Year: 1868

ling the surrender of the army of the


Mississippi, the other was negotiat-
ling with a mob of New York ruff


fans and black-legs forithe condi-


tional surrender Of the Government


to that mob. While Grantwas pun.
fishing rebellion in the South, the


other was striving, with his friends,


to give it renewed life. And thus
1 might go on and contrast the ac-
tions of the two men, but space will
not permit. The Democracy, SO


called, have made. this contest sub.
stantially the same as the contest OF
go and 'G4. Was the. war failure


Was the capture of Lee by General
Grant a mistake or blunder, to be
repaired by surrender to Lee now
{ ask every man in Wyandot to get
the two platforms andcompare them
carefully, and especially would I ask
the poor man to study the fourth


plank in the Democratic platform,
where they expressly say that they
will enforce the demand, that "equal
taxation of every sbecies Of proper
ty, according to its real value shall
be carried out Weigh this propo-
sition carefully, and ascertain it's real
meaning. The language is clear, un-
ambiguous, explicit. The taxation
of Government bonds is second
ary matter, but the tail to the main
proposition, to-wit: ''taXation of
every species of property" Men
who have small means, men who la
Dor for the very necessaries of life.
ponder these words well. A COM
pliance with the demands of this
proposition will subject every foot
of ground. every article of value in
the country, every COW, every pig,
every horse, every tool with which
the poor man earns a living for his
family, every workshop, in fact evl
cry thing, from a Jewsharp to a grist
mill, from poor mans bed to But
ler's silver spoons-the cane breaks
of Florida and Stewards Alaska Ice
bergs. all, everything will be sub
jected to taxation. By the present
wise and proper Black Republican,
law all incomes less than thousand
dollars are exempt from taxation.
Garry out the proposition of the
Democracy, and the poorest man in
the land will be compelled to pay
the same tax on his trifling earn
ings that the richest men OF corpor-
ations pay on THEIRS Carry this out
and it will do away with all distinc-
ton between the farmer, (small-
fsted) mechanic, and laboripg men,
heretofore made by the. General
Government. Need we pause to
point out the effect this would have
upon the great mass, the laboring
men of this country. My friends,
the people are not, cannot be de-
ceived by the grinning demon that
Turks in the New York platform.
Choose then the cause Of Right, of
Liberty to all men, of Freedom, and
let us rally once more 10 the breach.
Once more! and when the smoke Of
November shall have cleared away
from the flaming field, our flag, the
grand old Union flag, will come forth
in all its original beauty, streaming
like a '.thing of beauty forever -
Let us rally round that flag that has
led Us to honor and victory. under
the guidance of the man whom we
will place in the Chair-honored bv
such men as Washington and Lin


coin, and whose actions and servi-
ces VIII cause his name to live with


the most brilliant of Americas sons:
and be second only, in the affections
of the American people, to- Lincoln


and Washington. c.ai WYANDoT.