The Indianapolis journal., 1884-11-01
General Logan,s sneeoh.

General LOgan's Speech.
At the conclusion of Senator Harrison's intro
duction three rousing cheers were given for
General Logan, and he proceeded to speak-his
address lasting about an hour and half He
said
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: Re-
ceiving such hearty welcome as have received
here to day, will cause me ever to bear with me
grateful! recollections of this people. Standing
as we do to-day at the very base and beneath the
shadow of the monument of one of the greatest
statesmen that this country has produced, whose
loss was mOurned by every loyal heart through
out the length and breath of this Nation
refer to Senator MortOn.-it is fitting for us on
this spot TO consider the questions which are of
great Importance to the American people, and
which should be decided by them after due
consideration in the direction which they
believe is best calculated to advance their inter
est and give them increased prosperity. The
parties who present themselves before this
country to-day with their platform of principles
say to the people that if they are successful they
will so manage the affairs Of the country as to
give you peace, prosperity and happiness in tie
future know of no way. my cOuntrymen, by
which you can determine as to whether or not
the professions of these parties will be carried
out except by examining their history and the
records of the past. and if their promises have
been fulfilled and in their fulfllment they have
given you peace, happiness and prosperity as
they profess now that they will give
you then have some assurance that
what they profess will be carried
out. ] will, therefore, for a short time
call your attention to one suggestion that has
been made by one of the leaders OF the Demo
cratic party, and by a man who stands on the
Democratic ticket today for the second place in
this Nation. One of your own citizens. in a
speech made in this city. soon after he was nom
mated, said that they must turn the rascas out
referring to the Republican party Now with
out discussing the various propositions before
the country at this point, desire to ask if you
are to turn the Republican party out, whether
you will not first consider why you are to do soa
And, if you do it, VINO you are to put in its
placeY | would like to ask my friend, Thomas
A. Hendricks. your citizen, if he were present
here, to- day, why it is that the Republican
party are to be turned OUT Is il be-
cause Abraham Lincoln was elected Pres
ident of the United States and that
in opposition to our friend Hendricks, Lincoln
and the Republican party stopped the spread Of
slavery in the Territoriesl Applause Or is it
because the Republican party gave homes TO the
poor people of this country wherever public land
was to be found, by law passed by a Republic
an Congress, and signe0 by Abraham Lincoln.
over the opposition and veto of James Buchanan?
Is that the reason' Applause If not that, is it
because the Republican party found your Nation
bankrupt dishonored. without credit so that
they could not borrow dollar in any market in
the world without paying twelve per cent. inter
est, and has elevated and lifted it upward until
its credit day, stands better than the credit
of any other nation mall the money markets of
the civilized world' LGreat applause. Is
it because you were then paying twelve
per cent. interest on small loans and
to-day your credit is so good that you could bor-
row thousands of millions of dollars at per
cent, and have your bonds At Il premium2 Is
that the reason why the Republican party is to
be turned outl All these things we're done in
opposition to these gentlemen who desire
Its expulsion from power todayl Or,
is it because the Republican party found
that the Democratic party had denied
the right of this government to establish
a currency for the people, and they, under their
theory establishing currency by the States
that was worthless, that was rotten that was
not satisfactory to the people, that of such
a character that you had yourselves, as you
know, to have ii examined to see whether it was
worth 10 cents, 90 30, or 10 cents, or whether
it was worth anything at ALL and the
Republican party have given YOU as
substitute for that the best banking system, an
best currency that has ever been devised by
mortal man! Applause. Is that a reason for
turning the Republican party outs Why, l say
to-day to your neighbor Mr. Hendricks, that
while the Republican party was enacting this
law, establishing this banking system in oppo-
siton TO the Democratic party, and when tho
time came that we were to carry out our pledges
and promise to make it worth 100 cents
on the dollar in gold, we found the same party
standing up in opposition to that, declaring in
their national platform for the repeal of that
statute which made this money worth 100
cents on the dollar in gold. Is the Republican
party to be turned out for thatl Cres of mo,
no, not much, y If not for that, what then2
Are they TO be turned out because of
the fact that they announced to
the civilized world at the time
when they found nine millions of people thun
dering against the walls of this great Republic
to destroy it that the government had power
within itself iuherentin in the people, to preserve,
protect and unity this grand Nation; and not
only did it declare that the government had the
power to do it, but they exercised that authority,
and to-day have given you one flag, one country,
one character of institutions, one Constitution
it made better than it was beforehand that peace
prosperity and happiness have been broughtto tho
doors &C the American people by the deeIaratloA