Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-10-25
NER TonK REPUn1IoAMs.

A large and enthusiastic Republican
ratification meeting was held in Now
York City on Wednesday evening. The
following resolutions offered by Horace
Greeley, were adopted:
Rescued, That we congratulate our whole
country and the friends Of human liberty
everywhere on the -prospecB Of an early,
righ6eous and beneficent Reconstruction of
those States of our Union so lately cOnFulsed
by rebellion and ueVaSted by war; and we
tender TO the peOple'Of those States our heart-
felt congratulations on their deliTeranee
from the scourge and shame OF human bon
dage.
BesoEDeds That we tllRnk the Congress Of
the United states for the equity, nrInness
and patriotic foresight with which it has so
steadfastly insisted that such reconstruction
should be so erected as 10 give uhe loyal
States and people ample security against q
revival OF slavery in fact or in substance, as
well as against q new outbreak of causeless
and ruinous civil strife.
T3eSoIged, That we ardently desire and wiz
labor to secure restoration to self govern
States lately In arms against the Union. at
the earliest day consistent with the sure
maintenance OF peace, ofder ana universal
freedom.
ResoEUed, That in common with loyal mill
/ lions Of other states, we tender our grateful
J acknowledgements to GEN Grant and the
army of the United States, for his and It's
/ persistent devotion to the national Integrity,
and more especially to gallant Phil. SheriS
dan, and our own Sickles, the latest victims
mat their seTT1s md s5 Sos foI. tI3si
- t''1Alt -
4 do not pass unobserTed, and will not soon be
/ forgotten
A mong the letters read, from gentle
men who were invited to address the
meeting, as the following letter from
| Senator Sherman
MANSFIELD, OHIO, Oct. IA, 1867 .
| MY DEAR SIR regret that I am not
/ able to attend your meeting at the COop~
| er Institute, on the 10th inst. I would
4 like in person to assure you that the Re-
I 11a1r 1rraraaa -aff
/ discouraged by the election on last Tues
/ day. Gen. Hayes and the whole State
! ticket are elected by 5000 majority
which we will make $4,000 nex6 fail :
with ease. We lost tn g State ia 1862 by
] 5000 majority, on the emancipation
/ proclamation Of Abraham Lincoln. The
next year we beat Vallandigham by
! lol,00 on the same issues. Impartial
/ suffrage and implicit observance of the
/ public faith will, next year as this year
! be engraved on our banners, and viii as
/ surely triumph as that God rules In
dope eRdence. would have been defeated
I ia l7T5. 1t was proclaimed throughout
| the land in I776. az Cur soldiers were not
I dIsheartened with partial defeats butthe
/ COpperheads. were. They raised the
white flag in 1864. In 1865 the National
i banner flOatedin triumph over every
| part Of our cOutry. So will it be next
4 year. In the meantime we viii learn
/ wisdom from our defeats. We must in
sist upon greater economy in public ex-
I penditures. We must enforce our Rev
! enue laws. We muct- cease to quarrel
! among ourselves. Our adversaries may
be made useful incl0sing our ranks. I
/ trust that New York, as the Empire
i State, may take the lead in this move
ment, and by maintaining Republican
ascendency convince Democrats and re-
/ bells that the party and the principles
| that prevailed during the war will gov
I eTTl the country. now that naacn and fba
/ onion have been Won. With the best
wishes for your success, I am truly
/ yours, JOHN SHERMAN.
! A. B. SAGE, ESQ. Secretary, DC.