Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 26, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1880 — Page 1

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The Most Enthusiastic Meeting of the Year at the Wigwam for ltatifring the Nomination V rof Hancock and r" " -V English! " . ' Spsclif8 ,oy Governor Hendricks, Hoa. Williani HV English, Senator ; Joseph . E. McDonald, Senator Voorheep, Hob. Franklin Landers, Candidate for Governor, Hon. David Turpie, Hon. David S. Gooding and Col- ' ' onel J. B. Maynard. Great Enthusiasm, the Most Intens satisfaction, and a Manifest Determination tiWiatM Fight la the Coming Election. Long before the time fixed for the ratification meeting at tbe Wigwam Monday night, great crowds of people gathered in front of the building and in all the streets leading to it It was already manifest that the meetIng was to be an immense success, and the subsequent events were such as to carry proof of this expectation. Some time before tbe meeting, tbe cannon. belcbed forth their congratulations, and as the time approached fire works were sent np in front of the building to add their attractions to the others.' At 8 o'clock the building was full, and at S:20, when tbe meeting waj.callsd to order, it was crowded in every available inch of space, and on the outside there were probably 2.00'J people who were unable to gain admission, and were compelled to gD away unsatisfied. On the platform were General John Love, Hon. Franklin Lenders, Hon Dvid Turpie, Governor Hendricks, David S Gooding. Mr. Mitchell, of tba Ilanccck Damocrat, Cass. Byheid, Hon. Wm. H. Eofclieb, Austin H. Brown, Judge John T. Scott, Hon. IDG Nelson, Judge Salomon Claypool and General M. D. Manson. The meeting was called to order by General John Love, who introduced Una. Taornes A. Bendricks as President. Mr. Hendricks was greeted with enthusiastic applause, and when it had quieted down he responded in the following speech: HESDRK KS' SPEECH. My Fellow-Citizens It sometimes happens to a man cries nf'ttitdown in front!" You cn t all all down, as I said at theSta'e Convention ; there are loo runny Democrats. It sometimes happens to a man tiiat tbe obligations that ieni upon him toward his fellows are so great tbat be can not command language to express his appreciation, and tnat is my position in stand id g before yon tonight. I bava iecelved no many favors from the Democracy of Indiana that 1 can only thank them. I can not properly express my appreciation of them. For many years you and I have fought together In the cause of Democracy. Ju former times, when sometimes 11 was defeat, when sometime It was success, always we stood together; when the&torm was the highest and the wildest, and the sunshine gave tnem success, you and I were together, not for any personal cams, not lor any personal advancement, but because .. you and I believed in the principles of the Democratic party the principles that maintained the rights and prosperity and welfare of all the people A voiceTeat's tbe ticket.") .Now, my lellow-cit lzeus, we have presented to ns a ticket for our consideration, and for our support that tieftet was made Last week In Clucinnatl; and' the question Is shall U be elected Cries of "Yes! yes!" Or the result, 1 say to you to-night, I have no doubt that Genera' Wlnfleld Scott Hancock: and Wlhlam H. KngllsD wll' be elected. (Applaue. Why, if I had a doubt before I could have nine now, whn I see this vast crowd of ladies and men here to attest their appreciation of the strength and excellence of that ticket General Hancock is distinguished In war as he Is distinguished In peace. As a warrior be was distinguished In Mexico; as a commander he was distinguished In the lata war. No man stands above him as a military chieftain, and when the war was over and the Administration sent him down to New Orleans in command of Louisiana and Texas, heattested his qualifications as a civil ruler. General Hancock, la IM, about the month of November, was sent to New Orleaus to aid In the cruel work, as desired by the North rn extreme and R-dlcal party to oppress stilt farther, to subjugate and almost destroy a part of this country; and whan he assumed command he asserted the sentiments and principles of American Democracy In the orders which he then issued. Applause 1 In the paper of this evening I observe tbe first order and the sacond and the third ot the important orderi isud by General Hancock: at New Orleans, while I read briefly from those orders, because I desire roa to understand that General ilaacock is much more than a mere military commander, however great he may be in that ' repect. - f Applause. I I want you to understand tbat he uu thoso sentiments of free government that qualify and nt him to be a ruler of a free peopl. lu this order. No. 40. issued In November. ISti. at New Orleans, General Hancock, uses tola lan guage: "The General commanding is gratified to learn that peace and qaiet reign in this department. It will De Iiis purpose to preserve this condition of things As a means to this great end he regards tbe maintenance of the civil authorities In the faithful execution of tbe laws as the most etticient under existing circumstance. In war It is Indispensable to repel lorce by force, and over throw and ütatroy opposition to lawful ai thorlty: But when Insurrectionary force has been overthrown ana peace established, an i the civil aaUiorlties are ready and willing to perform their-, dalles, the military power anouid ceae to leaa ana me aanainisiraiiou