Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-25

ated Sammy Cox last fall by the decisiv,
majority of 1928, in the last election CAV
a majority for the Union ticket whicl
brushes all Democratic hopes for bette
luck next time. In the midst Of genera
apathy, and in spite of local divisions AM
discouragements, it gave a majority at tn
last election of nearly 1000 for the Uniol
ticket. This is decisive enough for al
practical purposes. Sammy may c%ontinu,
his legal pursuits in New York city, un
disturbed by any hopes of representa-!
the capital district in Congress.
The Republican Ratification Meetint
in New York City.
The New York papers Of Saturday bring
us full reports of the enthusiastic Unior
demonstration in New York City on Fri
day evening last. The principal speaker
were General Fitzpatrick, Hon. D. S. Dick.
inson, and Horace Greeley.E We extract
a few of the most significant sentences from
these addresses:
FITZPATRICK ON THE COPPERHEAD PARTY
Now that war has yielded to peace, and
commotion to repose, what party and mel
shall lead this great Republic to its great
ness and its glory? Shall it be the party
struggling here to blot out in a death-bed
repentance the damning record of the last
four years2 Shall it be the Copperhead
party over in my little State of n Jer-
sey, or the so-called Democratic party in
New York, that has made a soldier their
leader and has kicked out the meanest
COpperheads from their party, but retains
them as their orators2 Or such men as
your Mayor Gunther, who, not content
with hindering the efforts of our soldiers
during the war and refusing to illuminate
your City Hail in honor of the victories of
Grant and Sherman and Sheridan, now
proposes to burn not only the rebel flags
your soldiers took in battle, but dares to
speak of destroying the banners under
which our brave boys fought the battles of
apologized to the South because they were
not able to send arms from the North to
arm the rebels of the South against the
sacred front of iberty2 Shall it be Horatio
Seymour, who called a mob his friends
when they were killing your wives
and children upon the streets, and told
them he thought they had gone about far
enough, and begged them to go quietly to
their homes2-who said that we must have
peace or an armistice, and would have
stopped great Sherman on his march down
to the sea2 1t seems strange to me to see
a soldier whom / have learned to love, to
see General Slocum standing on the same
platform as Horatio Seymour, who stood
on this very platform and said we had car
ried our fighting far enough. / should
think General Slocum would blush to hear
his orator, John Van Buren,, who a year
ago could not find words enough to black
guard Andrew johnson, but now cannot
find words sufficientto praise him, because
now he is President of the United States
[LaugherEthat sacriligeous John Van
Buren,, who finds in the death of Nj. Lin
coin, a Providence, in the knife of Wilkes
Booth an instrument of Providence, and
in the removal of Mr.. Lincoln a divine
intent to give us a Democratic President.
Now 1 say to them, to Slocum, to Van
to Seymour and all, that all the
good Democrats God ever made are in the
Union party to-day. [Applause.1
WHAT HE THINKS OF THE NEGROES.
They appeal to the prejudices and pas
of the past, they talk about the long
heeled and thick-lipped niggers, but 1 can
hem that one hundred and fifty thousand
soldiers have done more for the sal
of this nation than all the Copper
heads in it. Tremendous cheering and
applause. 1 have more respect, and the
will have more respect, for that
negro soldier than for the most
Elevated Copperhead in the country.
DICKINSON ON NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
Events have made the negro a member
f political society. His freedom is one of
he fruits of a war in which he has fought
nd bled for our common country, and it
) not only one of the first duties and
,roudest privileges, but for the best and
ighest interest of the governing race,
lore especially in the recent slave States,
colored men are numerous, to ad-
ance him as far as possiblein the rational
eing. He should be taught not only let
to read and write, taught self-reliance
nd self-respect, self-sustenance and self
rejection, buthe should enjoy equal rights
nd rest under equal responsibilities in the
ye of the law in courts of justice, as party
nd witness. And while l regard negro
Mirage in the abstract as but one step in
is progress, were l a resident of a South
n State, I should advocate givingi it to the
,lored man, when sufficiently informed
nd self-reliant, as n round in the ladder
his political and social elevation.
1t is n of the questions of the day,
I'd must and will receive more or less
scussion everywhere, until disposed of,
Id especially with those more immedi-
ely interested. 1t will finally prevail as
rely as the South bears up a large col
ed population. 1t is ten-fold more for
e j interest o fthe whites than the blacks /.
at it be decided at the earliest consistent :
oment, for it is the last troublesome po- J
ical question likely to arise over the !
of superior and inferior races, !
in physical development, with :
the same boundaries, unless they can .
itate anew over an entire and permanent :
paration of the races-to different sec 1
ms, which for the present seems i'm =.
obable. /.
GREELEY ON DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS. a
1t was only last fall that we had passed !
rough a great political struggle in which
E patriotism of the people was shown in 1
staining the country. During that time !
had been present at many meetings, )
d he had generally commenced his re-
lrks by inquiring ifthere was any Dem =,
rat present who had a copy of the Chi 4
20 platform, and he was never able to .
tan affirmative response, though he had. :
some occasion, offered as high as a dol q
for the production ofthe document is Y
d by the Democratic party. They had =
! dared to print it for general e~ircula- !;
n among their party. But it was graft y
ng to know that they had so far i'm d
wed in the quality Of their protested
as to be willing to publish their
to the world and to boast of it u
h pride. 1t was SO far ~improvedas to be 4
,ut equal to that eff the Republican par u
of four years ago, and probably three or
r years hence they would have a plat al
m fully equal to that of the Union par
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