The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-19
a STUMP SPEECH, THAT Is
WORTH READING ATER THE
4 ELECTION. n
The Chicago failure Phtlosophfc.
ally Explalned.

WORTH READING ATER THE
ELECTION. n
The Chicago failure Phtlosophfc.
ally Explained.
TSpeech o. Hon. u. 8. Coddington befor the War
Democracy Of New York City.
FELLow-CfrlzENs-In this ghastlv cri-
sis Of our broken and bereaved America. a
are an xiously asking each other, in whose
ballot is wrapped the honor and safety of
the nation? which ticket viii admit us 10
the theater of restored and renovated
commonwealth? Does the angel of re-
demption beckon to us from the platform
at Chicago or BaltimOref almost the exact
distance between self-destruction and self
sweeping away old party obligations, and
raining down upon us new duties, shall
We ~ Democrats, drop helplessly into the
flood, tied to the dead body of an organiza-
ton [applause] whose anti Democratic
conduct and anti American spirit. would
only entail upon as ridicule, degradation,
and suicide. tApplause.l Had the DEM
Ocratic party braced themselves up TO the
heroic hight Of the difficulty; had they
grated the pluck Of the ballot or the brav-
cry Of the bayonet, by insisting by an ''if ,
or "bnt," upon the inviolability of the
national unity; had they joined Issue with
the Administration upon mere questions
of candidates, to vind;cate the same nation
al principles, as ..Ag verdict Of the peo-
pie upon the propriety or improperly Of
test oaths, upon the question Of sounder
careful Suspension Of the hd5ens corpms,
upon the best mode Of reconstrueting
States, and amelio-a:ing acts Of contiscs-
ton, so that the South might not pass from
q slaughter.house to an alms-house, 90
that we might bind up their broken links
of our common brotherhood with dis
elimination as well as determination !; had
they planted one foot on the crimes of the
South and the other upon the faults OF the
Administration, and said, sHere we stand,
this is our platform, we will punish the
one and avoid the o.her''-guch an opposi-
ton would nave been seasonable, health
ful and successful. Party men and no
party men. discontinued Republicans and
contented Democrats, all could have joined
heartily, because safely, in SO legitimate
an antagonism. Do not the virtues Of the
war and the vicissitudes ofthe war admon-
ish us TO remember that while both parties
are falling and dying upon the same blood
dy field, struck down by the same dark
hand. for the same bright cause, both par
ties should adjourn their less urgent diff
ences and unite upon the one fearful over
shadowing necessity, SO that citizen and
and Democrat, hand in hand, thoughtfuIly
as we'll as pugnaci ,uslv, We may snatch
from this CORY hurricane Of righteous con-
dict the sweet sugar.cane of perpetual
peace? We sympathize, naturally, with
Abraham Lincoln. We appreciate the
awful magnitude of his trials and tempta-
tions, his dangers and his duties. We
know how eagerly a jealous opposition
out OF the blunders and losses of this war,
in order to obtain that power which tkei:
own blunders lost.
An Executive without experience, with.
out the largest range OF states manship &c
grasp 30 comprehensive calamity, sud.
denly called upon 70 thrust ont his village
hands to catch a falling empire. defy
instantaneously from an Illinois lawyer te
y Washington Commander-in-chief. with
out committing grave errors. He has sane.
toned arbitrary arrests? So did Wash
ington and Jackson; 50 must all rulers
WHO would save State in danger. ZAP.
p;ause.] Where one innocent person has
suffered, q hundred guilty ones have es
The South have con6scated every North
ern thing, from nin to principle. Has
he uttered the fearful word, "Emancipa.
tion1" It was trumpet IN the storm, cal.
ling all hands on deck TO save the ship
When the storm subsidies, the pen viii
shape into consistent proportions the secu-
rity and Humanity OF the republic. There
must always be despotisrn in the Consti'
tuition tosrneet the dangers of the Constitu'
ton. If the beautiful charter cannot de.
fend itself, it is merely passing remark
instead Of reliable instrument. Accus.
toned only to the practice of its peaceful
provisions, we forget that it is not merely
. temple in which to worship and admins
ter, but an arsenal to load and fire. Tht
war power of the Constitution-the righ
to suspend ha6eGs corpus, to raise and sup
necessity for despotisIn in danger; not I
wsnton and reckless employment of force
but sudden and peremptory use of powel
to meet sudden and perilous emergencies
lApplause.1 do not say Mr.. Lincoln ha,
welded this power iudiciously. Yet, il WI
cannot endorse his errors, we may at leas
adjourn his accountability. If there is BIZ
life from an assassin, will not stay hi
arm to criticise his character. We lool
around in vain at this election for any On'
else to strike such blows for the Union a
Abraham Lincon. The EXTREMIST wa
feeling is in power at the South, ant
the EXTREMIST war feeling must be in powe
at the North, or there is no equality In th'
energy that wields our respective resources
Moderation and compromise are strength
in peace; they are weakness in war. Th'
South mean every means of destruction
and If we mean less we will gain less thar
We are fighting for. Mr.. Lincoln is ionl
man, but he is the shortes. cut to the enc
my. (Applause and laughter.1 # W
mean war we must vote for him. We op
nosed Abraham Lincoln in 1850, becaus
he was cnly the available candidate Of wha
seemed still more available party; bu
the food Of ,nsurrection in 1864 has swep
him upon the Ararat of the argument, an.
the Chicago party have made his election
the only test Of true citizenship. Zap
plause. You cannot inflict upon tn
Southern crime 30 severe a Presidential
mn nnish,nent as the reelection Of Abraham
lincoln. Whatever that guilty communi
" have suffered, ofdesolation or slaughter
Of weeping homes or broken hearts, ha
fallen upon them in streams Of nationa
retribution. poured from the chasteninl
hand Of Abraham Lincoln. When You re
elect h,m you re-elect the unbroken ant
uncompromising march OF the sovereign
Few men, if any man, could have carried
this Government through such conJunc
ture without committing errors enough
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