resume Its natural and rUhtful domlnlou Solemnly -too pressed- with then; views, the General announce that the great principles of American liberty are still the lawful inner stance of this eoDe xod ever should be. I shall not detain you to read tbe balance of the oruer, It Is in accordance with the spirit of ao mucn aa I nave read, uut nis orders am tot top thei. it twued out that one of his Vvtdecessors had eU Wished rules for the selec ts, n of Juries that were Intended to convict all tüfct .the party la. power did not lit-?. and t- .acoutt all . who were the favorites of rnrty In power, and Geu erat Hancock &t ' w saU. tbat these restrictions npon tiit Jcrv should be air"td. l'herl He d"" cot mop there. Thtuking men, I dare say r:!. g of you have though I that the corn; t"f tree elections was maae first tt the extra aessloa of Congress last year. In that- you are ml La Seen. The Cght for free elections la uaore than a 4-.en Jry old among Eagllsh-epeaking people, but In the polUk-s of this country It is older Uuta the xtr etsion: It Is (oand far the first li; nod in Louisiana act Tzas. where General Hancock made the contest for tree flectloiis. Applause.l la his order issued in lttJ, he declared the military power In Texas and Iuliua snoaid not at all interfere with the ' elections, and went furl her and directed that no soldier should approach the voting place, unless to exercise the lawful right to vote bimielf. I Applause. J , And when any Bpuhiican asks me why I support WLnaeld 8. Hancock, be being a military man. I swv that in tli civil Government that he maintained In Louisiana and Texas he did assert those principles that will preserv. tbe liberties1 of the whole country. fApp'suae. My feilow-Altizens, thtselectlon U a very Important one be In Indiana. We are aa October State, as It Xa called, we are to

vote first in October Indisna and Ohio also

and H Is of prime iTportanco that Indiana ah all speak boldly plainly and strongly in Oetooer, so mat h i ine omer pi- iut are to follow In November may know how the freemen of Indiana stand In this contest. We have ot to flghjt the battle nrt. We have got to rljcbt theomeers of this Administration. Under the pretence that It will not allow Its officers to Interfere in political affairs it does most corrnptlv-I believe more corruptly than any Administration the country has . ever known interfere with all its office-holding army. That army is now a hundred thousand strong. A hundred thousand partisans under pay already. They have been called upon to contribute their twenty-four dollar apiece. Already tbe order has gone forth to contribute this enornun ' sum of money. When it is known that the Presidential election dos turn upon the pivotal Btate, Indiana, how much of that money Is to come here to corrupt our free election? Oh! I trust to you, men, you have sVmmI up in the spirit oi persecution when they have prevented our civil and business relations, because; of your Democracy. You have stood up when soldiers were here to threaten and disturb you; and now, when they send money to influence the election in Indiana, I trust with the greatest confidence that we wiil maintain a pure election, and the supremacy of the Ieraocratlc party. Applause. Shortly after General Hanock issued these orders in the name of popular liberty, they turntd him out of command and supplied his place with commanders that would serve their purpose better. They turned him out from the command in Louisiana und Texas because he was the stalwart champion of popular rights, and the American people will put him pack in power because he is the champion of popular rights. I now Introduce to you Mr. English, our nominee for Vice President. English's speech. My Fkiesds and Fellow-Citizens I need hardly say that I am glad to see yon, and that I fully apprt-elate and cordially thank you for your friendly greetings. 1 Utribute your enthusiastic demonstration mainly to a desire t express. In an emphatic manner, your faith and confidence In the great canse I have in part been chosen to represent a great caue, before which the petty ambitions and jealousies of men shrink into utter inaigniricauce. I also attribute the remarkable unanimity with which I was nominated to the second nlghest office In the gift of the people not so much to any merit of my own as to tbe confidence and ad miration which the National Convention entertained for the 8tate of Indiana, which was known to be my native täte, and a State pre eminent for her unswervering fidelity to the great principles of Constitutional liberty advocated by the Democratic party. Such a nomination was none the less a compliment to me personally, and it fills me with the profoundest gratitude, but it was at the same time a compliment to every Democratic India;. ian, and in some sense of eveiv citizeu oi the etat-, for, whatever else 1 am, I am still an Indiana production a growth of Hoosier soll-a native member of the great Indiana household and I bHieve there Is high authority for saying that he whoprovideth not for his own household Is worse than an Infidel; so, 1 confidently rely upon the sympathy and support of my native State. Gentlemen, if 1 were to consult only my ease and comfort and my interests, I should decline this nomination, and there are those within th sound o' my voice who know well that, as far as I bad any political aspiration, it was not in the direction of a place on the Presidential ticket. I stood with the Democracy of my State at Cincinnati earnestly and in good