The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-09-27

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fountain Of tears, that he might weep
for his own disgrace lcheers] and
believe tonight, that be wished that
he had the wings OF dove, Lgreat aP- |
plausel that he might fly away ana DC
at rest. for rest was impossible at the
Bates House to night. Renewed ap-
plause.
William II. Seward is, TO me, ono OF
the enigmas of this century, a polttical
riddle for all time, The idea that he
should be moro gretefal to the Democ-
racy for not quite killing him than he
was to the Republican party, for not
ouitemaking him President [applause;]
the idea that be shculd have forgotten
this doctrine of the irrepressible con-
fiict; the idea that ne, one of the lead
ers, should have turned out to be a
Mephistophiles, and go against all
that he had been preaching and labor
inp for all his life lIe is an old man.
He has nothing, reckon, to hope Tor
In the future, at ieastif the people and
God remain just. [Cheers.]
William H. Seward went with tho
President. aud whom did he take with
him? Nobody that | ever heard OF
except the Secretary ofState. A few
other men won't. Nobody, as | have
heard has been following them. They
arc alone. Mr.. johnson and his CAB.
met have no party in the United
States, outside Of rebeldom to night
TChoers.1 Thinking that he could not
get along very we'll in that manner, he
made up his mind to call a Convention
at Philadephia. And they collected
there Mr.. Dooittle, and Mr.. Randall,
and few others, the Peace Democrats
of the North, aud the unrcpcntant ana
unrepenting rebels Of the South. And
what did they do? They got down
upon their knees and swallowed every
word they had said for the last tour
years; and can you think OF more
nauseating dose than for Peace Dem
ocrat to eat his own words? Ap
plause.1 The first thing they did wa
to thank God Almighty that VIC haC
whipped them. The next thing the.
said was that this war bad preserved
the Union. | aGk, Mr.. Democrat, hov
could an unconstitutional war pre-
serve tho Union2 Cheers Hoy
could disunion war do it? They al
so said it has preserved the Constitu
ton of the United States. Didn
they say that every thing. Lincoln di
was unconstitutional, and that every
thing our party did was unconstltu
tional? Wasn't IL unconstitutional I
force those rebels back into this Union
Wasn't every thing we did unconstltu
tional? and yet they get down there
rebels, Peace Democrats and all, an
thank God Almighty that We save
the nation and preserved the Const
tuition. Mr.. Democrat, if you hav
got country, thank tho Union part
that you have. [Applauso. M
Johnson, / pray you remember thi
had il not been for tho men you no
call traitors, you would have had II
Constitution upon which the nun
Bile individual" could stand Al
plause
What more did We make this part
do at Philadelphia We mado theI
thank God that slavery was abolishc
and that II negro could have over
right of II white man in every State
this Union. Wasn't that Il terrlb
dose for them TO swallow?
Now then they admit that we pr
served tho Union and saved the Co
stituton. What more did We NAL
these rebels do? We made them Thar
God that our soldiers made them Il
down their arms and we made the
also say that the national debt is s
cred and must bo paid, and that the
dobt, incurred Tor tho purpose OF dc
troying this Government, shall not
paid. What u wonderful intluen
They would have had If any body
Gods world suspected that they we
honest. Whatan influence they won
have cxerted in this country il "
and | had not known that they we
all political rascals. Applause ] b
you know that man who has beC
Democratic iyr four years, and wi
now stands up and says that THIS di
union war has preserved the Unio
don't believe ii, Don't you knc
when rebel gets up and says th
the national debt is sacccd, that
don't believe it2 When rebel g
up and says that tho orphans and wi
ows of our soldiers must be cared f
ho don't believe it. Why did tb
kill our husbands and fathers? Al
thoy say that they now consider the
things sacred. No, sir they don't,
Tho Philadelphia Convention was I
sLilest born child that was ever broug
in.o this world by ignorance and ma
strength. Applause 1t met wi
no response in tho United States
America except Mt Memphis, whc
Genera! Forrest presided over II rati
cation meoting---the hero of the Fo
Pillow massacre. llo and his conic
crates arc the only mon that have ri
iied the Philadelphia Convention
tho United States of America. J
ono has been deceived by that Co
vention. Seeing that that Convo
tion would not do, Mr.. Johnson ma
up his mind to tako President
tour through this country, But, sc
tlemcn, this President Of the Unit
States is meek. Ho imagined that !
splendid style, his connected mann
OF talking, [applauso together with
plentiful use OF capital rs, would ct
ry this country. lie said, then,
will mako u political tour" VIII
! was a littlo boy | read a fable,