't thoy vote for
him? They didn't do 1t for the same reason.
the solid south wants remuneration for the
mp wMr dih ID not believe it Until nr il was fore forced
tho so'callcd Democratic party get possession
Of the Government they win never stop until
thcy get pay for nll the slaves liberated by
tho war. Why do / say sop because have
| heard avowals from them to this effect time
and again. Because they raise monuments to
Confederate dead, the men who struck blows
against the country and who attempted 10
lake the life of the Nation. There is John Q.
l,reckinridge, my personal friend. In the
Kentucky Legislature they passed IL law tax,
Ing inc nnd every Union man IN Kentucky To
erect fs,OOO monument to him. But when
| u was suggested to raise monument to Henry
Nelson. man of equal ability in war at any
rate, they scoifed nt the idea of raising Il
i1 D hey n viii pse the the
army; and with the solid South at their back
what would hinder them, without the eXpcn-
diture of u single dollar, from going into Re
publican Statos, and maintaining their SUI
, prcmncy by forcci ! say above board. that
the man who advocates force to obtain power
will use force to maintain that power. When
we are emerging from barbarism into oivlliza'
ton, the workingmen and not the soldiers arc
coming Into power The great majority oi
the people of this country are wortinginen
| have always been in favor of the labor
ing man, although not rs II demagogue.
have frequently said that the rich and the
powerful can protect themselves, and that II
! is tho part OF Government to protect the labor
ing man and the humble.
How are you going 10 do that! by making
war on tho tariff Thoro are two ways oil col
lccting revenue-by internal tares aud bY q
larilI on foreign goods liy the latter sys
ten you can get clear of the corrupt ma
chinery of an internal tax; ana by u taril
tho poor man can escape taxation. as he need
not buy foreign made goods unless he wants
20. But, under an internal revenue system
the rich can largely avoid taxation by hiding
away their property. Therefore, j have III
my life been i'll favor OF a protective tariff