The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-25

Cincinnati, Hon. Fred HassaureS was
called ont and said: alal 5E ina -r4f
FeUot5- cftizenS--It is remarkable
fact that our Democratic friends, and
especially Mr., VallandighaIn, should
object TO being reminded of the most
important chapter OF our history as !. q
nation. Mr.. VallAndigham In all his
speeches will tell you that he Is not 60
Ing to discuss the war Of 1912, or the
Mexican war, or the Revolutionary
war-that he will not refer to the events
of the deluge. of Noah's ark, but he
wants to contine himself, as he says, TO
the questions OF the present. :, Why, II
understand history, correctly. II is TO
be light from the past by which the
present Is 10 be guided. If Under
stand our history as nation, the his
tory OF our great war OF 1851 10 1865
forms one Of the most important chap
ters in the history of the world. II has
OF brave men. II has cost millions of
treasure. It is fraught with great les
sons. Why, then, shall we not turn
back to that glorious page Of history
the great American war; Why not3
Because Mr.. Yallandighamt don't like
to be reminded Of it-because
Mr.. Thurman and Mr.. Pehdleton
don't ike TO be reminded of IL. And
why do these gentlemen object to being
reminded of the WARP 1t is bscanse of
their own position and course during
the war; There was certain gentle-
man IS Paradise, about six or seven
thousand years ago-or at least he was
the son of one of the very first couples
in Paradise, and he had, as the Rev.
Petroleum Nasby wOnld call it, little
unpleasantness with his brother-that
IL to saw. he,killed his brother. He
didn't like to be reminded by the Lord,
OF his brother. He didn't relish the
question, "Cain, where is thy brother
Abel ?" SO Observation-Disclosures don't
relish being reminded of the great
events OF our war. Why not Because
he was on the wrong side OF the ques-
tion. he thought he was in Canada, IN
all probability, while it was in the op-
posite direction. tLaughter.l Mr.. Val
iandigham don't like to be reminded
of the war; and there a great many who
don't like to be reminded of MIR. VAL
landigham. Laughter There are ii
great many Democrats who would like
TO smooth over r,rNallandigham,
but they can't do II. He is the most
prominent man they have got. He
writes their platforms, he exPounds
their doctrines, he lays down the law for
them to swear by. or course he Is not an
ornament to the Democratic party, from
our point of view; and that reminds me
of little story W hiohg / once heard OF
Mr., Gregg's dog. There was gentle-
man who once lived on some street In
New York; forget which One morn
ing his dog-an old stump-tailed dog
was lying before the door. The name
of. Gregg g,waskon the door plate. A
stranger rang the bell, and inquired If
Mr.. Gregg WAS at home. "Ge es, sir, the
servant said, f"TeII him L want to see
him." "Oh, you can't see him. He is
at break fast, and don't like to be inter-
rupted.' 'H"Ten him ! must see him.
If can't see him now, can't see him
al all, for have TO leave town pretty
soon.5r The servant went down and
Mr.. Gregg came, up, chewing his last
piece OF 7beefsteal, and looking very
wise. "Good morning, Mr.. Gregg"
"Good morning, sir" "You are Mr..
Gregg, / 9suppose." "Yes, sir, that's
my name. What doeyou wish!" Are
"Yes, sir." said MIR. Gregg. well
said the stranger, 81 merely wished TO
tell you it. would look a great deal more
respectable II you would either pull his
tail out little longer or drive it in al
together" [Laughter.l na.. -isral 30
And SO ii was with the Democratic
party. That party would be Il greAt
deaf more respectable if it would pull
in Mr.. Vallandigham little further or
else drive him clear ont. (Laughter.l
But thew cannot do 1t. He IL their most
prominent man. he is their leader, and
/ cannot understand how any OF our
war Democrats, men whovoted against
Mr.. Yallandigham in 1868, on account
o ( his reasonable sentiment; can now
vote for the Democratic party which is,
as il were, under the very same direc-
ton of that same Mr.. Vallandigham,
for you must know, gentlemen, that
! Mr.. Vallandigham is in the habit OF
writing their platforms for them. He
wrote their platform last year, he wrote
20 hi uaur Ho| THAR grant laadnFs
| he directs the movements and knows
the position of the psrty. When Mr.
VallandiQham says, "LeL the dead past
bury its dead, and let by-gUnes be by
cones, ~ and don't wish to refer to the
war andfts great and important events,
we might erhaps crafty him, we might
perhaps turn away from our great ma
tional struggle, If Mr.. Yallandigham
in the same breath whichihe objects to
our referring to past events did not
have the hRrdihood to charge that the
Republican party was answerable for
this war. Why, If 1t comes to this,-if
MIR. ValIandigham, II Mr.. Pendleton, II
Mr.. Thurman charge the responsibility
of this war on the Republican n party--lt
becomes necessary to refer these gentle-
men to certain historical events; to tell
them that they have brought the war
II; that they prolonged it.; that they pro-
long the state OF Uncertainty and trans
zion now as they prolonged the war,
and that they occupy the very same po-
sition now and hold the very same doc
trines which plunged the country into
civil war. These are propositions
which 1 am prepared to establish by
historical facts; they are not mere as
sertions. In the first place, say that
the Democratic party Is responsible for
the war. 1t might have averted it..
James Buchanan WAS the Democratic
president OF the country. Did be, do
anything TO save the countryf Did he
do7anything TO suppress the rebellion
He might have suppressed II in its era
die. But what did he dor Our cannon
and our am mmnnition he sent to South
ern arsenals, where they were seized at
once by Democratic Southerners, his
| friends. Our few ships he sent to dis
tRnt waters, SO that they should be ont
of the way. The few soldiers we had
he sent 10 distant frontiers, to prepare
the way for that Southern rebellion,
and when Congress met in December
1860, what did he have 10 say7 He
merely told them that he didn't believe
that State had any right to secede, but
Mt the same time he said he didn't be-
lieye the Government had any power,
under the Consultation, to 'coerce se-
ceding State.
Mr. Il. then stated that when Presi-
dent Lincoln entered upon his duties,
the rebellion was organized; and the
North was not prepared for It. There
fore, he contendedi that the Democratic
party was responsible for the war,
which they might have averted. He
also asserted that the Democratic party
UNNECESSARILY prolonged the war. If
the Southern States had seen that the
North was a unit against them, they
would not have persisted in their re-
bellion; but they saw a party In the
North, miSnanied the Democratic, that
sent greetings to its Southern brethren