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lyranii Mass , Meeting !
- ioVer Five Thousand LoyalToters
it Council-. The Old Flag , tin
: Xtitried t The First Gun Fired for
(Alta* and Colfax I The. 'Cam.
L'llegheny Coniity Pleated for Ten
t•oThottsand Mafority :.for'-the ' - the
,
'lErniOn..-Full Reports ,of the
- 41peeches--liesolutionii adoPted.
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..fitx, & c., Ar.c.;
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•:;\ The campaign of 1888'his• earnestly, bril
,firgtopmed , in,Western Pennsylvania,
,htt.the thtuadering•sound - of the first gun
'-for Grant, Colfax and 'the Union, which
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Pealed forth' from Cityl. Hall on Saturday
,
,night,will riSechc•- • • from hill to hill till
: every loyal heart in old Allegheny shall
1 • • 1
' awake and be up and. t the Wily enemy so
; 4 !\f i rti crushed 'beneath,' the weight of the
-.. erwhelniing Majorities which made her
'ante glorious in - darker days of yore. The
• •
id, Rag- has been unfurled`flto the breeze
. 4tid more than five thousand "behest.
,
earnest and patriotic hearts - have . greeted
'''t with the same gushing, uncontrollable,
~., ernitig brithusiastii 'se bade the . nation
.
. ,
~, lii3 'cheer and hope when Sumter,- Was
''•sealled and treason flaunted her odious
,fanner in sight of. the Republit's Capital,
, ! , and all things looked dreary for the cause
dr Liberty, Truth and Justice. With vie
• ry emblazoned on its fair untarnished
...,:olds and _ " no surrender" on its flaunting
4treauter; fiVethousand voters of Allegheny
;minty have lifted iheir voices to declare
• lo the American people that they will stand
th- it; • fight under it, till the common enemy
,• f the country shall again stand dismayed,
,;:. tiheartened and vanquished, and the same
.;;•!enquering Grant shall be lifted into the
j.;,. - ,air once graced by a Washington and a
7.: • twoln, and again - declared by one univer
. ',shout of acclamation the hero of the
Iflict.
,;• ..74:# say that the grand and suddenly im
• ...ovised meeting at City Hall on. Saturday
~ ~....ight, to ratify tkie . Chimigo platform adop
' NI and candidates put forward, was a sac
; iii, wiil fail to give any proper idea of the
-;••• 'Aeon. The commodious hall was octal
:'. 'll to, its - fullest capacity. Every sent
.',. '.s ;:taken long before the announced
. . nr ' "fpr ;the meeting, and every inch
• ",available space for and
ng roots
' ' Mcoilicap{o by a voter, and many failed
, , obtain adhafttance. We estimated the
;::miser in attendance at between five and
i,dit •thousand, and these all gathered at
"cn el dayla,,Potice_. „The ..e • i • ns; • im -wee
;•! -moral. i Every - Person present realizes --
-;a e
"importance' of the occasion: and
-. tried ' with": his neighbor In ..,giving
.;a proper manifestation of patriotic
fervor and delight when the names of Grant
41,nd Colfat,were mentioned by the orators
f, the evening". At times the very building
;',eetraid tbljbelt to and fro with the reyerbe
titighuzzas.whicli went pp forthe hereof
' - '-.`iie• war and the statesman who so fittingly
'iccupied a place on the ticket with him.
I Theme4lngbffected. the following
; • r„. • ~ ,- • ORGANIZATION.
".• '`, .'l•estiderst—..lscob , 11. Miller, Esq.! ,
• 'ice Prosiaent.—James item Cot, Wm. Phillips,
• _ illandes,`Wm. R. Brown, James McAuley, Alex.
•r, John W. Taylor, David need, lion. W. C•
• , 'arthy, Gen. Thos. A. Rowley, John Evans,
( McD. Croasan. A. J. Cochran. F. Wilson
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• 'b. Dr.' T. 'J. Gallaher, Samuel F. Barr, Col.
• , . 'w‘ Scott, Jacob Kelb. Dr. W. A. Penniman,
- mem:sta., John F. , Jenninits, S. H. Geyer, Jos.
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--, r r t h . - I
o a ::It s . L a e_y r l - el. F iloit:TlV. hIP.-11g1.. M.
.• rnahan.LCol 'Thomas 3lcliraw. John Heath,
' • .1 John . .,E Parke,.Gotielb Wettaeb, Andrew
~ . • _p. George Moult, John W. Chalfant. WTI). K.
.A. Wsn. Noels. Jimus, L•Bennett. it: P. Nevin,
.. Smith.. 'Liles. C. Humphreys, 'John P. Pmrs,
Atterlinry. August, Ammon. (..apt. R. 4,
um,_. Ballentine, Gee rze K. " Gamble, Samuel
• Xorr,..joirn•Brown, or Birmingtuttn, George H.
..ersom W.. M. Gormiy. M. W. isseltzimorer„Wris.
' ' : i • •.tigre_rh,_'igalrtaroY Preston . James
Vl.. v r s an e ts; . sik e lVs . snlgs n ,
, . ,Ilt. John •Y n otin_r • R*. ln ti , . - Johnston:, of Liberty
- ' gI i t Ii F I .. IP AT. ' I I :tPCV. I (rr. :It I t i t;n 4 :Vea tri l,l ll,l?&, D Tri:
, R:Wood. John J. Muse,.C•apt. Thus. MeMasters,
' Hon. John Brown. , •
Seoretarlet - -Ced. Wm. A. 'Herron, Capt. S. C.
•''oboyer„ if.- -P. Houston; Frank P. Case. 1
' • Irtscall. Wirf.:Andorson. James C. Purdy, Win—li.
