The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-26
whom they desire to put on top of their
own race. tAppplause.


own race; lAppplause:]
'rhe white men of this country are
10 De disfranchised, and for what? In
order that few men who have obtained
power in the midst of revolution. when
the scum of the earth was boiled up to
the top, in order that the scum NAV re-
tain its position. There can be no 9TH
er object, no other motive or pretext.
they say it is to keep rebels from ruling
us. They all know that to be false.
Applause. There is no longer any
where in our coutry any rebellion, ex-
cept those men who are keeping the
Union asunder. Applause Those
who were rebels have laid down their
arms, and are ready to renew their al
leglance to the Government. They are
no longer rebels. Applause. We may
pardon them all or we may punish them
1t was for an offence that they have COM
mitted, they stand now in a position
where the Government may either wreak
Its vengeance upon them or exercise its
magnanimity towards them, but they
are nolonger rebels. Applause The
only rebels who live in our country
are those who are seeking to accomplish
what jeff. Davis and those who were
rebels under him failed to achieve lap
| plause Ito accomplish the disruption of
our Union. But it is not even true that
the object and the apprehension of these
gentlemen is that those who were rebels
VIII regain power in our State; because
| will undertake to say, and ann able to
| prove, that the leading men in that par
ty were originally rebels, and did more
to fill the ranks of the rebel armies than
/ any other men in our State. Applause
A voice-"How about Drake?n 1t is
utterly useless to go over the thrice told
tale Of Drake and Henderson, and all
who are like them in this State and 9TH
er States, who are now the highest priests
in the church Of the Radical party. l
say that you cannot find in any county
in this State-and | have been over
many of them-you cannot find a lead
ing Radical who was not a rebel at the
beginning of this war. Applause and
l buried him the last Convention held
here, and dislike to be taking him up,
because he stinks. Laughter and APP
plause His history is familiar to the
people of this State. The history Of
j. b. Henderson is equally familiar.
The history Of the Andersons is equally
familiar. The history of that man Ben
jamin, and Ben. Loan, and McCiung,
and Of all the leading men of that par
ty is we'll known. They were all rebels
until the power of the Government as
serted itself in this State. Then they
became Union men; then they turned
over to the Union side and deserted
these whom they had persuaded to go
into the rebel ranks; because they We're
afraid to do what they had advised 9th
ers to Go. They wanted to be on the
strong side All such infamous sconn-
drels want to be on the strong side.
Laughter and great applause. 1t Is
nothing but natural thing. These
men were extremists and were just hunt
ing for the strongest ground. They had
no principle of any kind themselves.
Whoever believed that Drake had amy
principles, except that which sprung
from maiignity? Applause. And
who believed that Henderson ever had
any principles? They thought that pro
slavery was the strongest, and they out,
Heroded Her0d in the pro-slaverY day
Applause They We're the most vim
dictive of the vindietive. Henderson,
heasted that he WAS the author OF the
fifth of the jackson resolutions. NJ
respected friend who sits right III Iioh1
OF me nearu nm MAKE tiidV tts9Si .i.il
allude to the Hon. James >. Roiiln
(applausef and Drake voted to reduce
free negroes to slavery. Applause.
They did that in order to prove them
selves, and to make themselves th(
champions Of the proslavery cause
: When the free-soil cause was the strong
est in Missouri then they embraced II
} and the free-soil men ought to have
known, from theeXhibton of zeal MAGE
by these men, that they would be th'
first to desert them ana prosecute then
for holding opirions that they had 10
: measure induced them to hold, Ap
plause. These are the re-. d hsrd Ut lh
: characters that stand at the head OF III. In
! Radical organization and who pfeten'
! that they cannot vote with rebels j ail'
. secession sympathizers. would fa'n ne,
vote with all the secessionists in the ma
ton than such a gang OF miseranle rene
I gades and scoundrels. Applause
: 4 gentleman who is engaged III IA
l Geographic expedition in Siberia relate
fhe Following incident ia q letter %