The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-10-06

dent Is 4 long Strlded man. ana keeps
; long way ahead of him-he makes al
r least five steps to his one
Who are TO be McClellan's Supporters
Who are the men who will whisper IN
his ear. and control and guide his coun
sells The men who have supported and
: encouraged the soldiers of our army
. No. | know to be sure. that there are
, some men who have an interest in the
welfare of this country, and who sincerely
: desire TO see it preserved. but who have
been SO long under the influence OF this
Democratic party, that they are still
clinging to it and hoping against hope,
that by some means or other it will come
out right after all but let me tell you,
my friends, that no government on earth
can endure with secret disloyal organ
izations within its bosom. and eajoF At
the same time peace and tranquility.
If there IS such an organization within
one Of the political parties OF the day,
as | firmly believe there is. | would
warn these men to be very careful how
they train in that party, lest they tritle
away the precious hours that shall save
them from perdition.
Now. if / may be permitted to take up
and discuss at this late day, All obsolete.
exploded, and given up question |
mean the negro question: will indulge
! in few remarks upon it. We have been
often asked i'll times past, Nv iat are YOU
going to do with these negroes, after yoa
set them free" That seemed tn be the
! great trouble-what was To he done with
them. Many persons could not see how
/ the freed negroes were going to live here,
without the greatest harm resulting from
it. They said the laboring population
OF this country would he compelled to
/ come in competition with freed slave
labor, and the result woall be that they
would be speedily reduced TO the lowest
state of poverty and degradation. Well,
you have seen how this IS. 1ou have
heard jeff Davis tell Colonel Jacques
that the Institution of slavery i substan-
TALLY ut an end so that. if these terrible
consequences were coming, we might
have reasonably expected To witness
them by the present time. But no Nou
iind these negroes coming here to distress
you? Is there 4 solitary la1oting man
here to night, who has received one quar-
ter of a cent less for his labor than he
did before the war commenccIs
And now, so far from any person
being annoyed hy the negro, the very
men who were londest in their dismal
prophecies and most hostile 10 the ne
groes are trying to hire them to take
their places in the ranks OF the army.
They want them now. They are even
anxious to secure them. A deep atfec-
ton for the freedmen has seized them all
of 4 sudden. and they are quite willing
to make them their equals upon the field
of battle, while they stay ut home tradu-
cling President who is doing all that lie
can, and all that any man could 40. to
save the Government, unlike his prede-
cessor the man WHO said. These peo-
pie have gone out of the Union without
cause, but there is no power in the Con
stitution that can bring them back
again"
Such was the exclamation with which
James Buchanan quilted the Presidential
chair. leaving his friends to rob the
Government to the extent of millions Of
dolIars.-He had sent what few ships we
had to the farthest portions of the seas,
and placed the army, what little there
was of it, in Texas, to be surrendered at
discretion to the enemies of his country.
That is the kind of q peaceful Admins
tration which certain class of men de
sire to bring back to YOU.
| think YOU will admit that there IS a
pretty strong contrast between the sita-
alton OF affairs when James Buchanan
left the Government ami that Of the
present time. It Is not given to any
man to be infallible, and the President
has no doubt made many mistakes
MANY men whom he has entrusted with
positions of responsibility have proved
and some have proved faith
less to their trust. Whenever he dis
covers that 4 man whom he has appoint
ed to any position of responsibility fails
to do his duty he puts him aside
Whom has he now finally succeeded in
placing ut the head of the army: Is
there citizen whose conduct has he
come so disloyaI and detcstabe as to he
called Copperheal that will dare 10
of the men who are now lead
ING the Union armies
No man dares to complain of Grant OF
of Sherman before the people. or say
that the President made any mistake ia
appointing either Of them And vet
when they are alone among themselves,
these tender hearted men call Grant a
butcher" Well. that IS what he is
there for What mistake has he made:
What fault have they to find with him:
Did he ever 60 out into tie field with
sixteen wagons to haul mis- personal
baggage Did Sherman ever do such
thing: No tie goes with 0ne mule to
carry all he wants Dly and night.
early and late, in all kinds Of weather.
he Is in the field experimenting the af-
fairs of his vast arms. irving to ~
down this wicked rebellion and constant
ly drawing the cords closer and closer
around the neck or the foe, aud even
now, he can hear the death rattle. That
is the kind OF a man you delight to
honor, and that Is the kind Of a man
that will, in the end. he the means Of
and conquering this naughty
foe.
These people who condemn YOU. and
oppose Mr.. Lincolns administration.
talk loudly OF peace. Peace. peace.
Is their sole cry. Do they not know.
think yon. that their friends down Won
der can have peace the instant ther Iav
down .heir arms AMI submit + TIE an
thority OF the United States: That j