The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-09-19
'The1Appeal qd a Johnson
81 Republican Soldier, !
THE. THE ISSUE ISSUE UNION oRI..1IsUNIoN. !.
sPEECH OFMAJOR MOREAU,

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.dgg oil eIoHNsoN REPUBLICAN,, (.c1' Z.
vDeliue,sd BE stotelthd@ Soldiers 2ahd SAT-
NJ ,0ys, County Convention, held at Mozart
Hall, on Friday Epening, Sept, 7, '66.
From the Evansville '(lndiana) Courier, Sep
O7f a-sH y tember 10.1 81
We shall endeavor to give the main
points in the, speech Of Major Moreau on
the occasion alluded to above, promising
that his effort on that occasion was one
of fthe most brilliant and striking which
we have heard during the campaign.
" Major MOreau; after the customary
preliminary remarks, said that he was
glad to see so many who were able to be
called traitors by "traitors." He was
glad to meet so many of bis old comrades
who had stood with him in the face Of
death for the preservation Of the Uniou!
These menrhad dared to- face the storm
of lead, on many battle.felds, aud they
could, he thought, face the storm Of epil
thets 'andiieS hurled upon them by the
stay-at-home "patriots" who follow such
great military heroes as Charles Sumner
and Thadaeps Stevens Applause. j. d.
u He had been: Hith the RepublieanIpar-
,ty since its,formation, ten years ago, and
had been aihigh priest in the Republican
temple, and when he spoke Of the party,
ie knew what he was speaking about =
ln the 22d Of February Convention, he
GRATED a storm by offering resolution
inaorsing Andrew johnson [cheers] /;
crippled, standing on crutches, he went
under in that convention with his John.
son resolution, as he and his horse we Mt
under before tie rebel lines. IApplause. ]
ltIUas not, pleasant to part with Ole
party friends and companions. Before
him, however, he saw the faces of friends
Of ten years ago, and his later associates
Of the past ten years. He regretted to-
part with the latter, but he had appealed
to the high court OF his conscience, and
he would be true to himself [Applausc. ]
| o. Because. he had ceased to cooperate
| with thos1-whU had desered his standard.
bearer, Andrew johnson, he had been at
tackled but he would say to them that
every attach made upon him was shar p
edged knife put into the yitals of the Re.
publican party, and he cared not how
thick and fast they fell. [Cheers.1 \
he would not b indy epilhets with his
opponents. He had no hard names to
apply to them There we're too many
questions Of vital importance to discuss to
have time for personalities. He would,
however, only address them in desultory
manner, for he was unwel, and ought 70
be in his bed. '7s9.i '''' t. 7''' .
One Of the great issues Of the day
he.grcatest ofIhem allAwas the dues
ton of.Cnion or Disunion r. 1t is the
same question that was forced upon the
country five years ago, and for the set
tlement Of Which the American people
had been called to arms-for which they
had suffered, and for which they had
died. The same question is to be set.
tied again, through the perfdy of revo.
lutionary and usurping Congress, which
has attempted IA rob the soldiers Of the
fruits Of thsir suffering and privations =.
For wbat?, That o party may provide
means for the retention of its power.
"a Do you remember, fellow comrades, the
inducements hold out for you to enlist I
Eleven States had proclaimed that they
were going out of the Union--that they
the thousands Of dead, all over the South,
tell Of the carnage and death. How we
went forth to meet that question of "Union
or Disunion," let the vacant seats by the
hearth tell, where q void is made that
may never be filed on earth. How we went
forth, let the arlnless sleeves, to be seen
on every highway, the halting step, the
crutch and the hobbling body tell.
| ~ n sr* X
What has Congress done for the white
man What legislation has been under
taken during the whole of last session
that has tendency even TO benefit the
poor, laborlng, producing classes ? Moth.
ing has been done for white men-every
thing against them, There has been but
one idea before it; to tho exclusion of ey.
cry thing else. 1t is the one idea of Mig.
ger. They have had nigger in the lobby,
niger in the gallery, niger on the brain,
and, in my opinion, niger in closer
quarters, [Applause and laughter The
niger is big thing If he isn't on ice,
he ought to be dUrbg August to drown
the smell. Laughter .a ,.,,
were going to assert the supreme soyer.
eighty claimed for them BY certain
school Of politicians in the South, and
dissolve the Union left us by Washing
tom bThat vas the induGement We were
enthusiastically appealed to--and we re.
sponded, All! how many responded, lot
But Congress, with all it's niger. has
adjourned and gone to the people for a
verdict, aud We have its bones now be,
fore the aoatomists Of history, the people
and It Is left to them to decide to what
genus and species of the animal creation
that Congress belongs. [Applause 'go
% But Mat has johnson done that the
| Republican party should desert him. In
what is his policy different from Mr.. Lin.
coln'sy Lincoln commenced the reor.
ganiEation of the States lately in rebellion,
restoring civil republican government to
each, and johnson has only continued
the line Of policy undertaken by Lincoln
But II is said, and truthfully, that Lin,
coins policy vas only on experiment.