Year: 1872

tienal authorities should interfere should the
State fail to enforce B1t the Republican party says
that the national authority should be enforced if the
State ias to enforce those laws. Wisconsin enforces
those laws and hence there is need of any inter-
| ference but not in the South There those laws
were disregarded or worse-a dead lotter and hence
it became imperative for the government take
| tion. A gain they claimed that the South enforced
thsse laws with reference to impartial suffrage but
that you know is false for is but short time since
these very privileges and rights trampled under
foot in South Carolina and Georgia, and pun
ished. What did check them? The voice of the Ma
| tion said: 'you must STOP to the hand of murder
1t is dishonest they don't talk the TRUTH but
| tell everything but the truth never knew such
mendacity and calumny in politics befores What do
you think of the newspapers, when one or two doZen
! of the late Republicans set up the only true
model of rectitude, Sumner etc; and ALI the rest
corrupt and dishonest? This song is of their own
composing, and they furnished the music. Even if
1t was true 1t would not be pretty. know them and
think it is not true. Look to, your Senate; -
| Morrill, Wilson, Buckingham and many Others
whose names you are faInlllar With Are you salts
fed that they are all corrupt? w A. Buckingh gham
contains truth than all the Cincinnati Conven
ton, if put under under hydrostatic press and all
the truth squeezed out of them. What right have
they to wear upon their crests "Holiness to the
Lord - above all others? HeIe was another cheat :
When Greeley told that he a candidate, he
said he hoped the time would prove that he
was no less Republican their candidate and they
no less Democrats by electiDg him than they were
before The time will never come for that-he the
widest radical had! 1t is not honest.
party or lead you there" Lyman Trumbull says
81 am Republican, and will talk to you uch.'-





neighbors in the city of Manitowoc, you could
get credit for pound of tea. They talk about Re-
publican corruption and Grants dishonesty. knew
both the men, and think Greeley honest the
average of New York editors, and when his friends
can say he is as honest Grant it will be proud
day for him and them. Grant has been tried; from
1861 to 1865 he engaged in war, with great for
tunes all around him. under his control and within
his grasp Speculatons in sugar cotton, tobacco. etc.,
and some of your officers picked up some of those
fortunes and came home with full pockets; and you
have thought no less of them for it. All these for
tunes were in Grants reach but we have yet to find
a man, vile enough, to say that he even took
cent than was paid him by the paymaster. But
at the present OF political vilfcation, the
quarter of the moon may produce such man:


Ii Greeley had the same chance, L don't say he
would take the sugar. cotton tobacco, but if had
had any cotton there at the time, should have tried
hard to get it insured.


But these Liberal Republicans say Grant accepts
gifts and that it dishonest to do But you
remember these gifts were accepted in 1866, when
Sumner, TrunDull, and others, nearly split them
selves in singing his praise.


They did not perceive the dishonesty of accepting
those gifts until lS7zdid not think of paradingit be-
fore the public until more than six years had ex
pired Yet they claim to be very conscientious in
this matter of opposition TO Grant. If l had such
conscience that, would swap 1t off in drug store
for the first article came to- 1t is charged too that
he accepted the present Of cottage at Long Branch
from Thomas Murphy. Thomas Murphy never gave
Grant a cottage Long Branch. That lie has been
nailed again and again, aud the Democratic press
keep ringing their charges on it still. Only few
days ago, Horace White had that story in the
Chicago Tribune, when he knows, and in
this country knows better the absolute faIsty of
that statement. But you can stop lie by contra
dieting it,


Again they say that he appoints relatives to office
Well, perhaps it is bad thing to do but it is
thing every President heretofore has done, and it is
something every President Will do. There so
uch said about the appointment Of relatives, that
began to think that every Office IN the nation was
held by of Grants relations except the Post Of
flee in Green Bay, which L knew, of my knowl-
edge, not held by one OF Grants relatives con-
fess was weak enough to take Of these rea
nine are hlled by persons who are related to Gen
Grant his wife, in way related to their
relatives. To make ap this number, were obliged
to count in man OF the same family name of the
President who is third cousin to another man who
is distantly related to the President. And a |
man. who is brother-in-law to another man who is
a brOther-in-law OF Mrs. GraYt's brother Two per-
sons of these nine wereapponted to Office by Pres.
Andrew johnson of blessed memory, One of them
the Rev. MIR CraDler, Minister Sweden-a of
irreproachabls character and morals whose course
has been satisfactory both to this country and to
and maligped, for earthly except that he
General Grants brothcr-in-aw. The other is
the father of General Grant, who was appointed
POSTMASTER at Coyngton, KY. after the close OF
the war Grant has not yet turned him out, and 90
not think he has fixed the date when he will do
IIe great trouble has been-not that many of
Gen. Grants relations were tl but that so many OF
somebody's else relations out. Everybody is
lated to somebody, and it is difficult thing to ap-
point any one to office without finding him related
i'll some way.


great deal has been said by the enemies of the
Administration about the sale of arms to the French
government This sale converted lot OF worthless
property into ten millions of dollars, and replenlshed
by much the treasury of the Country


They say that this was Il great crime Whom did
it Ujure! Did 1t hurt Germany? II so, why don
Germany complain: Germany could have bought
those if sh had wished to do So Baron Gerut,the
German Minister this government, when he knew
those arms were Tor sale telegraphed to Bsmark,
asking if he should take steps to secure them for
Germany, and was answered that they had no use
for them


iieFmauy thought she could get them without buy
ing them, she allowed France TO purchase thein
and then took them away troG- her i'll the war But
Sumner says il violation Of international law
Now Bismarck knows the law perhaps better than
know little of international law and say without
fear contradiction that there is law in support
of the position assumed by Sumner, SchurZ, and
others. don t see how Greeley is going to menu
the matter. The guns have been sold and the mon
ey is in the treasury. suppose this new coalition
il it should come into power, will take the money
of the Treasury aud buy them all back from the
Germans


The speaker closed by relation of the
matters pertaining to the alleged frauds
in the New York Custom House. showing
conclusively it was matter that had no
political significance in it whatever, but
merely movement In the interest OF a
couple Of powerful steamship companies
who wished monopoly OF the storage
and warchousing business. lie replied
to the faisehoOds and presentations
of Senator Trumbull at Milwaukee.
Trumbull claimed that he first moved
that investigation. This was false. 1t
was moved by Roscoe Conkling Of New
York. Mr. Trumbull also stated that
the showing was so bad that the report
was submitted to caucus of Republican
Senators to whitewash and fix up.
Sen. Howe said that the report was pre-
pared and written by himself, and that no
one saw or read the cOntentS of that re-
port except the members of the inresti-
eating committee, until it was read In
the Senate.


After the Senator concluded, the
audience departed well pleased with the
address Of the man who has SO worthlly
represented our State in the National
Council.