Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-20

purposes for which it was raised-lust after
robbing these widows and orphans, and
these armless and legless soldiers of this
money which You paid for their relief and
support, then they think all that is neces-
sary to do is To say to them, we are your
friends, and will support you as long as you
live, and your families after you. But they
forget the old saying that good words but
ter no parsnips. If they had left the money
there to he distributed among the soldiers,
and applied to the purpose for which the
people paid it, then the soldier would have
had something to butter his parsnip with;
but he Will have the poorest kind of food II
he undertakes to butter them with Radi-
cal resolution. tApplause Oh. yes, they
are the soldiers friends, amt they?
Weren't they the friend of Mcclellan, af-
ter he had won South Mountain and An
tietam and had driven Lee across the Po-
tomac into Virginia? How did they man
ifest their friendship for him? BY plotting
and Intriguing against him until they got
his command taken away. ana gwen 10 Ine
delectable General Burnside. OF Order NO.
IS memory. ILaughterl They caiied MIN
a traitor-and published as traitor George
b. McClellan-as patriotic heart as ever
beat in any human bosom. were they not
great friends of General Sherman. who
settled the terms of surrender, with Joe
johnson, who commanded the last hostile
army of magnitude in the South, and
magnanimous people ought to grant to
conquered foe, even If they had been for
eigners-much more so when they were
our own flesh and blood-terms which. 1t
ratified and carried out in their letter and
spirit, would have given us restored coun-
try in less than month? WHAT did they say
to Sherman, who, with craftsmanship IN
finitelv abnve any displayed by Congress,
had hit upon measures like these? They
said he had surrendered the Union army
under his command TO General Joe john
son. and that he was traitor, and ought
to be dismissed from the service. That
very paper, which comes along this rail-
rnad as thick as the locusts of Egypt, the
Cincinnati Gazette, in its very
first or second number after hear
ing OF that surrender, demanded that
Sherman should be dismissed from the SER
vice. That's the way they treated him.
How have they treated the rest of the SOL
diersP They say to the soldiers. how can
you vote for Thurman. who had the mis-
fortune to be friend of PendletOn and
Vallandigham [laughterl, and they his
friends-can you vote for such man as he!
Won't you vote for his opponent, one of
the boys in bluep My friends, let me ask
you. did they vote for boys in blue when
we have put them on our ticket as candi-
dates? How many OF them voted for Geo.
B Mcclellan for President, or tor Geo. w.
Mogan for Governor of Ohio, or for Ben.
L2Fevre for Secretary of Ssate-a nan who
went into the service as private soldier,
and bore musket on his shoulder for two
years, and came out Brigadier General,
earning all his promotions by his own mer-
frs. They ran a civilian and beat him.
They beat him worse than any other man on
the ticket was beaten. What has been the
course of this Radical Senate of the United
States? How many soldiers, privates or
officers, however meritorious they were
how many has that Senate confirmed when
nominated by the President for offiees?-
How MANY have they confirmed unless they
were willing to bow down the knee
to this Radical Baal and worship the
negro as the great sum of all hu-'
man and divine perfection? Why, they
have rejected soldiers bv the hundred when
nominated by the President. Let me give
you a single instance that will show you
how they do. They passed what they call
ed Tenure of-office bill, to prevent the
President from turning out any man
from his office unless the Senate
would agree to his being turned
ont. There was postmaster in one of the
Western cities who stole great deal of
money from the Postoffice Department and
falsitied his books. The President sus-
pended him, and sent in the nomination of
another man in his place. If [ recollect
right, the man he sent in was ameritorious
soldier, but he didn't go in with the Radi-
Why, they rejected that nomination, and
then, under the law, tie President had to
reinstste the rogue in office. So Mr.. Ran
DALI the Postmaster General, sat down and,
wrote letter to the defaulter. saying that
'the Senate, having rejected the nominal
tion of your successor, the President. under
the law, is obliged to reinstate you in
office. pray you, therefore, don't cheat
any more than you can help" Laughter.
That was in a town out in Indiana, if my
memory is correct. The fellow is in Office
vet, and have no doubt he is stealing to
this day. Laughter
Now. my friends. when they talk about
who gave encouragement to the South to
go out of the Union, pray you to look into
the records of their great men. If you will
do me the favor to read that speech to which
l have referred before. that Wapakoneta
sDeech of mine, you will find the evidence
there pretty clearly and with perfect ac-
curacy set down, and you can judge for
l can't go over that ground as
I did before, for it would take too long;
but must allude to one or two of the per-
sons I there alluded to. First, as to Mr..
Lincoln. I shall allude to him at some
length, because General Hayes, in his Sid
ney speech. seems to think that L misun-
Mr.. Lincoln. l will show that it
is General Hayes who misunderstands
him.
Mr.. LINcoLN's RECORD.
Now, Mr.. Lincoln was a member of Con-
gress in the year 1913, and on the 18th day
of January of that year he made a speech.
You will find it in the Appendix to the
Globe. Volume 10. Page o..
That is the official publication of the de-
bates of Congress. Now bear in mind that
q member of Congress when he speaks,
speaks under the obligations of his oath of
office, for he is as much bound in his con-
science by that oath when he speaks, as he
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The form of a speech as when he votes for
bill. And now what did Mr.. Lincoln say
N that speech, thus delivered, under the
and sanction of his official oath. |
What did he say in reference to the right |
IF any people to overthrow this Govern
nent and set up for themselves? / will tell |
you what he said. He said:
"Any people, any where, being inclined, |
md having the power. have the right to |
rise up and shake off the existing Govern
ment, and form new one that suits them
better. This is most valuable, most sa-
cred right--a right which we hope and be-
1ieve is to liberate the world. Nor is this
right confined to cases in which the whole
people of an existing Government NAV
choose to exercise it. Any portion of such
people that can, may revolutionize, and
make their own of so much of the territory
as they occupy. More than this. maiori-
ty of any portion of such people may rev.
olutionize, putting down minority inter-
mingled or near about them, who may op-
pose their movements. Such minority was
precisely the case with the tories of our
own revolution"
Now, my friends, General Hayes says
Mr.. Lincoln only intended to advocate the
right of revolution when the government
the people-grievously oppressed
them. 1 will read his very words, so that
you may have his proposition in his own
terms. Speaking of what he said Mr.. Lin
collins nronOsition was. he said: