Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-13

my ehbA ~ " q l1OGEllOtl,
OF the Sacramento General Republican
Committee W. II. Sherburn, OF the Har-
rison and Morton Glee Club organization
W r OrmSby, OF the Hat Brigade; John
Breuner, Jr., Secretary.
fne meeting proved an eminent success.
Il drew the largest audience possb TO hear
a speaker from tle stand on Fourth street.
1t was an intelligent, thoughtful and crit
cal audience. Ii was an enthusiastic audi
ence and was exceedingly liberal with its
applause, and by no means reticent in as k
ing questions and interfering suggestions.
That Captain Matlock is
AN EFFECTIVE SPEAKER,
One OF the very best for the campaign
stump, is established by the fact that he
spoke without pause for nearly TWO hours
and yet the people cried out for him to 20 on.
The audience, in that long time of standing
in paved street, would of course grow
less in number because of physical weari-
ness. vet at the close of the meeting fully
half of the original number were still in
tenlly listening and begging Captain Mat
lock to continue. The Captain, who is an
Indianian, served with Harrison three years
in the war, and entertains tor his old Col
oael almost the affection Of son, is an
easy, fluent and aggressive speaker. He
poetic imagery or trouble himself with
pains to be eloquent and polished, but he
uses plain, forcible English, clearly ex-
pressed and neatly framed i'll telling SEN
fences. He is straighJfor ward, vigorous,
logical, orderly in the marshaling of argu-
ment and proof and deals blows as from a
siedge- hammer. At times he rose into
flights of vehement e!Oquence and carried
his audience to the pitch of highest excite
ment. He is very witty, and was in q
merry humor throughout the evening, and
in less than three minutes after beginning
had his audience in perfect harmony with
him and watching Tor flashes of sturdy
humor and the ponderous blows of telling
wit. No speaker has appeared here so
quick to reply TO interruption or SO success
tul in turning the tide against interruption.
In fact, Captain Matlock is ar old-time,
eloquent, forcible aud aggressive stump
speaker-a type of a rostyum class little
heard nowadays, but for which there is a
field waiting and anxious.
At the close of the meeting the Captain
was called upon by scores Of old soldiers,
and in the rooms of the club over 800 peo-
pie pressed forward 10 greet him and ex-
change word or two of thanks for his ef-
fectiye address.
GENERAL HART
In optl ming the meeting said it was well that
the people should assemble in such large
bodies to discuss the issue of the campaign.
1t is well because it beges patriotism and
teaches men concerning the great living
principles that underlie the life of the Re-
public. 1t was to be regretted that in
American politics there are men who for
get to be gentlemen and sometimes are 80
lost to principle as to engage in assaults
that dissuade honorable and pure men from
aspiring TO places of trust because of liabll-
ity to these attacks upon character. Lin
coin, the father of the restored Republic
did not escape [applause1 vipervous tongue
of Islander. or the malignant scouIge OF
abuse. Garfield vas denounced and ma
ligned; the Plumed Knight [great cheering
did not escape calumny and detraction was
even levelled against his wife, and sough;
20 blacken the name of their dead child
Hardly had the wires told us of gallant
Ben Harrison's nomination before we had
printed under flaming headlines assaults
upon him as false and vicious as the men
who conceived them and who are so little
attached 10 principle that they view all men
as dishonest who aspire to honorable po-
sitions in the Republic General Hart paid
a fine tribute to Harrison, who was pure
man, q patriot, student Of the principles
upon which the Republic rests, q soldier
who led and fought for the principles tC
preserve them to us and our children
After further remarks of this character de
livered with feeling and eloquent force ht
introduced Captain Mat-Uck, who was re-
ceived with LOUD cheering.
SOME POINTS OF THE SPEECH.
We present few of the more salient
points of the argument of the orator OF the
evening.
He looked upon this as the most import
ant of political campaigns 10 the American
people While the issues do rot iavolv,
the question of peace or war, they do in
volye the happiness and comfort of every
man, woman and child i'll the Union, ant
demand earnest and thoughtful consulta
ton by all who are interested in the happi
ness and prosperity of the American people
Never in the history of this country have
American voters been called upon to decid,
questions or more viIal importance thar
the present, excepting III the campaign o
1864, which resulted III the election of Mr.
Lincoln for the second time. Then thi
question was one of national unity
practically union or disunion. [Applause
The Democratic Convention met in Chicago
that year, and promulgated its doc
trine through its platform. 1t ther
announced TO the American people that tn,
war for the Suppression of the insurrectior
was failure. and that the q mics in tht
fields should be withdrawn by the Govern
ment and the difficulty settled in som'
other way. What other way The wal
suggested was base and ignoniniOus sur
render of the principle contended for b.
the Republican party, under the Leadership
of the immortal Lincoln. Applause
H. - bo,-a-A =.
denial that the platform OF the Democratic
party, upon the issue of preserving tn
Union, when rid of ell verDiage, simply
meant surrender. (Cheers and cries o
That's So True" etc Well, the Re
publican party antagonized the Democrats
party upon this point. and stoutly main
tanned that The first duty imposed upon anC
intrusted TO the Republican party to dis
charge, was The preservation of the unior
of these Staies. [Applause.l That unior
of our fathers was immortal udindestruct
| ible. [Applsuse.l
He avered that cold and neryeless history
proves that the Democratic party bad, upoI
all the grea; questions which had been pre-
sented TO the American people for determi
nstion, during the past fifty years, iDvari
ably gotten upon the wrong side of thu
question. Upon the slavery question
| the Democratic party had prostituteC
| the Government for the perpetuatioI
and extention ofsystem of human bondage
1t had wagered war and concluded peac,
in the interest of slavery. II had put III
seal of sanctifcation upon the idea thai
one man had right to the labor of another
without compensation OF remuneration
| TApplsuse.l The party always loved CHEAP
labor, always believed in it, and to this daI
, is the party of cheap labor, while the Re
publican party ever has been the frient
| and cham pion of free labor, and well paiC
labor [Applause.l The Federal Court
of our country were guarded and con
structed with an eye single to this ques
ton. a pretext was sought by the Demo
cratic party for an opportunity to wag
war upon weak and unoffending Repub
| lie, that the peculiar institution might hay
green fields and still waters.
The speaker elaborated upon the charg
| that the last Democratic President befor
Mr.. Cleveland had abandoned the Govern
ment TO its enemies, who, while member
of his Cabinet. had conspired with tn
South to dissolve the Union BY force, an
had so placed the country in helpless al
titude, deienseless and without money
ships or arms.
| Buchanan could find no power in til
| Constitution TO enforce obedience to til
| laws of the country. But Lincoln foun
.ba ,,a-,a- and the Pennhlican Marty or