Decatur Democrat, Volume 24, Number 20, Decatur, Adams County, 19 August 1880 — Page 1

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT

VOL. 24.

POWELL’S TRIBUTE TO HANCOCK. The following tribute to General Hancock was paid by James Elbert Powell, oT Kansas City, the eloquent young rival of Bob Ingersoll, in his brilliant lecture on “The Solid South” now being delivered in Colorado under the auspices of the American Literary Bureau of New York: “I cannot close this allusion to the era of reconstruction in the South, ladies and gentlemen, without offering a tribute to that man, who, tried by the truest test of greatness, has proven himself a Peer—whose young sword Hashed like a meteor over the bloody fields of Mexico, and flung its gleams across the deepening twilight of Spotsylvania and Gettysburg—whose splendid energies and Spartan prowess have ever been dedicated to the cause of individual justice and national honor —whose gallantry is emblazoned upon the brightest pages of American history, but whose glory as a warrior is eclipsed by the grandeur of the civilian —who was no less a hero beneath the olive branch of peace, than when leading the charge under the red banner of war —who never feared to draw his sword at the call of his country, or to lay it, sheathed, upon the shrine of constitutional government, when the dust of conflict had drifted away —who crystalized his views and moulded his measures with that royal compassion, which yielded to a conquered and impoverished foe the inviolable inheritance of civic liberty—who is one of the grandest men in the land, recognized by the brilliancy of his individual luster, and not reflecting the borrowed rays of other luminaries —to that defender of the Union, that champion of the Constitution, that sovereign of soldiers, that pioneer of peace, that prince of patriots, General AV infield Scott Hancock, the exponent of great virtue, of tried courage, of lofty wisdom, of broad intelligence, of earnest patriotism, of noble aspiration and of true manhood. He is a soldier, not alone of manner or of rank, but of merit and of mind —he is a soldier, who distinguished himself in the defense of liberty, and the vanquishment of despotism —he is a soldier. who lifted himself above the ignorance and prejudice of the day, and planted the royal banner of pardon and love upon the battlements of sectionalism and Strife —he is a soldier, not by the power of fear, but by the force of splendid superiority; he is a soldier upon whose bosom radiates the star of honor, and to whose memory will be issued the highest patent of nobility. When, at the foot of Bunker hill, in the shadow of that royal shaft, which stands a monumental emblem of heroic valor, whose remembrance is consecrated in the hearts of fifty millions of patriots, beneath the rays of the stars and the light of the centuries, the goddess of historic unity and liberty, the guardian of our national faith shall call the roll of the grand army of heroes, there will be no more gallant —no more "lorious response, than that which swells from the heart and the record ft’ Winfield S. Hancock. He believed that, when the southern chieftain surrendered his sword to the northern conquerer beneath the historic tree at Appomattox, the southern sun went down, and with its setting were buried the passion and pain of war—that the blue and the gray should clasp hands forever, and the northern . sigh meet the southern sorrow above the same graves, garlanded with the game flowers, gathered by the same hands, consecrated by the same regret.and bedewed with the same tears. He has recently been nominated by a great political body for the highest office in the gift of the American people. and, though I come to-night as the advocate of no faction—the champion of no party—as a lover of my country, I must say that, if the star, which now rises above General Hancock’s destiny, casts its meridian beams upon him in the White House, they will fall upon