••-'• lien, S. . Benson, of Erie county . J. C. Barr, of
•NrsonC Br
,
• . vpiPte• Ma Resolunan.ii--Hon. T.. 1. Digham,
,• R. Hampton. John Si. Bidden, Geprge Finley,
. ,' ,'
"James %revels, c. C. , Taylor, R. IT. Mackey.
, •,,,,,, :
,11. Smith. .
• i assuming the Chair, Mr. Miller - made
.• ..• . following brief address:
;'•:- '. ILLow Ctrizusts:—The occasion' upon
• - 4 ;. :•••11 we have met ls • a most auspicious
"' •. • ••i• We have mane together to ratify the
. - •:' • ration of that great soldier,. great
'''• ''' •.•:-. "Niti,• Ulysses S. Grant. I verily' be
' •'.' ,; .:- • I , !tadlthink yon till agree with me,
4- ' ,: i' • - •will be , tailed -npon a second time
.•fhe 'preservation of the union and
the_States. • That time, gentle
'....l begtithe month of November
''• 'AI no do* you will elect him
.•:' s'Preeedenited, majority to occupy
'.: • -high thepuseent incumbent so
WollaYe no fears for the intim.
' 'Jerk 'things may have 'looked
it ;1.4 • few . weeks ,, and:however
• ' -we, • may have • been, the
.•' •••!' ".right ' ' and • - we 'have' In
in
• ; . •ThYsees., S. Giant' and Schuy
-•• ••-! - • . -"best lisps for the future.
~.') doubt of their triumphant
'' lief*, gentlemen, is the soldier
-• wed `. underthat • great soldier
• • .Ito ttoe polls with• a vote to casi
is laic:tee . Every 'soldier who
• itider ',the victorious 'Grant will
• -iwhen the ballots for that -distin
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.;eader--cltatdet• to Victory. He
•,' ,wed' Life banner tobe lowered in
ince of a.lny-:enemy, foreign or do.
2.Gentletnen, I .might as well ask
. I ,' will veil^ folio* such a•man't it,
' . hin ?the range i of possibility that
i Can be defeated. . There will be
ljority rolled-up for these candl
zen- stir Abraham ,Lincoln knew
'Af.._ . I ask L yon, gentlemen, ,if it
...,..' '# be done? .:.•: - , , ,7 • , ,• •
F . '. firm. sautourrir's AVMS:Sw ...
'raj: Zsmee Fhiggeity,of the titfor New
rk Waa'novi Intieldneed, and. spoke as
gr.. dent'. - anti; rellovaeCitizens i — I
Impressed into' the .serviee to•dlaj , by
._,' UXrelit,
way 040Winefinqii gni. Brown, just as
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fas
raa mikingbirse ". fast 'ai the ' :oars
oohYl s,talki me in 'the directiahot my , ' home,
. '
New or Vier.',lniisit assisted; with :
cthers, it e nominatlcinbr' the'Preeldeti ;-
74 t4o,l7nlted States the,great aoldisr of
' ~asarrs, and afteri bas qg helped to put oh
-. 1 .,..' he Whet viith ' anacgatinit, 040 'of
'''''' hi :labor hOholahrf .dieblighhholl', of 140'
'.0 0 4 13 ,1 1 . - t, :r.hPo,gOe*, lll /YTek Ch: / 0 0
Eromials ;in mo; wit, caniasediig thug
MIMI . : ' t -)010 i . ' bapsl7-', re. 005
r the Americanpeapbrite agabrohilalt
'Ad in the wt coraMtationalworkof being
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INIMMITI
fnstructediwith regard tethe•Merits o 1 the
candidates and 'the . luieesslV of electing
such m e lt_.s o klitrs - -lirho Dr esa yeibught jet,
tllittii , nitrielAbltnittrott Raio'attrit.
to do service in t e coming Fall through
the ballotiabr. , 3 It: is. ii pity that we were
ever driven from the ballot box to the
storetd:r It: id' a - Pity that ' It',everi *came
necessary for the American people - to de:
fend theArtilty andivalue,ohthetr govern
ment by an appeal to arida. Yet we do feel
that we are - not guilty before God or man
for striking a blot , / in defence of our coun
k7- - The lesson,. my..good friends, is to
yon: 'lt'is n lesson to theyouth and teihe
old men,
that they teach their children
never' to comprondse with treason. The
Southern peoplehad grown practicallyatis
tocratic. They got it, into their heads that
they were, the ,ruling :power, not only
over she black men but likewike
over the white men of-the country, and
took it for granted that the Northern men
were cowards. I hardly blame them for
this, because under Democratic rule they
hat overt , encouragementtethele opinions,
so that Tcannot blame . SoUthern Men tbr
- holding the view that Northern nlen.tvere
cowards. Did not the North grant to the
Sonth-frvery promise -it - ever asked?' Did
not the North go down on its knees nearly
every, time to the South r until these South,
eni Men gotsuch . ideas ~into their
.beads?
And, my friends, the Southern mini were
deep in their mistake. They thought we
were; so engrpssed in tradeosotaken up in
the pursuit of gain, - that we would never
fight for an idea, a principle. That was
their- -
Mistake. - When they fired upon our
flag, when they raised thehand of treason
to strike the heart of our nation down, then
they found that there was a , spirit of dig
nity, of manliness here in the North which
they had little dreamed of.. Our people
M't the issue. They said, now that you'
have tired upon our flag, now that plat have
insulted it, by the God of our fathers, we
will, raise that insulted flag of. Sumter,
and we will,carry it through the smoke of
battle' and plant it again by the pillars of
the nation. Then they fOund out that in
the North there was manhood, that there
Was a spirit of obedience to justice that they
little dreamed of. Now, my - friends, Tato
not going to dwell on this old fact very long.