faith, aa everyone there will testify, in favor of the nomination of our beloved fellow citizen, Tlioaias A Hendricks, for President of the United States. We were young men together at the the s-mie college; we were togetner In the Convention which lormed the Constitution of this fcjtate; we entered Congress to gether over a quarter of a century ago, and I Know him to he as pnre a man as lives in this or any other land. Circumstances, which are nrt at all to Governor Hendricks discredlt.but which no agency of ours could coutrol. prevented his nomination. It was not his fault, or th fault of any of his Indiana friends. Hut bis not belüg nominated has not hurt him in tbe least, and he stands to day higher enturoned than ever in the hearts oi the people, and will undoubtedly stand high in the coufldenceofthe next Democratic Administration. After his name had passed from before the Convention, and not beforj. was my name presented for Vice President. How unanimously It was approved, you all know, and I am proud to know that it was most cordially approved by Thomas A. Hendricks hlmoelf. Having been so nominated, I feel that the unanimous voice of the representatives of a majority of the American people Is not a voice to be disregarded by any mere personal considerations. Therefore I choose to say frankly to you, my neighbors and friends, tbat when the nomination is formally tendered I expect to accept if , and I have not one particle oi doubt that I shall be elected If I am, I shall attend to public affairs as zealously as I ever attended to my own, and it will be tbe aim of my life to discharge every daty honestly, lalthfuliy and to the very best of my ability, not as a bigoted partisan, but in tnat broader and better sense of partisan statesmanship which labors always for the rlgnt-always for the maintenance of the correct principles of Jefferson ian Democracy: always to promote the happiness and prosperity of the people. I believe that the best way for a party or a man to achieve success Is to deserve it, and that ,4he serves his party best who serves his country best." For myself. I hope the canvass will he conducted In that decency and order befitting aa eulightened, law-abiding, liberty-loving people. I hope we sh -11 have a fair and honest election, and tbat the fairly expressed will of tbipeople be faithfully carried into execution. That General Hancock wi'l be the choice of the people for President I have no question whatever. He will be elected becaase he ou!bt to be elected. I believe the best interests of tbe country require that he should be elected. He Is a man in every way fitted for the exalted position. He has a record as pnre as the untrodden snow npon the mountain top. He is a grand, clear-headed, clean-hearted man ; a brave soldier, a great commander, a respecter of law and order and civil rights. You could not be in his presence five minutes witbout teellng tbat here Is a man Ut to be the ruler of a great people. The only charge the R?publicans have made against, him Is that ihey Imposed a paliifnl dutvupon lilni, and he performed It, as it was Iiis sworn duty as aa officer to do. And that is all. We not ony have ths right man for tbe place. Out the time has come when there ought to bw a change in the Administration. The Iterubllcjns have been in power sixteen ytars wltn tbe approval of the people, and nearly four yars under Hayes without their approval. Twenty years would be long enough to corrupt any party. We have no law of entail here which perpetuates wealth in any family, or power in any one man. or in any one party. The great and good men, who formulated our t-ystem oi government, and our traditions were jealous of strong governments and long leases of power A change now could not fall to be beneficial to the people. Tne day General Hancock is elected the gos pel or sectional nate and jealousy, so long preached by the demagogues of the Republican party, wi'l be forever closed tbe hateiul bloody shirt will be burled beyond the power of resurrection, and tbe blight and glorious banner of peace and good will throughout all the land will lloat on every Dreeze. General Hancock not only ought to 'be elected but he will be elected. Greater harmony exists In the Democratic party now than has before for a quarter of a century. We were badly discouraged and disheartened here la 1ST, an yet we ear-Tied this State and that election by over a quarter of million vots, although we were cheated out of the fruits of our victory. Yes. if history records the truth, it will go into hltory and down the stream of time to future rjres that two Demo crats. the peers of any gtatesmen in any lant, were isiriy eiecieu c-resiuent aun ice t-resi-deut by th p"opli: tnat they were cheated out of their high offices, and the places were held for four years by men who were not the choice of the people: that the men who pernetrated this great fraud were iat vast numbers rewarded for their corrupt Bad diszracefai acts with otnees which of right belonged toother and to better men. Tai worst political crime of the age, this smirch upon the fair fame of our lastltutious must forever rest unon the Republican party. and It Is thepousiness which the bjUOQ,) Demo cratic voters oi tne uaiteu states now uave in hand to rebuke the authors of this great fraud, and to make its repetition at the next election Impossible. You need have no fears that tbe men you elect next time will sot take their seats.

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WINFIELD SCOTT IIVNCOCIt.

