Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-09-26

INlf rotOnnt on Va 1NOWsI my fcOHnIfIlntns.
Connection with the Democratic platform.
md ] went 70 call your nttentlqp 70 q very
and the history OF this country. tHs elH
\ why ruEY sYMpArmzE wfrn ruE souru .
You know that during tho rebellion tic
English sGovcrnmonl sympnthizcd with the
rcpellon against this Goyernmcnt,. ZAP.
plauset Why dii they 10 itY They did not
s-mpathize with tho rebellion bocause that
rebellion was in favor OF slavery, Tor En-.
gland nis against slavery. aud always has
with tho rebcllionS l will toll you. The
eighth section of tho Confederate Constitu.
ton provided that no duty should bo lcvlod
economical adpinlsiraton OF tho Con
fodoruc Government (ApplauscDl ! II
yidcd further that no bounty should bq
any kind what clso2 Thcy dcclnted in thQt
eighth section that no tariff should be levied
to Gs f4stSs sPy aa q nqsSfy nS ~ Yn
country. En9innd, desiring ffec tradc WITH
this country. had eleven States who had
adopted Concttution declaring In favor OF
freetrnlo aud leuce England, 70 get TIE free
trade of ccvoniStatcs. undertook assist In
making those eleven States ,indepcndent OF
fes ssss S AP&ps"sS IS & s %sai mo ss
ceed, but when the rebellion was oppressed
tl'e nom9orats of tho South and the Demo.
Gratis OF tho North united { oacther, and In tic
Deniocratic platform is tue nnger OF the
1oddrntc Constitution. Applause, The the
ory of ireo trade, Ms always promulgated 10y
the Southern statesman, Ii found in tho cen
cudin9 Iiartof tho paragraph of tho Demo.
cratic ,plaiforIi, ON the subject of tnriG. or on
the subject of lovying duties on Importation
into this country. AppauseDA sf Il F.gs
5 OF mo call your attcntlontor ninmcnt 10
what has been accomplished by the Republic
fol ow-co,intiSnien, t1rn ,thu' ifylits on the
platform of tho Republican party. II con.
tnlpg I'm limo n of avhnf thn Honnbifpu
mean and what they are for aud what they
are 'aaalnst. So ,sny, tnrn. yonr lights OF
rnry wh% nSn nf g & Hsp%S SS
the ppoplaofthcIUnito Stnos; II suppress ycd
rcHelllon; q fyttCmlof banking md currency
IL this country Tho best ever devised by man.
four million slaves elevated by the hand of
Repnblieans, from the lrulf ofdespar into tho
sunlight OF liberty, whore to-day they can
lny their hands upon their breast, upon the
samc soil where they were cnslivdd, and ask
tile American peoplelto- give Ithom tho rights
that trey linve ngfced In tho Constitution and
laws of this land they shall enjoy as American
citizens II YOU ask me. for, more ] toll you
that wittin twcfty yenrs the people of this
country have ADVANCED, since the Republic-
an party obtained political ROVER, in u ratio,
compared with thc advanc emerts prior to
1850, that FMS not boon ct,aInd 10y divi red
mnn sincei man coufrollcdt meiis and had q
participation IN government tApplause)
~ GREAT SHOWING.
Our properly bas nccumulntcd in the coun-
try until the value of tho nggrogate wealth of
the people to-day is $4,000 90 more than the
amount gcc,inmatedr IN two h,lndied yours
prior to that time. loud .applause) To-day
You may take our interests rs farmers in this
country. In 1851 where you had somothlng
more thana million OF FIRMS to-day you have
double the number and they have advanced
In value from siSIthousund million of dollars
III 1860 to ten thousands OF mil ions of dollars,
the the aSgressta s,s,o valve Of he iarms of
tom. You ,huye Invested Sbo0,O00,OOO You
have IN lonns s. l;.0L0O t0Ol, and In assets over
and above that sln0e,0oo,000.h Takeyour man.
ufaetories to-day in this country. You had
IN iS Q something ever IA 1000. now you have
23s 'ooosanl theamonnt of money !&seste in
the number OF employees You have 2,T5.bO0,
employes sieiDol.o1O more Than they would
have hay, p paid totpe s3me @ pnmber OF men at the
a wouIl like for Il moment 10 call attention
to the difference in wages in some of the man-
u ugactured articles of this country and En-
character ofs labor applIcab'e to the direrent
manufactures In that, coilntry-iron. thread
amount ioNwhat they arc there SO that in this
country to-day the 1ahoring man has nm even
chance with every olhor. z The Repu 5icap
party elevates nnd dignincs lab r. so that
with all the grent facil ties in this country,
the educational facilities ana the advantages
we have every mans child, poor or rich, has
: n chnnce1n the raccof lie an oven chance
with every ono else for all that Gun be ac-
qurcd IN this great Government of ours
The American protective system n WIS adopt
Republican party. The Democratic party say
TO us that II is not because of the conduct of
tho hepnblichn party lthat the,vast wealth of
this country hns been increased. 1t Is be.
