The New York herald., 1864-11-05
M0DEl CAMPAIGN SPEECHES.
The Two DemOcrRctes Con
tras.ed,
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THE WAR DEMOCRACY.


speech OF Hon. d. 3. Codu lngton.
FsLLow CrrrzsssIn this ghasy crisis Of our broken
and bereavod Amsrca, patient, suffering and Iewii.
dered people are anxously asking each other whose
ballot 10 wrapped the honor aod safety the nation
which ticket will admit to the theatre Of restored
demption beckon 10 ~ from the platform At Chicago
BaItimores almost the exao. distance between seIfde
sweeping away old party obligations and raining down
upon us new duties shall We 90 democrats, drop help
sansa.on sss % appauss whose anil democratic con
duct and anti-American spirit. would only
"a. upon Gs 1.. ridcu ss degradation snd 'uS de-
selves up the heroic height the dculty had they
grated the pluck Of the ballot the bravery Of the
bayonet by insisting without an "M or "but," upon
the lnvoabiy OF the national unity had they joiucd
issue with the administration upon questions OF
administration, going before the country with different
candidates, to vndicate tho Same naiona priuoipes
asking verdict Of the people upon the propriety
nnauoai policy ior The war ulna more careful suspen
sion OF the ha0ees corps upon the best mode Of
that the South might not pass from saugbterhouss 70
an amshouse 30 that We might bind up the broken oks
as determination; had they planted ono foot the
OF the South and ths other upon tho faults OF
admnistraton and ssid. .Asre We stand thls Is Our
such opposition would have been seasonabe health
ful and successful. Parry men and no party mon. dis
ceneutsd republicans and ouented democrats all could
have joined heartily, because safely in legitimate
antagonsm. DO not the virtues OF the var and the
bloody nels struck down By the same DARK hand Tor
urgent differences unite upon the fearful
overshadowine necessity, 20 that citizen and SOLDIER
hand, thoughtfully a. well a puguaciously, we may
snatch from this hurricane OF righteous conflict the
sweet sugar cane OF perpetual peace. We sympathze
naturally, with Abraham Lincoln. We appreciate the
awful magnitude Of his trials and temptations. his dan
opposition have been watching him 70 make capital out d
the bluuders and losses Of this order TO obtain
e aSas as ~Ssas he R
ger range OF statssmanship to grasp 90 compre
out bis vintage band: to catch isiiog smprs DEFY
any man even Napoleon himse 70 pass
from an llnon iswys. TO a Washington COMMANDMENTS.
toned arbitrary arrests 50 did washington sad Jack.
son 80 must oil rulers Who would save state in danger
(Appause.1 Where innoceut person hss suffered
hundred guilty have escaped. Does he favor acts
Of connscations The South have con0scnted every
tered the fearful word aEmancpaon ~ IL was .ru m
pet 10 the storm calling all hands deck to .ne
ship. When the storm subsIdes the pom viii shape
consistent proportions The security and humanity OF ihe
republic. There musi always be despotism in The
stituticn to meet The dangers of the constitution.
is merely passing remark, instead Of reliable
i!a INSTRUMENT, Accustomed only % the practice 9.
merely temple in which 10 worship and administer, but
an arsenal 10 load and Ore. The power of the
sttutontho right to suspend habeas corpus, 10 rass
and support armes-ts an awful recognNon OF the ne
cessity for despotistn In Danger not waon and reck
OF power meet sudden and perilous emergencies
applause do not say that Mr. Lincoln has welded
this power judiciousy Yet, We cannot endorse hrs
errors, We may At least adjourn his accountability IL
there is bus person In the crowd who will my
his character We look around u vain a, Ibis election
for any else TO strike such blows for the UHon
Toe souts and the sxirsmest war eeiog must be in
power q ths North or there IS no equality 10 the energy
Compromise are strength IN peace the, are wssSss.s ia
war Jhe south mean every means Of destruction, and
4 ws moan less vs VII gsin less than nghiins
for. M Lincoln 10 . long man, but he is the short.
est cut 70 the enemy. Applause and laughter J
IL We mean must vote for him. We opposed
Abraham ncon ls6o because he was only the avail
able candidate OF what seemed still moro upavaa bic
party but the flood OF nsurrscon Ia 1854 has swept
Linn upon the Arsra Of the argument and the Chc,go
party have his election the only citizen
ship (Appiauss You ingict upon the southern
crime Presidential puoishnent Is the 70 cleo
tIou OF Abraham Lincoln whstevsr that guilty commu.
NIFTY have suffered, Of desoIaton slaughter, OF weep
streams OF national retrbuton poured from the chas
tensl hand Of Abraham Lincoln When you elect him
you re elect restless Christening rod-you re elect tho
upbroken aud incorporating march OF the sovereign
supremacy. Few men, 4 any mas. could have carried
ibis government through such . conjunc,urs without
opposition, caudidy and patrotcsly marshAed. uufor
tuoately for u.s., upwisey for them, the democratic
change rulers for fear Of cbsngios our ius,itu.
TONS vtated by long habits Of political intrigue they
rate STANDPOINT. Because the people asked for reform
they thought they would boar rcvouto on because
were wib6 70 AcSept IN Improvement on Abrahnn Linz
CON, they imagined good time 10 administer weak
decoction OF vallandgham, Je1 Davis and Benedict
Arnold. Tue American people ara people Of sentiment
They are gazing down into the proouudse depths OF this
question: As surely as the springs o. the earth gush
ing pure and sweet beneath The blood Of battle, lust 90
sure under oil the horrors Of war, do behold the re-
freshug streams Of future order stability and peace
The American people are also business people They
have estimated the profits aud losses this war they
have dropred 10 scale the tears the graves debts
tho taxes, the crippled limbs and ruined homes and
in the ether scale they have placed tho unity, the
how such profits outweigh oil s losses. They sec rising
from the CT imsca mkt nrmcr, secu:er nationality no
longer at the mercy Of The sopbst the psstor
restricted but respected OF ali States and
nations. We see, too, the Statesswsys nviolatc with
iu their just sphereno longer, with an arrogant uru
the nation IL Abraham Lincoln s the tyrsnt and imbe
ce they call him the democratic party had great card
their hands and the people will hold them responsible
Tor hnpg with the crisis and throwing away the game
II the President In weak, better weak with strong
Cause than INDIFFERENT with cause at all Pro.
cssng 10 DO horrned at the usurpaons OF the admins
ration the Chicago party have lett the people nCal,en
hold 10 Mr. Lincoln give up the country
What KIDD Of q country 10 which elects the Chic 20
ckets majority OF the people viii then have decided
hat the principle OF obedience ~ the will OF the majority
'ln logger be maintained; that u failed by pescs
ticket, and you elect q laugh ~ our own arrosatce, |
mbeciIty and cowardice; you elect 40 ackoowl.
pdsment that eight millions OF people, armed with
an imprac,csbe sophistry are too much for twenty mil
ors backed by the eternal truths Of republican faith
aud national sovereignty. OH but hcC'eaps letter
sound on the war when was the democratic machine
ever STOPPED by letter. franklin Pierceis inaugural
aecafed tbas the slavery question should nevor be
yivei during his Administration, and In one year the
sno "ss wld with The repeal OF the Missouri Compro |