But I do want to point out the fact, and my
friends, it is a marked thing, and the his
torian will deal with it grandly I am sure,
We did not seek at first to do away with
the cause of this rebellion. We sought
simply to maintain the idea of the Union,
nothing more. We did not ask for the liber-.
ty of this man or that man, but it was simply
the Union, and 'for that idea we fought. In
the broiling sun I have shovelled in ditehes
when negroes were lolling in the sun, when
parties were crying out "you must not touch
the negro." It would be unconstitutional
to toneh him., That great element had to,
be idle whilel the soldiers dug 'trenches.
But yOu must not touch the .negro. Yor
must'earry on the war constitutional t
recommended, andl may as well Vi e th e
-mv recommendation was re., ement be
Democratic powers that t
.
t they ought
brought into service. It with the consti
to get us up a little ma
tution in it, and I thrtt i
ott when the soldiers
'received oommp • eY should receive
th em i n t hiway: Attention battallion !
Gentlemasibave you read the constitu
tion ? If so, charge bayonets! Gentle
men, did _you find that you can charge
~.- -sue rebels oonslitutionally !' If- isa;
charge bayonets ! I also suggested that
our balls be sent to Washington, to
the War Department, that they might not
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be constitutionally heavy. Laughter.]
But all my suggestions were re jected. My
friends, all this while the American people
were becoming educated... The American
people were learning this oe fact, that if
they would be strong they must be just,
and in the spirit of the Constitution, give
liberty to all men without regard to color
We never experienced victory until we did
that'one act of justice, and put arms into
the handset. the black man and said here
is a chance for you to vindicate yourself
and the honor of the nation. These men
did so at Vicksburg, did convince the
world of their manhood as well as their
bravery. Even then the Democratic party
cried out against the negro. We
must never use the negro. But God
in his 'goodness tlu-oughly. . educated us.
General Grant became more and more
willing to use every element within our
power. He knew no defeat and has not
vet known defeat, and never will know de
feat. [Cheers.] This Man took held of
our armies, and with this element of
strength the army advanced, andeven then
this Democratic party was claiming the
-great power of their "great little Mac,"
who never could, take even a hog-pen un
less he were to.advance through entrench
ments. [Laughter.] ' This Democratic
party, claiming power on this continent,
again in these States, this 'Democratic party
was resolving in convention "that the.war
for the Union was a failure." Though they
had been foremost to prove themselves
false prophets, yet they kept on declaim
ing that the war for the Union was a failure;
and they dashed against the Radical pro
gressive element, of this Government and
sought to kill the party and prejudice the
minds of the people. 1
A. 111"..
But all this while the great Republican
party was raising the people "to the height
of that great argmnent," to put into the
months of the oppressed:and weary of the
world these mighty truths. Even while
the Republican party was doing the great
work, the Democratic party was declaim
ing that this war was a failure and should
be put down. You may ask , why is it, that
I, as an Irishmen; joined the, Republican
party? It was becaute I would 'give that
liberty to the least that. I asit'for myself. it
was because I could not' adveekite liberty
for myself,- while I 'argued against , liberty
for the hinnblest child of Godi ''Tliat , wall
why I beeanie a Republiead, and that is
why I to-day remain a Repnifilean, beeatise
I would see justice' done to men, and' be.
cause the Democratic party has done' more
to cast conjecture upon thelrish name than
all the other enemies or Ireland combined.
The DemoOratie party his used the Irish as
41 howe_mof wood find drawins of water."
TheMmocratiC pally has tilled the nfinde
of the glimPitAeartedirishnian with wrong
ideas, which would become the;doWnfali of
this nation if they should' prevail. , One
word to the. American 'maple upon this
point. • I deny that the Irish are as guilty
as. you. The Irish_gome to this country
a simple-hearted, confiding people, and the
Democratic party Meets them with bland
words and gives them the peculiar inter
pretation 'of Dernecraoy, tolls them that
they will be the life - of the nation. We
have adhered to that 'that ideal- because we
thought It a loyal idea. They prejudice the
mind of the Irishman - against the poor col:.
°zed inan hyli,neh arguments as these: that
the Wok man will!eomer to the North and
compete with the Irish' inlabor'
i work
cheaper than they do, and become their
rivals. Thus they appeal to the Irish 'char
acter. I believe, lir, that the Xrish_PeoPie
of America can put a stop to suck thingstit ` '
I eily'this in no boaatral Writ.: reaY it
because I belleVe it. and I T lay 'that the
treer the rat. wbieheefikhuttake dringddtisitheintldicre.lin
sultiLake; _ jst . ati • ori,i .i,4on't believe those
inVituoto Whi chwould have
o ,.. i .vrian (ter fall for himeit If X
lan
nail titian' e Frederick Donglag, *he
can make Week such es fewoth er ma n
i n th e trni Statas ma make, the e , I my,
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God gave him power to make that speech
and power to exercise' it: All these ednca-
tors are sent for. wise ,purposes. Those
black men against whom we were all pre
judiced - became the life of this nation,
shouldered their muskets and went doWn
to the battle-field- and fought with great
couragq.and great loyalty'. , Now that, this
goVermeefit hita b4en Maiiitained, now that
the Alegi is) floating over: - every arsenal
in the country, we are not going
to - .lan- iu : that „great') act „of.'ijufii
tied'" and pit 'lndic, the ' men lawn&
loyal in the hour of our country's trial.
Hence we, inve sideited AB our standard
bearers, men who will never compromise
with traitors for trmonient;••• The teachings
of the Democracy are peculiar. Did you
ever hear of sttch-a man as. Clay Dean! He
is one of the dirtiest, filthiest men I know.