an executive, from whose hands the scepter of justice will not drop in helpless impotence, but one who will continue to battle for union and liberty, while truth, courage and fidelity to principle shall find a home in the hearts and hopes of men. He will not be a politician for the sake of party, as he has not been a soldier for the sake of glory, but he will be a man for the sake of manhood, and a patriot for the sake of his country. He is a man, the corner-stone of whose character is integrity. He is a man whose virtues are not negative or obstructive, but positive and aggressive. He is a man with a strong mind, a pure heart and a ready hand. He is a man, who will set his face against any system of political looseness, and link honor and valor to a sympathy with the people. He is a man whose favor no spoils of office can buy, whose voice no mocking flattery can silence—he is a man, upon whose escutcheon rests no stain or semblance of dishonor—he is a man, who will bind together the fragments of our dismembered union—he is a man, who will heal the wounds of sectional hate, and kindle the warmth of fraternal affection—be is a man who will rise above the level partisian zeal, above the reach of personal venality, above the influence or suspicion of corruption, above the scope of moral cowardice —a man, who will bring confidence, bring courage, bring peace to our unhappy country, where now “Freedom weeps, W roug rules the land, And waiting .Justice sleeps.” GRUEL FOR GARFIELB. Prominent Republicans who want “a Change” and Have. Joined the Hancock Army. Tom Ochiltree, of Texas. Judge Moeser, of Illinois. I. R. Sherwood, of Toledo. Dan. 11. Powers, of Maine. Hon. N. C. Towle, of D. C. Peter Cooper, of New York. Judge Marbum, of Colorado. A. B. Mullett, of Washington. Col. J. A. Wimpy, of Georgia. Hon. Peter Wilson, of Illinois. C. N. Davenport, of Vermont. Col. H. H. Riker, of California. Col. Irish, of Washington, D. C. Hon. S. W. Monitor, of Illinois. Hon. H. P. Jones, of New York. Gen. Schuler Hamilton, of N. A . Col. Robert Wood, of New York. Rev. Lewis Loveless, of Indiana. Gen. J. Grindley, of Utica, N. Y. Gen. George Stannard, of Vermont. John W. Forney, of Pennsylvania. Leonard W. Jerome, of New York. Hon. Geo. R. Wending, of St. Louis. Hon. Horatio King, late assistant P. M. General. A. H. Marchant, editor Providence, (R. I.) Republican. The Washington Mexican War Vettrans’ Association has declared for Hancock. Os the Philadelphia indedendent press, the Times. Progress Record support Hancock. w General Daniel E. Stickles, one of the best known Republicans in the country and who was recently minister to Spain, has come out for Hancotk. Benjamin Bullock, one of the strongest and most highly respected Republicans in Pennsylvania, has come out for Hancock. He has given $2,00(1 for the campaign and says more can be had if wanted. Col. Henry B Hayes, one of the largest coal dealers in I ennsylvania, has come out for Hancock and says there arc thousands of coal men who will vote the Democratic ticket for the first time this year. Capt. N. W. Wheeler, prominent as a merchant in Portland, Ohio, has declared for Hancock. As he has always been a leading Republican his change of party affiliations has created quite a breeze m the Radical ranks. George Topp, a prominent German Republican of this city, is red hot for Hancock. He declares there are lots

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of others in the same condition round here. There are thousands of them all over the country, George, and all redhot too.— Kenton Democrat. Edward Butler, Esq., formerly editor of the New Haven Palladium, a Republican organ, made a Hancock speech Thursday night at East Haven, Conn. There has been nothing like it these twenty years. The woods are full of them. And they are coming out. Hon. John Loague, ex-Mayor of Memphis, and at present a member of the Legislature from Shelby counnty, Tenn., has joined the ranks of the Hancock party. In a recent speech delivered in the above-named city he calls upon all who love good government and an honest administration of the National Government to enroll themselves under the Hancock banner. Mr. Loague has heretofore affiiliated with the Republican party, and in his district has been regarded as a tower of strength to that party. The daily Telegraph, of Indianapolis, the leading German publication in Indiana, editorally last week gave an unqualified indorsement of the State and county Democratic tickets, and also flung out the banner for Hancock and English. The Telegraph is an ably conducted paper and wields a wide influence. The working force includes Hon. Adolph Seidensticker, editor-in-chief, Paul Garovzejelski, associate editor, Gustave Schaurer, telegraph editor, and Adolph Mauelin, city editor, all of them competent gentlemen and socially above reproach. Gen. Pearson, of Pennsylvania. Judge A. E. Ely, a life-long Republican of Jasper Indiana. Charles N. Poe, ex-Register of votes at New Haven, Conn. Judge Cochrane, of Georgia, who was a delegate to the Chicago Convention. Hon. Isa* e Cpok, a prominent St. Louis Republican, is helping along the Hancock boom. Hon. E. T. Feerdly, of Philadelphia, a life-long Republican, will take the stump for Hancock. Capt. S. B. McQuad, of Hazelton, Pa., has left the Garfield camp and is working for Hancock. Judge Stallo, of Cincinnati, a prominent German Republican, has declared for Hancock and English. lion. E. Joy Morris, of Philadelphia, formerly a Republican Congressman, is working energetically for Hancock. Hon. Charles Atwater, Greenback candidate for Governor of Connecticut last year, follows the fashion, and is “out for Hancock.” Gen. Reed, of Pennsylvania, openly says: ‘T will support and vote for Hancock, and thousands of Republicans of will do the same.” Judge John L. Long, of Missouri, the most intimate friend of Grant in the West, and an ardent Republican says: “I shall vote for General Hancock, and believe he will be elected." Hon. George Williams, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was tendered the Republican nomination for Congress, recently. He has resigned and taken the stump for Hancock. Another rebel outrage. Gen. E. W. Barber, Assistant Postmaster General under President Grant, and a bosom friend of Zach Chandler, has announced himself for Hancock and will enter into the canvass shortly. Judge Hilton, of New York City, who has charge of the A. T. Stewart estate, and one of the wealthiest and most influential Republicans of the Empire State has announced himself for Hancock & English. Stephen D. Winslow, Esq., editor of the Philadelphia Commercial List refuses to hoist the Garfield DeGolyer banner and with Col. Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, but now of the Progress, is doing yeomen service for Hancock and English. George Wilkes, editor of the New York Spirit of the Times and a great sporting friend of Grant, has withdrawn from the Republican party and an-

