n
Terms o
.Publication I
I vy n -v.
a lie
Ths Somerset Herald
tol every Wednesday Miming ttlt9.
,,,, annum, if JW otherwise i M J
a torerlably charged. :
.v,-rtiUo via be dlasonunuea unui au
mut arejeld P- Fosunaaten neglecting
notily us when subscribers do; not ttkt cut
heir pal"
will be held able for the subscription.
su,,writjersrcinoTlnf, from one Poswmee to an-
olber should give us the aama of the former
U as the preeent office. Address
JiC Somerset Ilcrall,
Somerset, X'a.
omei
ATTORNEYt AT-LAW.
ESTAT.LI
Bet
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OF
VOL. XXVIII. NO. 51.
SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, ISSO.
WHOLE NO. 1507.
ii.
A TTUK N F. V AT CAW,
boiucrerl, fa.
Al iWNEY AT LAW,
Hctnereet, Penna.
AT ruKN ET AT LAW.
Somerset, Fena'a
1EOIIGE R SCULL,
JATTURXEY AT LAW,
Somerset, fa.
NOTICE. Alexander Ji. xnroin
. nntl..a
I .Tecum w the practice oi law in Somerset end
."Ti-'mcV f.schllju attokney at I, aw
ILbdi B"nty an.Feiilon Agent, Somerset,
fZ tj&iee in aluminum isioca:. j
U-tC
...i rvnvF. HAY. ATTOKNEY AT LAW
V ..i ,'imIm in real UUM, Somerset, Fa., will
.' j w ,11 business entrusted to bis care with
pruatptnest and fidelity. tug. U-Jy.
roKS U. KIMMEL, ATTX.RK EY AT LAW,
.j .merset, f will attend to aU business en
,rD.ied tu care in SomeraeieiHl ad wining eoun
h0. wi-b proiupaieas and ndouty. Offloe in Alaia
Botb Bluet- lab. 18 IO-It
C)LB"KN A COLBORN, ATTORNEYS AT
, LAW. All business entrusted t their fare
I speedily and punctually attended to.
Jickic 1j liver s liluck. I p Stairs.
er.t. 1'a., will promptly attend to all business
iLt(;rrii 10 mm. iuum-jr utcu on collection
tc. Oihoe in Mammoth Building.
I V O. OOLE
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
t Somerset, Pa. Prulewtonal business entrusted
tu ii j care a ttccded to w lib prumpineati and tldellly.
i ir 3. fc H. L. BAEK, ATTORNEYS AT
f LAW, Somerset, will prautioe in Soui-
i t','1 KlU'inr'g cjuntica. All biu'tntxi en-
tf.jjurri ;o tliein aiilM promptly attended to.
u"-I1X1A H. KOONTZ, ATTORNEY AT
I M Uiw. .vmerstt. Pa., will give prompt atten-
i tin t ju?mf entrnMed to hl eare in Somernet
mil tlie a loinmg cou&Uea.
Offica In Printing
FrKUTllfcfil'PPEL, ATTORNEYS AT
j Lu. All bu."lnrM em rusted to tiieircare will
l p)Mcilj and punctually attended to.
drru K m Main Crou street, oipoflta tbe
Jt'inmi'jih liijck.
ions n. scott,
ATTOKXEY AT LAW.
Si.merset Pa. Ottice in the Court Konre. All
Ionics entrufted to bis cure attended to with
j.ruiui'Lac&s and fidelity.
J
AMES L. PUGH,
ATTOKIvEY AT L.4.W,
ir.:?riot. Pa. Office, Mammoth Bloek.sp rtalrt.
.itrrve Main Cn Ht. Collortione tuade, ea
iif.le.l, titles examined, and all letral bui-
c3W!U'cUed towitu prompuieJi and Edellty.
Uij 1
'UKTEYIXO,
Writing Dcrds, &c,
d. aeon sh'rt notice.
tf Enquire at Caaebeer fc O.'i Store.
C. F.WALKER,
Aal.
1
)EXSIOX AGENCY.
BANKS, ETC.
NEW GOODS!
Ceyrtocr v Oo. haTCjtut received from hc East
ern ciuee a rcry lartre
STOCK of GOODS
Wfclca they axe now offering at extremely
LOW IPJRICES.
Their itock of
DRESS GOODS
is very iajc, tm ae tb'y bad sold off their old
REDUCED PRICES,
They now have on hand an entirely NEW and
well SELECTED STOCK of
DRESS GOODS,
of tbe very
LATEST and BEST STYLES
Found in the Eastern market which thev will
sell at prices to suit all.
1 neirs is a general etorlt, eon'Ostlng ot
DRY GOODS,
AOTIOXS,
HARDWARE,
HATS and CAPS
PAINTS and OILS,
GROCERI11S,
(lUEEXSTVARK,
FISH, CARPETS,
TABLE & FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
WALL & WINDOW PAPER.
&.C., it, iC-
Fmic the Umg evtalditlied refutation fir (air
dealing this tlrm has pained, the lullcst MtihJea.-
ran I"- placed in all reprasentatiou made by any
ier' u connected wit h t be stvre.
Tliry now hare on hand the
LARGEST ASSORTMENT
IN TOWN.
When yon come to twn, call and see for your
CASEBEEll &.CO
Somerset Pa
Apllr U2mo
J. IT. ZIMMEU1IAX.
GEO.SSYDEK
SOMERSET FOUNDRY.
ZIMMERMAN & SNYDER,
All kinds of chains
lng in part ol
Dal, and for sale, ce-iirt
SUGAR G HATES,
SLED SOLES
STOVE L I XI X G S
ax it on a te s , r l o n
A XI) SHEA US , Jc dr. Sc.,
The
BOAZ. STONER and HECLA
Ao. 4 and S
in; VTIXG STOVES
Made and for sale.
All kin 1 of Casting! made to order at short
notice. A
MACHINE SnOP
i at tubed to the Foundry in whicU a'J ktyda of
Machinery will be repaired promptly.
We are doing a general
FOUNDRY BUSINESS,
And solicit all kinds of orders In onr line. .
REPAIKIXJ A SPET1PLTT.
Nov. a
BANK.
-:o:-
Somerset
Bank
S P. Streitser ol Sand Patch, Somerset county,
Pj. justice ol the Peace, surveyor and eliiim
itr? will pnimjitly collect all Bounty and Pen
i,o clnlois entrurteii to bitn. Per;ii wifblng
uy Ini'irmnlion will address hira at thea'xnc
tulne-l place, enclosing uischarge and ponnge
lor reply.
PHYSICIANS.