I suppose that he takes an annual wash. He
is a seedy vested; dirty coated fellow. His
clothing and his person are indices to his
mind. Well, lie got up before an
audience of Democrats one day,.and walk
ed dpand down the platibrm with a stride
designed to 'be very imposing, took out
of his pocket a pocket-book well filled. Ho
took-out a fifty-dollar bill, held it up .before
i t
the audience , and asks the iluestion "do
you call that money"? I said this Demo
cratic: Audience. ,They' d,lo bourne to
their party, though they insulted‘the'prin
ciples of coMmon Bernie.? No I - said he, it is
not worth the ink that is wasted, on the
paper. It is ofmi valife 'whateVer. ' It'id a
mere rag, this fiftydollar bill. „ . ,
I, did not think so, but thought it night
cifsoirie value. lint said be its ono valtiti;
and.putit Luck into his pocket dsioici - and
ncixt.:'lnts:i his pocket :quietly, :hid: it
from his audience. He might well say
"thank „heaven,' have got. Ty pocket-book
back from this andieriee. ' [Laughter.]
An Irishman in the heel: part of the,audi
°rice' rise§ tip and says, 'Mister Spaker,
niaY`lnik • you a question?" ' "CertainN; "
said.t i lts speaker, striking an ,attitude that
the'ghost of 'Hamlet's father' might envy.
"Do you think that this is not money ?"
"Then,t' said he, "you seem to take
damned good care of It.:' [Laughter.] So
that query, started.by ant mon sense, com
ing in contact with this man's theory, ex
ploded .11: and all their other arguments
are capable of such explosion. I don't
come here to.palm myself off.as a working
man.- All the ,- Dernocratie speakers tell
their audiences that they are working Med.
I have, worked, and still do:work just as
little Ala' I possibly cart. I 'never had a
"hunkering' after very:hard•work. The
Democratic party always • claim to be
thepoof hian's friend and all that kind 'of
stuff. But, I ask you to judge the Repub
lican party by, its fruit, and the Demoera
party by, its fruit, and see which.as
the honest laboring zirss>n,zs.' - uibor most. , I
whichAimtlenufider that question thorough -
e.' --- The Republican party has nothing to
fear from, this investigation. Vi'u see to it
that all-the laborottiof the Repnblic receivk',
a fair compensation for their labor. This
is one of tho grand principles of the Re-.
publican party. Now let us see what the
Republican party has accomplished for the
workingitten of the world. I will tell von
a story to illustrate. 'ln 186 i I went to the
old country. I wanted to stand once more
by the grave of my father and my mother.
It was a dangerous thing for-me to do this.
I had spoken words in America which
might _endanger. iny. life.. now._ I visited
England, :and while there a friend of mine
said to me: ...Would you like to ' "o to Par
liament and hear the speaking there?" I
soon found myself In the visitors' gal
lery. While I was sitting there a
small, dripper little, gentletnan got
ityr' and' I heard hint say, "may it
please the honorable gentleman, on a former
occasion when I made some remarks, the
honorable member seemed to take .excep.
tion to me and construed those remarks in
a most offensive manner and drag me in a
pointof factdrour 111 V connection. Thought
L'thatleltoiv 'would "make a healthy ward
politician. While ho was on his feet he,
made some-remarks against tee United
States, and while I was sitting and looking
at him, and thinking of how we fought at
Gettysburg and Antietam to defend the
government he was denouncing, in defence
of the principles he decried, thereappeared
a broad.shouldered,clear-eyed, ruddy-faced
map. Said I. surely God never put it into
a face like that to say ought against Amer'.
ca. He commenced speaking in a deep,
rolling voice, that echoed through that
great room like small thunder.. "We have
words to speak for America and the work
ing men of.Annerica." ,
1 asked my friend "who is that gentle).
man?" -.Thetis John Bright." I felt very
much like whistling "Yankee Doodle.'
For I can tell you, my friends, that though
my, tongue is tipped' with - it bit of:the
bregue, my heart keeps good time to the
music of liberty in America. I wanted to
whistle "Yankee Doodle" there, if nothing,
more, and we made a rash to the street; to
discuss the subject. Said I, "here is a man
who was against us when we were trying
to vindicate our Government; then ; that
contemptible little fellow was crying out
against the American Union, against the
workingmen of England, against the work
ingmen of Ireland, and against the work
ingmen of Scotland and all the !world. But
this great, broad-ahouldered, large-hearted
gentleman, John Bright, was holding up
the idea that the South would be conquered,
that slavery would be abolished, and that
the Republtmn party would be triumph
ant. Now there is just the difference be
tween ..tWeedle duin" and "tweedie dee."
On the one side you have the aristocrats
of,Extgland sympathizing with the 'copper
heads or America. On the other side tliu
haYethe workingrnen;Of England and he
Repliblican party of America. The aristo
crate know miry welllhat the'vindication
of liberty in America Must farWsh a
_pow
erfut)irguthent Bright. Wow , if
the principled Of , the Democratic party had
been true, that the wardbr the Union was a
feller% I ask, you,. solikuinly, where would
have been the' ttrgrithbrit "of lnlin Bright,
where the argument of Garibaldi? The
workingmen, , England, led by John
Bright sympathised with us in our strug
gle and wished, up God speed. Now. XI
fain*, which warigh
ati thearistitier
England of thtl sttnikingthelf - of Hngland?
