Nebraska advertiser., 1862-08-09
The ReDubIIcan Meeting.

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attended, large portion Of those pres
ent did not participate in the meeting OF
The voting. There was some little ex.
element in the contest between the re-
s~pectiye friends Of Daily and Taylor.
Mr.. Taylor delivered a short speech, APP
propriate TO the occasion. He reviewed
the causes and history of the rebeliieo,
and briefly referred to his political his
tory-in- Nebraska. His laboFs- in the
Legislature, we are free to say, have
/ conferred credit 10 himself and have PrO-
NOTED the interests of the Territory. In
his speech, if we understood him cor.
rectly, he advocated the policy of making
a Republican nomination and inviting all
! Union men to cooperate in the election
that there was now no difference be-
tween Republicans and loyal Democrats ;
both were in favor Of sustaining the Ad-
m~inistratiOn in a vigorous prosecution Of,
| The war 10 put down the rebellion, anda as
this was the policy of the Republicans, and
their loyalty was unquestiOned, all truly
loyal Democrats should join them and
build up the. party.
Nh. DAILY's SPEECH.
Mr.. Daily next addressed the meeting
He explained his course in Congress. He
had used bis best endeayors 10 get an APP
preparation for a Penitentiarys bad la
bored to have he appropriation for leg
4 islative expenses diverted towards paying
our direct Wal Tax, which diversion had
become a law, He had not asked for an
appropriation of money to build a road in
his own county, and while our govern
ment was ~expending hundreds Of millions
of dollars to sustainEour army, he woGld
be ashamed to ask any such appropria-
ton. He had always been a Republican,;
he had served one term in the Nebraska
Legislature in company with MI. Taylor
but he, Daily, was the only member, ex-
cept Mr. Wattles and E. S. Dqndy, who
registered their names as Republicans
He had belonged TO the old Liberty party,
and then to the Free Soil party before
the Republican party took its present
: name; he still believed in the prin-
~ciples of the Republican party as firmly
as III AAysOs % aLfy O1nS1 EnaH Uut ze
could not agree with Mr.. Taylor that
there was any necessity to keep up the
organization for the present. The only
question that now divided the country
was the question Of the Union. He warm
ly eulogized the efforts of Democrats "a
sustain the Government. He was ashamed
that he had not been able to do as much,
Thousands of Democrat were now IN our
army, and thousands had lain down their
lives for their country, Many Of our
best Generals were Democrats-Mc.
Clellan, Mcdowell, Pope, Butler, Burn
sides, Halleck and Stanton. The
Government needed all the aid and en-
enlargement possible from the loyal peo-
pie of the United States many of the
Northern States were swarmiug with
traitors. Many Of the leaders that were
now advising a reorganization of the
Democratic party were traitors at heart.
Under these circumstances he thought il
not expedieni at present to make a Re-
publican nomination. He would council
the Republicans, at Omaha, to adjourn
and call a Union Convention in which
loyal Democrats could participate without
a loss Of pride. Although the Republi-
can cali was as liberal as it possibly could
be, inviting call who sustained the A5.
ministratiOn in a vigorous prosecution of
the War; Il unite with them in nomina.
ting and electihg a candidate, yet demo-
Gratis would not feel that they had as
much right as they would have in a Con.
v%ention under a Union cali. If this
was done, and a candidate was fairly nom.
mated we would then have a right 10 call
on all loyal men TO support him. Who.
ever would oppose such a nominee, on
such a platform. be be angel or devil,
would be justly branded as a Tory and a
traitor. If The Republicans made aparty
nomination, though they might cali on
all others to cooperate, yet the Demo-
Gratis would also make a party nominal
ton, and many good loyal Democrats, on
account of party name and party ties,
would support the nominee, but not so if
aUnion Convention was called. There
were thousands of Rebel sympathisers
in the North, many of them, for the pur-
pose OF distraeting the Administrator in
the prosecution Of che war, we're now
clamerous for a reorganization of the
Democratic party, To "Play out" these
rebel sympaihisers, Union men, both
Democrats and Republicans, we're unit
ing in a Union Parry in New York, Ohio
and Indiana and several other Northern