, 1865-11-03

because they wanted to donothlng that would |
be objectionable to this people with whom |
they had been politically associated 80 long. |
and with whom their sympathies were so |
strong. There could have been no other rea-
son for It. Oh, II had It IN my power, and
would assemble In their presence every widow t
Who has been made such by this war, every
man that came through our State upon
crutches, every man who presented 1tm-
self afscr The fight With ouc Urn, OF no ann
nt all, or with shattered wrecks for limbs,
arphans Of the war; and would eay, "Here,
you godly u men Of the Legislature Of New
Jersey, look upon the scene, and see what
slavery has done fnr these people. lseusa-
toni And II were q oue-armed or q one
legged soldier, md could meet one Of these
men, I would raise the stump oi my lost
member In bis presence and say to him, "slr,
look upon that ruin; 1t has been made so by
rebel shot, produced By this Institution Of
slavery. Yon roted that It should not die"
That vote was to reyiyify 1t aud bring 1t again
into existence And this Is the Democratic
party Of New Jersey, who apply to Us the
epithets "renegades and "traitors" to the
That Kind, BE- It called b. whateEeI name they
may see fit to gfvc 1t. Fifteen years
from to-day, Il they and We lire, while the
Union men of this land who fought for
It's preservation hare, IN bright letters
Of living light, hfakoned everywhere their
good works in the cause Of the land, Me4r
some deep and dark place, IS # sinking from
the bright sunlight where lloyd men might
read the history, lGreat applause-l Ny TEL
low citizens, presume that these men, while
these political contests had been going on in
-FOUR State-while this war has been going on
have been making history for hereafter
record for your State. mud. whether that
history Of New Jersey that will bo written In
time 70 come Is such one as each citizen Of
New jersey will be proud Of OF not, IS for yon
to say. There Is one part Of the history Of
New jersey that the people Of this whole
land are prond of-a history which 4 that
made by the other portion were as fur, no
State would stand to-day with q brighter
page In the eyes Of the civilized world. Zap
n!anse-) You haye mn1B . history on the
-de1d-yon made history where history
is to be made that lives as long as time
shall last. You made history that all the
footprints Of treason eannet wipe out; Tee5e :,
there In letters Of gold, to be read BY the civ
ilizcd world-that on the battlefield New
Jersey was always in the front rank. tCheers.]
But when you turn your eyes to the other
page, and read the history Of your officials at
hoInc-your Legislature do you hnds
has been marching beneath fhe scorchtug sun,
climbing hills and wadine through swamPs,
laying down bis LIE day after day tor bis
country, when he asks the poor privilege Of
casting his votc for some man at home, to do
Co. He Is denied They say "Go. you eau
not have the privilege; yon ase Lincoln
hireling Jon are fighting against your broth b
the land that gave you birth; We, the
honorable body that has been elected by
the citizens of the proud State Of New Jer-
sey, have In our wisdom decided that yon are
incapaciated from exercising the elective
franchise, because what: because you carry
States, and bear the starry emblem Of its
unity and strength against the enemies Of the
lind" This is the only answer that they can
rive, and yet they say that It Ii old-fashioncd
Democracy [Laughtcr.l II 1t Is, the only
mistake ever nude in my life Is that had
not left the party sooner than I did. Laugh
ter and cheers.1 Now. my fellow-country.
men, If any Of Tou are here who have been
voting the Democratic ticket ill your lives,
and arc voting 1t yet-who arc calling Jour
selves loyal men-and I hare no doubt you
are-renect In reference to this thing, and ask
why are these things so: You, who were
fighting the battles Of the country, tell me
would come OF great Union victory, what
the conduct Of the different people Was in
this communitys Tell me, when The victory
was On tie side Of the Union troops, who
laughed and shouted for Joy. and who 6slklly
went away aud cursed the day and hour the
claimed to he loyal man? Was It the man
who was a Democrat and Was tor sustaining
the Government Was it The Republican
| was It the Abolltionist-tl man you hate &c
mucil-was he the man who came up and
sneered when he saw your boys from New
JeEscy had won yietoEyy {Cries Of Nor
| Or was it the proud Democratic party, thai
claim to lie the sayiozs Of this country ut al
times when the country Is IN trouble? Now
do not know how it vas here, hut know
how it VAS in my part Of the country, Hhcrt
Ihappened to be home once or twice during
| the war, and where 1t Is a good deal like der
eey, 1 would sec groups Of people on tht
great battle fous sht-10,0o0 killei
md wounaed--se many prisoners cap
turcd; you would see one of thess
| Copperheais come UP and commence reaainG
| {thnt is If lac could ready be would call soms
! old gentleman up Who had q son In the army
"Do you see that Didn't tel you you
! Mcclellan kas been licked againt" (Chcer
and !aughter.} "Just write to your boys tt
| come home It's all nonsense, this thing
| yen never cnn whip these people; 80,
I can't do 1t; and the war IS for moth
ing 1t all except Just to abolish sla
very that's all ii is for; tell ron, they
ing to get nary q dollar either, m no such
wHJ as that" Next dag cornes another des
patch Vicksburg has fallen; or the battle ot
| Gettysburg. fou see this man walk up.
| What Is thtss oh! A great battle fought
agnin-a great Union victory; 600 Eotela
He looks at II and shrugs bls shoulders, ant
says: :, :.
! Laughter, and cries Of "that's the way 0.
thcn1l''l Now, don't know that any ont
ever did that way down III New Jersey, bni
| over where lived TINT was exactly the waJ
they acted, and they tell me copperheads are
In onr country that certainly was the con
duct Of the Corperhead fraternity. At al
rebel victories they laughed tor 1oT. Whcr
tho Union men were singing joyons song.
through the streets, On account of the yicto
ries which had beed gained by the armies d
10 be found. don't find solitary resofu
| tlon Of thanks to the soldiers on ths
jousna! Of your Legislature. whest
The Democracy had the majority; buj
they denounced the war from begin
ming TO end. In the platform Of the party
now, ! ind the soldier Is the greatest man thai
ever lived. Resolutions are passed, SHOWING
ciety-how they would like to be controlled
and governed By h1ml Do they mean what
they say?. II they do, they indo1se the action
Of the Administration which was at the head
OF the army, because the soldier WAS acting II
obedience to the orders e1aanating ffpm the
and his Cabinet. For four years they have op:
| posed the prosecution Of the war, and insisted
| that the war Eas failure; that the soldiers
were hifclings Of the President; that the
country was IN bankrupt condition
By IN enormous debt. For fou.
cratic party has been false :: nom
beginning to end and now they come forward
with astonishing modesty aud ask to be trust
ed again as "the Democratic party which has
always been right" Gen. Logan went on to
show the many reasons why the people Of
New Jersey should not trust this spurious
democracy, but should place power il the
1itionl.ts." )" ..Kepubricans,' or what they my
which had come forward in the hour Of
the country's trial, and, under the name OF
+" Union, ,;'-sustainett the Government against
treason. There Fas no Judas in their midst
no man who was afraid to hold up bis
dered Union men should be seen to stain
them. No such thing but good, uaion1oE-
Ing, glorious patriots, who have stood by the
country when the country needed their sup;
port, and to-day or tomorrow, if the tocain
Of war should sound, were ngaln ready to do
battle braycly in her defence. Checrf.]
The speech Of Gen. Logan, of which the
above is brief sketch, occupied nearly two
hours, and Was loudly applauded throughout.
THE NORFOLK CALAMITY.
A Steam Tug Blown Up in the narbor
Every Person on Board Killed-1n.