The inspiration of that English tempest,
which is rislitig , to tblipirtaterithat throne,
this, and the vindication of liberty in
America, all saw, to be the ,vindication of
the op reseed tbretiithulit itratAd. ; '
Theitaswg . they' know.Well,.thit the Via,.
dicatirin of America would bean argr p ;z i lit
in the months of the weary and RP
everywhere; which all their enemies- on
notgainsay or.miet. 80, my frienAr g w,o
seethe - RepiibiLW, patty. td.ditylpealdigil
through its ten thousand voices. Theite;
ouhtleans , parly says, to: the poor orstrug
gling, wherever they are, wherever they
crouch beneath the shadows of thrones, the
Republican party 'Says •to such, oßehold
your vindication, your argument; lift up
your heads. 01:1 -poor MEW here I. the
swhirdl.:irlikih , will strike terror ' Meng sir
principalities' and poweral , I, my friends,:
have but little doubt tbig_fr.he Democrats,
nominate.iihorn -4116,y -will , swi •te do.
feated. If the Republican Party omild'eur
vivo Andrew John's*, then "the gatesof
Bellplipitnotpre'xall against It."
legetiftihn o leen tY,ecnthl.nte4s
hde gib h "blo* •es . A.44rillw
Johnson gave it, then It. is good for a
'644 years. But the Republican, parW,
FIEN
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. . ~ .
ike the Democratic party, will eitist only
long as it .behaves itself. Just so long as,
t is true to Justice ,' Liberty, and not a day
otiger:. , -Liit -me Illstrate brivetory,i Two.
Irislinien . Who were hu the habit • orvitting
drunk on Saturday night, strangeas it may
, ppear, were'Avallti g along the'street one
turtle's. , night, and one says to the other,
"l'amgoing right'e• er to Sign the pledge:"
+What," says the of er, "going to give up
• nr liberty?" . "I d n't care; I am going
sign the pledge, a how! ' So , good, to
is word; -be Agile the 'pledge, . and his;
eformation . separated. him . frt . :n:la, his Ad'
riend: ' The k Alit - nut meet for a' year, and
when they did.. meet, the one who had' re
ormed had on a good hat, pants, boots, a
wallet well-tilled and a watch .In. bis_pocket..
So, in order to remind his old friend or his
lhange. they talked, • and, lie said "I am
oing• very well." , We Irishmen always
ike tune when we are doing anything. 'lt
wa.s4iine for him id move. On, Selo looked
t his watch. "That is a line watch you
~ rry in your pocket." "Yes," was the
• newer, "and if I had always bhaved my
• Of since I came to America I might have
ad the town clock in my pocket.", ;`;lctiviv;
my friends, if the Democratic party hail
ielnived-itself•it might have had . the t • own
lock in its pocket. Now,. the Republican
iarty - shall have that clock hi its pocket
list as long as it maintains ; thp principles
1 f liberty, and no longer. this one point '
et na all remember, that it is our duty to
take care of those poor anti oppressed
men of want in the Southern. States.
Vo must remember that though Smile of
us may be on the hillside and on the moun
tain tops, our homes bathed , in the sun
ight, that that dark ignorant race is only
•t the base of the mountain. By God's
lelp, and in God's , fgood ;line, they. shell
scend to the mountain top, and bathe
heir heads in the glorious sunlight.. God,
who is no respector of persons, Will not see
hem destroyed. 1 od - may deal with to
-everely as a mitten; half ;We are true us
he duties ofthe hour,
then success 311011 be
• urn. Our ling shall become the emblem
C.-liberty to the many oppressed tirtiesi 4tel
fit ever 'again should appear on the battle=
'old, it shall appear as a.sign of .victory to
he doWntrodden. If it ever again becomes
ecessary to draw the sword in de
fence of American - liberty, then let the
lotions know that with the millions of
°deemed slaves in America,we shall
narch . forward .to certain victory. We
'lust be Justin order to be strong. Inten
ion is the criterion by which_ to jud_ • _
-,..
inerica. This is the mark of a nex t , •
ood. . The elements of
.°
e ~,
taken from al . .. m ag out of
. .
of the • ev k ry
. .1' all. languageste
.-• centered here, and the Anv;r
ean nifin is tnlicicome irresistible In mind
as well'as in resources. /To those
who see, as some do, that the late war is a
dark blot upon our civilization, let nib say
that we did not seek war. When they
quote from theiiiacred book, "Follow peace
with all men," 1 ask them to remember
that there is n moral interpretation to be
put upon that text. When I left school to
shoulder my musketl felt there were inter
ests about to be sacrificed. A man should
never be taught peace at the risk of
shame to his own 'soul, or a vio
lation of- his integrity towards God.
We could not resist unless we acted` the
coward. - Wachose rather, to be—titat- pure
then peaceable. One word more before. I
sit down about the Democracy. To illus•
trete r it.; An Irishman was.made a Demo
crat by the persuasion that it was the true
hope of the country. I talked - with him a
little while alter and he told me he had be
come a Republican. "Oh! yes. I picked
up a book and read this in, it, that one of
the Southern=-'statesmen' called the honest
men of the North mud-sills and small
listed farmers.; I :won't go with • a ‘rrlrty
which says that." A lawyer in one of our
western towns had • acquired considerable
wealth in the honest. practice of the law.
[Laughter.] ~ Why 'do you laugh? Because
'say honestl. • •Thatis the mast conjectural
thiug I haye met with for some months., I
Hope yon , don ' t 'me to :dist 'conjecture
upon the lawyer: This lawyer had built him. 1
self a very nice house and the people from
allpertii of - the country Would say, Kik) ,0,1141
see 'Squire B.'s house" when you go to
town to do your marketing.- Sa - "every
market day there would he a crowd walk
ingliticattllda house- --At last .the -lawyer
got angry and said, "Do you think this is
a church that you come 'gaping at it in this
Way every, day?" The übiquitous Iriab.
man answers; " rthotight it was until the
Devil pill .his head out of the window."