DR. E. M KIMMELL k SON
tender their professional service to the cltl
iur el Somerset and vleluity. One of tbe mcot.
!m a! itie nrm can at all times, unless jinresslon
lir en3::'.xH, be iound at ttieir oibce, on Main St.
ckuI ue immond.
DK. J. K. MILLER has permanently Incited
is berlint irtiie practice of bw profession.
lt oi!:te Caarles liTisouier a store.
DK. H. BKFBAKER tenders his professional
Mmceftotliecitisens of Somerset and vicin
ity. "t-e in reeidenee, one door west of lb Uar-
ui uoose.
County
CHARLES J. HARRISON.
Cashier end Manager,
Collodions made in all parts oftheCniieu States.
Charges moderate. Butter and other checks col
lected and cashed. Eastern and Western exchange
always on hand. Remittances made wltb prompt
ness. Accounts solicited.
Parties desiring to purchase V. S. 4 FEB
CENT. FUNDED LOAN, can be accommo
dated at this Bank. Tbe en pons are prepaid In
denomination, of to, 1(0, 600 and 1,000.
ixa. hicks.
LA EUX K. BICK
G. B MASTERS
located In Somerset for the practice of his
p!iei.n. and tenders bis prolesslonal serrtnes to
n;nen?ot t"wti and surrounuing rouniry ; oin: ib
HuuuJi liluck ; residence with Curtln Qmc.
I)
K. WM. COLLINS, DENTIST, Somerset,
Pl. (ifflce in tasebeer's Block, up stairs.
we lie can at all times be found prepared to do
in (met; of work, euro as rilling, regulating, el-
tnctrai;. fcc Artinciai teeiD oi an aimia, uu ui
ttlper.Biaterial.inserted. Operations warranted.
D
R. A. G MILLER
rnrsiciAA't burgeon.
liii remove,! to South Bend. Indiana, where he
ui tie consulted by letter orotberwlce.
Dr. W. F. FUNDENDERG,
Laie Kesideut Karceon,
la located permanently" in the
.7 cf CUmSLASID, ilarylaci
irieSZCLUSrvE treatment of all
&zxz f the lye and Lar, indud-
Sisa cf tie ITese and Threat
uiDr. K,. so south Btre trec.
JtUC'JO.
DENTISTS.
J
0UX BILLS.
.' Is forrnh 4 Ned's taw building.
Mi la Cross Sirect.
SomerreU Pa.
B'J-U
Wll. COLLINS,
IEXTIST.
ahive ( aselwer fc Prtase's suire, Somerset,
In Hie last btieeo years 1 have greatly re
5 j4 the prices ol anitieial teeth in this place.
i"np-nt iocreasing demand for teeth has In
me to) juiarge my facilities that can
'! sets ol teeth at fjwer prices than you
? r them in any other place In tills eonntry.
naklnc a itwhI set ol teeth tor . and If
fwubmld ar.yersun among mv thousands
-iht, lnthls or the alyining evunUes that
' mule teth tor that in not giving gtiod sat
ajcunn. they eia call on me at aoy time and get
Mlresot charge.
D
HOTELS.
UM0ND HOTEL.
SIOYSTOWX PA.
J- P"p'r and weU known hfe baa lately
".i.'r.wKnlT and newlvrentted. with all new
""'toI lumiture, which baa made it a very
Si. " ! ,!uy!,lt: I'laoe fc tbe traveling pulillc
Jr3,w and mows can not be un"d. all be-
nrtt rlMi wj(n m tnrKa poj.u,. n attached
11 m Also hi r ire and rmmiv stabling.
flaw b.Ming can be bad at the' lowest pa
" Prtces. hj, week, day or meal.
SAMITEL Cl'STKK, Prop.
S. E.Cr. Illamood,
'l f!toystown,Pa,
DAVIS BROS.,
Sign and Fresco
PAIXTJ2RS.
House
W)XrjJSET. PA.
3
A Month guaranteed. tU day
tl home matte tiy tbe Indurtrloua.
"apliln.itr.ulrd; we will start
ou. Men. women, boys and girls
Uu .. . aaae mosey laeter at work for as
MVU.UH else. The wurk la ligbl and
i:-.! acL anyone oan go right at.
Agents ler Firs an! Lile Insurance,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMERSET. PA..
And Ileal Estate Brokers.
KSTABI JSUED ISTjO.
Perwina wbo desire to sell, buy or exchange prop
erty, or for rent will find it to their advantage to
register the description thereof, as no charge is
madennless sold or rented. Real estate bnstnesi
generally wiilbe promptly attended to.
augis.
S. T. LITTLE & SOXS,
lOS BALTIMORE STREET,
CUMBERLAND, M J.
WATCHES, Cm IKS.
SOLID SILVEBW1BE, DIAMONDS,
AMERICAS CLOCKS, FttESCH CLOCKS,
SILVER PLATED IT ARE,
JEWELRY, ft.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS I
Watches and Jewelry
Repaired by Skilled Workmen and
relumed by Express Free of Charge. No extra
rharge lor Engraving. Ooods war
ranted as represented
octli
AUCTIONEER.
1) ARTIES needing my service on Real or Per
sonal llftBte, or anything to lie disposed or at
auction, will una l will give entire satlslactlon.
All loners Dy iniul promptly attended to.
W. A. K'KJNTZ,
Doc CI. Gonfluence. Pa.
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
MERCHANT TAILOR
LVbnve 1 Icnry I Iefl1cyM l?tor.)
SOMERSET, J?JL.
LATEST STYLES aM LOWEST PE1CES.
'-SATISFACTION GUARANTEED..
r. F WALKER oi
this place has a lot of his
celebrated Horse Rakes
for sale better than evej
and cheap. Any one who
wants one at once, woub
do well to send him a
postal card or in soma
wa kiu know in order to uaae sure oi getimp
one, as he In bis roun'ls.of selling might n-4 flirt
all wbo want rakes.
Mayiot
AESearch Warrant.
allows as officer to pro tbrongb your t2nie from
cellar to garret, and LlnrJSev S HOOd
Searcher ' warranted to go tlirouitb your sya
. . . . . . 1 .1 . . A ..... .11 l.lnu4 .1 ' .k.
Q iroW lul 141 WIV .Utl Ull'V vw. m. 1'avw. uii.ii.iui.
Ita cures are wonderol and certiBol to by doctora.
ore achen and people. Scrofula. Mercurial Iis-
eases, Eryslelas, Tetter, Ulcer in the Longs or
tbe Skin, twills, rimitiee, c . we w.rrani n i
core. It l a purely egetaine vonjpouuu anu
Powerful Tonic. J'or sale ny all uruitgists. bee
that our name Is no the bottom of the wrapper.
