The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-04
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"A great effort s being made to carry
the State of New Jersey by the Repub-
lican Union men. The main question
Is, whether that State shall ratify the
constitutional amendment, abolishing
slavery, and Is now quito the people.
Major General John A. Logan is stump
ing the State. His first speech was lin
jersey City, and we quote from, the
New York TFi6tRe's report the most
Interesting passages of his stirring
speech: tNew Jersey, 1 believe, is the
only State in the Union, where slavery
does not exist, that refused to pass the
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, declaring that slavery
should never again exist in this proud
Government OF ours. And this was
not because they had an interest in
slavery; but because they wanted to do
nothing that would be Objectionable to
this people with whom they had beenpo-
litically associated SO long, and with
whom their sympathies were so strong.
There could have been no other reason
for IT. oh, IL I had 1t in my power, and
these men were collected here tonight
would assemble in their presence
every widow who has been made such
by this war, every man that came
through our State upon crutcheS, every
man that presented himself after the
fight with one arm, or no arm at all, or
with shattered wrecks for limbs, and i
would marshal before them, too, the
orphans OF this war, and / would say,
Here, you godly(2) menIof the Legisla-
ture frof New Jersey, look upon the
scene, and see what slavery has done
for these people, [Sensation.l And II
were a 0ne-armed or one-legged SOL
dier, and could meet one of these men,
I would raise the stump of my lost
Sir, look upon that ruin. II has been
made SO by a rebel shot, produced by
this institution of slavery. You voted
that It should not CIte.' That vote was
to reViVify it and bring it again into
existence. And this Is the Democratic
party of Now Jersey, who apply to us
the epithetS tfenegades' and TRAITORS to
the party. Well, i have no shame for
a thing of that kind, be IT called by
whatever name they may see fit to give
it, Fifteen years from to-day, If they
and We live, while the Union men Of
this land who fought for it's preservh-
ton have, in bright letters of living
light, blazoned every where their good
works in the cause of the land, their
deeds will be written in dark, deep let
tors in some deep and dark place, as if
sinking from the bright sunlight where
loyal men might read the history.
Great npplnuse.) 80
= Tell me whether or not, in this
town, when the news would come in of
a great Union victory, what the conduct
OF the different people was in this COM
munityR Tell ME, when the victory WIS
on the side of the Union troops, who
laughed and shouted for joy, and who
sulkily went away and cursed the day
and hour that the victory was won q
Was 1t the man who claimed to be n
loyal man2 Was It theman who was a
Democrat who was for sustaining the
Government? Wasit the Republican
WINS 1t the AbOlitiOnist-the man you
hate SO much-NyRs he the man who
came and sneered, when he saw your
boys from New Jersey had won vic
tory2 [Cries of MOL Or was it the
proud Democratic party, that claim to
be the saviors of this country Mt all
times when the country is In trOu6le2
Now, 1 donot know how it was here,
but Know in my part of the country,
where happened TO be ut home once
or twice during the war, and where It'll n
good deal like Jersey, / would see groups
Of people nthec corner a telegraph dis
patch had come-ag great battle fought
10, 1000 killed and wounded-so many
prisoners captured; youSwould see one
of these copperheads come up and COM
nence reading it chat is II he could
read); he would call some old gentleman
up who had n son in the army: do.
you see that? Didn't tell you You
couldn't whip these Southerners? Seel
General Mcclellan has been licked
againi [Cheers and laughter.l Just
write to your boys to come home it's
all nonsense, this thing; you never
can whip these people; you can't do 1t;
and this war is Tor nothing atall except
just to abolish slavery; that's all its
for; / tell you, they don't get any of
my boys, and they bent going to get
nary a dollar either, in no such war as
that Next day comes another dis
patch: Vicksbnrg has fallen; or the
battle of Gettysburg. You see this
man walk up. Whit is this? oh! A
great battle fought again-agreatU Union
victory; 10000 rebels killed and wound
ed, and 5000 made prisoners. He
looks at it and shurgs his shoulders,
and says: Look here! that's cursed
Abolition liep Laughter, and cries of
That's the way of theml'1 Now, j.
don't know that any one ever did that
way down in5New Jersey, but over
where lived that was exactly theway
they acted, and they tell me copper
heads are a good deal alike every
where"
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