nounced himself as a supporter of Gen. Hancock. Mr. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, who labored so hard for the nomination of General Grant, has joined a Hancock and English club. Major W. Funk, a leading attorney of Corydon, a Republican, and who voted in 1876 for Hayes and Wheeler, has declared for Hancock. JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP ITEMS. BY MUNCIL. Considerable sickness at present. Hancock and English is the watchword. J. M. Macy and wife were visiting friends in Jay county last week. Mrs. Jemima Fravell, who has been sick for the past ten weeks is getting better. E. S. McPherson is now soliciting for the Phenix Insurance company, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs, James Ketcham will start on a visit to Canton and Cleveland, Ohio, about the first of September. There will be a Democratic meeting at the Buckmaster school house in Jefferson township, on Wednesday evening, August 23. There will be a pole raising at 8 o’clock. The following speaker have been announced: Judge J. R. Bobo, Capt. Hilligass and J. T. France. Let every Democrat come out. The sad intelligence has just been received that W. C. Ketcham, was lost in the big swamp of Mercer county. Ohio. It seems that Mr. K.. with a number of others, were gathering berries when he became lost. He remained in the woods until 3 o’clock the next morning, where he was found by a lady friend of Columbiana county, Ohio. GEXKVA GEEANINGS. BY RUB-TI-CUB. Mrs. Howard Haines is lying very sick. I. Hook has opened a law office on the McGriff corner. J. L. Cartwright is building a residence north of line street. Mike McGriff and Pete Manley took in Celina Saturday and Sunday. Ira Lehmer has returned and again assumed his position as railroad agent. Dr. C. A. Zimmerman, of Berne, has located in Ceylon. He is a skillful physician. Lew Heaston, of Winchester, was the guest of N. P., his brother, a few days last week. J. L. Cartwright has bought and shipped to Olds & Son 250.000 axles in the past five weeks. Will Ettinger, of Jefferson township, hag traded for the hotel at Berne. He will not take possession until spring. A kite 4x6 feet with the names of Hancock and English printed thereon was sent up a distance of 1800 feet, last Sunday. Bill Cunningham has concluded not to move until after the election. Bill is solid for Hancock, and has done good service in the cause, having six children, all boys. We understand that there will be considerable strife for the appointment of justice of the peace in this township at the September term of commissioners court. There will be three applicants. A four-year-old boy of Mrs. Courtney, of Ceylon, got hold of a revolver and by some means discharged it, the ball passing through the muscle of the arm above the elbow and lodged there. The wound is not serious. Mrs. Myer Beardalee cut a serious gash in her foot one day last week by stepping on a broken tumbler. A large piece of the glass broke oft in her foot. The wound was dressed by Dr. Zimmerman and is now doing well. Hon. Levi Moca, of Bluffton, and John T. France, of Decatur, made ringing speeches in opening the campaign here on the 14th. Thoy showed so clearly that the Republican party was an enemy to the laboring class and a friend to the money power that na unprejudiced mind could have a doubt. Majah Steele said his little speech at Meibers’ hall Monday evening to about sixty pers, about half of whom were Democrats. The Majah selected for his text the Democratic doings at the Charlcoton and Baltimore conventions twenty years ago, and fought the war all over again. He didn’t get it oft very well on account of “pap” not being along. The fact oi the matter is he made ao speech, and stated that he did not intend to make a speech when he was introduced. Therefore it leaves us

