Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-07-13
"sPREAp EAGLE ~


introduced the Rev. N. n. Fay of Free
port, said the orator VIII make the
''Sprcad Eagle Speech" Taken by sur
prise on such brief Introduction, tho
speaker said:
Fellow cilizcns, that bird, the Amcri-
can eagle, that has figured in every
battle of the rrpublic, both on the land
and on the sea, needs no COMMUNICATION.
Startled from his luf,y perch on the
morning of this memorable day hy the
thunder of our canon aud the internal
rattle If fire crackers invented and man
uGacturcd by the heather Chiurc. and
busted by the saucy touch of the hratmn
Yankee boy, this monarch OF the aerial
Kingdom, spreading his wings ON II tour
of observation and inspection, could not
look down upon more vaiied, sublime
and beautiful picture OF mountains, val
leys, seas, lakes and rivers, nor iiud any
where on the face of the earth just such
n class of men, women and children.
just look at the men. What have they
done? Or rather what have they not
done? Not satisfied with sending mes
sages across lots by electric dots and
marks, they now talk to each other in
voiced utterances in every variety of in
Election and tone of the voice. Impa-
| tient of the restraints of railroads and
steamboats,, we sail, spread eagle style,
in balloons and aerial ships. The plows,
sickles, and crakles Of our fathers have
gone out to give place to steam gang
plows, mowers and reapers. The tri-
umphs of invention have gone into
printing presses, sewing machines,
churning and washing machines, baby
jumpers and what else time would fail
to tell. War has been reduced TO such a
nicely that the old-fashioned gun pow
der and bomb shells are mere child's
play to dynamite and electric projectiles.
of cheese like float that will drive every
iron clad from the high seas. Discov-
cries ara made in quick succession. In,
stead of coal and wood, oil and gas warm
our hearth stones, light up our dwellings
and vie with the Aurora Borcolis in
lighting up the heavens. No wonder
that mother earth utters her surprise
and admiration by earthquakes and
divers places, and by getting up an occa.
sional tornado and modern cyclone.
Then we have boodlers and thieves on a
magnificent scale. At the sight of such
"Ll'aisons" we should expect the Amer
lean eagle to spread out his wings and
scream. What will come next we know
not. We do not need the philosophers
stone We make money fast enough
Already the national treasury is too full.
pole, why, we fully believe the earth
will continue to turn on its axis if we do
not find it.
As to the women shall we say they
beat the men. The woman's right ques.
tion Is about settled. We have female
farmers. doctors, lawyers, preachers and
soldiers, the women who used to spank
young America in the nursery are com
ing boldly to the front. We eNhort all
male factors to cease to do evil before
the era of womans triumphant reign is
fully inaugurated. The whskey ring
may just now pull down the distileries
and shut up the accursed saloons before
the American women put their hands
upon them. In less than five years thest
institutions OF bibulous will be among
the things that We're. IL has bDen sa,o
every man has his price" AS to Amer
ican men We pronounce this old chest
nut an outrageous lie. When Major
William Andre offered Van Vert anC
Paulding his gold watch and large
amount of British gold, they said thu
king Of England hasn't money enough
to buy us. When our boys, hungry ant
starving to death in Libby and Saulsbur,
and Andersonvile, were offered foot
and comfort if they would swear allie
glance to the Southern Confederacy, dit
they turn rebels2 No, never! There ar
bn bought with gold. 1t has been said
: "the only good Indian is dead Indian.
We also pronounce this assertion bas
slander upon the redskin. The lndia>
is Il man. Under the culture of chris
| tian men and women he is fast taking
r his place as pee' by tho side OF othe
men. Over one hundred years ag
George Washington, Thomas jefferson
. and John Adams had discovered, no
strange and doubtful surmisrs, but thel
self-evdent lru lbs that 'all men wer
, created free and equal, endowed by ii"i
f creator with certain inalienable rights.
Then statesmen Were the schuolmas,rr
of the American people. In this srhoO
of free men, the EnSlshmnn, the Chnn
man, the Indian, the Negro and In
women, one and all, have been taugh
that "all men," meaning all mnnkind
including men women and children
kings. cinpcrnrs and shareholders doubt
ed. But lyr;,uts of every grade ar
learning to respect t''r sentiments o
Uncle Sans school boys. The heroes q
the revolution and the Grand Army o
= the Republic have given Ia the wori'
full proof TINT they know how to tax
care of themselves, ihrir mothers, wive
: and children.
Protection is the wntchwnrd nf tn
uay. Let EiSlaiiu cFhS" " S"l"i b''tiE'
gold to bus votes 10 establish free trade
She cannot reduce our woriingmen T.
the condition of the serfs who man he
| shops and I'LL her soil by such tricks
. We shall choose our own leaders AM
manufacture our own merchandise
Great Britain M well us other nations
= must learn TO respect our rights. o.
1 This question all intelligent men. bot
4 Republicans and Democrats, lave bu
: one opinion. lmpossrbilitles are out q
the range of Yankee calculations. An
: cient prophets forelold The day whe
= the lion and the lamb shall lie dawn To
d gether and the most poisonous reptile
NJ, shall become harmless. Then the dirt
,, pool of politics" will be clean, politics
y parties will tell no more lies, the Pro
tcstant and Catholic will greet eac
n other as brothers, so-calIcd christlm