The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-05-16

lspcaklnS OF that party Will call ~ dcm
ocratic, though it always goe, against
the grsin 10 do so. I think there is iu
the minds Of all Of you q name for that
party, Of which it is moro deserving
aud. indeed, ss q general rule, q nick.
name discloscs the character Of the per.
son to whom it is applied great denl
better than the name given 10 baptism.
) Mr.. Sherman then gave brief accoun,
Of the corrupt and traitorous conduct Of
the Democratic party (so.callcd) during
the late war, and exposed the inbociIi,y
and completely with treason Of Buchanan,
the democratic president, and bis cabinet.
Of one Of whom (Isuac Toucey, Secretary
Of the Navy) he said:
lie scattered our vessels, then uudor
bis command, all over tho world, 70 lha,
when another aud worlher citizen Of
your State came to administer tho affairs
Of tho sumo department, tho u bolc navy
under his command vas ouo vessel. With
five guns-ptEe1.
Speaking Of Buchanan and the death
Of TIC Democratic party, he says:
An old man, broken down with the
cnres Of State Laughter who said
.ha, the South had no right to secede,
hut he had no power to prevent seces.
sion. They were all wrong. he said, but
he could not he p it; secession was un'
constitutional. to be sure,r but then it
Was unconstitutional 10 put it down. II
WIS in this maudlin condition that the
Democratic party Iay down in its grave
and was buried out Of our sight; when
all Of i, that was vital joined tho great
t'ninn party which took for its standard
the Fling Of our Country, md bore it in
triumph through our ever memorable
war;
lie then rehrarscd tho attempt 10 re-.
organize the Democratic party under tho
leadership Of tho traitor Vallandigham,
to keep it alive on the Chicago platform,
and their truitorous practices during the
war, and concludes as follows:
TIE UNION rARTY-lTs RECORD.
ID" Now what claim has the great Union
party upon the people? Let US examine
its record. What promise has it ever
made TO tho American people that has
not been fulfilled ? Mono whatever. 1t
undertake. to put down the rebellion, aud
it has carried your country safely through
the grcatest war Of ancient or modern
times. You old men and young men
may read all history and all fiction,
from the records OF tho Biblo down TO
the latest novels Of this duy, and you
will find neither in history, iu story, nor
in song, o moro glorious pago than that
which describes the great American con.
Act. Think Of it! By our own unaid'
ed Inspirations Of nationality, Ivy our
own unsided patriotism, We haVo con-
;rlLu'ed to fight under our Aag between
one and two millions Of soldiers, among
whom were men who will tako their
places with the riyhtes, spirits that
have appeared in any age CT generation;
while the mass Of the soldiers themselves
have shown such courage, endurance,
patience, aud hcroism as Franco in the
brightest days Of her military glory
never cxcelleL. The croat body Of our
people. too. have shown grand practical
patrioiism which is without any parallel
| in history. The people Of the United
States hive contributed 10 sustain rhc
Government, over three thousand mil.
lions Of dollars, collected, not from the
rich alone, but from Nil clusscs; made
up of the widows mite os well as the
rich mani's contribution; the child, the
mechanic, the professional man, and the
business man uii poured their money into
the national treasury, to carry on tho
great war in lSlcnse Of free government.
repeat, there is no such example III
history. Why, sir, it was spoken Of as
wonder Of modern fnaucc when the
Emperor Napoleon |. appealed for loan
of Eve hundred millions of francs, that
the people of France, instead OF the
mixers, loaned the money; but what
was i, compared with tho spectacle of a
free people contributing by their own vol
uutary agency $4,000, 100000 to sustain
their system Of government. And We
must remember that much Of the admi.
ration which these things excite belongs
: to the Union party.
THE GRAND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE
GREAT UNION PARTY.
Why, sir, | cay that in this war the
Union party hos displayed wisdom
moderation, and an ability to gra'popnd
deal with grea. political questions that
is uurivaled in all political history. 1t
has organized, among other things, q
system Of finance which will be worth
more to tho country hereafter than the
whole cost of tho war in money. It has
organized whole systems Of departmental
government based upon SO uud common
sense, that will sursive our generation,
and will be handed down aB blessings to
those who are to come after US. 1t il
true, that With ,hesc incidents We will
,l.o hand down to those same goners.
,ious great debt-tha. is, if VIC dou'l
nav it in our owD generation, because !
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