The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-31

right. aud It was 10 answer to that letter. Whether
the letter to him was genuine or not tiaughterI
10 not known. The Democratic papers are all
crying out: 30 what . rascal it was that wrote
that letter" ILauehser Pshaw. In not the
catching OF scoundrsls by decoy letters, put 10
the postof6ce, az old as sae hillsi IL not that
you want to find it out, don't you send him . dc.
coy letter. Letter; and he takes 1t ont and
takes out the wrong money. What 10 the harms
DO" does that excuse Vest What happened
Immediately Was il when il began to raise
some trouble after it was published, aud Mr..
Blaine got hold Of IL and spoke of it to the
lrisbmen in New York. lApplause.1 Well, what
happened next Mr.. Bsyard said that
letter did not come to any
know anything more Of the views Of the Presi.
dent than did any other one OF the 65, 0O0, 600 Of
the people in this country. and that It Was moth
ing at all, only q little opinion OF Mr.. West;
that IL was . political pitfall, and be put his
, wrote, ta the Il letter. se' MS MIS- V West s', ". 9, do n,n Know ~oS0 al al
about this thing. won't you please tell usf' And
II Dir. West does not know any more than the
rest OF the s.. 200. 600 Of people, Why under
heaven didn't be say sol [Applause But on
sne contrary he saws, Il know all about 1t"
days afterward or ave days afterward. we are
told that the Cabinet has got to get together,
and they have sent to ask that this man be re-
called. Why. what had he donsl The only
thing that have seen in the Democratic news
on this ~election. I do not know that that il
very bad.
Well. who is at the bottom Of thisi do not
believe an English minister can be such an in
fernal fool rs to do what West has done unless
there WAS somebody behind him telling him to
do 1t. tApplause. It is not any unkindness to
England. il Is not that we are saying that We
are unfriendly to them, but 1t Is saying TO them:
lyon have sent o man here that has SO behaved
that We cannot have him any longer Suppose
he had come up aud pulled the Presidents nose,
would he have sent to Salisbury to know whsth-
er be could get rid of him or mott And this was
as much q greater insult than that Is can DO
conceived of-an insult to this great county Of
for interfering with the laws Of England, dong
that which the laws of England forbade. Oh.
for an hour of Oliver Cromwell, or somebody
like him, here. tApplauss. And II would DO
done il this were not . part Of the elecsioneer-
ing scheme. IL 10 . confession. What they
wanted to do was to make . great cry about re-
calling West so as to save the Irish vote. Oh.
my Irish friends, they do not care anything
about the Irish vote in Michigan. but in New
York il is supposed to dominate in the question
OK the presidency.
L believe I have given pledge and faith that
love my country. lGreat applause. have
c. right 10 speak for her and her future. have
had as much length OF experience and a. varied
experience rs any man now upon the stage, and
/ want to say here and now. with all the solemn
ity and all the depth Of feeling that I can ex-
press, that / look upon this election as the most
important that we have had since the election
of 1864, when the question was whether the war
should cease or not We have brought this
country into order. into prosperity. into happi.
ness by c~onquering in the conflict OF arms. We
have given up all that We won from these people
In the South, and they are now doing WHAT Try
ing to beat tho North by the ballot which they
we're unable to do BY the bullet Tremendous
cheers.l In all sincerity I think that is it, and
If this election goes by the strength Of . few
votes in one or TWO States. SO that the great
majority of the Northern people are beaten by
q single State, 1t will DO . signal for o state OF
things that will not affect me much. because
my time is short, but will affect every man Of
middle age; yes, and the older men that / see
before me, and the country may be again
plunged into q series Of difficulties. from which
It will not recover for years aud years. Do ro'
misunderstood me. We are going 10 have ne
war with England. Do not be afraid Of that 10,
o moment. That IL not within tho boundary Of
Imagination. But we are going to have elias:
against class. section against section.