Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-12
Communicated
CANDIDATE BAILEY
LIKENED THE MARTYRED LINCOLN TO
A HORSE.


The Members Of the Union Club Resent the
Insult and Adopt Resolutions COudemn.
ing the UuDafriOtic Democrat.
Alta meeting of the Union Club Of ALLIE
ruary 10, 1890. the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, John H. Bailey did, on
November 4, 1864, at the old Battery
corner of Grant and Webster avenue, Pitts
burg, deliver an address, of which the follow
ing is the report printed in the Pittsburg
Post of November 3, 1854, viz:
"Mr. j. b. Bailey next took the platform
and thanked the Democracy of Allegheny
county, on the part Of the Democratic County
Committee for having sustained them so
well in their labors for the Democratic
cause. He likewise returned the thanks OF
the committee to the different ward organi-
cations, with whose agency this campaign
was rendered triumphant success, so that
the party Of aboliEionism never before met
such q strong resistance. Cheers. The
State Central Committee and the National
Committee were also expressive of their
thanks to the Democracy of Allegheny
county for what we performed during the
campaign, .enlightening by our labors this
these few announcements, he delivered one
of the ablest and most telling addresses of
the evening. He stated that the political
contest is about to close, and we are the
jury in this cause. The results of our YER
dict are momentous, and require that we
should pay all due attention to them. The
different speakers of either party are the
advocates. A new species of advocates
have been introduced of late. The preacher
comes out to make political speeches day
and night, and are turning politicians, even
in the pulpit.
she here brought up the parable in the
gospel of the Master who invited several
guests to the feast, but they declined, and
he believed that those preachers would leave
the holy supper to attend political meetings.
They come to tell us our duty in regard to
the negro, as they have nothing else to
think about. Negroes are good enough in
their place, but they must not be placed on
the same standing with the white man.
[Cries of No, No. President Lincoln is
now on trial; you know him and have felt
him. They say that the pocket nerve is a
very delicate one, and you have often felt
Mr.. Lincoln In your pockets, but if he be re-
elected to rule over us for four years more,
we will have no pocket nerve to feel him
with. Loud cheers and laughter. |
But the President maintained that he
should not be put out of ofice-we
should not swap horses in crossing stream.
He properly characterizes himself when he
calls himself horse. Laughter And
we are sick of this horse administration.
Renewed laughter and cheers. But we
have nominated man for the Presidency
real man, not bearing any resemblance to
a horse. Cheers and laughter. This
horse. in leaving Springfield, said he wanted
the people to pray for him, and he needed it,
and by that means he showed his humility,
but since that time he has become proud and
overbearing. Even before he arrived at
Washington, he declared himself the rep
resentative of the people, and shortly after
ward the representative of the majesty
of the people. Laughter He then
spoke Of the Presidents tortuous
route to Washington. Since his nom-
ination Lincoln has kept on making
his speeches, and directs the actions
of every man, according to his own way, and
when his plan prove failure, he always
finds somebody who will bear the RESPONSE
bility. He made General Burnside appear
before the people with q lie in his mouth.
General Grant who, to say the least, is a
better General than Lincoln knew that if
he would not adopt the Presidents plan in
be supplied with sufficient number of men
to prevent disaster. When any disaster oc-
ours, he provides himself with an answer,
and publishes his own and letter Of Gen.
eral Grant to shove the responsibility from
his own shoulders. Yet this is the man they
wish to elect President.
HE has not permitted US to know the
truth during this war, and he would not
hesitate to say that the last movement Of
General Grant on Richmond was more than
a reconnaissance. The fact is, Lincoln
wanted to make political capital by taking
Richmond previous to the election. He
next spoke OF the displays which the Re-
publicans make In this city, and stated that
the procession which they held few even
ings ago was miserable failure. The
Democratic procession in the little town of
Clinton was only five minutes less in
passing a given point, which shows
that it nearly equaled, in point
Of numbers, the abolition process
sion of Thursday night In the procession
appropriate transparency. On one side
was represented Abraham Lincoln with his
foot on the Constitution, and on the reverse
was General Mcclellan, with the Goddess
Of Liberty presenting him the safeguard Of
the Constitution. Owing to the lateness Of
the hour, and the press of other prominent
speakers who were present, the gentleman
here resumed his seat amid thunders of sp-
plause."
Be it resolved by the Executive Board Of
the Union Club of Allegheny county, that
we condemn in the strongest terms the Ian |
guage so used, and the speaker who used 1t, |
and pledge ourselves to use every honorable |
effort to encompass his defeat.
T. W. GALE,
W. D. JONES,