R. E. SELLERS DO- Prop'rs, Pltubargh, Pa
C- R- BOYD, Afeat Somerset, Pa-
S150U
TO pKH0 A r.AR.orSito f.Q s
day In your own locality. No rink.
W omen do aa wall as men. Maay
make more than the amount stated
above. No one can fail to make
money fast. Anv saw can do tbe work. You eaa
make trout Crts.'to (U an hour by devoting your
evenings and spare time to tbe business. It ousts
noUiing to try toe Business, rtotning uae ii iut
money making ever ooereu oeiore. tsustness
pleasant and strictly honorable. Reader, if you
want to know all about the beet paying business
before the public, aud us your same and we will
sendvou lull (particulars and private terms Tree ;
samples worth S also free ; you can then make up
up your mind fur yourself.
June 11 Piwtland. Main.
66
A WEEK te your own town, and no cap
ital risked. Vow can give the business a
trial without expense. Tbe best oppor
tunity ever oBered lor tbooe willing tr
work You should try nothing else ontl
you see for yourself what you eaa oo at tbe buaa
ness we oiler. No room to explain here. You ul
devote ail your time or only your spare time to tbe
business, and make great pay lor every Boar mat
you work. V'omen make as much as men. Send
for special private terms and particulars, which we
mall free. Outfit free. Duo't eomplain of hard
times while you have aaeb a chance.
Aatdreesu. iialli.it, r-oruana, ivtaine.
June 1L.
Shd ternis tr. NOW is tha lima.
al?ilu't wurk aire laying uu large sums
4SjTRrE fc CO, Aogtuta, Kalne.
LIFE IKSDBAVCE AGENTS.
WANTED !
A first-class Life Insurance Oomnrvnv In New
Turk wants aPF41Ai UEXtBAL aiwal
I.U4AL AUt:iT, la unoerupied territory In
the Stale of Pennsylvania. Address MAAA
E r AfiE.N'CIE. .PK lOO, Aw
York Vt OHce.
H M'CALLUM,
JJ FIFTH AVENUE,
Above Wood Street
CARPETS,
LIGNUM,
LINOLEUM.
OIL CLOTHS,
AN IMMENSE STOCK BOUGHT AT
LowPricesof Three Monthsince.
The Greatest
Prices will be given
Purchasers.
in
Advantage
Earlv
to
HE WOULD BATE CHEWIXQ OtX
The brightest sun was setting en tbe egj of mor.
row's dawn.
As a Tassar girl strolled, pigeon-toed, adewo tbe
level lawn;
And the folding rays wltb ave; wreathed the hair
of one wbo lay
In the gath'rlng twUight lonely, ttllvd with terror
and dismay.
"She may cry, and howl, and kick up ; but she
wouldn't do my sum,
And I'll never, never, never let her chew my chew,
lng gum T"
lips faltered, as she
Do you know
Fnt-nrARY, isso.
March 31 Snio
IR, .C. LA-ZLnTOIES
lis; constantly on hand at his distillery
PURE RYE WHISKIES,
For sale by tbe barrel or gallon, suited for
MEDICAL AD MECHANICAL
PURPOSES.
Orders addressed to Berlin, Pa., will rccciv
prompt attention.
ii arcn z. ita v
WALTER ANDERSON,
MERCHANT TAILOR
COR. WOOD ST. AND SIXTH AYENUE,
NO. 22G LIBERTY STREET,
PITTSBTJBGH.
feblg
SPRING, 1880.
CARPETS!
A Large and Choice Stock of In
grains, Tapestry Brussels, Body
Brussels, Marquetts and Axmin
sters, with Hugs and Borders to
match. Also Oil Cloths, Linoleums
and Lignums.
BOvARD.ROSE&GO
Uo. 33 Fifth Avecs,
PITTSBUEQH, OPa..
MORGAN'S
WOOLEN
MJj
EiLS.
ESTABLISHED 1812.
Having for the past year or two. been entirely
unable to supply tbe increasing demand for my
goods I have built an addition to my mill and put
in a largo amount oi
NEW AND IMPEOYED MACHINE!
and thereby almost doubled my capacity for man-utacturtng.
1 have now on band a large stock consisting of
BLANKETS.
CASSIMESES. SATINETS.
JEANS, REP ELLA NTS, FLANNELS,
COVERLETS, CARPETS,
YARNS. AC,
which I wish to
T2A2E FCS WOOL.
Farmers, I hare the kind of goods you need. I
Want jour
WOOL!
to work up
RIKHT IX YOUR OWX C0OTT,
and In order to reach all my customers In good
time, I nave employed the same agents 1 Had last
year, and In addition Mr. Joseph L Dauirbcrtv,
who & : st introduced my goods into many parti of
iniaenunty.
1 will strive, aa in the past, to give first class
goods ami full value to alL
S)r-New custodier and those we failed to find
last year, will please address card to
VM. S. MORGAN.
Oiieinnlinnitif I a
Apr :
QRPHAX S COURT SALE
ui iai.uaoi.GaiAbijaiaic.
Rv virtue ef an on ler Issued out of the Orphan's
Court ol Somerset county Pa., and lu me directed.
will expose to sate ov putiiic auction en toe
the premises in Paint township, oo
Tuesday, June 8lh. ISSO,
at I o'clock P. M., the following valuable real es
tate, late the property ol Peter ticrkey bile deceas
ed, vis :
No. 1. A tract of land situated In Paint town
ship, Somerset county Pa. Containing 89 acres
more or tees, aansning lanos oi jonn it. miner.
Peter set, unanuel KummeL and the old home
stead of the deceased, ol which there are about SO
acres cleared. There is a good sugar camp en
saM premises.
Ml A tract ni situate in rami towns nip.
Somerset eounty, Pa Containing loo acres, more
or less, of which there are about HO acres cleared.
W acres In meadow. Ad lolnlng lands of Frederick
Ott, Simon tterkey, John Oeiael, Emanuel Hum
mel and tract No. 1., having a large two story
brick Dwelling H nurse. Bank Barn, and other
outbuildings thereon erected, also a good Apple
urenara tnereoo, tbe said lann being ple-rauuy
situated and ounveoiem tc church and school.
TERMS OF SALE
One-thitd cash, one-third In all motnh one-third
In one year with Interest, deferred payment to be
secured by iaogmeal on tbe premises, lu ner oca I.
ofhaod money to be paid as suoa aa proerty IS
aawcaeti uowu.
JACOB HOFFMAN.
Admlnlstrabir ol Peter Kerkeyblle deed.