When they do, you will have a pure, economical, constitutional Government, and, I trust, a prosperous and happy people. Senator McDonald was next called out, and he addressed the audience as follows: m'dosald's speech. Fellow Citizens of Indianapolis On last Tnesdaythe representatives of the Democrncy of theentire Union assembled at Cincinnati for the purpose of publishing to the world tbe principles of the Democratic party and of selecting Btandardbearers that are to leal us la the great political contest of lsso. Those repreenttlves were honest men, selected from the best men in the land, and they met there simply to inquire what was best to bedone,and alter a tbrte days' session in which as far as It was possible, conflicting personal Interests and personal ambitions were reconciled, they produced and announced to tbe world the D-mocratlc ticket lor Isjsu, For President, Winneld Scott Hancock, ana lor Vice President, William H. English. Grat applause It would have better pleased us if they had honored our distinguished Chairman, who sits here, with the place tbat properly belongs to him at the head of the ticket but It was no fault of any Indiana man that he did not receive that high houor. Dissensions brother sections ot the country that were held up aa perhaps threatening the success of the ticket. Induced hundreds who were his friends to turn their laces to other candidates, and finally the instinct of that immense Convention selected General Hancock as our candidate. And let me say to you, fellow citizens, that one fact that contributed more than any other to his selection was, that when in New Orleaus, placed there aa a military dictator over those Jieople, he Issued orders embracing the principles ot civil liberty which your Chairman has read in your hearing. These orders went forth as seed sown In good ground, years afterward came up to Cincinnati to remember with gratitude tbe liberty be had extended to them on thai occasion. Oar adversaries sayühat we have selected a mere military chieftain, and they have pat before the country a man known for his statesmanship, who has a so been a warrior in defense of his country. Now, fellow citizens, I have nothing to say by way of detraction against General Garheld. I never advance my standard by detracting from my aaverrary inppiansej, but l stand hereto-day to say that General Garfield's record as,a civilian and a statesman furnishes no illustration of sound statesmanship that can be compared with the short order that General Hancock if sued from bis place as mllltarv commander from his place in New Orleans. There Is more statesmanship in tbattnan is to be found in the whole lire ot Garfield, because it announces to the people of this country the great principle that governs and oontiols this great Nation, and that Is that the military Is to be at all times subservient and subordinate to the civil authority, and the military man who understands that principle and theory of our Government, I care not how much he may have been a military man, he still has the true principles of Democracy sufficient to administer the afiairs of a Government like ours, and tbe selection made at Clnclnatl last week we are not only ratifying now, but Indiana will ratify it by aa overwhelming majority at the October election. Fellow citizens, the hour has come when this Republican party must be defeated, and will be. it has been weighed in a balance anl found wantlDg. The handwriting is upon the wall, and this early you are Joining your volets with shouts ot gratification, with the same kind of shouts tbat are going up from all over this land. The Democratic thunder is reverberating through the hills and valleys, and the Democratic lightning is flashing all around, and tbe Republican ptirty know tnelr hour bas come. I Applause An a citizen of this great State of Indiana, I am proud of the fact that tbe great cuarg-e tu at is to anuibllate tbe Republican party to break and to scatter it like chair before the wind, has been lntrnsted to the Democracy of Indiana. In Ootoher we will lead the charge npon the enemy's center, and, like my namesake under the treat Napoleon, who lead the charge at Margrun.tbeDemocracy of Indiana will lead it lu this great contest, lioa't you all begin to feel how good it will be when we nave triumphed Over our enemies? and we will take precious good care of them. After we have done it we will not oppress them, and we will give to them the same principles of civil liberty that we claim for ourselves. But It will be high gratification for the Indiana Democracy to lead lu tbe great contest of breaking the enemy's ranks and compelling the retreat. We are bringing up on e more mat old ship of state of ours We have a constitution for its chart, and a broad land for Its grand sea, and this great commander who understands ao well the principles of civil liberty for its commander. All who want to t et on board had better come now. We shall have a restoration of tbe country, and once more a union of hearts and a union ot bands throughout this whole land of out s. and all who desire to come with us are passengers of the first class, for we have no second-class passengers. Now is the time to get aboard, singing the hosannas to our Ship or State. "Sail on, oh. Union, strong and great humanity, with all its fears. With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless In thy fate." He was followed by Senator Voorhees, who delivered the followicg address: VOORnEES' ErtECH. Ladies and Gentlemen I would be much more or much lees tbart Human If I did not respond with heart full and overflowing with the deepest gratitude for such a reception as this. I feel that Indianapolis is aa much my home aa any place In the Btate; and I feel strong in the tie that binds you and me together as constituent and as representative. I have a few words to say, and not many, ere to-night. 1 went to Cincinnati, my frlencü, with my heart determined ou a result that did not happen. I went to Cincinnati with an earnest deep-rooted purpose of many years, and I felt, and X feel still that I would have given years of my lifeshortened my existenee could I have bro right about that which I desired. I de sired to put la tbe hands of the most distinguished sou of Indiana the banner which we

