Year: 1875

creased the actual running expenses


Of the State government, and for the


purpose of keeping the wsrt of prom


ise TO the public ear, they have struck
from the State levy a sufficient


amount, perhaps, 70 produce in the


aggregate S5G0,000 yet it is well


known to the -peop,e Of Ohio and


those conversant with its financial


condition that to the foil extent OF


the levy thus stricken out we win


have q deficit at the end Of the year.


They are retrenehing by refusing or


failing to provide for the public dues


Of the State, as an individual who had


resolved upon retrenchments, in


ereases tho number of his family ser


wants, increases the expenses Of his


family, and refuses to pay his honest


debts. lApplause.l This is the re-


trenchment of the Democratic Legis-


lature Of Ohio. [Applause.l At the


same time they have high regard


for local self-gOvernment. They IN


weigh in their platforms, in their


public speeches, and in the press


against Capitalization of power, yet


it is well known that at the last ses-


sion of this Democratic Legislature


they attempted to deprive one of the


chief cities of your State the right to


control their local affairs, and that,


too, in the interest of ringo speeu-


lators. lCheers. And in the interest


of Ohio and her public servants and


for the purpose of eIevating the pOlit-


icaI morals OF t{1s d { test upon q I;ssaI 20


men. Uv--- RI 49, Il -E1a1 1>s4ears Tss1s ;ei
\ ,estiple-s->ool-s1i iiIza-ss s.sz,l ttIc OnIs
7 4tasRoGs. in hieGter auEffedogRnI IL


Is said, and. in fact, believe it is well


known, that the leaders of the Demo-


cratic party Were anxious that this
Legislature should adjourn early, and


did adjourn them early in March.


They went home with their work half


done, bills in their pockets, unfinished


legislation, but not until they had


passed bill by which they provided


that when they were so unfortunste


as to get into the Penitentiary they


will have the right to choose their


own spiritual advisers Laughter


and cheers, renewed several times


The Democratic party in calling


their State convention, assumed to


be the advance guard of the Demo-


cratic party Ofthe country. l want


TO read just q word or two. "Neyer


in the history Of the Democracy has


there been an occasion OF more inn


portanse than will be the coming con-


vention. By fidelity to principle and


unselfish devotion TO cur Organiza-


ton, the Democracy OF Ohio have
earned fOT themselves the honorable


position Of advance guard. We are


no longer engaged in an ordinary
State contest the destluies of the


people have been confined to the


Democratic party of Ohio" 4


And, in view Of the Democratic
Legislature of the State, 1 believe it


would be piOus here to say, may


the Lord have mercy upon the peO-
pie. Laughter We must accept,
gentlemen, in this issue, to grest
extent, the fact that it Is not a mere
state campaign. AS Ohio goes this
fall she possibly may go next year.


We are organizing for 1876, and we
must beat that advance guard. Zap
plause. That is the duty devOiving
upon the people of Ohio. The ad-
vance guard of the lost cause. I am
not here to-day for the purpose of stir
ring up any bitterness toward the peo-
pie of the South It was meet and
proper that the American people
should stand with uncovered heads at
the grave of BreckInridge, that we
should forget, as far as possible, the
animosities and the bitterness of ten
years ago but to delegate the power
to party that still clings to the lost
cause, is another and q very different
thing. They have elected between
sixty and seventy-five gentlemen who
were concerned in tile rebellion to the
Forty-fourth Congress. In Missouri
they have elected small Confederate
General TO take the place of Carl
Shurz, and when these gentlemen get
power in the government of the
United States they get power in the
interests of that lost cause. Depend
upon it we can have peace in this
country in thirty days by repeating
the laws upon the statue books of the |
nation for the enforcement of the |
principles of the I4th and 18th amend
ments Of the Constitution, but We will !
realize ere long, think, that they
are not only hostile to these prinei- |
piles, but that they are hostile TO the |
credit OF the nation they are hostile |
to the honest payment Of the public
debt. This Democratic party Of Ohio |
is the advance guard of The men who
followed, in 1888, the flag of Pendleton
from Cincinnati to New York, with !
greenbacks pasted all over the stars
party who would initiate the currency
Of the country for the purpose of de-
stroying the national credit. We |
must look to it in Ohio, and defeat |
this advance guard. We should have |
no division of sentiment so far as the |
of Ohio are concerned. |
believe the republicans OF this State |
are dissatisfied in the main with the !
legislation of last winter. We should |
have no division of sentiment as to |
the condition of the South, that the
of the United States with |
all its great powers should stand by
the humblest citizen, no matter |
though he may live in a cabin in the |
swamps of Louisiana. 1t is part of
the Republican creed for them to do
it. Applause. We should have no
Of the sentiment of the con-
vention in standing by the public |
school system of the State and of the |
country Gcheersl no matter who may
come in the way, whether Bishop |
McQusid, the Democratic party, or
the devil. [Applause. We should |
have no division OF sentiment iu 0hiD 4
in relation to a third term. fAp-l
plause.l We commend Gen. Grant /
for his execution OF the laws of our |
for the firm maintenance of
those laws especially that guarantee
civil and religious rights to the people |
of the South, but he will honor alike |
himself and the great party that has |
twice elected him to the highest Office |
in the gift of the people OF the country !
he has SO illustrioHsly served by fol- |
lowing the example of the father of
his country Iapplause], and we regard |
his late expressions upon this subject |
as being in full accord with the senti-
ments of the people Of Ohio. APP
plause. @


One word more We must act with
harmony and for the purpose of carry
ing the State this fall. Not so much,
depends upon who shall be
Governor of Ohio for the next two
years, but much does depend upon
the attitude in which Ohio shall place
herself this fall in the condition of the
next two years. remember an incl
dent that occurred in the Valley of
Virginia during the war that you all
are familiar with, when the army of
Sheridan had lost their camps, and
were driven down the valley. When
rode up from Winchester he
brought the stragglers to the front.
He faced them to the old enemy, and
he faced them to the flag toward tue old
AS be rode along the line
he called Snow, men. forward. and
we will go to the old camp tonight" !"
and they went. Cries of "Good,
good" and cheers. Now, Repubii-
cans of Ohio, let Us form 8 line from
the lake down to the river let every
man come to the front, face the old
enemy let us have the old aggressive
spirit of the Republican party when it
does face that enemy in this contest,
and take my word for it, so sure as
the second Tuesday in October comes
we will go back to our old camp.
TCheers. 7aas .'o's


RECEPTION OF THE SPEECH.


The feelings that were strongest in
the soul of the convention could be
bv the .receDtion of the