Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-09-27


wants he will go and take it. If you re-
ward the great rebellion, you must The lit
tie one; you will find no good stopping
place afterward. L do not mean to give
personal offence to any one, and regret that
/ find myself differing from oil and early
and valued personal and political friends.
arraigning those who have acted with me
in former times. But it is no time for hon
led words or phrases-it is no time for su-
gar-coated pills-you must give medicine
that will take effect and operate pretty thor
oughly, too. Uaughrer.) Now, we are
told by our friend who has just spoken,
that there has latsly been a Convention
called Democratic party Convention.
do not so understand it, and take all the
papers. "a voice" You do not take the
Daily News ?'') No. l do not take The
Neios. / do not agree with my friend en-
tirely. understood him to object TO The
Daily Nescs. think rebel secessionists
ought to have moose daily, until disposed of!
didn't say ne,cs--I said moose. (Great
/ iaughter.) Now, | know there has been a
Convention held lately. heard of il. But
do not call il Democratic. And will
tell you why. For, although it was called
to order by Peter Cagg-r, and managed by
Dean Richmond, and the resolutions were
offered by Sanford Z. Church, it was not
presided over by VIM. b. Ludlow and
that is necessary to its regularity. (Laugh-
ter.) Therefore, say il is not binding on
this party. To be sure, it was presided
over by very respectable gentleman, who
made speech upon the occasion. And
was exceedingly glad for he is highly es-
teemed--to hear that he was true on Gen.
Jackson's Maysvlle road veto--that his
opinion of the tariff of 1880 was sound
that he was in favor of the removal of the
deposites by Gen. Jackson to the Sub
Treasury of Mr.. Van Buren's Administra-
ton. And if he had given bis views on the
discovery of the art of printing, the inven-
tion of gun-powder, the application of
steam, and the telegraph, he would have
pleased me more, for these matters were
quite as material and applicable. Laugh
ter.)
Now, as to the Convention. The mana
gers would not accede TO the proposition
made by the republicans TO hold joint
Convention ard ignore all party during the
war. Although they called everybody that
would come in and meet with them, of all
political shades, they refused it on the
ground of principle. You must know that
these managers never depart from princi-
pie except for interest, and are greatly con-
cerned about principle. l do not believe
one of them slept one wink that night after
the republican proposition, fearing the loss
of principle! ! And / would not haze join
ed had | been them; because it might well
be that, if they should ever get in with re-
publicans, especially the abolition wing,
they never would know themselves again
so as to get out. They never could have
assorted themselves again when once well
mixed. (Cheers and laughter)
1t has been inquired in some secession
quarters why in my speeches do not abuse
abolitionists and republicans more. 1t is
this: First, in meetings without distinction
of party, where all members meet, | think
it in bad taste. In the next place. can
not talk against abolitionists without hitting
Cagger, Church, Richmond (the Quirk,
Cannon & Snap Of New York politics.
and others that were at the Buffalo Con-
vention in 1913, and am afraid they would
deem it personal and as aimed at them if
should speak of abolitionists. Uaughter.)
l am not going to abuse the democratic
leaders, though bogus, for do not think it
would be in good taste. For, though am
now in for union of the masses, cannot
talk where it hits those who assume to run
the spurious democratic machine. / am not
going to hurt their feelings, as they are very
sensitive upon political subjects. Let US
look at their resolutions. The State Com
mittee few days since Illuminated kind
Of decree to the faithful what they call in
Russia ukase; what the Pope, suppose,
would call BULL daughter. And this
committee is great on principle, saying that
while they were in favor of the war and in
favor of the Union, and were great big
Union men, too, that you must always car
ry wherever you go, and hold out to armed
rebellion, liberal propositions of peace
You might point a bayonet at rebel, but
you must put proposition of peace on the
end of it. And if you fred cartridge,
you must at least wad your gun with pro-
position of peace, and so ram it down.
That was their great principle-they must
stand upon that principle, and they there
fore could not meet the republicans nor any
other interest in general convention, nor lay
aside all party, and so on, and prosecute
J this war, unless it was at all times accom-
panied by liberal propositions of peace.
What should the Convention at Syracuse
be called? | call it the Mrs. Cunningham
Convention daughter and cheers.) Its
managers want TO inherit the estate of the
democratic party; Mrs. Cunningham want
| ed to inherit the estate of DIR. Burdell, and
in due time, TO enable her TO inherit, pro-
duced bogus baby-and so has the Con-
veniion. (Uproarous laughter, and cries of
That was good one.'') They went be-
fore the people on that issue of PROPOSE
tions of peace-their own people, | mean
I few and far between, for there were some
people who were about as far behind the
times AS the President of that Convention,
esty that if honesty had the smallpox they
might possibly be exposed. And here they
were mistaken. So the little big men went
all around into their county caueuses. shut
themselves up in close rooms, where none
could see in, showing they were ashamed Of
themselves. They passed pattern resolu-
tions for peace, according to those rules and
regulations of the State Committee. and
went TO Syracuse to prove their fealty.-
Whe1 they got there, change came over
the spirit OF their leaders dreams. Those
liberal propositions of peace thar had been
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