are following here to-night. It was not to be It was no laultof his, and it was no fault of his friends, and, in thinking over the events of the history illustrative of the position which we occupy to-night I draw some consolation Those who have been fit to be President, as I ventured to assert on the behalf of Indiana's favorite son at Cincinnati, have not always been President. Henry Clay was not President of the United States, although no man had more devotion thau he had In endeavoring to nuk him such. Daniel Webster often presented and often balloted for, was not President. General Lewis Cass was not President; Thomas H. Bent an was not President; and la that great gslaxy I speak for myself, not venturing to speak for another, I wou'd be prouier to be placed than to be placed with those who have occupied that high ' and exalted iosUion. However, my fellow-citizens, when that high honor was not given to Indiana, I am very frank to say to you that the first man my heart reached out to outside of its borders was General Hancock. Applause.l I know the man well; I have known him long years I have known him to be the soul of cbivaltlc honor, and I know him not to be merely a high and gsllant Eoldier. as has rluaen along the lines oi battle with thanderlng artillery beleMng on nis front and the hot rattle of musketry all around him at the time when those who now malign him in the columns of the newspapers crouched in the rear. Applause. I know him well as such - a man as that and know him aa something more: I know htm as a statesman by- intuition. Educated at West Point let him J, having the career of a soldier, so be it; la camp, all right, but with the lnntlnct of popular liberties the. first time tbe great question of constitutional government, the rights of the citizen, Iree speech, trial by jury, habeas corpus ever came to him, he knew, as tbe mother knows tier child, by instlnc . Some men have to be educated to questions of that kind. Some men of great honor gain them, became, after long years of civil service, they know those questions by heart. He knew those great questions the moment they were presented to him at once. Is not such a man as tbat fit to be President? fCries of "yes," "yes." He perceived their true relations, and announced them at once. My fellow citizens, I witnessed the Cincinnati Convention. It was a wonderful event. I Dever saw its like before. I never shall see lta like again. We had longed for Union solditrs cf the Union, fought for Union. I saw a union in the Cincinnati Convention. This great soldier and statesman, when his name was: presented, attracted around him those elements which, for the first time since the lose of the war, proclaimed tbat the war was done. I saw a sight there which I never'wltnessed before, and which I never expect! to again. When It became evident tbat the nomination of Hancock was a fixed fact, I eaw the s'a-. dards of the States gathered up close together in a little circle like this before me; some of them were borne by one legged Confederate soldiers, who had fought Hancock at Gettysburg; who had fought him In the Wilderness; men I knew personally. I saw them walking on one leg, some bearing the banner In one hand. I saw soldiers from the North, too from the various Northern States, coming down the front, and as they put their banners together It seemed as if those banners kissed. I saw General Butler, of South Carolina, limping on one leg, the other he bad lost on the field of battle fighting Hancock, placing his banner close up to the banner of Massachusetts Itseeraedto m;tbatOie milcnlnalof the Union had come, aod come in fact at last Where is the man that talks of the bloody shirt to-night? Where is the poor, sneering, indignant creature, wbo talks to-night about the disloyalty of the South to the union of tbe states? When I saw this going on I thought, Can it be possible that I witnessed ßueh a scene? tixt tbere arose before me sights like this I ssw. As 1 have often talked with Hancock and others that were with him.. I saw a line of battle fixed by him at Gettysburg. I saw bim ride coolly, bareheaded, down bis line, and I saw, or I seemed to see. at the head of tbe opposing line Gordon aod Pickett and Longstreetand Lee, the tide of battle chargios agtlnsteach other. I seemed to see Irl in march in the strong(st positions in the wilderness z8 0.hi musketsat the- shoulders of the troops I saw tbat terrible conflict or battle between the gray, commanded by Longstreet, and by bim.und when tbe leaden hall lell like raindrops and I saw at the head of the surviving snock of battle crowned with laurel Wreath of scenic glory a man whom they have now chosen to be the Chief Magistrate. Is that tbe disloyal people? Is that no act of self-sacrifice? is tbat no act of glory on their part? You tell me that 'his nomination was 'pre-arraDgement of the party. I stand as your representative to tell you that no arrangement was made' for Geue'al Hancock's nomination; no bureaus represented him; nobody came there opening rooms and heralding his nomination in advance on the country. It commenced with a little cloud not bigger than a u au's band. It came from Louisiana and Texas, wbo, In their downtrodden condition felt first b:s uplifting hand, and heard first bis kind words years ago. They came tbere doubtless not expecting to nominate the man who had done bo much, but desiring to evince their love and affection. It spread like the wind all over that vast hall, and from mouth to mouth, from tongue to tongue.and from hand to hand tbe voice went forth that here is a mat great for the Union, a soldier with a sword in his hand-great for liberty. Mr. Voorhees concluded, amidst great applause, by showing the manner in which the Republicans of bis part of the S'ate received the news of the nomination of Hancock and English. Then came Mr. Landers, Democratic candidate for Governor, with this speech: LANDERS' tPEECH. I am much gratified to see such a lare turn out of Democrats here to-night. When I was at Cincinnati laboring in the Interest of Mr. Hendricks I feared, when we would call a rattaction meeting here, tnat it would not be well attended, bot 1 am gratified to know that the enthusiasm that sprung up at Cincinnati ha found its way to Indianapolis. Home ot

