The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-05
HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX,
HIS SPEECH AT CHICAGO,

had preceded him. and said:
He has stated to you the issue clearly an,
distinctly, il is-whether this Government
shall be administered BY lis enemies or it
friends whether the men Who sought viii
foul and parricidal hands to overturn the pill
lar of our temple of liberty, shall be entrust-
ed with the duty of building up that temple
Never! no never / i have faith in ths
overruling Providence. that hos been with u
in all this long and bitter strife, [Chesss.
When the hour was dark, and when reverse
followed upon the heel of disaster, my cour
age failed not. Though the storm CLIQUE
might be dark. could zee the silver lining te
the cloud, and knew that the same Prov
dence thst sustained our fathers in the con
hict which gave us our national existence
would sustain their sons in perpetuating the
independence their fathers had won for them
And believe day, in my. heart of hearts
tina, he is to be with us in this struggle, to the
end, and that the issue made With us by oul
enemies, against this constitution amend
ment-so fair, SO just, even so geuerous-ii
to be the irretrievable downfall of this party
called ''the Democracy" which having los,
Its principles years ago. is going to Philadel
phia on the l4th day of August to barter
away its name in the future. Laughter and
loud cheers]
When the President of the United State.
sent u his message approving tho resolutions
for The admission OF the Senators and Repre-
sentauves OF Tennessee, his own State, wei
coming her back on the basis Of freedom to
the family circle from which she had strayed
when, after we passed that Joint resolution
! and sent il to him. he sent il back TO us, he
put in one point which know he thought an
excellent hit at our consistency. He said he
could not understand how we could regard
Tennessee as State sufficient TO rally u con
stitutionai amendment. and yet not {. State at
that time sufficient to have Senators aud Rep.
resentatives 10 Congress. / know by CONVEX.
sations he had with members he thought this
was an unanswerable point. and yet in that
we followed in the very footsteps OF Andrew
johnson himself [applaase year ago in the
Southern States, when he had there Provis-
ionai Governors, they called together Con-
ventions and Legislatures, and there were
Governors elected iu Louisiana, Georgia. Al
ALBANIA aud other States. Did they swear in
by consent of the PRESIDENT Oh, no. Did
they exercise the functions to which they were
called by the people Of the States2 Mo-
Why not2 He sent kilograms to them and
said you can't have these Governors, | won t
remove my Provisional Governors until YOU
ratify the amendment to the Constitution
aboishing slavery by legislation. Do you see
how his own argument answers his own posi-
ton? States there we're good enough to rat
lily amendments, but not good enough to have
Governors of their own choice. We think
the example a good one although it is con-
tinued by him Low We demand the ratifca-
ton of these amendments as securities for
the future, and until you adopt them you
shall not be restored TO the rights of States
in the United States. | ask you if he was
not the last man TO reproach US when he set
us this example but year ago. Applause.
But there is going to be Convention as
semble on the nth day of August, at Phlla~
delphia | don propose to attend that Con-
vention. Laughter and applause have
not been much in favor of sitting down along
side OF rebels whose hands and whose skirts
are yet red aud yet wet with blood of my muir
dered constituents Therefore, don't pro.
pose to go iuto that conclave. But it is GO
ing to be such Convention as never was
held in this country before The Democratic
party, headed by Vailandigham, Fernando
Wood and Pe,deton, and that beautifully
khaste public speaker. Henry Clay Dean, and
he Southern wing, led by Stephens and Hers.
hel V. johnson. Gen. Dick Taylor and
Generals Forrest and Pillow and the rest of
hem are TO be there, and there they are u
eunite their energies for the destruction of
bis party that they hate They have been
Tying to get together heretofore, but there
our brave bows in blue who stood between
hetwo wings Of the Democratic party. Zap
ause. These Southern rebels tried to get
orth, bat the army drove them back. The
orthern rebels tried to give their friends aid
I'D comfort, and one Of them succeeded
getting South. Applause. Bot
armies are dispersed, and they come to-
ether ms naturally as two drops of water to
mingled into kindred drops rash into each
her arms. They are going 10 try to get
me Union men there. What few get there
II be swallowed up by this Democratic con,
ave, think. just as the whale swallowed
nah and, | suspect, with the same result.
Laughter. read, the other day. an alarm
call, signed by the Democratic members
Congress. You have read il in the papers.
commences. Dangers threaten-the Con-
tution Of the Union Is in danger-therefore
appeal to The people to come together.
Ter the wstchword of the National Union,
Philadelphia, signed by the Democratic
aators and Representatives.
Chey are for fusion. All through this long
bloody war we, who stood by the Gov
ment, applied to these men to bring this
eatural strife 10 q speedy end-to unite
us in saving this Republic and to stand
\ as around the Government in ITS defence
support, and to fnrqet their party ties and
40. They said "Noi-the Democratic
ner must be kept fying-ve cannot give
p" They can give it up now. Why is
? Because they can fuse with the trail
who murdered your sons on the field.
they believe they ought to fuse. Fusion
shewed in above oil things by them. now.
tnere ever such ashocklng Inconsistency
HON the gods would destroy, they first
mad And lha, is The signal of the
dali Of this party. on whose temple it
AN. - =. IL H. a
htry.' Loud applause.
when the anti-s1asery amendment was
ling, abolishing slavery throughout the
pa Don't you know with what clamor
enunciation it was opposed by our Dem>
tic opponents? They said it vas destroy
rested rights; ii was going to cause the
e North 10 be overrun by negroes, and
told you there was negro suffrage in it.
have transferred the same old story TO
amendments we submitted at this Con-
They are determined to make them
miserable on that subject Applause.
years have passed away and these men,
u ofdenunciation against the anti>slave>
hendment, now, nil say il is all right,
ave no quarrel with the abolition Of
~; we would not restore il if we could
nee pass this constitutional amendment
II is adopted. as it will be, fgreat ap-
e1-for the doors of the Ameriuan Con-
are going to be bolted and barred
st the admission Of these men from the
~ States until it is ratified. Il renewed
use do you believe II Is possible that
without that amendment these rebels
have received increased power in the
iean Congress, and because the number
members OF the House remaines the
that the increase should be taken from
hd gwen to these men in disloyL Ststes2
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