The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-03

rel uDC in tue cOnduct oil the war iOr the re3tOra
tion of the national authority. and when terms of
| great I eralny were made TO, and contemDtuOuslY
refused BY Rel els thereby creating the necessity for
those vigorous which destroyed the armies
! of JEFF. avis and saved the national lie, 80 now,
ITS terms OF restoration are generous AMI toera to
| those who have so malignantlY assailed the Union,
ana lack only that just OF security which
the common rights OF all men demand.
| Fltth. That he party OF Ciymer and Hoffman,
which failed to sustain the Government, even IN its
lenent policy of 1861, but which strove for the de-
feat OF the national arms, which they in part
ceeded is not now entitled TO the support of those
UnIon-oviDg loyal voters of the republic who oe.
! sure restoration OIL the States which we've plunged
into the vortex of rebellion at the instgaton of rhe
Pieces, the Clymers, the WoOdwards, aud the Va-
| North
Sixth. That whilst We desire the speedy restora-
| tiOn of those States, desire that the only law
making power OF the natlon the Congress ected OY
the 10y al people, shall eXerci'e control over the
question az issue, ana n0t anurCw an. re uDon
TO egisae, or to make laws for any one, much less
the power OF dlctation to the people and whose
| the power OF bad men, both North and SOUTH to
| do wrong, unpunlshed- d-enCouraged outrages upon
the rights OF the humblest, and those unable TO de-
| fend themselves-bid murder and not. under the
plea OF the preservation Of the pubic peace, TO do
their work, with his official sanction, whilst deIbu.
rately appropIatlng to himset all the virtuOus qua-
ties OF Washington and Lincoln.
| seventh That we recognize in the Hon William
| D. Kelley, our congressman present, and who will
be reelected by majority OF thousands. Que who
| did not vote with Vallandlgham or tor Woodward,
| but who sustained Abraham Lincoln and the great
| prime pies OF the Union Republican PARTY, always
q
every great interest of The nation and own ate;
laOOrng Tor the protection OF the industry OF the
artisan and The mechanics striking well-drected and
effective blows for the rignts of all men, a nd found
ut all times on the side OF the Government and the
Union; one to whom we pledge our votes with our
most hearty and cordial appreciation of his entire
| Congressional record
Eighth. That General John w. Geary, our candi.
date for Governor, having won ImperIsha0le honOrs
on the bat e.field, is entitled to the surfaces OF
| every loyal Pennsylvania; and as ne was on the
| lookout that no Cymer with Rebel sympathies shall
come within fifty thousand votes OF the gallant
| Ninth That we pledge our full share of the ma
jorty of thousands tor our excellent city aud county
ticket promising thar, the swinging round the
| circle" we will remember Captain Conner and
| General Owen, the fighting Boys IN Blue"
| Tenth That in the reelection OF Judges Allison
and Pierce and the elevation OF f. Carroll Brewster,
Esq, TO the bench we have the most perfect conf.
dence in the administration of justice, and that
public wrongs Will receive no cOun nenance at their
| hands.
After the reading of the resolutions, Hon.
| William d. Kelley, after repeated calls, stepped
| to the speakers stand, and spoke at length.
HON. WILLIAM D. KBLLEYs SPEECH.
He said that as it was expected he would
declare himself, he would do so. As the leading
| man on the opposition ticket was the first under
his notice, all he could say of Hester CIymer
was that he was dead politically, and stlnketh
| il the nos,rils OF his own party. There was
not q rat IN the dock OF Philadelphia or New
York who understood better when to leave
| sinking ship than James Gordon Bennett. When
he heard OF the storm in Maine he called his
| editors about him and said, "Boys, this aunt
| local victory, but a devil OF a tornado, and we
must tack Ship Andrew Johnson had adopted
a plan of reconstruction that had destroyed
such as Hester Clymer.
The Little Villain" as he was called by Ben
nett, Mr.. Raymond, of the Times, who led the
johnson forces, over whom Doolittle and Cowan
! held the Keys, had requested dozen gentlemen
to write him letter, SO he could reply in a two
| column one, with view of getting back to the
| Republican party. He had lost his standing in
the party, MS credit either for honesty or saga.
City as a statesman, and was anxious to get back
| when he found it was evident the party would
| be wiped out that put up HiesteriClymer against
the gallant Geary. Republicans had been asked
| to vote for Welsh and the opposition men would
vote for Geary. Any man VINO traded off, even
| for a constable who had the slig htest chance
was fool, for IL was certain Geary would have
$4,000 majority.
The Judge said he had been candidate tor
Congress tour times, and never had assailed his
competitor. He did not mean to assail his pre-
sent competitor, for there was no use of using
artillery to kill mosquitoes and tom-tts. cloud
applause.) He meant, however, to repel some
or the ISLANDERS the foolish men had made at "A
meeting down this street. Not a Democratic
meeting, for that party was dead. and buried in
the WgWam. The new party was either the
Davis-Johnson Union or the Johnson-Dav
Union. he hardly knew which. IL reminded
him of boy at lagoon in Louisiana, who saw
a snake swallow an alligator's tail, and the alli
gator swallowed the snakes tail, but neither
got the other down.
As Democratic party it was dead and the
party that now claims that title has no right to
do so, for a Democratic party means the party
of the people, which 1t is not
He would not stop 10 consider the record O
John Welsh, Esq, for all who knew him knew
him never to have been friend of civil anC
religious liberty IN this country. 1t was said a
this mongTel meeting that the Republican party
prolessed TO be friends of the soldier; but where
was Biz Kelleys record Well, he would answer
that by saying he had no record, nor did he pro
I fess to be a soldier. On the 18th of April hC
would be 81 years old, consequently he wa
past the age to have been soldier when the
war began.
: There was Copperhead party in Congress
| | however, who were trying TO defeat the Nortl
by starving soldiers in the field, by failing t
vote taxes for the draft and bounties so that re
] cruts could be supplied to the shattered ranks
and he confronted that party, and like the Irish
| man at Donny ybrook tar, never saw one of then
g with his head bare that he did not strike with
| | shillelah.
S John Welsh, ESQ.,, was in the army, and pu
his record beside mine. / can hold up my palm
| and saw no innocent soldiers money ever po
/ | luted them. Ask the widow OF the dead hero
r the mother of the dead boy, whose mutilate
: 4 form fills soldiers grave; ask the soldier
: II themselves If their money ever touched my palm
, I for any service l rendered. (Great applause.
u / 1t was said when the bogus convention nom
I 1 mated Welsh that he had plenty of money t
! spend in the canvass. Well may he spend it, a
it is said he made S3OO,OOO by mis- services in tn
army.
:, Considerable confusion was created at thi
u point by the appearance OF the TWenty'tourt
II and Twentieth Ward Associations OF Boys i
= Blue and the Elephant Club. Many hqm0Tou 2
b remarks were made by Senator Creswell, HoE
a William D. Kelley, and others, creating consldt
rable laughter.
n He resumed his address, saying John Welsh
e record was written in gold, shaded with greer
c backs which was obtained by charging tn
| in n