The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-05

eminent. And we must remember that
much of. the admiration which these
things excite belongs to the Union party.
THE GRAND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE
GREAT UNION PARTY.
Why, sir, L say that in this war, the
Union party has displayed wisdom,
moderation and an ability to grasp anu
deal with great political questions that
is unrfValled in all political history. IL
has organized, among other Things, a
system of finance which will be worth
more to the country hereafter than tne
whole cost of the war in money. 1tnaS
organized whole systems ofdepartmen-
tai Government based upon sound COM
mon sense, that will survive our gener-
alton and will be handed downas bless
ings to those who are to come after us.
It Is true that with these incidents we
will also hand down to those same gen
erations a great debt-that IS, II we
don't pay it in our own generation, De-
cause I believe we could do IL, as think
I could show you il chose to go into
the demonstration now. And 1t IS IN
opposition to this great party, with such
a glorious history to point to, that the
Copperhead party comes before Inc peo-
pie and demands that they shall intrust
them with the political power OF the
country. If ever there was more I'M
pudent proposition made out OF hell,
would like to know where. daughter
and appIause.1 I think, my friends,
that these considerations alone ought
to end the contest. When we calmly
compare these two political organlza-
tions, and come to choose between them
the idea that any patriotic and sensible
man can choose to vote with the dead
Copperhead party almost passes belief
and cannot believe that many such
can be found among so shrewd a people
as those of Connecticut. But 1t is not
only by their past that you are to
Judge these parties. You must look
also at their tendencies for the future.
You remember that one year ago every
free State from Maine to California,
even New Jersey, raised the Union flag,
and many of the reSurrected southern
States have shown the. same feeling:
So it is in Mary land and Missouri; and
if Delaware and Kentucky had gone
out and had been whipped in. it would
be the case with them also. Tennessee
will soon be as loyal State as Ohio.
So tho States stand. Well, they want
us to break this grand Union phalanx
for the benefit the Democratic Party.
TLaughter.l Now 1 don't think we had
better do it, my friends. Renewed
langhterl But suppose we dld, yhat m
would be the result; what would be
tho tendency of the Copperhead party
in its hour of victory? 1t would be to
form at once an alliance offensive and
defensive with the rebels or the South,
to enlarge and extend the powers and
influence of the lately rebel States, and
to place unrepentant rebels In high po=
sitfons at Washington. The only hope
of the Democratic party now is in form
ing such an alliance. Well, suppose 1t
were formed, what would they do then?
1 tell YOU, my friends, they would undo
all that we have accomplished during
tho war. For example, do you sup
4 . ffs1NN n
Not at all. They would look upon the
National debt as had been beaten,
and they would certainly repudiate
it.. Do you. suppose they would
pay the pensions to the widows
and orphans of our dead SOL
diers? The little pension now given to
the lame and the halt, and the small
pittance now doled out to the widow
of the soldier-do you think they
would be paid2 Why the Copperhead
party would insist that ifsyou paid
pensions to one side, you should pay
them on the other. Lnughter.] They
would say that people on the other side
had lost legs and arms as well as on
yours; that wives on the other side had
lost husbands as we'll as on yours, and
they would insist that in the matter of
pensions the sufferers should be put
upon perfect equality. tDerisive
laughter.1 They would say thatif you
0H0 aVOuE. NdLlpLlll NdE lGOg AhGI 1lhA
theirs, and that all moneys collected TO
meet the National debt should go in.
part to pay a portion of the Rebel debt
also They would also require you to.
pay for the damages done by General
sherman and General Sheridan in
their. rades; and that you would find
pretty big bill. CLaughter.l The
whole tendency of that party, II it
were in power, would be to restore
old things as. they were before the war,
even slavery as far as they could, and
they would oppress and grind the
poor negro not TO perdition but to ex-
termination. They would belle all the
promises that our Government has
made for the last four years, and put
leading rebels in high places to carry
out their purposes; and TO any one
who ventured to remind them of the
rebellion and its guilty actors, they
would say it was only a difference of
opinion, a political mistake, and men
oueht not to be prosecuted fora mistake.
THE WAR a FAILURE UNLESS WE MAKE.
7 SURE OF ITS Us BEWARE
OF A SECOND REvoLuTIoN-A VOICE
FROM HISTORY. aii5
Some men say: "Oh, the war is over
now, there is no more danger" but all
of YOU who have read history know
that nothing is more difficult, critical
or dangerous that a restoration. 1thas
been said that one restoration, IS worse.
than two revolutions. Look at Eng
land under Charles III, The Common
wealth under the rule OF Cromwell had
attained TO a high pitch of influence
dfpower; but in n moment OF. weak
ness Charles II. was restored. He sur
rounded himself with his parasites and
fiatters, and so conducted the affairs of
the nation that in about twenty years
the people of England were compelled
to resort to a second revolution. Look
at France, where by the power of for.
submit to the restoration of Louis
XVIII. The Bourbons, 1t is said, new
er lesrned anything and never forgot
anything; and Louis came back to the
throne with his old ideas, and his pas
sfons heated, TO put them in force, and
the result was that the people had re-
course to another Revolution to rid
themselves OF the incubus. Like the
Bourbons our Democratic party never
learn anything, though there are some
things that it tries. hard to- forget;
Tla1ghter.I and tell yon know that
If in a moment of weakness the Amer
lean people should be tempted to re-
store to power that halt, blind broken
organization, they would be compelled
| in order to preserve their liberties TO re-
sort to Revolution. Why the idea is
fearful TO contemplate, that in an hour
of weak forbearance and false magna-
nimity the people of this country should
surrender into the hands OF the enc
\ mics or the nation the fruits of our four
|, years strugglsi 1t can never come to
pass-peyer. 81 ns7I
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