"Teacher," Bessie's white
pointed to the maid,
'Do yon hear that horrid creature ?
what she bas said ?
In her dark and gloomy pocket she is carrying her
loose
Boarding-school companion much as twenty sticks
of spruce.
And she says that I shall nave none I ! ber only
friend and chum
And she spoke in husky whisper, "I must have
her chewing gum r
' Bessie," calmly spoke the teacher (every word
froae in ber ear), -"For
years I've taught at Yasaar, and I will net
interfere ;
I know the regulations, and respect tbe rules and
laws;
I am here to educate your mind, and not supply
your jaws.
I have done my duty ever ; l"ve been eool,di9creet,
and mum ;
Bat I can't make Bertha, Underwood give you her
chewing gum."
Wild the girl's eyes, pale her features, as she tot-
ten up the stair,
And tbe dews fall in soft pity aa tbe start see her
despair.
Not a moment stops the maiden til! ahe gains the
.upward flight.
And . stands out in tbe darkness like an angel
carved in night
Now ahe enters Bertha's chamber, and pants
"Now let her come ;"
Stills ber frightened heart's will brcating, " iMf
have her chewing gum !"
Far oat, the distant city seems a tiny, sparkling
speck,
Where she well remembers often buying spruce
gum by the peck.
Above, the throbbing heavens seemingly reflect
her soul
In which the spheers of vengeance their mighty
music rolL
Shall she still their diapason T Shall she smite
their anthems dumb ?
She crushes swift the feeling ; she inusf have that
chewing gum.
Quick sbe strips the bed of clothing ; quick she
wraps her In a sheet.
And the garment, winding tenderly, clothes her
from head to feet.
Then in a darkened corner, like a member of the
host
Who sometimes wander back to earth, shetands,
a rigid ghost.
And, panting, still sbe linens till she hears the
fairy drum
Or Bertha's fairy footsteps, bringing up tiiat
chewing gum.
Such a yell ! A quivering figure lies trembling on
tbe floor;
The very winds stop sighing as they shrink bark
from the door.
Swiit the ghostly Bessie steals from where tbe
gath'rlng shadows eurl.
And bends in nattering triumph before the pros
trate girl.
With trembling hands sbe searches in the pocket
of her chum.
And cries out in her madness, " xiuif have her
chewing gum."
The pale, soft moon rose s'.owly ; each bright star
bent Its head,
As the patron orb ef Tassar threw- tier rays around
the dead;
And, like another moon, the teacher climbed the
winding stair.
To hnd fair Bertha robed In death, and Bessie
kneeling there.
With no rmorse on that pale face, as she whis
pered aoaiy, "Come!
The angels have got Bertha, but Pre oof her
chewing gum!"
Brooklyn Eagle.
A GRANT GUN.
TELLING SPEECH THAT
FULL OF FACTS AND
FIGURES !
IS
HON. T. C. CAMPBELL GIVES A
FAIR AND IMPORTANT EE
VIEW OP GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION.
A SPLENDID REC0RDI
ALL OBJECTIONS FULLY ANSWERED
AND COGENT REASONS GIVEN
FOR PREFERRING GENERAL
GRANT FOR THE
PRESIDENCY.
fAC PKEMini WATCH 15C"tI5-
1 iZiftrni wiwier.Fiw wltheveryorderJinU
r aTUjrfit Iras. J. u la.ili.nl 1,1,. ii..nJTiii
Cincinnati, O. Mat 13 -The
business men of Cincinnati would
ask of too the publication of tbe fol
lowing address, and bespeak tbe at
tention of the bauinesa men of 1 enn-
eylrania, Eastern Ohio and West
v irgima to it. Within tbe last ten
dajs Lundreda of your business men
wbo have tbe interest of their coun
try more at heart iban politics, have
tbongbt tbe time bas come to enlight
en tbe commercial people wbo are not
ekilled in tbe art of politics, bat take
a great interest in tbe importance of
having as tbe standard bearer of tbe
Republican party man in whom
they have confidence, fairly placed
btfjre the people, so that tbey will
not be misled by tbe yells of tbe rear
guard, wbo are ever ready to do the
bidding of tbe macbioe. This ad
dress will be followed by others, which
we trust will find a place in all com
mercial papers.
The address was made before tbe
Grant Club at their regular meeting
laet evening, and was delivered in ac
cordance with the formal request
made at the last meeting, by Mr. T.
Campbell, wbo was tbe Grant
delegate to the State Convection.
Mr. Campbell spoke as follows :
Gentlemen of tbe Grant club:
t am well aware that your invitation.!
aeking me to address you, is but a
polite mode of expressing thanks to
the constituency I bad tbe nonor to
represent at tbe State Convention for
tbe credit they have done themselves
in placing aside tbe representative
of "the combined opposition to our can
didate. ,
It is very natural that the people
of this State should look to this me
tropolitan city for aa expression upon
bo momentous su oject ie the selec
tion of the Republican standard bear
er in this residential contest, and
while we nearly all concede that it
would be proper that one whom his
friends delight to call tbe "Favorite
Son of Ohio" should receive tbe com
pliment from "his own State" of a
seemingly onanimoas indorsement,
still it is well after tbe compliment
has been paid Sherman that we should
inquire what next! To what por
tion of your city or State would it be
trio of suburbs that grace like dia
monds, rubies and aerates the dia
dem ci this fair Quea City Clifton.
uonego um ana pntoa riace
pre-eminently tbe ae4 of the rrcalth,
the culture asd the iielligcnce of tbe
H oeen of tbe West ? ;Those suburbs,
plead with us to indole the "favorite
eon" against a representative of what
we leoerai omce-holdirs were pleased
to call tbe "third tern," responded
oy a vote of two to ce in favor of
tne silent man wbo ever anted an
office of anv kind, eicerjc th sincia
one of beinsr permiled to carrr a
sword in defense of hi country when
it was assailed by rebla within and
threatened by foes wihont.
It is to me, it mot be to all men
who slop to reflect, a Shameful spec
tacle to see and bear fiat, man assail
ed with malicious vitpcration, who
is not now -seeking and never has
sought office. Eat irh., step by
step, as his sword caved footholds
for him, advanced tbe tho com
mandiog officer of rare tkan a mil
lion of men, and wb received from
tbe representative moi cf the rebel
lion treason s sword,' and instantly
handed it back, sayinr.' '-Turn this
into pruning hook and plow-share;"
wno was afterward lliod bv the
people of the Union toierve them for
eight troublous years i! the office of
the Chief Mdgistracy,;daring all ot
wtich time bis facoj wa3 steadily
tnrned in the directionbf rood will.
