Morning journal and courier., 1888-10-26
AeREAr RALLv.

Be mOOE8s
 Frederick Douglass could but have felt proud at the reception he was accorded by the citizens of this city last night. With the exception of the night when 0. M. Depew spoke, the Hyperion has not been packed this campaign with so vast an audience as crowd- ed into every seat and filled every portion of room in the building. @s
 When the orator made his appearance on the stage the audience rose as a man and cheered lustily for long time.
 The meeting was opened by the Young Mems glee club singing s'It was his last vston
 and "What is the Matter With Harrisonp
 Hugh Daley then introduced Rev. A. P.
 Miller of this city as president of the meet
 ing, and He was enthusiastically received.
 He thanked the audience for confirming such
 high honor on him and made few remarks
 before introducing the orator of the evening.
 cannot stand by silent, he said, and see
 England overthrow our industries. He had spent sixteen months in Europe and he found
 many Englishmen waiting anxioasly for the time when they could land their goods on our shores duty free. He voted the Repub- lican ticket because he is not satisfied with the situation of his brethren iu the southern country where the shotgun policy rules. don't see how any colored man can vote the Democratic ticket" he said, "and for that matter how any decent man can do so."
 When MT. Douglass was introduced and as the old whitehaired veteran arose the Vol- tune of cheers from all over the house was deafening and several times repeated. He expressed his great pleasure at the demon stration in his favor, and from it prophesied 8 hamburger of sweeping victory in Novem-
 Der.
 The right to choose president he said is one of the highest and most comprehensive duties of American citizenship. One great fundamental right, by which we perpetuate our free institutions.
 A failure to elect president in accordance with the constitution and law and in harmo- ny of our institutions would tend to disar- range the whole machinery of government, and possibly subject us to the control of a usurper or dictator. While all elections are important, some are more 30 than others in scope The present one is as important as the one when we were on the verge of a rebellion and called that wonderful rail splitter of the West to be our President. At no time in our whole political history have differences in politics been so marked or so antagonistic.
 We are confronted to day with two oppo- site ideas of government and civilization. We are still in the midst of great conflict One idea is born of the class of slavery and degra- dation of labor. The other is born of liberty and equality before the law for all people ir- respective of color. (ApplaRse.) The form of the conflict has changed, but the substance is the same. Battles are fought with bal lots and may God defend the right. (Ap- plause.) The banner of free trade has been raised by President Cleveland and it is no new device or issue. It is supported to-day; by the same party that rent asunder this great country and sought to place it on a haa ofa Rv of
 The speaker then remarked that he had some hesitation at first in accepting the invi- tation to take part in this canvass because of his age, but, he said, did not like to have this grand canvass, which is going to sweep the whole horizon, confined to single issue, though that be grand economical question. say that there are other questions that con- comprehensive than the one that concerns merely the pockets of the people.
 did not want MT. Cleveland to say that shall not speak on any subject except the tariff, for that is as old as the cry of free trade and sailors rights. But we Cleveland has forced upon us and we shall settle it to our entire satisfaction on No- vember 6. (Great applause.)
 It Is evident already that Brother Cleve- lam is already frightened at the position he has taken, and like the boy in the apple orchard, who was asked where he was going, said: "Back again, massa." Applause.
 The Democrats are now disavowinG the free trade message which they hailed with delight months aho. MT. Clevelapd's desire to get rid of it is evinced by the fact that he has gone into the fish business and retalia. ton business. 0aughter.) He is like the Irishman, who caught tartar and knew not what to do with 1t. In the present canvass the character of the candidates, the character and composition or the parties and the policies of the respective parties must be considered. It is my good fortune to know the future President we'll. Have known him 6 long time and I have to say that l have found nothing in him to be of. Above all his other qualities he is patriot, one who could cross the fiery and smoky battlefield of blood to rescue his country from the grasp of treason (applause) and that man was not the Hon. Grover Cleveland, who sent substitute, but it was Gen. Benjamin Harrison of Indiana. Loud and continued applause.)
 Very little need be said of MT. Morton. He is known and read of all men and one of his best vindications is that not even the malice of his enemies can find a flaw in him. He is true to every interest of his countrymen. I have seen him and felt his pulse. He is con- fdent of victory next month.
 MT. Douglass then took pains to Aatly con- tradict some statements which the Demo- cfatD are clrculAtlnS tnrOuBnOub Ine cOunIIy alleging to be an interview with the orator, in which he is made to say that he is dissat- isfied with the way Indiana is going next month. did say, he said, that the election will be very close, and that we shall not have more than 1000 majority, but they have and distorted the whole remark. Now a lie is only valuable when it has the ability to deceive. fellow must be in 6 desperate state to make such 8 statement, when am telling every day in the week that 1 believe we are certain of victory. We have chosen our standard bearers, and they are good and true men whom the American peo- pie are boand to honor.
 have no abuse for the Democratic candi. dates. It is a source of satisfaction that ex- cept few innocent lies, the canvass has been conducted cleanly and decorously. We are Americans and we have the dignity of our nation to uphold, therefore we reject all those personalities, which were so prominent four years ago. But the people know the character of Mir. Harrison and they know that of Mr. Cleveland.
 I hold that the man in the presidential chair should be more than 8 lucky and suc- cessful politician. He should be 8 model so that parents can point their sons to initiate his example (applause). We could do that in regard to Lincoln and Garfield and we will be able to do 50 when we place Gen. HarIi- son there.
 I we undertake to look over the past record of their party.
 Party ia more than the individual who rep resents it. Party is the power that shapes man. Men die, but the party lives. The power of party was never moro strikingly shown than in the case of Mir. Cleveland. He was represented as 8 man of iron and tough ls ''old Hickory"
 He stood up with the mugwumps and de- nounced the spending of money by men in Dfdce for re election. He favored the one term idea and the civil service reform. He also professed desire to see the oolored ,itizene of the South get their due, but he came into contact with his party and melted ike wax in a white heat. He started in to reform his party and has been deformed by t. This country must be ruled by ! party and not by Q man. Tyler, Fillmore and Johnson tried it and failed. Mr. Cleveland tried to get on with .wo parties and failed. Had he read that man could not serve two masters he would aot have undertaken the task of riding two aorses going in opposite directions.
 The Republican party has done much for vou. but it has done much more for the ool- ,red people. It has given you 8 country, but t has also given them liberty. For that req Jon negro was born Republican. The Ipeaker does not believe in the efforts to <I,o c5Srzfn Ha aaid what the S0uth