The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-20
FIGHTING THE CAMPAIGN.
hon. Will Cumback Addresses the
People in Carthage, Rush County.
WOrdsof Wisdom to Third-Party Men-Repub-
lican Record and Purpose-SenatorH arri-
son and Other Speakers in the Field.
Special to the indianapolis Journar.

mere tnls afternoon, In which ne eIoQuently anu
forcibly discussed the question of dsfranchise-
ment and the gerrymander, the condition of the
State treasury, the management of the benevo-
Tent institutions, and the general issues involved
IN the campaign. In the course OF his speech he
paid special attention to the third-party men,
and TO those who felt FESTIVE upon the subject OF
the liquor traffic. On this topic he said
To the Republicans who have abandoned the
old party and gone into the third party l desire
to address myself for short time If any of
you have personal grievances, If You have not
realized ali your ambitions IN the old party, and
have joined the new for the purpose of CRAFTY
ing a spirit of revenge or spite, and now want to
beat the Republicans because you think you are
notappreciated, or if you are prompted by the
vain and shallow motive of the Pharisee: "Stand
thou aside for am holier than thou" or il the
empty honor of political leadership has led you
put OF the one into the other, for such have
nothing to say. AL such are acting on too low
plane to be reached by anybody. No
reason or argument can affect such men.
He diseraces grand and glorious cause by his
aypoeritical assumption of philanthropy to cover
nis littleness and his selishness. l have no
words to waste on such mere travesty on man
hood.
But to all good and true men who do honestly
think that it is their duty-a duty they owe to
their fellow-man to vote with the third party
for them have the highest respect. see some
Fuch in this large audience here to day. l beg
the privilege of saying few words to them l
may say to you that you will join with me in an
honest and earnest pride in the achievements of
the Republican party and it's high moral
worth and its sound and compre-
hensive principles of good government
You will agree heartily with me that it has, in
the last quarter of q century, given us new
eivilization-in it's united and answering de-
voton to the Union; in its undivided and unfal
tering following of the stars and stripes In vic
A4fo - 1.&x
cessful effort to overthrow the slave power and
make all men of every color free and equal be.
Gore the law; in it's homestead policy, that has
made the wilderness and the solitary place bud
and blossom as the rose carrying civilization
Into and across the desert place and connecting
ocean with ocean; in its overthrow and destruc-
ton of the miserable financial system of the
Democratic party, that robbed the laborer of
his wages and the farmer of the fruits
of farm, and in place of the rot
zen banking system OF former times
has given us q sound national currency-not
only saving the credit of the Nation, but now a
dollar whether it be paper, silver, or gold. means
dollar: in its thoroughly American spirit in
protecting our own manufactures and laborers.
30 that neither may be crushed by the pauper
labor of Europe; in its devotion and love for the
soldier in granting him the pension he so richly
merits. and, other things be equal, in giving him
she preference in the distribution of Offices of the
country; in its maintenance of our unsectarian
free schools: in giving the ballot to the freedman,
and its demand that he shall not be deprived
of this right by the men who tried
to break up the union of the States;
In its determn alton to reform the civil service,
so that positions of trust shall not be dragged
through the mire of party conflict. and
Incompetent and unworthy men awarded posi-
tons merely because of their partsanshp; in its
sympathy with the oppressed everywhere and
It's assertion that the natural and inalienable
rights of man shall not be taken from him by any
pretext whatever We have participated in
times past in these, and great many other
grand achievements, that time forbids that l
should enumerate. We have a common faith
to-day in these grand principles. 1t is the pride
Of your life that In the conflicts with the right
against the wrong; you have been with the party
IF right; with the party of the Union against dis
nnion; with the party of freedom against siav-
sry-with the Republican party.
But you have concluded.that the Republicans
have not moved fast enough against the liquor
seague, and for that reason you have sought
1ew party and abandoned the old one I'm
patience is an American charac teristic. We are
\ rapid and restless people. We were impatient
that slavery was not abolished at once when the
war commenced was an Abolitonist long
time before the Republican party was, and was
considered as an extremist by many in my
party on that question. as l have been consd
cred by some on the temperance question.
Many Of You as radical as | was, and if all
that felt we did had abandoned the party in
its contest with slavery--formed a third party
We would have slavery yet with all its horrors.
We were impatient that our armies did not
move faster on the rebels; impatient that the
Rebellion was not suppressed by the three
months men. But when the great conflict was
over, and we fully eomprehended the magnitude
Of the war. We blushed at our hasty and unjust
criticism of Lincoln and his Cabinet, and con-
seded that they were wiser than the critics
Had Grant been rushed upon Vicksburg before
he was ready, he would have been beaten as
Mcdowell was at Bull Run.
The Liquor League is powerful, bold, ag-
gressive and INSCRIPTIONS organization. 1t
claims to rule in all matters Of legislation affect
ing the liquor interest, and defes and null
tfes all laws adverse to its dictation.
Its control of the Democratic party is absolute
and imperial. Not a single Democratic pollti-
clan in the State of Indiana dare utter a single
word against this despotism. If he did, it would
blast his political prospects forever and ne
knows it. At the last Republican State couven-
zion the Republican party, without dissenting
voice. said
The domination by the Liquor League of political
arties and legislation is to free nstitu-
lions. which must be met and defeated
This ringing defiance of the Liquor League,
and this challenge to battle, was scarcely uttered
by the chairman of the committee until the
whole convention broke forth In cheers Every
Delegate from every county in this great State
signI6ed his readiness to enlist in the ranks for
Ehis contest against this powerful foe.
have been proud of the Republican party
many LimeS In my Ire, out never more than
IT that moment. There is no mistaking the
meaning of the declaration. Some Of the third
party men claim that they do not understand it.
/ noticed the Liquor League have since then
Issued a secret circular to their members. as
sessing large sums of money on all the whisky
dealers TO raise fund to defeat
the Republican candidates for the Legislature
The Liquor League knows what it means They
are rushing round panic-stricken to gather up
the profits of the whisky barrel and pour the
same into the Democratic campaign barrel to be
used to purchase the votes of the very men who
have lost their manhood by the of their own
intoxcants The Liquor League is strainine
every nerve to defeat the Republican party, and
in the circular they express their greatest fear
of local control. And well they may. II the
Republicans get the Legislature and pass a law
that takes the saloon out of politics and turns
It over to the people to deal WITH then in most
places it will be seen no more.