Year: 1868

a OlU IaTIlleE c2Allc 1htO tONhf vi a h1dS
urday, perhaps, with an old horse,
Some jockey would go and feel the
legs of the horse, and they would say
'Old man. amt this horse got SPAWN
ed ?" The old chap would say, THAT
don't make any difference, he ain't
| for swap any way" ''As to General
Grant, my DemOcratie friends, 1t Is
not right to depreeiate him. He amt
for swap" He just suits US, and in
my Judgment he suits all the Repub-
lieans as their candidate. If | were
going to pick a candidate for the
Peace Democrats, / should take the
querulous, hesitating, talking man
Seymour. If / were going to pick a
candidate for this great Republican
party, would take man of action,
man who has furnished the best
evidence of his superiority in every
field of duty to which he has been
called.


CRAFTSMANSHIP.


The truth about it is, there is no
greater illusion in the world than this
thing of being a statesman and this
thing of craftsmanship. Statesman
ship is common sense applied to public
~ nlllA NAluN NeAAA w AAAN AAfaAAN
thing at the right time is n statesman,
and Grant can do that and that Is all
/ want. / am about done. | could
compare these two men, give the
opinions of both and the acts of both
and you would be satisfied whenever
they have spoken and acted, Grant
has exhibited craftsmanship and Sey-
mour has failed.


CONCLUSION.


NoY, my fellow citizens, it is a
matter of no consequence If am
elected Governor of Illinois or not.
If YOU think, my friends, John Eden,
will make as good a Governor as /,
YOU can vote for him; but / tell you
YOU cannot, in view of your duty to
YOUR country, elect HOratiO Seymour
and Frank p. Blair to the Presidency
and Vice Presidency. Elect General
Grant. The peace of this country de-
pends upon it. The predOminance of
rebel ideas and of American RepubI-
can ideas depend upon the election.
The peace of the country depends upon
the election. The dignity and author
ity of the Government depend upon
the election, and when you elect them,
Grant and COlfaX, we will then throw
off our armOr and feel that the great
work commenced in 1861 is accom-
plished. We will put the power IN
the hands of General Grant, the great
leader of the army, the man of COM
mon sense, the man of integrity,
simplicity and majesty, and at the
same time his name will be terror to
all evil dOers.


Do you suppose if Grant is Presi-
dent and Sherman comes to the head
of the army, that the rebels are going
to show their heads to threaten? Do
you suppose they will make their
threats then? Do you suppose they
will take the liberties then which they
took when the old fool Buchanan was
there? We suppose they know Grant,
and if there Northern Democrats knew
Grant as well as the rebels do, they
would like him better, and we mean
after this election that they shall, for
the same reason, know Grant. Grant
whipped the rebels in the war, and
at this election we are going to whip
the Democracy for him, so that they
will know Grant. After that they
will do him justice. They won't say
that this old fool whipped the great
men of the rebel army and then
turned round and whipped the DemOe-
racy. They will say, then, it took
a man of ability to do it.


Fellow citizens, commend you to
the earnest discharge of your duty.
1t only depends on the people turn
ing out, whether we elect Grant or
not. There is no danger about Illinois,
but you must not stay at home. We
will carry this State by forty thousand
majority, sure. Any of you people
that propose to steal and to need n
pardon, might just as well apply to
me before leave town.


Mr.. Ed. West. You will find pleD-
ty of that to do in your own party.


General Palmer-I will tell you
now, my friends. You said / will
have enough of them in my own
party. 1 tell you, Republicans, if you
steal and are sent to the PenitentiaTy.
you shall go. You have no excuse
for stealing. You belong to an honest
party. You have had honest
political teaching. You have had all
the means of grace, and if you steal,
it is because you are innate rascals.
But as for these Democrats, just think
of the teachings the poor fellows have
had. Just think oft, for six or seven
years. If they have not been opposed
to the country, they have kept bad
and have been perverted
and misdirected. Democrats, if you
steal will you give your cases n most
liberal consideration