And when the ill diges&d schemes oi
hnancial doctors would; bave ruined
the credit of oar gjernment, aad
would have sot printlg presses ia
motion to make so calld money with
the same facility that twspapers are
turned ont, firmly" oppfced thoir here
sies even when be hid to Co this
against such lights of fcis own party
as Senator John S her ma.
I say it is enough til make a re
flecting man's blood 'courao more
quickly through his eib to see hour
ly launched at this maqthe infamous
and maliciouB newapap articles, be
littling him by every Jeans known
to those whoso trade inlander, and
by those whoso patrioiBra is only
evidenced by their eflVts to have
themselves and their relations ia of
fice. S
I am not a hero wordiiper. I be
lieve there are hnndred&f other men
in the United States, aid a number
ih Ohio,- who have as geat capacity
as General Grant to cad act the af
fairs of tbe gorernmerj. I am not
claiming that the govrnmeat is in
danger or that it needs ("strong man.
It is not a question cf caving tbe
country from danger ; 1 13 to obtain
(or tbe country beneGts Which can be
more sorely and fully obtained with
General Grant than thrttgh anv one
else. If there are valid ibiect'.ons to
Grant as a candidate forn a party
standpoint, or it there ae well taken
objections to him from a patriotic
point of view, or ii we ace not pre
pared to show that as a tcndidoile he
brings strength ni not twines to
his party, and that when elected he
can conduct the affairs of tie govern
ment with more, or, at lent, as mucb
benefit to our country ai any ether
person possible to elect then we
should not press for bis lomiaation
1 would consider taat lwas doing
my children a wrong of tae grossest
character if I contributed aught that
would impair the future megrity of
tbe republic. It must be transmitted
unimpaired in its warp and woof.
Against the welfare of tie republic
all tbe Grants, lilaines, Shermans,
and candidates at large all their
lives and fortunes, should not count a
tithe.
What are the objections to General
Grant?
First He cannot carry Ohio. -Second
Bv reason of Ue first ob
jection be cannot be electei.
Third If elected it woud be sub
versive of the government would he
otroduciog imperialism; or, as the
Cincinnati Commercial, the ablest of
Grant's opponents, expresses it :
"If General Grant sbooo be nomi
nated at Chicago, tbe so-called lead.
ers of the so-called Repubican party
wouid take rank as body servants
Tbeir function would end with wait
ing on the master."
The argumeut of the Canmercial,
as illustrated in tbe above, is so ar
gumentivelr put, so cleaily stated,
and repeated in t-o mauy thousands
of forms, that, of course, with the
highly intelligent class of persons who
draw tbeir literary nourishment from
such illuminations as the Springfhld
Republican, the Chicago Tribune,
tbe productions of Mr. Curtis, and
generally the "holier than those"
class of persons who congregated
around that political imaga of their
own construction, named Bristow,
that, admitting my fear end trem
bling, I will have to ak your iodul
geoce if I cannot quite meet and an
swer so weighty an argument.
WHY CAXXOX CRAXT CAEY OHIO ?
"Because tbe Germans are against
him ;" "because tbe Republican press
is not lor Dim " urant can carry
Ohio and lose Ilaroilion county. De
can be elected l resident witnout
Ohio. I judge the future by the past.
n 1872 the Commermal was as vi
tuperated as now. Tbe Germans
were arrayed then under tee leader
ship of Carl Sciurz and the Bt ill abler
Fred Ilassaurek 1 be German press
was a unit against him then. Con
gressman Banning, Ju ige ilarmao,
and a Dumber of others were theo
liberal Republicans. The Democra
cy swallowed them and they hare re
mained in tbe stomach of tbe beast
ever since, lhe outside opposition
was much stronger then than now.
Then the followers of BrinkerbofT,
Banning, et. aL were inside of the
party ; now they are out Benedict
Arnold was a dangerous man while
holding an American command ; he
was of small moment as a traitorous
refugee in tbe British camp. Carl
Schmz is a Republican office holder
now. irea liaBsaurek, I sincerely
trust and believe, will not loan either
press or voice to aid the malignant
cabal that always attempt rain when
they cannot rule.
The New York Tribune cannot do
more now than it did then. Its pro
prietor. Jay Gould, is playing a bluff
hand for Blaine, but when called be
is no fool, and be will quietly inven
tory the losses and hope for the pro
fits that will result from the Repub-
meet to look lor a representative. lican 2ri6une pa: suing a Republican
expression ot preferences as to that) coarse. The managers of the late
sideshow at St. Louis can do no more
now than they did then.
With all these agencies arrayed
against Grant and tho party in 1ST2,
we carried tho btato by almost U
000. Tho year before the Republic
an majority was less than 5,000. In
1SC7 Ohio sent Thnrman to the Sen
ate. In lStiS Grant carried Ohio by
nearly half of 100,000. In. 1871
Hayes carried Ohio by less than
6.000; in 1S72 Grant by 37,000
uayes received in 1867, 2,500 ; in
1871, 5,000: in 1875. 7.000: as a
Presidential candidate in 187(1 about
C,000. In his four races in the State
his majorities streTcgate. all told, less
than 20,000. Grant's majorities at
bis two elections asrareuata 75.0004
Mill the.Trnthful "Jeemes" of the so-
called independent press say he can
not carry Ohio. That was tbe songi
in 18 12. lhey were false prophets
then. Their reputation for wit,
knowledge aad veracity has since
then decreased rather than increased.
Why should we believe those proph
ets ot iaal now that tbe man who
has never been beaten will now be
beaten ?
You cannot find 100 ballots ia all
Ohio cast for Grant in 1872 that will
not be cast for him in 1880.
Grant will not be opposed bj the
Germans. Tbey are a thinking, read
ing people. Tbe more they think on
the third term twaddle, the less of a
bugaboo it will be. lie will carry
Ohio by 40,000 majority. Without
Ohio he will have 200 electoral votes.
The talk so persistently indulged in
that he cannot carry Ohio is only for
effect abroad. Never again can be
gotten together such an opposition as
asssmoled in 1S72.
If anybody wants an unbiased
opinion of how Grant is regarded out
side cf the immediate influence of the
political wire pullers. let him canvass
tbe Methodist parliament now in ses
sion in this city ; he will find tnat out
of every twenty present nineteen are
for Grant. So it is in a Presbvterian
Synod.