cause OF the richness of our soil the energy
and intelligpn'c Of our people. Let me ask
my Democratic friends one question right
here, Do YOU believe, If 1t had not been Tor
the Homestead law that was passed by the Re
publican. party and signed by Abraliam Lin
coin ltrcnendousappla that your terri
been populated us they have been, by honest
people from abr0ad2 The Democratic party
certainly can not claim any, credit forltbnt,
because Mr.. Buchanitn vetoed the bill, and 1t
hnd TO he pnssod by II Republican, Congress
and signed by Republican President. Dur
thg thf. the t9ytS years in which the control Of
Democratic pnfty, the laws of our country
and our treaties with foreign Governments,
were lett, In reference to our foreign-born cit.
iLens IN sucli condition that the theory OF
the foreign Governments was adopted, "once
citizen always n citilen.' 80
our FOREIGN BORN.
When our foregn-born citizens returned to
lhoir native land many of them were taken
and put into the armies of foreign Govern
monts, on the gruuGd that they had not lost
their citizenship; but the Republican party
came to the rescue and enacted II law declar-
Ing that foreign-born citizens returning To
their homes should be entitled to The sane
protecton n person and property, by the re-
citizens. tremendous app,ause.) by the en-,
nctment OF that statute we forced England,
Germany, Italy and all the Governments save
one OF those foreign Governments TO cutter
INTO treaties with u.s. so that when citizens OF
the United States should be seized by those
governments for any such purpose. whore
under our treaties TO render ~ Il II TO the Gov
ernment of the United Safes. q oud cheers
NOW, my fellow-countymen, do you believe
Government with their system of finance
with thor system of FREQ trade, do you believe
to-day that this Government would stand as II
does now with II suppressed rebellion, with
one flag. ono Constitution, one glorloiis re-
public, with one universal freedom 10 nun
beneath the fag of this country? Applause
DO you believe that our wealth would be in
creased as 1t has becn, that the people of this
country could have built lom 81 600 miles OF
railroad In 1850 to 10000 miles In 1884, under
the. system of wildcat currency and free
trader tAppauscD
oh, but our Democratic friends say: "You
have surplus In your Treasury. Something
must be done with that surplus. Your tariii
must be reduced in order to get rid of tho
surplus" Now, my fellow ccuntrymen, II
you elect the DEMOCRATIC party you will have
will show ME. while the Democracy were in
power, whom they ever mad any trouble about
eir ,c surPus In ,b WI ,,n be yGry thankful to yor
without war.without pestienee or famine they
turned oyer u Treasury after forty years with.
Seary Spar eo a ~ II fw,en d
we nave riyen prosperity, peace and happi-
ness 10 this who'e country. We have In
creased, blythe aid OF the Republicans in the
North, 30 rapidly. we have marched along the
pathway of Christian civilization until our
advancement Is far atieud of that of any 9th.
er Government on the earth, and
our peoplc are a wonder and an
amazemcnt to the civilizei governments
OF the eartn by reason of their prog.
ress, their civilization their wealth. their
genius, their intelligence, their diffusion OF
cducatioii,and nlrtoini,nod togetherto 3 make \
great people. That combination, lls said ID
the wonder Of the civilized word Then to,
day, with all these things that i have men.
Toned. and many more that ! have nottimp
10 MENTION to-day we find tho Democratic
party comnl0ining of the Republican party
because they have too much money III the
Treasury. Great app'ause.) 70 ~
Why! Governor Hendricks, two nights
ngo, In To.edo, o., mfdo an cxbres .ion-and
nm sorry he did 1t, because thou2ht thai
Governor Hendricks was u man of ability, j
90 not admire his record. ] must say, but that
VIII let 20 70 tho People for them 10 oxamine
ana not ol1ticise IL myself. except in one or
two partcuims. He stated TO un Intelligent
audience in Toledo. o., that theo were four
hundred millions OF dollars surplus In tho
Treasury OF the United States II aughtcr.l
NOW he eitheriknows that thar is not the fact
or else he Is so old he has forgotten a,groat
deal. u.aughternnd upplausel If there wore
four hnndrsdmiiiiou OF dol ars IN the Trens.
pnulH nm al,