The Monmouth inquirer., 1865-11-02
eRuNYoN MAKES A SPEECH.


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sRUNYON' MAKES A SPEECH.
Now that the Little Unready" has
retired to the shores Of Italy, and his
confrere Gen" Runyon has assumed
command. SO to speak, Of the copperhead
party in New Jersey, and, for that mat
ter, in the country. (for nowhere else have
the Democrats had the pffrontery to offer,
as candidate, SO prominent specimen
Of that production it was reasonably to
beohoped that silence as well as inaction
would be avoided, and that the people
might learn something of the purposes
and opinions of the great crew. !" Gen
esal' Runyon has been sly and shrewd ~
like Bagstock, .devilish but re-
Gently, he did, actually make o speech,
and at a nominating convention in Free
hold. Circumstances having invested this
General. and bis 1tterances, with con-
siderable Importance, we propose to ex-
anime some Of the :" happy deliyerances"
Of this occasion He admitted that a
mighty change had come over the eouns
tfyybnt said;7ea enig IRE q gsss
ssUnfortunately, a sectional party came into
power, whose one idea aaNas party to the preju-
dice Of the welfare of the country. Ard it is
our duty, now, gentlemen, as patriotic men, to
strive and bring back that peace and concord
which blessed the country before the beginning
ofthe bloody war which has just now closed Z
4sA sectional party, !" General, !" who de-
manded and fought that the integrity of
the whole Union should be preserved A
sectional party, who would not permit
NewaJerseyi to enter the alliance propos,
ed by what you now term "a, miserable
broken eonfederacy." A sectional party
who placed you, F" General" where, on
the 2lst Of July, 1861 you said, twenty
miles from any danger, and within the
fortiications prepared by men whom you
and your confreres disfranchised for four
years. ycbmmandedr- Take the sdrawoff
Lsug Bridge. and place cannon on Chain
Bridge And !. we are to bring back the
peace and concord which reigned before
the warP The peace and concord which
permitted the chivalry to rife the bag
gage of a Northerner; and pea.e Sand
concord which madc the buntiDgto death
Of q Yankee schoolmaster the every day
pastime ofsa Southern gentleman; the
peace, and concord which recognized insult
and .iljpry. as right and just in the interest
Of negro slavery; the peace and concord
which made doughfaces 81 such '.Densoi
cratsyas YOURSELF No, thank you, e Gen
sraAp not any for as. Next he claims:
-sf"sThe war is over, and the brave boys who
have been our saviours in our hour of sore trial
will not be forgotten by, a grateful people The
acclamations Of the country, and of the world
1fv due them. No soldier Of: NewsJersey ever
turned bis back upon the enemy. They aye,
home now and will tell you at the ballot box
fought so long and ;Yell-the, Constitution and
the Union"
I Even so, I" General" but who, in the
hour of trial, denied to the brave boys in
blue, the rights Of free,'b born American
citizens Evenin our hour of sore trial,
Who denied them the right to .yote,7 Who
while they were earning the acclamalions
sCf thesecountry and the world said OF
them:
The management of the war was in the
hands of those Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Tho
mas, Farragut, and their brave boys in blue
!, who never did anything good, and never can
bs This, {" General" is an utterance of
xyouf own. and made not three months
since. Further on, you say: g.
- ?" Gentlemen, there are men who have dis
lcarded the honor'due the State; men who have
mot fscrupled to detract from the honor of New
Jersey soldiers, who claim to represent every
sthihg thatsis loyal and just, and still endeayor
Ito mislead the people, and the returned sol
elders, ,ini regard to the true issue now before
U.S." 81 55s.,
.. sAnd.you, in the teeth of the action Of
your party who have for 4years fought the
'lthe support or supply of the soldier, and
you, who, in October last, at New Bruins
wick, gave tongue to the following chaste
remark: h3't,
~sofl' That old Abe Lincoln was nothing but a
& miserable Western pettifogger; that as tyrant
and dsspot he has flooded the country with
1ayoneted naanions, for the purpose Of compell-
tllIngg lngg every man to mortga2 2e his farm to twice
pts value, tax every nouthful he eats and affix
a stamp upon his shirt tail, to raise money: to
! earry on this unholy war;
w y nd sarlier, at Somerville, said that:
l1sg' No ninion who wears the, livery Of Abe
shineeln ought to be allowed to approach within
one mile Of the polls on election day."
9Bu have The -effrontery to assert that t
Republican leaders are the persons who
1detract from the honor Of New Jersey
soldiers and endeavoring to mislead them
Standing as you do to-day in the garb Of
2 soldier before the people Of New Jersey
IS 2 candidate for their suffrage, every
-sscm os4soadieslyt blood siinoyo body, if
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