To those who say Gen. Grant
HAS HAD EXOUCiU OP IIOXORS,
I would reply, that if it is simply i
question of debt and credit with Gen
Grant, unquestionably he bas bad
enough ; there has fallen to his share
as mucb of honor as ever fell to the
lot of any man. It is not my desire
to Conor Uract. 1 wish bitnto serve
the republic. To those who say that
they are opposed to a third term, to
changing what they are pleased to
call tbe unwritten law of the repub
lic, I would say that I agree with
them. 1, too, a .-a opposed to a third
term, but in order that there may be
no misunderstanding, it will be neces
sary to inquire, do we agree upon
what constitutes a third term ? I wil.'
not now elaborate on the question cf
a third term. That has been already
so thoroughly and so well done by
tbe Qoa Job E. Stevenson that no
thing new is to be said on the subject.
Tit tuctatobship. : ancc, the Republican vote ia the
But there are those who arc fright-south will remaia at home
ME OBJECTION' TO A THIRD TEEM IS
TniS !
That it gives to the person seeking it
the opportunity of using the great
power, the great official patronage
that pertains to the Presidency for
tbe purpose of securing for his own
benefit, for the purpose of calling
about himself henchmen and retain
ers, and by means of tbe machine and
those whom bis office would call
about him, that be would strive to
retain himself in the position of a
third and a fourth term President.
Is that tbe case here ? Did the man
who started out in official life Cap
tain Grant aad who, grade by fe'ade,
reached the command of the lai cst
armies of modern times ; who i.om
that position became the President of
this republic ; who was nominated by
acclamation for tbe second term, and
who ia 1872 met the same horde who
are now hounding his name in the
full flush of their entire strength, and
swept them aside by a majority the
greatest that has ever greeted a can
didate for that office ? When that
term of office had been fulfilled Grant
himself was the first to say that twice
in succession was as much as any
citizen should hold that position.
At the conclusion of his second
term he gave his voice and influence
to the election of the candidate of the
Republican party, and quietly re-1
turned to private citizenship, a sta
tion from wnicb, but fifteen years be
fore, be had emerged.
What official power is aiding him
to-day ? One of the leading candi
dates against him is in charge of the
Treasury of the United States, with
its army of employes from all parts of
the Union ; with its corps of secret
service agents perambulating all
parts of tne country ; with its bank
inspectors deftly toucning the wires
at every financial centre of the land ;
with the Internal Revenue Depart
ment at his command ; with the Fed
eral tax assessor and tax collector in
every Congressional district of tbe
Union ; every distiller and tobacco
manufacturer or dealer within reach
of the government's agents. The
paid servants of the government are
mastering these forces at the prima
ries as they did ia this city, with an
other department influential in mould
iug public opinion ia tbe hands of
Carl Schurz, the avowed enemy of
General Grant for many years past;
with the Postoffice Department in the
North aud ia the South reaching out
to . every great and small centre of
population ; the Navy Department
and a Secretary of War, with their
armies cf officials, both adverse to
him.
Those are the things that give
power great power to the incum
bent of tbe office, and that may make
attempts for second or third or fourth
terms dangerous. Very properly,
because ot then, there is a rooted op
position to more than two successive
terms. These agencies of the govern
ment are what is termed "the ma
chine." Tlie machine is nof for but
against General Grant.
It the argument is worth anything,
it should drive from the canvass that
officer who is usiug these appliances
to further his own ends not the one
who occupies simply the station oi
private citizen, and who never has by
act or word done aught to indicate
that be would so much as torn his
hand over for tbe purpose of again ob
taining this great office.
ened, as nursery talcs fng&ten cnua
rcn, by baviDg related to them sucii
Maunchauscnism aa that, if Grant
is re-elected for a third term, he
will make himself President for life
or a dictator.
No man who ever beld the office
of President, not even Washington,
has had the opportunity that Grant
has had to make himself a third
term President, or President for life.
Everyman remembers vividly the
troublesome position in 1S70, when
we hourly watched the bulletins
from Oregon and the South, to see
who would get tbe one vote necessa-
tr to make the next President.
.. . . i
loa will remember now we nung
anxiously upon tbe hope that tbe
ejectorial commission a triDnnai
snknown to the law or the Constitu
tion might work out our success,
getting us three states in dispute,
and by doing that giving Mr. Hayes
185 electonal votes, enough, and not
more than enongn, to secure tue
Presidency. I say this contrivance
of the Electoral Commission wa3 un
known to the Constitution. It wji9
passed with considerable difficulty ia
Congress, and after that the bill had
to come before President U.. S Grant
for approval or disapproval. The
Commercial, m reply to Mr. Ampt,
on this subject, says Grant could
have done nothing toward keening
himself in the Presidency.
Suppose General Grant had said:
"Gentlemen, this is a contrivance un
known to law ; it is no, constitution
al. I will not sign the bill " And
- - m., .
soDDOse wbea Mr. liiaen or ait.
Hayes had come to claim the office
ot President, General Grant bad said ;
"There has been no fair electioa."
Where, I ask those gentlemen who
are so fond of talking about a dicta
tor, would have been the person to
dispute with Gen. Grant upon that
proposition ? Would the Republican
party ? No. Would tho Democratic
party? Nay. Would Hayes ?
Would Tildea ? Nay.
If Henry Wattersoa with his 200,
000 unwearied Kentuckians had at
tempted to occupy tbe halls of Con
gress, how quickly would tho silk
dealer, the dry goods jobber, the na
tional banker, the man who has
bonds, and all those who fear anar
chy, petition General Grant . to stay
at the White House and "keep the
peace." With no provision made in
our Constitution for such an emer
gency, Grant would have staid until
be chose to go out or until the assas
sin's bad laid him out.
And yet this has all passed, and
tte quiet soldier who was as able as
any man of the nineteenth century to
read the signs of the present and of
the future, said no word and did no
act calculated to increase the confu
sion, bn aided with all his great
power.-! the solution of the question.
Lester questions have a thousand
times plunged countries in war.
There is a trite old saving, that
oftimes yon can tell the bent of a
man's mind by observing his judg
ments of others. Is thero not a can
didate using power and patronage
to nomijate himself as president, and
that with tbe sword and arms of the
United States in the hands of the
brother, and who himself is in pos
session of the purs e of the nation?
By that judgment which his and his
cohorts pass upon Gen. Grant, bo
should they be judged.
But some may say to me, if yon
admit that there are others as capa
ble as Grant; if you admit that
others as well as Grant could be
elected by tbe Republicans, then
why insist on Grant as a candidate ?
Why call into antagonism the bitter
opposition which exists against him?
