Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-09-21

this district" in an extempore effort. III
reading Of the printed speech reminde
: me again Of the wonderful ability dis
played by the newspaper in reportin
the Efforts Of great men. This particu
lar instance Of journalistic energy is onl
equlled by the prompt and perfect or
pearance upon Monday afternoons o
, Tnlmoge's sermons in tho Egenin
Erpress, Especially reported"
The studied sentences. abundance o
punctuation, mostly obsolete anon
printers, sweetness long drawn out
and a verbosi,y indicative Of old age ar
expressive of labofed effort ut tn
desk, amply supplied with scissors am
old files OF campaign literature.
How great minds will continue to rui
in the same channelsl
When the tatioed candidate Of swee
Peruvian memory, who is now courtint
another opportunity for dsfeat, took hii
political menagerie over the country, ~
wheels, basely begging for votes, he
formulated each and everything pertain
lug to National issues, found in the
printed edition OF Vandever's (old) mai
den speech.
Alter charging the Democratic party
with aiding the establishment OF Con
fe leracy. the candid ito for Congress
makes this stereotyped clam for the
saints;
''lt was then that the Republican
party, as to-day constituted, sprsng t.
the rescue as the champions OF freedom,
and defenders of the Union; men burn
ing with zeal for the cause OF their
country, lovers Of home and liberty,
forsook all party affiliations and rallied
around a glorious flag, the emblem Of
all they hold dear, to protect it from
dishonor, and to maintain the saprem.
acy over the entire Union"
Suppose, now, that these statements
had been true. and the greaf Democratic
State OF New York had refused TO aid
the admiuis ration, where would we
have been after the first battle of Bull
Run. Suppose the Democratic State OF
| New Jersey had no. responded TO the
call for troops, what would have been
the re ult at Gettysburg' Where would
have been the capital vi our country,
had there not been a Mcclellan when
The fleeing troops under Pope came
rushing into Washington bef re- the vic
torious rebels? When The President in
company with the Secretary of War
sought tbs patient soldier at midnight
and the question was put will You
take command of the defenees OF Wash
ington under these circumstances. he
replied, ''if it is your desire, | will. Z"
| He did not -ay mot another man nor
another dollar" until my ideas are com
piled with. Democracy taught him diff
ferently. Loaded down to the earth
and almost into retirement by the slime
and meanness and calumby OF bitter pc
llical enemies, this Democrat did
not falter. With but this verbal or.
| der he went forth TO meet our
retrealiug, defeated army. Its late
command, r, who carried "the h. adquar
tiers 10 the saddle. passed bin on the
road at early morning and craved per.
mi-siSn to go iiio Washington. Me-
Cielan pushed forward, halted the sew.
tral heads Of the columns, filed ihtm
iuto the State Of Marylond. faced the
foe and with no order to force fight,
| nt Ilitt lilt NfftNIiuuS anu lbbti
army unoer General Lee and drove it
back over the Potomac. This is ac-
knowledged as the most Brilliant
achievement Of the war, Now. il. as
these astute political mud.slingers tell
aud have been telling for years, and
will doubtless contiaue TO tell, every
campagn to come, Democrats aided re.
bellioD, how surely would the Republi-
can pnrly have been crushed in the era,
die. For this salvation OF the country
by generously assisting n Republican adj
minlstration. continuing it thereby IN
honor, should not every honest man and
brave soldier be grateiug
Instead of expressed gratitude Gen.
Vaudever says: The ID mocraiic party
stands before the country to-day with.
GU n commendnble history;" and that.
"Afier year and half in possession Of
the Presidency, at the end of long SEES
sion Of Congress, the Democratic ADMIN.
istration stands condemned by friend and
foe alike" To what sophistry some
men will resort and then ask to be con.
sldered honest What existing law can
Democratic President or Democratic
House OF Representatives change or
what new measure enact, with Repub.
iican Senate refusing concurrer ce? How
futile it has beta for Democratic
House to pass bills restoring pubic lands
to the people, which were dishonesty
gwen 10 corporations when Reru bllcans
had full power, without Republican
Senate concurringl What doe it avail
that Democratic House and President
attempt to restore cur navy and renew
our sea traffic, " hen a Rel ubican Senate
will not agree, fearing that when Ameri-
can trade is once more established and
American vessels are once more found
in our ports, our mails once more carried
by our own ships, our navy once more
comparing worthily with other nations,
as it d d in good old Democratic times,
before the abomination Of desolation in
this regard was inaugurattd by the Re
publican party, justly fearing hat when
I emocracy restores these things asof
yore, their utter Inability will be made
so plain that the remnant lett will de.
sert then, How could Democratic
House and Democratic Pres dent do away
with the obnoxious Rel ublican Chinese
law, made by Repub can Burl ugame and
tinker by republican Swift, while
Republican Senate stood guard over their
pet scheme?
What was the use Of a Democratic
House instituting, through he Judiciary
department, hgnl Iruce, dngs against
the siar-route robbers, when the whole
Republican administration vas so hon.
ey.combed with Elimination that Robtrt
G. Ingcrsoll could point his finger at
Republican Attorney. General Brewster
and say, 'if you propose to open this
line of defense aud introduce these wit
nesses we will swear some Others We
know of aud thus put the prosecuting
atfOrnies to flight aud allow the thieves
to go free!" The government lost the
suit, the people remained robbed and
had the costs to pay beside.
Who're was our good natured old
friend the General when these thing
were going on? Certainly they were
not done in corner. Many prominent
actors in the Republican party have left
the stage in disgust, isowning compile
ity / the mHny acts of dishonesty.
Andrew johnson, who was so com.
plettly acceptable to the Republican
party, becoming acquainted with it. de.
nuunced il. Ii it had legitimate sire
that sire was Horace Greedy, and its
swaddling garment was the New York
Tribune. Greeley disowned the child
and indignan ly tore from it the clothes
he furnished ut its birth, Charles sum.
rer, Lyman Trumbull and james f
Doolittle, who framed the laws which
gave the Repu liean party its lease of
power, Andr,w G Curtin the great war
Governor Of Pennsylvania, aud later,
the peerless peacock" OF them all, |
Conklirg, with tn ir chosen spokesman
Of the last New York State electoral |
delegation, Curtis. and SEIZURE, cabinet |
minister. each proclaimed, long and loud,
the shameful dishonesty OF this late |
lamented party. What "cloud of
witnesses" And, yet, are W. not peri
edically reminded that all the honest,
patriotic citizens are found in the fold OF |
this party where foul odor smells to
Heaven Vandever's speech then ends
with the following srragnment Of The
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