Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-08-14
mighty God. [Great applause and cheers.

| ullSnLy UOu. JIcdG applause anu CAOClS-
Don't camp there, young man. But
here is another little birthstone tomb
laughter = and l read across its yellow
lace in lurid, bloody lines these words:
Sacred to the memory of State Soyer
eighty and Secession Twelve millions
of Democrats mustered around it in arms
to keep it alive; but here it lies, shot to
death by the million guns of the Repub-
lic Applause. Here it lies, its shrine
burnt to ashes under the blazing rafterS
of the burning Confederacy Applause. ]
1t is deadl l would not have you stay in
there minute, even in this balmy night
air. to look at such place. Laughter.
But just before l leave it l discover a
new made grave, a little mOund-short.
The grass has hardly sprouted over it,
and all around it | see torn piecSS of pa
per with the words fiat on them laugh
ter i, and look down in curiosity, wonder
ing what the little grave is, and l read
on it: Sacred to the memory of the Rag
Baby Tlaughterl, nursed in the brain of
all the fanaticism of the world laughter
rocked by Thomas Ewing. George H.
Pendleton, Samuel Carey, and few 9th
ers throughout the land But it died on
the 1st of January, 1879. and the $780,
100000 of gold that God made, and not
fiat-power, lie upon the little carcass to
keep it down forever. prolonged ap-
plause.
20, young man, come out of thati
Laughter. That is no place to put
your young life. Come out, and come
over to this camp of liberty, of order, of
law, of justice, of freedom [amenI of all
that is glorious under these night stars.
"Is there any death here in our camp?
Yes, yesl Three hundred and fifty thou-
sand soldiers, the noblest band that ever
trod the earth, died to make this camp a
camp of glory and of liberty forever.
Tremendous applause.]
But thre are no dead issues here.
There are no dead ideas here. Hang out
our banner from under the blue sky this
night until it shall sweep the green turf
under your feet. 1t hangs over our
camp. Read, away up under the stars,
the inscriptions We have written on it, lol
these twenty-five years. Twenty five
years ago the Republican party was mar
ried to Liberty, and this is our silver
wedding, fellow citizens. [Great applause.
A worthily married pair love each other
better on their silver wedding than on the
first day of their espousal; and we are
truer to Liberty to-day and dearer to God
than we were when we spoke our first
word of Liberty. Read, away up in the
sky, across our starry banner, the first
word we uttered twenty-five years ago.
What was it? Slavery shall never ex-
tend over another foot of the Territories
of the Great Westp [Applause.l Is that
dead or alive? Alive, thank God, forev
ermore. Applause. And truer tonight
than it was the hour it was written. Ap-
plause. Then it was hope. promise,
purpose; to night it is equal with the
stars-immortal history and immortal
truth. Applause.
"Come down TO the glorious steps of
our banner. Every great record we have
made we have vindicated with our
blood and with our truth. Come then,
young man, and put in your young life.
where all is living. and where nothing is
dead but the heroes that defended it.
T Applause think these young men
will do that. EOf course they Will
Gentlemen, we are closing this MEM
orable campaign. We have got our enc
mics on the run everywhere laughter.
d1lu oil lOu bCCu W uO III lbAO ANOAO NAO
city, this capital of the Western Reserve, |
is to follow them up and finish it by
showing the rebellion under once more.
We stand on an is'hmus. This year and
next is the narrow iSthmus between us
and perpetual victory. If you can win
now, and win in 1880, then the very
stars in their courses will fight for us.
Applause. The census will do the
work, and will give US 30 more freemen
of the North ii our Congress that will
make up for the ici rllion of the South.
Great applause.
I'VE are posted here as the Greeks were
posted at Thermopyle, to meet this one
great barbarian, Xerxes of the isthmus.
Stand in your places, men OF Ohio!
Fight this battle, win this victory, and
then one more puts you in safety for
ever"