Year: 1872

| IKE. IneSe other fellows are dlslOyai.
They are one torn men. Put them
out, they say !; turn them out and put
in these men who will stand by Clayton
and his board and it is done.


| want you to see that this thing
goes all back on you. People Of the
United States, you are sustalners OF
these iniquities. If We had Govern
ment in Washington which frowned
upon the evils, that Government would
stop all this business in short time.
Applause. The men who are robbing
South Carolina to-day would be on a
dead race out of that State two days af>
ter they had heard that another Gov
ernment was about to be installed at
Washington, just as Bullock, of Geor-
gia, resigned and ran away so these
men would all get out if they did not
feel that the mighty arm of the Feder-
al Govenerment was outstretched for
their protection and defence. 1t is
against this iniquity that we fight,
The villains who corrupt elections In
Arkansas are all shouting for Grant,
shouting and working for him, and they
are gaining immunity for their crimes


FELLOW citizens, do not know what
will be the decision of the people in
the contest now before US. Everybody
else is confident that what they wish
will be the result | only know that
if the people could look into these
wicked Governments at the South, and
see them as they are, they would no
longer be sustained by the public
sentiment OF the North | know that,
aud believe that light is creeping in
Two thirds of your journals have never
told the eople what the truth is about
these carpet~bag Williams. They sup
press the facts. They conceal the
facts, and, as consequence, the people
do not understand to day They say
what reconciliation do you want !!
They say we, are reconcilod,, VIA;
mere do you want? Now, am not
rcconciled to have such robbers govern
the States | want to be reconciled
| want Governments that honest men
can afford to be rtconciled to. ]
plead for reconciliation. The South
orn people have greatly sinned, in my
judgment, aud have greatly suffered
have a friend who went down to
South Carolina and spent some time
there and came back. He is very
Jealous Republican, and he said that
he had seen many things that he did
not like. He said :'' saw man who,
when the secession began, was living in
Paris on an allowance from his father
of 5000 year. He is nov clerk to
negro assessor in Charleston at 81
day, and mighty glad to getit." Now,
such things do take place, and | do
think that the people have suffered
good deal ! think that it is time that
a generous hand was outstretched to
aid them. | think it is time that the
Northern people should say : "Country
men of the South. we have insisted
that all the blacks shall be enfran
chised, and they have been enfran
chised Now then, we insist that you
shall all be enfranchised likewise"
There arc twenty thousand disfran-
chised this day in Arkansas, and the
only hope of carrying that State for
Grant is to keep them dsfranchised
That is one of their purposes to keep
them disfranchised aud all over the
South there are such iniquities as this,
| think, hiding from the light. Now,
then, we want the Northern people to
say to the South, to those who have
been our enemies +: ''Let us forget the
past; let us come together on one com
mon platform. We wipe out all dis
franchisement, all prescriptions; stand
with rs on common platform of
nationality, equal rights, equal law for
all The people, and let us all again take
hold and push forward this mighty
Republic on its career of greatness and
prosperity" This is what | think the
people ought to see in this election, and
make the Southern people feel that,
though they have been very wrong,
that we have forgotten all that wrong,
and are now prepared to take hold
with them, and to carry forward the
destinies, to promote and advance the
greatness and glory of this country as
one united fraternal people TO that
end labored that end | seek, and do
believe that that movement, : the
Cincinnati movement" of which [ am
the exposition and symbol before you,
is calculated to produce that end. To
secure the end, | am individually moths
ing, but that movement was right, and
was not moment too soon Applause.
| implcre the people to take care and
reach it successfully and triumphantly.


Three cheers.


Be industrious and faithful, young
man, and bright future will await
Won, hInuV "A moor Young man with