no room for comment. One thing he did and that was to criticise the language of Gov. Hendricks, a man who has forgotten, more than Steele ever knew. The Majah was followed by Judge Denney, who put in an excuse for the Majah by telling his hearers that it was not necessary for hint to be a speaker. Others he said would be there to do the speaking and the Majah could do the voting as well as anybody. Majah, you won't get to do any voting in congress this whack. PLEASANT mills iteus. BY SUNNY EYE. W. H. Worden is repairing his mill-dam. Dr. Stevens was in town over Sabbath. Norman Acker is building a new frame stable. Eb. Roebuck is the happy father of t wins, a boy and a girl. The pole-raising last Saturday evening was well attended. G. W. Archbold’s store room is completed. He occupies it this week. Work will be resumed the coming week on the brick church at this place. Work on the abutments for the bridge across the St. Marys has commenced. E. D. Stetler made a flying trip to Sidney, Ohio, Thursday of last week, returning on Saturday. Some of our boys took on a little too much firewater last Sunday. They should be ashamed of themselves. Rev. Bonnel preached his farewell sermon last Sunday evening to a full house. Ho takes his leave for conference next week. May peace and prosperity be his lot. Grand Procession in Ft. Wayne. (In Monday, August 23, between the hours of nine and ten o’clock in the forenoon, Forepaugh’s Great Show, which is to exhibit at Fort Wayne on that day, will make a grand public street procession. It is free to all, it will pay to see it and is worth miles of travel to behold. Imagine the oriental magnificence and splendor of the pageant. Fifteen harnessed elephants, half a million dollars in sumptuous sun-bright chariots, “beautiful in various dyes, richer than the opening dawn;” living lions loose in the street; 300 peerless, prancingsteeds; two great martial bands; 100 tableau cars. The grand march is led by Prof. Rusell’s Military Orchestra, seated in the jeweled and resplendent classical Car of the Muses, adorned with artistic statuary representations of Clio, Melpomeno, Terpsichore, Polyphymnia. Thalia, Urania, Euterpe, Erato, and Calliope, followed by the Commander of the Faithful, accompained by his Sultania, slaves, jeweled warriors, and a royal retinue of richly-robed processionists, droves of black and white camels and the gorgeous Car of India. Next comes the magnificent golden chariot, representing the mystic rites of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Hirst’s Marine Band, seated in the Car of the seasons, drawn by snow white steeds, followed by the superb mechanical masterpiece, the 100 horse power electric engine, mounted on wheels and drawn by coalblack horses. In front of it is visible the lighteningproducing illuminators, which are daily to be seen in operation beneath the mammoth pavillions. Then finally appear the colossal chariot of Olympus and the musical steam orchestrion. The parade will start from the show grounds between the hours of 9 and 10 a. m., on the morning of the 23rd. The >rrand balloon ascension will take place at its close. Exhibition opens at. 1 and 6| o’clock, and begins one hour later. It is the first and last really great show, that will appear in this county this season. Editor Democrat: In my communication last week a typographical error escaped your notice which 1 wish to have corrected. lam made to say a burthen of “sixty hundred millions of dollars ’ was added to the public debt by changing the contract in regard to the payment of the 5-20 bonds in gold instead of greenbacks. It should have read “six hundred millions." This tremendous bonus was not only given to the national bankers and bondholders by a Republican congress but it had to be made up by the poorer portion of the tax payers of the land. How de the tax-payers of Adams county like such favoritism? Can they see ne reason for a change of rulers? I trow they can, as the “ides of November will testify. Observer.

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