Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-10-14

me--if to the scaffod or the block.
Hon. r. G. HUrcuSs then addressed
the meeting, as follows;
Two years ago, next November, the stand
nrd Of what had been, until then, ~ invinpt
BILE Democracy, fell and was thtiered t0tf
and trailed in the dust Of disasterand defeat
aud with the fall Of that color and d>the defeat
Of that party whose symbol il had BEEN aud
who bad borne Il triumphantly for so many
years--thete were reared in itsplsce two
unknown siandards-one Of rebellion against
constituted authority, raised over hostile bat
isries, belehipg forth their shot and shells at
the resplendent banner Of the Republic, l0at-
ing over a fortress of the United States--the
other symbolizing social and civil disorder, the
invasion Of constitutional rights, and The princi-
pies Of barbarism as they have been revealed
during the past few months, and confirmed 70
day by an otfeial mandate Of the Chief Bx-.
eeutive OF the nation True it ia, that those
who raised it, claimed to unfurl the old banner
Of the Republic Aud, as we looked on IL,
we beheld not a str pc erased, and every star
there in all its original lustre. Influenced by
love for that flag, and deceived by the party
who raised il, many thousands OF those who,
in this State, had fought in the ranks of the
| Democracy with us, enrolled themselves under
that standard. But, as the deluded followers
and deciples Of Mokanna, the Prophet, beheld,
when he raised they veil from his face, in place
4 Of the anticipated celestial countenance OF a
I God, the hideous features of iiend, so they
lbehold now that which they believed to be the
old and ,reyered flag, to be but thin outer
| game, covering tbe real emblem. and rs he
past few months have impressed their wear
upon it, they behold, through the thin and
thread won gauze, the real emblem which they
carry, the black flag, and shouting as they
carry it, the determination, dHnihiiattOH OF
and San Domingo massacre for, the South,
and the dungeon, the fortress, the prison
house, and, as 1t may soon be- for despot SIN
and anarchy travel rapidly, the scaiioid, for
the democratic leaders Of the North Zap
plause.
! We, the young men Of this State, are to
raise again the old standard which has upon
its folds no other inscriptions than the Union,
the Constitution and the laws, which has not
upon it any outer gsuze to deceive nor inner
folds to cohceal-which has not yet been
wrested from our hands by the victor, but
although we have not fully unlured it before
the 10th Of this month, has been cherished
and guarded by us with vestal fidelity, as the
holiest symbol to us, because it is, or at least
has been, though 1t may not be so now, but as
we intend 10 make it so, Of law, order and
freedom, and it we fight fearlessly, whatever
| dangers of the Fashioned fortress or prison
house may stare us in the face, the prophecy,
as it 10 unfurled, OF future redemption from
nsnrpation and despotisn, as well as rebellion.
cloud cheers)
| The old Union, except as mere Jormdtity,
has deparied--we trust for not more than two
years at the most--the Union OF Washington
and Jelferson--the Union strengthened and
rveted by the strong arm of Jeherson--the
Union oft the long and illustrious line OF Dem
ocratIc Presidents--tbat Union which reveal
ed its strength, grandeur and miraculous pro
gress in the space Of little more than seventy
lyears-that Union which existed as it can on.
ly exist, whatever may be the result Of this
war, by the consent Of the governed and lived
in the heart of the people, and whose pillars
we're based on the freedom of speech, the free
dom Of tho press, the personal rights Of the
citizen, and all those nestmable privileges
which spring from those great writs wrested
10y the strong arms of-the people as they came
upon the past from the Workshops mines and
fields, from despots, kings and usurpers We
{ are to contend for the old Union, not merely
the forms Of the old Union, but that old Union
which has been the synonym Of the purest aud
most perfect llberty--a Union cherished in the
spirit of those who framed it, and for the bles.
sings which it daily and hourly bestowed upon
) us under the Democratic administrations un-
I. I'll the last eighteen months We want no such
Union Us has been visioned TO us by these
false philosophers, dreamers and theorists OF
the Republican party, the toretaste of which,
. before they have even fully developed their
idea into practice, have beenoivil war bankrtiit
cy, prohigacy, dcspotlsm, andshame To the world
We want not, and we, the Democrats of the
State, declare, that we will have no Union
! where there is gag put in the mouths oi the
citizens, where letters and clogs are put on
the printing press We grant no reproductions
/ Of arbitrary arrests of Lord JeiIres and
, Star Chambers Of England, nor the letters de
cdchets aud Bastiles Of the ancient reg
) tine of France We ARE satisfied with
: and prefer the old Union We prefer the
I principles Of personal, civil aud social free
dom upon WHICH it was based. Freedom OF
' speech we intend TO maintain at all hazards,
/ to slavery of speech. (Cheers) Freedom Of
r the press we will have in preference TO the
/ censorship of the press, The Constitution o.
J. the land, as it was written, and IA construed
Y by jefferson, Madison, Story, Marshall ant
q Webster, we will obey in preference to a Con
i stitution violated by Stanton The plat
4 form which the Democratic party has 10 pre-
e sent to the people OF the State at this election
e is not merely the record Of the past oilioia
l. career Of the statesman whose name heads IN,
q ticket II is the history OF the Democrat,
party What a magnificent platform that i
TO stand uponl The history Of the old Unioi
is the history Of the Democratic party, as th,
history of the party in the enduring recort
Of that Union The present terrible position
y Of this country discovered and dismembered
y and the theatre OF the most terrible civil wa