[Laughter.] Thus, a greaT, many, if:they
will only closely watch and observe the
Democratic party, its-profession, they will
find that the devilwill-pig-his head out, of
the windOw sometimes. They will soon
discoNer the real anima of that party:
that they'are mere stragglers hanging upon
the verge:; of . this . great Government.
1 thank Andrew Johnson for that. word
"verge.") They will find that they are be
coming manor b degrectkanglifeantifully
less. They are { d
ust now purposing to get
np a very, peculiar ticket. They want a
little war and a little peace. They are
greatly troubled to know just,what, is the
thing. Theyfear they will have too little
of the one or two much of the othor.
I say to the . Democratic party "no false
colcat_ft.f! . . • WA ;will ; bring. gp - your - record
against you everywhere. We have two
men on .our ticket tbr whom we have not
to apologlze. These Democrats have be
come wonderfully enlightened within the
past few years. But, Democrats, you will
find that you have caught a "tartat" unless
you come out:slid make a clean breast of
it before the people." In Milton's "Para
dhte TLoitt.” we MT' old that there was a
certain angel, who was a•very
,puta *twig
the old fellow next the' Devil. Well, the
Devil and he thought they would strike
at the very [toot •or 4011=4. ~:lthuriel
was to guard Life - garden, and - DeVil sends
scouts out le were , to range over the
land and sea ' d find what was in the gar
den, which oVldentlY l distuthadlbtdjettfli
df 'the' girded. They' found 'it `wad the
Devil in the shape of a toad. The toad was
>,
touched wit &spear and lo! out Sprang the
Devil. So if ou apply the, doctrine of ab
solute libert for all men to these_ bemo.
orate, the DeMocrat willtleap out-in.ell his
nuked delbrmlty and treason. We tituded
Andrevt Ohmage' aultgOV-iwollBdOtet kW!!
but we got what we deserved. Perhaps elk
was for. the beta. This 'Vervsoitbre discip.
line to which !we have boon , subjected may
belbe ineOs illt teaching us itredt lesson:
Certainly 1t.1. , 645.1 loves him oethom be
ehatitenethe then he loves the Republlean
that I am tkora,,tho city.' ; ('Tie*
York. Though 'yen may aaY that l a:Wick
ed city, yeti say it hi the tociatniona in {,ho
country. Have'nt got iriirwohdo , Wood
there? A teTt.of :neriptgro ; pays: Where
aindoth abound, grwe doth 'mach more
olutidtd (WWI Wok NeriferegOing giddot
coed after a• While. and 'clean oat that city
of New IrAlltiknilliliireitagreat RePubli
can cit , Luse this great Republican city of
.1 AO tin then, du iyantgreat and
1 1004 woilc,o)seerfnlix, aid hopettitly., 0 4 q
- 11:editing the ktiindertetliherty en k high,
end the Clod of dl . ht lead" Yos
.
"ICOVINSLetuIffIaAVIMIVIN will
tle fob ennuonei from mountain to Attire.
Vitalthe ennheamartat toed:mat titio
e ';')"
(LC4ltt-';PrOlol3gfd USW)
THE RE3OttiTIOICAL
At the conclusion of the, masterly speech
of the brave young Mak r Haggerty, the
Committee on Resolutions returned., and
through Hon. T. J. Bighorn reported the
following resolutions:, . . -
Reso/red, Th at the National Union :Republican
Party of Allegheny County heartily approves of the
principles contained In the Platform adopted by the
Chicago Convention as worthy of. the support of all
the loyal men of this Union who love liberty and
hate oppression, who love their country and her In-'
stitutions and desire thin Getittbilc Wave among the
nationspf the earth as the noblest government ever
esta Wished. for the welfare of man.
toftoltlet4;That , ' In General Grant: the 14ctorious
soldier and statesmen, and In Schuyler Colfax, the
tricibpattlet , and'hOnest man,.we . have candidates
worthy of the support of the: peoplewho desire
peace and harmony among States of the Union.
and rulers who will dignify the high places to which
they are called and -.guide the 'country through ail
peril to prosperity and power.
Reirolred. That . it • 14 , the duty and It will be the
pleasure of Itepubileatt 'Allegheny County, heartily
responding to the pledge made In her behalf by her
delegate at Chicago, to redeem the same by giving,
In Novemlwr ne x t. a loyal majority of ten thousand
votes fur Grant, Colfax and the 'Union.
Pending the'resolidkuis Mr. Righarn 4
made a very spirited and patriotic speech,
after which the report was unanimously
adopted.
Major A. M. BroWn being, loudly called
for; ,-madeL. his appeararum.,.and mw .-
a re
ceived with such applause as ,must have
made him feel assured that his pourseln
advocating Colfax - for the nomination at
Chicago, and pledging Allegheny county
for 'ten thOUsand ' fully sang. dotted arid endOnsed by
_lila citizens
Liere at home, where he is sq widely kuown
and respeCted ';'He.Made' It' brief
-speech
congratu,latlog the loyal maciplif : on ' ; `the
strength of the candidates put -forivard,ofor
their suffrages; and urging prompt; vigo
rous, active, unceasing work, on the part of
every Republican; so that :our 'county may
sustain its reputation as the banner district
of the Union. .• -
SPEECH OF iJEN:E. N. LEE
The next speaker introduced to the andiar
ence was Oren. E.'N. LOe; a gifted - son of
Connecticut. He spoke glowingly of the
candidates put forward and promised that
i
every State n the;Unictu would IIWIMPIPtiI
line under that banner, excepting, per. !
baps, Xenttioky; llarytand "and:: Delaware.