tbe speakers have attempted to describe it, but I te:l you, gentlemen, that language wouid fall to describe tbe tcene that was witnessed In the ball at Cinc nnati when General Hancock was nominated. Uh nomination 4 meant" victory for the Demo cratlc- party, and why? ltecanse bis nomluatlon united New York. H's romlnatloii meant 138 votes from the South. His nomination meant New Jersey for the Democratic party, and Connecticut for the Democratic party, and Indiana for the Democratic party.' This caused tbe great enthusiasm. It is said we have a strong General, a military man. If we have a soldier and a military man, we have a soldier that does not fight In time of peace. Applause. We have a soldier wbo knows the use of tbe military. Tbe only use that be had for the military was to restore civil authority. Applause j We have many soldiers in this country who belong to tbe home guards, who are fighting a war that has been over Jor fifteen years. General Hancock is not cne of them. He, like Washington when the war was over, was ready to beat bis sword into a pTough-share or pruning hook and resume the civil avocations of life. He was ready to say that the civil were superior to the military authorities of the country. We expect to elect General Hancock cries of "you bet we wuT'J, and when we elect him we expect to inaugurate him. (Applanse.J Let me say to our Republican friends we will not ask tor his Inauguration unless he is elected, bnt If he Is elected let me say to joa, if necessary, the qualities that bave heretofore been exhibited in General Hancock will be displayed unless he , is Inaugurated. It fraud and bribery Is attempted after the election of our ticket we wlH call upon him for a display of his military ability. Applause. We expect to carry this election and why? Because the Democratic party will go before the country and show the ieop'e that since the Democratic party has Dal control of Congress they have economized In every department: they will show tbe people that they have saved over S'K) UJO.OLO per annum in expenditures; aod that, too, without any detriment to the public service. We will show the peeple of Indiana tbat in our own Stite administration we have saved many thousand dollars to the people, and a more economical admin istra tiou we bave never had. is not that what the peop e want? Do you not want economy? Do you not want yuur business transacted in a way that is In the interest of the whole country? In business affairs we want a management of our business that is most successful for the least expense. We will show that the Democratic party is a party of rigid economy la the management of the affairs of the Government. Moreover, gentlemen, we expect to claim for the Democrats what belo jgs to them. We expect to show to the people of Indiana that the reason why their furnaces have been started up, the reason why tbe laboring men are employed is bt cause of Democratic legislation. Gentlemen, business was paralyzed when the Democratic psrty adopted ihelr'policy in CoDgres. It restored thesilver dollar, and said to the people, no mote greenbacks should be destroyed. Their confidence was restored immediately, and the smoke was revived in tbe stacks, and the laboring men of this country found employment. Notwithstanding these facts, the Republican party have claimed throughout the country that all this revival of business was due to their policy. Can they point to a single financial measure of theirs that Is in existence to-day? That party demonetized your silver dollar; tbat party passed a law through Congress for the destruction of your greenbacks. The Democratic party remonetized your silver dollar and passed a law for the reissue of your greenbacks.and thereby prevented theirdestrucilon. In this canvass we will not be like the Repnb Ucan party. We will not claim for the Democracy tbat which does not belong to them. Our platform is right upon that question. We give tbe Lord the credit that is due Him. He has blessed us with abundant crops, and tbat and tbe blighting of crops abroad bas done more than all the political parties to revive the business interests of this country, in view of the fact that we expect favors in the future, we will not claim for our f 'arty that credit which is due to the Lord. Laughter and applause. Why was it tbat John Sherman was only third in the race at Chicago when one year ago he would have ben nominated by. tbe Republican party for President? it was because the people of this country found out that his calm was fraudulent; that the prosperity of the country was not due to bis policy, and as his flag went down the Demociatic flag went up. App!ause.l At times, in hearing Mr. Sherman tnake his speech in Oalo, 1 thought of the rlevll. Y'ou will recollect that on one occasion the devil had tbe Impudence to carry Christ np on tbe top of a very high mountain, and claimed tbat all the world belonged to him, aod proposed to give It to Christ if he would fall down and worship him, when at the same time he did not own one foot of territory he was pointing out. The claim of the devil on that occasion was as valid as the claim of John Sherman that his policy restored prosperity to this country. 