Middletown transcript., 1892-10-13
CANDIDATE wEAvER's uTTERANcEs


The Opinions He Has Expressed Concern
ing the Democratic Party.
Extracts from General Weaver's
speeches, concerning the Democratic
party make interesting reading just
now. This is the way he maligned the
Democracy.
He said at Abba on July 18, 1866:
Il want to congratulate you first, fell
low-citizens, on the suppression of q
purely Democratic rebellion, gotten up
by the Democrats for the democratic
purpose of discovering this Union and
perpetually establishing human slavery.
Now and forever it is established as an
eternal truth that the Democracy in
no place or State can ever be trusted
with government. As o party, it should
disband, just as q section of it did at
Appomatox."
He said in joint debate with Col.
Fl. b. Trimble. at Bloomfield, on Sep
tember 4, 1868:
Here we have the old fight
over again. The Confederate Dem
ocracy, North and South, in which
the infamous copperhead division of
Iowa appears, are again contesting with
Grant for the safety Of the Union. As
at Donelson, he proposes to .lnove on
their works at once, and there is no es-
cape for this rank, traitorous horde,
except in another surrender. Charge
on them, fellow Republicans, and spare
not one, not even deputy road super
visor, from total political annihilation.
He said in Bloomfield. on September
26, 1869:
What is the use in further arraign-
ing the defunct Democracy, with all its
hoary crimes, at the bar of public opin-
ion We know that its acts comprise
murder, treason, theft, arson, fraud,
perjury, and all crimes possible for an
organization to connive at. 1t would
be mercy to put its record a million
miles deep in the pit that is mentioned
in Holy Writ and I may add that if
large and distinguished assortment of
its alleged statesmen were sent along it
would only be common justice.
He said in Fairfield, September IS,
1870:
"The Democracy, as usual, are loud
in their opposition, but what did they
ever do when they had a chance? Here
in Iowa they stole the school fund and
nationally they stole the arsenals, the
Navy, the Treasury, everything that was
not red hot, and created the very devils
rebellion. And these men appear and
ask for your support. They should
have come on beLded knee asking
your forgiveness for the unspeakable
crimes they have committed and the
wretched miseries they have inflicted
upon our common country"
He said in Keokuk, September 16,
1871:
THE record of the Republican party
appeals to the candid judgment Of all
men as unimpeachable, save, perhaps,
that it was too lenient with the lead
ing Democratic conspirators. The
same old gang, save those who were shot
or hung, are again conspiring to get
possession of the Government next
year. Woe to them for the loyal hosts
will crush them, and crush them for
ever and forever out of all possible dan
ger of such misfortune to our common
country"
He said in Oskaloosa, September 25,
1872:
"No Republican can ever, under any
circumstances, have any part or lot
with the hungry, rebellious, man n-hating,
woman-selling gang corporated under
the name of Democracy, a name 50 full
of stencil and poison that it should be
blotted from the vocabulary of civilized
man and handed over to the barbarism
that it so fitly now and in all the past
has represented.
He said at Stiles, September II, 1873,
in referring to the financial policy Of
the Democratic party:
But, then, what could you expect
from the poor, blind, diseased, decrepit,
dismal, damned old Democratic party"
He said at Monona, September, 1874:
There can be no doubt about the
question at all. With greenbacks and
national bank notes our business needs
are well met. There can be no better
unity Of the paper currency than these.
But it meets with the assaults of
party which through its financial
legislation inflicted untold wrongs
and robberies upon the people by
permitting banks without solid
basis to issue o circulating note.
= The fact is, gentlemen, the
Democracy, never has been able to
comprehend the financial question.
Between its inherent dishonesty and
senility it makes petty but
not unusual exhibition of its corporate,
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