This coining from a Connectieut Man, the
speaker felt would sound strange, as the
Governor of that State, was ,a Democrat.
Thelocal causes which lett to the'.
feat of the Union Re and 9er'
fully explaine ,
that the ' t e
G;int, as a
enemy with an over
__Ang,,majority: The speaker entered
into an • argutneutative :and
dis
course on the Reconstruction question, arid
concludedhis speech with a stirring appeal
to all
,present to do their full duty in the
groat struggle just inaugurated. ,
During the remarks of, General Lee an
allusion was ti.ade to the candidates ulteu
the audience arose as one man and the
wildest scene of enthusiasm was witnessed.
Cheer ou cheer rolled.up, and thousands of
arms and hats waved above the vast
,sea of
faces. In no political asseniblege have we
ever witnessed such a grand and inspiring
scene as was that: ' •
-
There being loud and repeated calls -Or
Judge Shannon, that gentleman came be
fore the audience and made a brief speech,
full of meaning and power, which received '
the heartiest response from his hearers. It
was an effort -worthy, the oratqical: *44
mid rime or the learneilgentlemait - 'r-
OEOROR H.' STUART'S ADDRESS.
At the conclusion , of the very able speech
of General Lee, Major A. M. Brown intro
duced to the audience Mr. George H. Stuart,
merchant, Phibtdelphia„ He was received
with a'storm of applenee, and•spoke as fol
lows : •
Mr- President and fellow-citizens: I am
no politician,
_but : only a merchant. I
make my speeches / at • the polls. ' But I
thank God to kiloW a. 9 a Pennsylvanian,
andespecially as a Philedelphianythaty,onr
cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny are met
to ratify the nomination of Ulysses S.
Grant load Schuyler Colfax. We will imiu- ,
guurate them all President add Irkta Prest=
dent on the fourth of March next. Our
Democratic friends may as well save their
powder, for there is no use putting up a
candidate against General Grant. We will
inscribe under his name what was there
whetil he was marehhig,throngh,the Sough
'.no surrender." Mr. Chairtnan and fello*-
citizens, I believe that I had the
honor of first mentioning these two
men as our candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency in
1869. It was my privilege in the House of
Representatives at Washington, two years
and two months ago, in the sprihg of 1866,
in conversation with General Grant and
Speaker Colfax-r Grant upon my right hand
and Colfax upon my left=to say to them,'
"I shal l
, make my . ticket folithe next cam
paign. Thi s is our Piesident," putting my
hand upon General Grant, "and this is our-
Vice president," patting my hand upon
Coltix: I had faith• that , so many. ga lla nt
statesmen would come out under the in
fluence of loyalty and place upon the ban
ner .of the 'Republican party the 'risme of
Colfax, which .would ensure victory. .1
have a personal acquaintance with both
of, these gentlemen, and regard it as
a great honor to know them intimately:
Not only their public services, but' their .
personal..characters will be sure to lead:
the party to victory in the present crisis : . of
our history. You say in Pittsburgh you
will-give -ten • thousand-majority for the
Union ticket: "Ne.will :give terithousand
more in the city of brotherly love. We
will roll np flay .mAiority in: the
State of Pennsylvania. With three I".
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Pinnsylr
vania, wer.*lll,heipf.filatie „Stint in the
White House, Colfax in the Senate's chair,-
and, thus : secure three more rs-rrl'ispeE,
PRonrltßl'rr and Ptioolll , itiriil thaseUnit.
States of America. [Loud cheers.]
wive 71EAID'
, In concluding his address,' Judge Shan
non introduced Mr. LewhiThirker, a return
ing delegate from CblPsuo,Nwho had repre
sented the State of Maine in the
Convention ? and had urged- the
- rfatirdbet Hamlin Ibi ,--- the
Vice Presidency :: `?After just
tribute to the worth of his favorite t the
speaker lent heartriand , bilqtddifietli en
dorsement to , oe ticket, pig forward,. and
promisbd; in no hesitating way, that Maine,
would pioneer-the Way in tho'eause of Jus
tice and the Union, and greet her neighbors
in Septerriboir next with ‘elecidon returns
that warm the loyal heart and , prove the
ftirerittmer of national triumph for the
triotie Grant and= the , true-hearted .and
iscbolarly.Collat. ' •
NVe regret that we' haVenot the -spaee'at
our control to , furnish the verhatim report
of .the
best of.all of ionsrjertyglßuuld, vigorous
stump. talkers.
Titi't?nie ',fate ,;
14.
journed with three cheers for Grant, thro.P
for Colfax ti tr ee Ihr the T.TRionfisrk three
for thatioldlirsqiield,'Unitin;
ri
AssiosAti (~!ilmtg v ;r2l - st?- Ta
and snoommuy opened. be not the
orwatiM)Oni Koltiojeiy
. where 50 that AlleOenT rulltrmay make
good she. ia d ei iittilteltslf to
,ap Grant, 00**_+I,> ..t r
_i404 . 411.411(t
fashioned majority of te07410%1505151.
FROM EUROPE„'
CBy.Telegraph to the Plttatiatili CitaAttel
• ABYSSINLke`"" F ' 4 • ' t .l
EVACUATION ET THE BB .
LoNnoiv. May 23.-Sir Stafford North- •
cote, Secretary of State ferindla, received
to-day an official disnatch from General
.
Napier, commander' 6flh6 kbyssiniatiittvg
pedition, dated Ashangi, May sth.
General had just arrived there with the
rear-guard of the returning British forces.
The advance had reached Zonis, and the
Fifth ,and Eighth. native infantry : bad.
ready embarked-for Bombay. ThEirenitdrk
der of the troops and stores which were
being pushed forward would be shipped r
from Zoula rapidly; and the'evaeuation of .
the country would soon be effected. The
wounded were doing well and rapidly be
coming convalescent., Tim troops Were :IN
good health.