1 have no fear in this contest. Let me say to you, the enthusiasm that is here to night is spreading all over the country. It W8s at Cincinnati, and it is visible every where since the nomination ol Hancock" and English. Great applause and cries cf 4,Oo on. "I Judge David Turpie was next introducsd, and spoke as follows: tthpie's speech. I am here, like the other distinguished gen tlemen who have addressed you. to exchange congratulations with you and the people of the whole country upon the result of the labors ot tbe Clucinnatl Convention. In my judgment it Is as certain as any thing In the course of human events tbat the gentlemen there nominated will be the next President and Vice President of the United States. Applause.J One is a soldier, known to the entire country by his dlstlntinguisbed achievements in the tented field against foreign foes as well as to domestic enemies. The other Is a civilian a native citizen of your own State, of long experience and tried ability in the public service. Both of these men are such, as to their recoid in . the past, that if Abraham Lincoln were alive he might vote for tbem, without any disparagement of tbat sentiment wmch is called loyalty, and without any disparagement of tbat principle which is greater and better than any sentimentfidelity to the Constitution and the Union of the States. The nominee of the Democratic party is a soldier, but he w ens a sword unstained by rapine or plunder, bright with honor as with victory a eoldier who has made the guiding rale of bis public life the maxim that in this fiee Government of ours tbe military should always be strictly subordinate to the civil power. I would eooner vote for a ßoldler who so defined and defended the principles of constitutional liberty than for a civilian who claims that tbe army is above the law; that it may be used to control elections at the polls, thus subjecting the law-makers and the law Itself to the orders of a military dictation, I care not what specious pretences may be Invoked to conceal the purpose of such a measure. The party which claims that military power may be used to supervise and Inspect the voter will at last do all tbe voting itself, and the bajonet, pure and simple, will take tbe place of and become the law the law of death to the Repub.lc and of damnation to all of its supporters and defenders. I was profoundly gratified tbe other day, as every triend of liberal republican institutions must be, to read the letter of General Hancock to Governor Pease, refusing toappomt military commissions for the trial of (.Menders, and giving the reason lor that refusal. In my Judgment that letter was a better exposition oi civil liberty than anything tbat bas fallen from tbe lips or pen. of hl9 distinguished competitor. It was a great letter the letter of a soldier In defense of civil liberty and the constitutional rights of the States and the people to a civilian who was eager to abandon and willing to betray both. It is no wonder that the people of Texas and Louisiana, by their representatives at t incinnati, presented the name of Gen. Hancock lor the Presidency ot the United Slatts. Even enemies of the inan.and his caus-, the Union, must have felt the highest admiration lor his sincere devotion to civil liberty, and his disinterested and lm partial ue of the power committed to his hands. It was this nobility of character aud srreatuess of mind which won his way to the affect loos of tbe Southern people, and will win it to the love of all people everywhere who are loyal to freedom. The armed head and hand of rebellion surrendered at Appomattox. The heart of secession surrendered at Cincinnati to the hero of Gettysburg Great and prolonged applause.l suodued not less by the generosity than by the valor of lis conquerer. applause. It Is peculiarly proper that General Hancock should succeed General Grant to the Presidency. We owe it to the world and the history of our own future to show the marked contrast between a President who was merely and only a soldier, and a President who was a citizeu as well as a soldier and a citizen before he was a soldir, App!ause. Gtn.

eral Grant in his long public career has neyer remembered, and General Hancock, ia his public life, has never tor gotten that be was a citizen as well as a soldier. Everv maa Is a citizen betöre be Is a soldier. E very man born here Is a citizen, of tbe United States, and owes allegiance at bis birth to the Constitution and laws of tbe Republic. The reigning sovereign of this great Democracy, when he becomes a soldier takes upon himself additional obligations, but he Is not thereby released from his obligations as a citizen. General Grant was the great war President of the Republican party, lie was ee camped at Wasnlngton eight ytara. He commanded there s Generai-ln-Chief at headquarters. As a magistrate under the law he governed not at ail His firft administrative act was an attempt to violate the plain law jf the land; the second attempt was to ignore it. His last action was an effort to to trample underfoot a sacred tradition an unwritten law as old as the administration of the first President, so justly exiled tbe Father of his Couufry. This country nteds no steplather like Gentral Grant. (App'anse,l it Deeds do step-son like General Garfield. Applause. It calls to its high service a true son from the lineage and loins of liberty, willing to walk lu the paths of the the great fathers and to hearkeu to the voice of their commandments. I have said that it wes exceedingly proper tbat General Hancock should succeed General Grant In thePiesidency of the United Staffs. You wiH observe that I have taken no notice ot Mr. Hayes. Applause. His term of semiofficial service, whatever it may be named, can not ba called a ' Presidency. He was never chosen to the position this Urmia not a PiesldCLcy. It Is eiinply a sort ot political parenthesis, attached to the last administration of General Grant. You all know what a parenthesis la. Laughter. It is very much like cne of the spurious messegea of tbe pseudo President a cluster of woxds between two brackets winch you can rend or Dot, as you please. It is not necessary to complete the sentence or tbe sense. Its entire omission affects nothing. It is very evident that General Grant took this aameviewof theserviceof Mr. Hayes, tor he ttiedihe other day at Chicago, snd thought that he would be allowed, as a matter of course, to take up the sentence where It was left off