Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-09

ernnent, and yet not a solitarv felon has bsen
condemned IN the lock Of those who have
stelen their millions from the Treasury. Your
springer committee only on yesterday and
! the Gay before tell as of perjury, Of COR
ruptlon. or sub0rdinations that run all
along through the ministers of justice IN
the prosecutions OF the government. We
want real reform; reform, nv countrvmen,
tnat snail mean what its SAYS and that will say
what It means. Cheers Fellow citizens, it
y y NOT my business as your presiding officer to-
qay 70 enanciate anything that shall be en-
bodied in your platform, but l wish to COM
mend one thing in this great assemblage Of
freemen TO your Committee on Platform, that
you endeavOr to unite upon the basis Of prin-
eiples which we have advocated for years that
are gone, and that you will have no Delphic
oracle speaking with double tongue in the
platform which shall be named by you.
Loud applause.
LET THERE BE NO DoDGING.
Let the Green Mountain boys of Vermont,
and the men OF Maine, of Texas of Louisiana
and Georgia; the men from the Carolinas to
the Golden Coast demand that the Committee
on Platform shall say IN our noble yernaeulaf
Of purest English tongue, what they mean, so
that the Wayfaring man, though a fool. need
not err IN reading it. In doing so we will de-
clare against the cOrruptions OF the govern
ment; that is, we will declare the enormites
OF its system Of civil service. its department
of sO-called Justice, its postal service, and rob-
berry in high places by the men in
the burdens of the government shall be
placed alike, equally and equitably, upon all
classes of our countrymen. having respect for
the greatest good % the greatest number.
Applause. That the hundreds Of millions
of the surplus fund shall not be allowed to
accumulate as corruption fund Lapplausel,
and that there shall be radical reformation
and reduction in taxes, as well as in the meth
ods OF taxation in our country. Applause.l
A PLEA FOR HARMONY.
But, fellow citizens, IN conclusion, let me
say that harmony and Cancellation should
rule your councils. There never was time
in the history of the Democratic party when
the enemy invited victory as now. Great and
unnumbered hosts of dissatisfied men of the
Republican party are heard IN the distance
In New England and in New York, on the
lakes and in the West and everywhere; and
while the Democratic party should not
deviate one iota from its principles, it should
with open arms say to these men, hundreds Of
thousands, God grant tnat there may be
more: Here is the party OF the constitution
and union that loves our common country,
come hither and go with us for honest rule
and honest government The Democratic
party, while il may have its local differences,
when the onset of the charge comes win be
together, and whoever you may nominate of
all the great and good names that are before
you from the East to the West, from the North
and the South, he who stands back
in the hour of peril, forsooth his
own State or himself shall have
not received the choice; yea, the choice Of his
heart, is less than good Democrat, and
hardly patriot in this our country's hour Of
peril.
THE BLOODY SHIRT.
The Democratic party is loyal to the Union.
The "bloody shirt" in the vulgar parlance of
the times. has at each recurring election been
Haunted in the face of the Southern Demo-
Gratis and in your own faces. With Gen.
Logan on the ticket l presume it will be
again. Blame could hardly afford it
Laughter. as he did not indulge much in
that unpleasantress. Laughter and APP
plausel. They will endeavOr to stir mp the
bad blood of the past. My countrymen, the
war IS over for a quarter of a century, and
they know 1t. Why, our boys have mar.
ried the young Inaidens of the North,
and children have been born to them since
those days. Applause and laughter They
viii continue to go to the altar, and side by
side at dying beds they will talk of thas
bourne whence no traveller returns will lie
down and be buried together.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
Why, the boys in the blue and the gray have
slept together for a quarter of a century upon
q thousand fields of common glory. Let their
bones also. They are representing the best
blood of the land, and though differing in
days that should be forgotten, the good men
of all parties in our country to-day, thank
God, have united in the great COM
mon progress of our race to
forget the war memories of war times. /
thank you, gentlemen, for your attention.
Trusting that your fOrbearauce will be ex-
tended to me in what mistakes | make, which
with corrective hand, hoping that success
may crown your efforts, and that you may
send ticket to our country upon whom all
may unite is the wish of him whom you have
honOred with your suffrage this day" Long
and Continued applause.