The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-12-03
Speech of MI. Sumner.

tory is now sounding through the land
"Glory Hallelujah" cloud cheers). It is
the silver trumpet of an arcbangel, echoing
in valleys, traversing mountains and filling
the whole country with immortal melodies,
destined to awaken other echoes in the most
distant places of the world (cheers), as it
proclaims Liberty throughout all the land
to all the inhabitants thereof" (great ap
plause).
Such is the victory which we celebrate,
making an epoch in our history and in the
history of the world. But beyond infinite
victory there are two things not usually oc
curing together which we here commemo-
rate; funeral and birth (great laughter
and applanse).
The funeral we celebrate is that of the
Democratic party. which we bury tonight
with all the dishonors that belong to it.
Loalhsome and putrid with corruption while
it was still above ground, let it be buried
out of sight, where its sickening stencil will
cease to be a nuisance tremendous cheer
ing).
The Democratic party had ceased to be
patriotic. Of course there are Democrats
who were patriotic; but [ speak of the par
ty whose headquarters were at Chicago.
It was IN sympathy with the rebellion, so
much so as to be its Northern aOing. Such
a party could not exist in a country that
had determined to exist. 1t was an outrage
aud shame, and hereafter it can never be
mentioned except With oontumeiy. (Cries
Of "thGt's go,'' and cheers.
"Breatfies there man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said,
This IS my own, my native land2
! The wretch eoncentercd all in self,
Living shall forfeit fair renown,
And. doubly dying, snail go down
70 the vile dust FROM whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
And this is the condition of that famous
party which forgot country.
The extent of Its degradation may be seer
in the frauds which it has perpetrated, il
: the hope OF influencing the election. Moth.
} ing SO mean as these in all history. FRAUD
} is aiwaya odious but it becomes more 81
: in proportion to the occasion on which it il
} en- ploYed. It is odoua in small things
doubly odious in greater things. To chea
} one man is a crime to cheat whole class
of men is greater far. But if these mel
be citizen soldiers, now fighting for thel
; country, and It is proposed to cheat then
of their votes by barefaced fraud, know
r no language which can depict the loathsom
and most intolerab!e enornity Of their of
t fence. And yet this is the fraud that ha
} been pted-hsppily the las! aud dyin,
d. fraud Of the Democratic party. Would 20
e know the origin of this fraud and its specia
= inspiration can tell you. 1t is slavery
9. Men who make up their minds to sustain
j slavery stick at nothing. If they are will
: ling to forge chains, they will not hesitat
|. TO forge votes. If they are willing to en-
C slave their fellow men, they will not hesi
q tate to cheat soldiers. Therefore all thes
It recent frauds are derived naturally out c
: that baseness and insensibility to RICH
9 which is bred of slavery (applause). Blu
these frauds testify against that Democrat
party which undertook to perpetrate then
There was an English monarch, who's
b head, as it dropped from the block, Wa
: held up to the people, while voice crieC
% ''This is the head of traitor Thus d
: l hold up the head of the Democratic part
n and say, "This is the head of trsitor.
e Let it De buried out of sight, and let tt
It people dance at its funeral Tremendous al
d plause).
Of But have said that Ne celebrate a Dirt
as we'll as funeral. The birth is the ne
le life of our country, which is born to-da
If into assured freedom with ell its atteudai
-e glory. The voice of the people at the ba
r lot box has echoed back that great letter
lie the President, ITO all whom it may col
y cern,'' declaring the integrity of the Unic
al and the abandonment of slavery to be Il
S, Two essential conditions of peace cloud a
CT plause). Let the glad tidings 60 forth g
al all whom it may concern" to all the pc
IF pie of the United States, whether bond
II free; to foreign countries to the who
ne family of man to posterity to the ma
sh tyred band who have fallen in battle Fl
er their country to the angels above; az,
i'd and to the devils below, that this republ
of shall live and slavery shall die This is 1
r great JOY which we now announce to t