Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-10-31

call this the Democratic party hut it is not the
Democratic party. 1t answers as a mere hobby
for the little politicians to ride and call il De
mocratic party. 1t answers for those who are
more Juvenile just to dandle upon their knee and
call it Democratic party. But II is motif is
not anything The masses of the people are the
Democratic Republican party. Cheers. Aud
the masses occupy to-day the position ot the old
Democratic party Of Andrew Jackson Cheers. I
And these men knotted together for base purpo-
ses insist is the Democratic party in no sense
whatever. 1t is feeble, diluted, weak, dwurled
imitation Of the Federalism OF 1872 laughter
with all its mischief and Of its respectable
| ty-poiticay, mean. We have been cursed
| North and South with politics Cheers aud
| laughter This rebellion is an Office holders
and tiice-seekers' rebellion lu the loyal States,
when this rebellion was iuuugurated, politics
were driven out but these persons found
tenement empty, swept aud garnished, and they
took seven other spirits more wicked than them
| selves and entered into it and dwelt there.
| TCheers and laughter. And the last state of
THESE people shall be worse than the first. [Great
laughter. They are loyal they tell us. Mr..
Seymour says he is accused Of being disoyal. l
have not accused him-l do not think so but
will tell you what | do think. There was \
clergyman in Northern Pennsylvania, who was
accused of some improprieties; and it was
matter of grave cOncetn, referred to Committee
who investigated for two weeks, and reported on
the subject, in the presence Of the church and
large audience, that they did not believe Brother
Smith guilty Vi any improprisly in the matter,
but they thought his conduct was fast leading to
10. The Rebellion has three elements upon which
it relies: One is foreign intervention aud their
own military prowess; one is yellow fever at the
South and the other is this spurious Democratic
party at the North. Laughter These are the
elements upon which they rely, anu they are
acting together to day. This pretended Demo
cratic party acting in concert with the
worst elements OF the malignant monarchies Of
the earth, railing and grinning CHASTITY and
horrible smile, like Miltons devil, over their
success and prosperity in this country. Demo-
cracy is rising up to MD foreign intervention
and shake hands with the yellow fever to help
put down loyal people and loyal States in their |
efforts to crush out this Internal rebellion. APP
plause. A more infamous and atrocious rebel
lion never existed since Satan made war in hea-
ven 1t must be met with all the material of
war; it is crime against God and man, and he |
is nn honester man in the sight Of God who mur-
ders aud robs than he who aids this atrOci0us |
rebellion, who murders States, peoples posteri- |
ties as we'll arragn ut the bar of the world |
that man who dares to palter with this thing in
a double sense. Here is great conflict, two
great interests at war; both cannot be right, can
no more u Democratic party, and has no more
right to claim to be one, than Lucier has right
TO claim that he is An angel of Heaven. APP
plause. have abortd for the South that they
might have all their rights under the Constitu-
ton but when they cast away this Constitution,
and made war uFOn it, then said they had no
right to protection under it, Having played the
physician for years to attempt to cure this limb,
now will play the surgeon to cut it off. Great
as..,lnn I unnatural
things, aud the worlds progress is against it.
am no party Abolitonist, but as an exercise of
the war power, am for taking the thing out by
the roots TApplause am for employing every
element which will strengthen loyalty aud crush
this rebellion Applause. see no bounds to
the determination to put this rebellion down;
there is nothing in all the boundaries of heaven
aud earth that | would not do, aud would
stretch the letter of both to do it. Loud cheers
1t is better that whole generations of men should
pass away than that this great tree of liberty
should be plueked out by the roots. How many
have he here from the oppression Of earth to
take shelter under this great, genial tree of liber-
ty, which has shot its roots far down into the
center earth and extended its branches up to
where the children play amid the beams of the
and OF the setting sun. Oh, this great
Of liberty on freedoms soil, on free
doms holy land and he is n parricde who shall
attempt to destroy it and on the great day of
account wheu the murderere of earth shall draw
uear, their crimes shall whitOn in comparison
with those who shall raise their hands against the
Constitution. Great applause.
invoke you to put forth your strength in this
coming contest, and although it is mere local
struggle, yet. it is of great Importance to the
life Of this great nation. l believe the fate of
this mighty nation depends in a great degree on
the result of this election. If this nation must |
90 do down in tears of blood, in the name of
Heaven let us not speed the shaft which shall
be driven to it's yitals Ii our nation must die, |
let not the great Empire State straDgle it in its
lastterlible thrOo So that we shall be compelled
to say
so the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain
No more through rolling clouds to soar again,
Views his own feather in the fatal dart
Which winged the shaft that quivers in bis heart
Keen were his pangs, yet keener far 10 feel,
II nursel the pinion wiehh mpelled the steel;
while the same pumage which had warmed his most
Drank the last life drop from his bleeding breast.
If our nation dies, then, in Gods name, let
not the Empire State speed the arrow.
The meeting then adjourned With the most
tumultuous applause and tremendous cheers.