One argument woold be, I am oppos
ed to Judge Kellysim; I am oppos
ed to a handful of a minority dictat
ing to a great majority what they
mud do. I might say I am opposed
to withdrawing a candidate because
some men choose to malign, and
slander, and bitterly oppose. All of
these replies could be made; there
are none of them of sufficient impor
tancs to control onr action ia a mat
ter that is so vital to tbe welfare of
our country as the selection of tbe
Republican candidate at this time.
While my heart and feelings would
lead mo to take General Grant as
our candidate, yet my head tells me
it would be unwise to drive from us
any Republican votes at such a junc
ture as this for tbe simple gratifica
tion of feelings.
The reason why I prefer General
Grant to all others is not .because 1
am a hero worshiper. I think Grant
has done his duty ia the past well,
aud 1 think he has been well compen
sated in the preferences and honors
that have been given him by the
people of the Union. I am for Grant
for these reasons : First, because I
believe that he can more certainly be
elected than any other man, and
second, because, when elected, it will
be in his power to bring about more
lasting good to his country than
would be in the power of any other
man, even if that other man had
greater administrative ability than
General Grant.
But that is simple assertion.. Let
me state what I think are reasons
sufficient to satisfy you oo both prop
Bilious. In tbe first place we bave
pitted against as ia tbe coming con
test the shrewdest, tbe ablest, the
most unscrupulous of candidates. Mr.
Tilden will ia 1880. as in 187G, di
rect the canvass ot the Democracy
with the same ability now that char
acterized him then. llisecteming
will not be less, and his barrel Las
increased.
To Democratic success, even with
Tilden, a solid solid South is a neces
sity. It is a matter too well known
to require argument that Tilden,
with even a modicum of his barrel,
can carry tbe south united against
any candidate the Republicans have
with the exception of General Grant.
With the entire South at his back
he has but fifty-four votes to get ia
the North.
If the Republicans nomiaate a can
didate who will not give courage and
confidence to tbe Southern republi
can vote, whose name is not aa as
surance that if they go to tbe polls to
vote for him tbey will be protected
in so doing, and that after they have
elected him they will not be defraud
ed and sold out with a candidate,
I say, who does not give this asaur-
I ask tbe Republican party, thiak
you that tho Southern republicans,
that tbe helpless colored men at tbe
south, and the deserted while Re
publicans of Florida, Louisiana, and
South Carolina, will endanger their
lives and risk their all by voting for
a member of that administration
which deserted them and turned
them over boacd hand and foot to the
Democrats of the south ? It is asking
too mucb . Remember that the Re
publicans of the south hold Mr. Sher
man responsible as much as Mr.
Hayes for tbe shameful desertion
and betrayal of them into the hands
of enemies ia 1876. I ask you, gen
tlemen, with tbe belief that now pre
vails in the south, aad that must
prevail, is it in human nature to ex
pect them to come oat to vote for
Mr. Sherman, having once supported
this administration, havingonce been
left by them to the mercy oi the rifle
clubs of the south; would it be prob
able that these men would again
risk their live3 aad tbeir all in an at
tempt to make Sherman President or
to make Blaine President ? I desire
on this subject to call for the sober,
common sense judgment of the citi
zens of the north as well as tbe south.
With a candidate wbo does not in
spire the southern voters with confi
dence, with courage, with hope, Til
den or any other candidate has a
walk over. So easy would be his
victory that he need not send a dollar
south of Mason and Dixon's line, and
yet he would get the solid electoral
vote of the south. With General
Grant as a candidate many Republi
cans are of the opinion that be would
not poll as many voles in Ohio as
Sherman, nor as many votes in New
Hampshire as Edmunds, nor as many
in Illinois as Washburne. Yet let
me call your attentioa to this : With
Grant as a candidate we do know
that ho could expect that every black
ia the south, and every white Repub
lican in tbe south, would cast their
votes for him. With that it would
take all the chicanery of Gramercy
Park to secure even a majority ot tbe
south. Instead of spending their
money in New Jejaey, New York
and Ohio, tbeir attention would bave
to be divided between these states
and tbe Booth , for little good would
it do to carry Indiana and New York
if they lost Virginia, Florida, the
Caroiinas and Louisiana a the south.
Do I claim too much ?
Take the correspondc.ee of the
Chicago Tribune, of the Springfield
Republican, of the Ga-eV.-i; read
them, if you please, ant' see if you
do not find their universe resJ'nony
to be that in the south tho only pub
lic man that ia known, who is trusted,
wbo is loved, who has paid to him
almost blind' idolatry by the black
voters of the sooth is V. S. Grant.
Sherman, it is true is sometimes
spoken cf among the negroes of tbe
south, and why : Lecause he is the
brother of tbe Sherman who aided
Grant to fight the battles of the re
public. I was speaking but the other day
with a gentleman who bad recently
returned from Florida, Judge Cox,
and he told me that wben yon ask a
man there if he knows anything
about Blaine or Edmunds, he soys,
"No, sab." When you ask him if he
knows anything aboat Sherman, he
will say, "It 'pears like I bave heard
that name before. Be Sherman the
man who fought with Grant ia the
south ?" But the two names which
the southern blacks regard as the sa
viors cf their race are Lincoln and
Grant. Lincoln is their dead savior,
Grant their living one. Those who
diler with me upon every other
statement with regard to Grant
must concur in this ; and it is no re
ply to say to me that in some of the
southern conventions there have
been votes secured by other candi
dates than Grant. Southern conven
tions are partially ia the hands of
southern office holders. The office
holders there are John Shermaa's
henchmen. Our paid representa
tive at Columbus leaves bis seat,
the legislature still ia session, and
for the purpose of being a delegate in
the State Convention of Georgia.
Our other paid representative at
Washington caa leave the halls ot
Congress with matters of vital im
portance to his constituency under
consideration, and caa travel to
South Carolina ia behalf of John
Sherman, and another paid represen
tative can leave his post for which
we pay him, and come here to be
elected a delegate to the State Con
vention, a delegate to the National
Convention and Cnairman of the
State Convention, all for the glory of
John bnerman. lu this way, and by
other means, there bave been votes
secured in the south for candidates
other than Grant.
It is a matter of statistics that, as
suming mneteen-twentieths of the
black men ia tbe south to be Repub
licans, tbe Republicans could carry
six southern states. It L a matter
of common notoriety, as well known
as any future act caa be known, that
Virginia would cast her electorial
vote for Grant if Grant were the Re
publican nominee. But, says some
man wbo fancies that he is more pa
triotic than myself, because he joins
in the cry of the anti-third termers,
"Grant can not carry Ohio. Grant
cannot carry a doubtful state ia the
North." My friend, you are no more
of a prophet than 1 am. You have
no more reasoa for saying that Grant
can not carry Ohio, or the doubtful
states than 1 have for saying be can.
