The mountain Democrat., 1863-08-15
Plain Truths for Plain Men.

MCN VI ~NcW IOIhp III u re-
cent speech spoke as follows:
Fellow democrats, after this meeting
had organized, word came to me IN the
hall that a very large crowd had gathered
together outside to do honor to this occa-
sian, aud felt it my duty to quit this
room aud associate myself with my
brethren there. lApplau>cl | have been
out there and talked as long as could.
aud if have not exhausted the subject
| feel that havr K au>'ri myself
This is an occasion g" hen wc should speak
out boldly. At the beginning of the
Aar, | with many OF YOU, ic.t, perhaps,
thai the onlI way 10 solve this quy sti5n
SaS hv an armed demonstration against
the South hut |, like many of yon
since that time, have changed my mind
lth"er> AIN like one of my country.
men AN Irishuan was goiu. into
al orchard, but As he put his head under
the fence, the owner Of the urcha,i put
nt> loot upon it, aud asked him, Nv here
4re you going :" Said the lrI>hman,
am going back. 'ircat laughter NOW
fellow democrats | am going back.
fCheer>l Ii committed All err in sup,
va, an Administration for the country,
have changed my mind A voice, wen
forgive YOU. | have learned, to ms
sorrow, and TO the sorrow Of the country,
think, that this is an abolition Admin.
i,tration out and out. ["ThAt's So. |
place on record my protest against the
conduct Of the war, so far. We are no
nearer than ever restoring the old Con.
Stitution, with peace to our country.
But will tell you what they have done,
They have deprived the labor market Of
the country Of one million Of human
bengs-nOt in killed and wounded alone,
but in persons rendered worthless when
they leave the field. A million Of labor
crs, calculated at five thousand dollars a
head to say tbe least, amounts to five bill.
lions Of dollars. There is one item of loss
to this country. The next item is the
debt Of four billions, that, however
soon the war will end, will be sAddled on
the country. There are only nine bill.
lions! Not only that; but the war has
rendered thousands Of homes desolate,
5oi only 10 the South, but in the North
That is the worst OF all. And oil other
LOuSlueIatIOUS Sluh ueIoIc tHS bHOuSut vi
the sorrow and suffering, and heart
breakings Of the people. What is all this
for: 4 cry, The nigger"-laughter. J
Yes, IDr the negro. And does the negro
appreciate the effort? L"No, no.
When was boy | spent seven years
on the ocean, and at the mouth Of Congo
met the African in his native state, aud
| tell you that no condition of slavery in
the South can compare with it. The men
who discuss slavery do not meet US on a
square platform they do not compare
his condition at the South, with his con.
ditiOn in his native wilds. If they deal
with this question fairly and Squarely,
either on the score Of dollars and cents,
or on the score Of humanity, they should
take the negro as he is found on both
hemisphereS. [ChecrSl But this is not
government of the negro alone, but a
government for the happiness and com
tort of the white man. 1t is prosecuted
for abolition and party purposes, APP
plauscl | say, in the presence Of this
immense asScmblage, that if the Admin
istration in power at Washington wishes
to settle this war with the Constitution
and the old flag, with all its honors and
%he happiness and peace which it gave to
the country, that could be done in one
month. But that is not their intention.
Their intention is to keep this war going
on until the next Presidential campaign
They have possession Of the archives of
the country. They have possession of
our money chests, and they intend right
or wrong, despotically or otherwise, to
retain their possession until such time as
they can succeed, il all. their efforts can
accomplish it, in establishing another four
years despotiSm in thls unhappy coun-
try. | tell YOU they viii not 10 it.
iCheer>l Their is revolution going On
IN the hearts Of all, and on the Air of
November, 1864, when the freetnen is
called on to load his rifle and take aim,
and put his small billet of paper in the
ballOt'box, that will tell the story of the
change. That is the weapon with which
we Shall win as sure as the sun shines in
the clear sky [Cheersl trust that this
meeting, after the defeat accomplished by
corruption and a misuse Of the military
force in our gallant little State of Con-
necticut, which as the sailors say. has
taken me all aback, is but a commence
ment of great movement The Loyal
League,-I call them the Black Republi-
can League-["that's their name, an
nounce meeting this week. Will you
lind the mechanic and citizen there?
No, you will find Office holders and con-
tractors-the Mayor of New York. This
seSJ with all his contracts and long list of
twenty five, every one contractors for the
government. Let US follow them up
and show that we are the bones and
mqscie as we'll as the brains Of the coun-