without any regard to what had happened in the interim. His own political friend prevented that, and the people of the whole country have concluded to read no further in that direction. This is a new book which they present to the public, containing easy lessons lor the American people in the science of personal absolutism and central usurpation ; and they have a late edition of it just published at Chicago, with Garfield as author Instead of Ci.ant. It is heaut if ally illustrated with pictures of General Grant's foreign travel and the armorial bearlugs and costume cf the anticipated Imperial dynasty; illustrated still further with elegant engravings of the delicately tesseiated pavement of De Golyer and cbarming etchings In diKolving views of the ravit-hlcg dividends of the quandoroJCredlt Mobilier. But It will not do. The people discard this new bootc and these new f angled roasters that come along with United States Marshals and musketry, to teach the hoys the rules of the school. Do you think the people of this great Naticn are novices and Freshmen in tiie University of civil and political freedom? They have been students, careful and dilllgent in that great school for more tbanlOO years. . Toey are tired ot these new-fashioned books and masters. They prtpofe to bar out these new masters teachers in disguise of tyranny and to be the masters themwtlves once more. They will have the good old book back again, and they will learn the old, old lesson of liberty as wiltttc by Thomas Jefierson, and signed and aprioved by John Hancock, the illu&tnons namesake of the ijext President of the United States. By what strange and curious fatality the leaders of the Republican party, in their search for a candidate for the Presidency, were driven Into tbe late Electoral Commission, and a lellcitou Nemesis as fortunate as it was unexpected, has-given to the people of this jrreat country tbe opportunity to vilt npon Die pt-rson -of 1 he great offenders the t punishment which must finally overtake all transgressors, and especially those who commit tnat unpardonable sin agairst the liberty of the people, which will nev r he forgiven la this world or the world to come. General UirüeM was . a member cf tbe late Prtsldentlal Commission, and be is personally and peculiarly responsible lor tbHt remarkable civic phenomenon that political parenthesis to which I have allu ltd. He deliberately plotted and planned with his confederates toset aside the will of tbe people. He was a lawyer, and knew the law. He was in the pnb lo service and knew the facts. He was a swern representative of the people. He was a sworn judge la the highest tauicial tribunal which was ever sat la this country; nevertheless, In disregard to the law, in the face of the tacts, in the teetn of the truth and the testimony, aud in insulting defiance of the popular wuJ. be voted to seat a defeated pretender In the place of the lawfully chosen Piestdcnt. Fo not doubt that the millions of freem n in this country, next November, will speak in thunder tones, whictt will be beard in every precinct betweeu the two oceans in condemnation cf these assassins of public liberty and their hired murderers of free ballot and free thought. The millions of votes will say to this while! sepulcher: This hypocritical Pharisee of New" Connecticut, who has so long dealt in the mint and cummin, neglecting the weighter matters of the law, mercy, truth and justice to tbe whole country, as you gave your vcte and voice to exclude men whom the people had selected to administer the Government, be shall vote to exclude you. Thanks. (Great and continued applause.j Judge David S. Gooding was introduced, and said there are but two objections made by our Republican friends to the Democratic candidate. One is tbat be is a soldier. Hesaid it sounded odd in his ears to hear Hpubltcana growling about the soldier. The other objection to Hsccock wss that in the discbarge of bis dafy he bad heng a woman whom every Republican said was an assassin acd a Rebel, and every one of whom declared the dcs?rved to be hung. If the people could see Genertl Hancock they would elect bim President. He is one of the most magnificent men in the country. There is yet one other objection they make to General Hancock is tnat be wears a corset. The speaker had always liked everybody who wore corsets. - Indiana ia tbe battle ground. and there is no doubt of tbe result; and we expect to add almest a solid North to a eolid South this year. For fifteen years tbe Ee publicans have been unhappy lest the Rebels would take the country. He wondered what they would pay now? Mr. Gooding's speech was of the order called exhortations, and was received by the . crowd in the ten of humor. Colonel J. B." Maynard. of the Sentinel, was called out, and added his voice to tbe encouragement which had come from every quarter. He reviewed the methods and the candidates beforo . the Conventions how' those at Chicago were slaughtered, and the harmony which pervaded that of Cincinnati, and predicted that the result would be most encourrglng in the October and November elections. The meeting then adjourned . with three cheers for the ticket. After its close tbe Seventeenth Ward llancock and English Club, preceded by Miller's Bind, proceeded to the residence of Hon. William H. Eagliah and serenaded bim. He responded in a few remarks, thanking them for the demonstration.

Those Mysterious Figures. Chicago Times. How was it that Mr. Garfield borrowed from Mr. Oakes Amea the precise sum ot Z)1 Why not $330. or $325? Wby was it the identical amount which others borrowed from the same benevolent gentleman? On the Wrong Ticket. Chicago Times. The Win field Scott part of it is a bad omen for the Democrats. Wintield Scott once ran for the Presidency and was beaten; but he din't run as a Democrat. A Ghost That Can't be' Laid. ' lAtlanta Constitution. The ghost of O&kes Ames in a bigger man than Mulligan. It wtlks cp and down the earth in broad daylight and carries a memorandum book.

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