They bad that great ephemeral maa
of mushroom growth Bristow.
They had then their mighty liberal
convention at Cincinnati, presided
over by one of our distinguished citi
zens, the Hon. Stanley Matthews.
To-day his voice is more potent for
Graus thaa half of the scribblers wbo
are engaged in writing him down.
How great and grand that conven
tion appeared, as compared with the
handful of nobodies wbo met the oth
er uay at St Louis. The opposition
to General Grant is cot now a tithe
of what it was ia 1372. And yet
with the entire Democratic party
combined, with soreheads and disor
ganized elements ia tne Republican
party, under leaders more eminent
then than now, Grant swept on to
victory, leaving scarcely a vestige of
opposition aud scarcely a state for
them to count their own.
It is ray honest belief that with
j General Grant for cur candidate,
! not more than three elertorlal votes
i will lo copntedfor R. J. Tilden north
' of Mason and Dixon's lines.
1 The paltry list of names in tbe
! Commercial that will not vote for
Grant now does not equal in number
or point of respectability tbe ielegates
that Cia-innati seat to tbe Lrsl
ConTentioa in 1372.
But, says some one, if General
Grant is a safe candidate, why should
there be so much objection to him ?
I have no other answer only that
some men aro so constituted that they
must assume the cloak of righteous
ness and say "1 am better than
thon."
It is not unusual to find trusted
and trustworthy men, to find men to
whom tbe country owes much, assail
ed, traduced and vilified by those
who profess to be friends of the cause
of which the objeci of their malignity
is tbe representative. Great men of
all ages had tbeir envious opponents
Henry IV., of Frnnce, " Richelieo,
tbe French Minister of bis son. Thiers
ia his straggle to establish the French
repuqlic, Gladstone, wbo has bitter
opponents ia the ranks of his own
party in England, who is now serv
ing bis third term as Premier. Wash
ington had his oppjuonts and revil
ers in America. So had Adams, so
had Jackson ; and I am sore that it
is a matter ot history with which you
are all familiar, that when that saint
ed patroit, Lincoln, was a candidate
tor re-election in 1864, that a large
conclave of his enemies gathered at
Cleavland and there issued their man
ifestoes, which convention was more
eminent and a thousand fold more
respectable than the gathering at St.
Louis the other day.
Surely, then, it is not to be wonder
ed at that Gen. Grant should have
his maligners and revilers today.
"Envy loves a shining mark."
' As these other great men went on
in quiet accomplishment of the great
obiects they had in view, and have
passed into history to occupy niches
with the greatest of the world, so
will Gen. Grant quietly pursue the
even tenor of his way, and peace
fully bring to a close bis admiuistra
tion in 1831.
And the only note that HalsteaJ.
and Curtis, and the Uend ersons,
and the Schurzs will receive ia his
tory will be such brief mention as
history sometimes gives to those peats
of society who are never happy except
wben looking for spots oa the sua,
finding something reprehensible ia
virtue itself.
But it is said by others that tbey
do not like the oder of Grant's ad
ministration. What is it that you ob
ject to ? Was there ever a grander ad
ministration in tbe aanals or tne
country ?
Grant began his administration
when it took 150 cents in paper
money to buy a dollar ia gold, and
when'he Ift the chair, on the 4th of
March, 1877, at 104 cents paper
would buy a dollar ia gold.
That, I think, may be claseed'as a
great achievment, for are we not told
that the great . Secretary, having
brought paper and gold to par that
is having increased tbe value of paper
by about 4 percent. has accomplish
ed a wonder.
Then Grant's achievment must be
greater, for while the Secretary struck
off the difference ef 4 per cent.. Grant
struck of a difference of nearly 50 per
cent.
The triumph of honest financial
policy over tbe greenback heresy has
been justly regarded as another great
triumph of the Republican party, and
yet it was the veto of General Grant
over the vote of the really great Mor
ton and Senator Sherman that enabled
us to meet and stamp oat and oblit
erate this grenback heresy. Sorely
this is a great achievment of his ad
ministration.
When Grant became President
there was unsettled questions between
this country and England that threat
ened the peace ot the two continents.
One might think that an ambitious
soldier, such as Grant is described to.
be, would have assumed to prosecute
a successful war with England and
added tbe Dominion of Canada to
the domains of the United States.
But instead, what was done ? Under
the masterly administration of Grant,
by the band of Hamilton Fish, that
grandest achievment of diplomacy
and arbitration over mere brute force
that the world has ever seen was
given to tbe Union by the general ar
bitration, and fifteen millions of money
more than dollar for dollar for our
losseswas paid to as by the Bank of
England ; that was an achievment in
civil life rankiBg with Vicksburg and
Waterloo in military life.
It ia a grand incident ia American
history, not so much because of the
consummation of this great act of.
diplomacy as that tbe patroit soldier
prized peace aad good will as being
above his own personal fame and ag
grandizement, and as being above
tho aggrandizement of his coantry at
the expense of tbe lives of its citizens.
But says some one. "Grant had
dishonest men in office. He had
Belknap, and Babcock, and the
whiskey thieves." I no not know
that any one is claiming tbat Grant
was immaculate or that he was om
niscent. Grant had among the hun
dred thousand officers and agents
that carried on tbe admiai&tratioa
and affairs ia the United States, dis- -
honest men, who betrayed the
trust renosed in them. Bat what
banker or merchant has not had the
same experience.
I suited as the second of tha reas
ons wny l desired to see General
Grant elected President was that
this country would be more benefited
by him than by any other man that
could be elected at this time.
I doubt not that Genera Grant's
next administration will be immacu
late. I do not think tbat he will be -able
to appoint men wbo will be su
perior to those who woold be appoint
ed by Sherman or Blaine or Edmonds
or Washbarne. I think any of these
men would make a fair President.
My reasons for wasting Grant is that
the great need of this coantry to-day
is that in all sections law and order
may prevail, and that might and vi
olence may be displaced by order or
peace. It cannot be gainsaid tbat
our relations, the relations of onr
goverment with tha people, with the
ruliog class ia the states lately in re
bellion, are not in that condition in
which we could wish them to be.
We want as rapidly aa possible to
bring about between the north and
south such a spirit as exists between
the east and the west ; we want the
south with its rich lands to be devel
oped as soon as possible, that a unit
ed prosperity may be advanced. We
desire that in place of the ignorant
black man who votes to-day we shall
have the voter able to read and write
in tbe near future.
We want as necessity to good
government that knowledge should
be disseminated in tha seuth. We
want as soon as possible that the po
litical line aad color line will not be
the same.
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