The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-09-08
An ELOQUENT Speech.


/ ed upon to address the body at the adj
. iournment, briefly responded:
/ He said he was glad to believe that as
one of the results of the war slavery was
! TO end lie said he had never believed
/ in the rigE, of man TO hold property in
/ man but he had believed that il was none
! Of our business whether the state Of Nir
! ginia had slavery or not The democracy
! had been placed in false position on that
. question by their opponents and made TO
He hoped that slavery being practically
abolished, the people OF this country would
/ tuIn their attention TO some other subject.
/ He had hoped that slavery being dead, i,
would be quietly suffered TO be buried
He bad hoped tina, those who had been
talking for SO many years about the
! wrongs Of slavery would agree with him
/ that The system was sleeping it, last
| Sleep" that /. had fought its last battle"
! and not even Sumner could "wake 1t to
glory again" Merriment. But in this
he had found himself mistaken The
leaders Of the opposition had harped up
on the negro SO long that they could not
consent to let him 60. They knew very
well that if this question WAS buried their
political fortunes and prospects would be
| buried with it. In reference to the de
mand Of the republicans for equality of
! rights in respect of suffrage, Mr.. Pills
| bury inquired where was their great re-
gard for this equality when, few years
ngo, they sought TO exclude from the bal
lot the foreign born population, who, dur
| ing the war had given new proofs Of their
! pauiolic devotion to The country and its
flag I! lis motto then WAS Americans
shall rule America" If negro suffrage
was forced upon the southern states by
the strong arm Of military power, the
whites OF the south would be subordinate
to the black people Of the south. They
knew that if they could pu, the blacks
before the whites it would give them the
balance o: power, and they would be thus
enabled 20 secure the offices and pat
ronage of this government. How was
principal Of equality before the law carri-
cd oat on the question of taxation. They
did not argue for equality in this respect,
because they could get no votes out OF it.
They tell you, said Mr.. Pillsbury, that
these men who hold the bonds are patriot
ic men, tina, they furnished their country
with the means Of carrying on the war
Why, my friends. 60 out upon your hills
and you will find farmer in the decline
Of life, with his little farm, few cattle,
and few sheep. You approach him
and ask him of his circumstances, and
what will he tell you! Why that he has
but little property to carry him through
life, but that three years ago he had three
promising, healthy, stalwart, sons upon
whom he relied for support in his deciin'
ing years. lie will tell you that during
his war he gave up these sons, his only
capital one after another; they went forth
to defend the government; be will also
tell you that upon the cold banks of Bull
Run the bones Of one one Of these sons
mouldered in the dust; that at Antietan
another weat down to an untlmely grave
that at Gettysburg his last and only SOL
shared the same fate. He lives now il
his loneliness, with these sors, biz capita
Of his, worth more than millions of gold
given up for the preservation OF his gov
eminent. Yet when the tax gathere'
comes around he must sell his little farm
or his last COW to pay his proportion o
that tax, and not only his proportion Of il
but the proportion of that rich man who
has bis bonds in his pocket. Loud ap'
plsuse l tell you the decision OF The
democracy on this question is right; it j:
it is founded on truth, and for ny part
mean to stand by the truth and the righ
az understand it whether am in the min
ority or the majority. In conclusion Mr.
PiIlsbury congratulated the convention
upon what they accomplished, upon The
spirit OF harmony tina. had prevailed, anc
upon the bright prospects of the party il
the future.