GERMANY.
CLOSE OF THE ZOLVERINE DIET.
BERLIN y May 23.—The Zolverine Diet has
adjourned. The session was closed by King
William, of Prnisla r who made the cus
tomary speech, in which he said he hoped
the results of the itesidon'wotdd strengthen
the sentiment of mutual trust between the
people of the various States of the Confed
eration, destroy. the prejudices which have
existed in Some portions of the country;
and.prove that the (*mph though ; - Vert
in some interests, were one people, itivrattnt
brotherly - :feeling,: Tile, Rang 'Closed 1 1 :1y'
saying the tights entrusted to•bitn.by Ger
many wouh be sacredly exercised as his
highest rule of action.
OM
ALISTRAZIIA:
PRINCE ALFRED'S 'AtI'EMPTED ASSASSIN
2,,,c - F i errED.
23.—Teleffraniiffroin 'Byd
ney, in anticipation of thA, overtand_malif
say Prince Alfred left for Englanchin coin
mand of his the Galitia. - The attempted assassin of - ,
executed ori the 22d
efforts to prove
utto3 is the case of Barrett, tlieElerluin..
well conspirator, have ; failed,. and his:exct
cution will take plicelit 4 'the . expEratiori elf
the week for which he was retwited. •,-
ttora W4SBINGTON.
Fraed
,By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
Wssmrievros; way - 73; 1868. •
coNvErtstory sxviar-THrirmrs.
On and after June Ist, the Treasury , De=
part - MOM will be • prepared to receivol-80
notes falling due June 15 and July 15, 1868,
for conversion into bonds datedJulylst,
1867, or July Ist; 1665,
.as parties - may de
sire. The terms of conversion will be as
follows: The interest on both series of
notes will be allowed to July Ist, and bonds
issued in exchange will bear interest from
that date. • • • •
CVERENCY MATTERS
The fractional currency issued for the
week amounted to $431,500; forwarded,
$1;121,42* United States .notes ,ffifer&dedi
If ,
$696,248; National Bank notes Plaup -
55k fractional currency destroyed,' IVA ;
Internal •Revenue 'Aicelpts fof. OW iv '
$3). ; 04.g5G- • , ,--, _,• '
_____. .. ,* :• ,', - -
• .-••-•• THE rxmacuironNy r - t '.. ; • ....
Senator Sumner will to.morrovilile an
elaborate opinion in support of the convio
tion of Andrew Johnson. The *amen;
of, impeachment have. , made another -re
quisition upon the Western UllioH Telel.
graph Office for telegrams Passing between_
certain parties named lay, m nthe were,
but the company has declined to make any
further exhibit of, private telegram unless
they shall 'tie' compelled to, 40 ••so by due
process of law. ... , -,: . c
SANDWICH ISLANDS,
The Volcanic Eruptions -= Cessation of
Earthquakes. -
[By meietnipb to the etitabiritteGaietfe.3. 3
SAN FRANcisho, May 23.—The Steatilit
Idaho brings . Sandwich dates to May 9th."
The Honolulu Gazette says up to the 29th
of April' no Anther accounts had been, /a
ceived bf volcanic action in FfaWai: Earth-,
quakes have ceased in violence and 'fre
quency, although the wholeisland was still
moved with slight vibratiOria, and two se
vere shocks have been felt as far, as Bono-
lulu. There are reports that lava had
again broken out in , Kapapala, but they
are not credited. Full details of the first
eruptions more than confirm the accounts
previously sent. At Kahnka, April 7th,
lava burst forth through„wilessue nearly
three miles long, and ran in a feW hours
twelve miles from a helght of _thirty-eight
hundred feet tiithoiAtea,where - ,it caused a
projection of half a mile. •
Collections Wert Illa. king for the : relief of
safferers° - by `earth qtilikes f or
'Honolulu:
Three thousand dol la rs were raised In re
sponse to an appeal by Queen Emma.
Esthiutipe 'irste — in New Vert.,
Ulf teligraphio the , l!lttsbarEß Gazette.
NEW YoRM, May' 24.--An nxtengilie
dagratiou.took , place this morning at Pier
27rNorth river, destroying Alin oftes , and
freight houses ortbolieptanc Steamship
company, The proriallor 'oooarnitsirong
ing to the Neptune tween '
this City and roVidenes, - It.J.', Was urnod
to the water's edge. _The pp:9ollore Eh&
tra, of same line, and Thous, of the Boston
line,„also; ',took fire; hut' !Were .tpeit out
into 'stream 'ind'thei wa s 4=ol
- with trifling damage. A quantity
of freigh t also destroyed. Medan=
to the Neptune Steamship; Company ,
reach 1300,000; insurance not ascertained.
Several cpmusissioujnerchants, who had
offices Oh this andlto adjoining ider,inta
tained heavy losses by the re The total
damage is estlmated at half a million of
dollars.
Presbyterian Asiembly.
BALTIMORE, May 24.—1 n the General
sembly of the Presbyterian Church yegster:
day, the report of the Board of .Direo•
tore, of Columbia TheolOgieal Seminary
was
.Reserired,%
the Treasurer of tnePtibiicitiarilionia, the ,
Board of Trustees of the 'Assembly and
the Committee 'orT rEvingellcid Labors all
presented reports, which were read and •
adopted.. No other important bwq
transhotel.se—gro T,, ,. .”7 1 - 7 - 7 f
0 •
Cay Telegraph to Wiling Ceiatifisleti.)'l..4
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cattle atealing•lvaS shot Ah'& ti ned
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