Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1867-08-08
Froaf the Bnek's Co, Ioieilgefoer.
SPEECH AT SARATOGA.

slkGeelient speech at Saratoga in response to a
Tfsnade by his political friends. Hia address
4 Jas recapitulation OF the past eyenta, with
1 {aeir beariu es upon the present aud future
SHather than an argument, He declared that
1IRhen we had war he was IN favor of prosecn-
ifsing Il vigorously; now that we have peace he
\ sagQtH@to prosecnte that also vigorously. He
1iegye sy'yered thnty-two speeches in the Rebel
hs f2es since lasL apring and he had spoken
SWy5te plainly there than he had ever done In
y pasaaohusette, but had never been met with a
Aisa or IN unknd word. He hoped that the
FEorth would be genereus ag well as just. Kind
Fords addressed TO the South by Northern Feo-
X ~ viii do more than anything else for good
,a xlNilson o opinion was that the greatly inn
Efovsd condition of that region was brought
fbont BY the overthrow Of the Presidents poll
NY" While that slood there was nothing but
liter words and violent deeds But when Con-
gees reversed that policy, and was sustained
i,9 the votes OF the psople who saved the Union
I de Bouth saw that II must submit, and this is
.nE being done with very good grace. The
y fslloESin tue bands OF GOO, 900 black men, 10
1 9nother powerful instrument for peace The
seepnblicans never cheated or deceived the
t4outh, and the resnll will be TIM conversion of
Eiese communities TO a belief ID the principles
Selliberty and progress
L
Iieeeh, which we cannot give in full, was as
-yslIows:
For one have it not 10 my heart to pursue
Nhe system Of confscntion, or any other systems
THAT hhall bear harder than those that have al
Ready been adopted to bring them into the
4ounIry aud make them part OF the country
II don't want an ireland or o Poland in Ameri
Jpkal (Applause.] But | want Free States,
h'here every man is thepeer OF every other man
-whese every man, no matter what blood
1siay course through his veina, no matter where
ka may have been born, is a man whom God
lEaads and for whom Christ died, and who shall
| syssess equal rights with everybody else. We
Y SRnt Free States free men; and that poll
lg that has bsen inaugurated will be accom-
lifhshed within twelve months, and all those
Iitksa within year will be brought back into
NE Union. They will not have the power TO
Sielste tho policy of the country, but they
lSyih be tho radical and progressive portion of
Il Iil,, Weshall ace these things, and say to you
iEkight, gentlemen, not merely as a partizani
|, ,LEf as an American citizen, loving my country,
|lthat u is enough 60 make the heart throb wi b
lfsratimde to Almighty God for what we have
hsitnesaed during the last seven years of pro-
| giess. fpheers The friends Of the c1untry
~We bHen, ,misrepresented throughout this cons
NH We were told that we could not conquer
Fpse twelve milhous OF people. We'll We did
| ii NE were told that we had no constitution
IN Aight or power TO do it. We exercised the
~ 4ers efthe Constitution TO save the Oonsti-
| tntinn and the country, and we have done it,
| haw they tell us we have no constitutional
| 1ower to pass the laws for reconstruction; but
| ze ilnd the powers and have passed the laws,
tnd. si-sito laws will do the work. The President
IA tho United States may do what he pleases;
| fise place that knows him will not know him a
| zlSat while Laughter and applausc.] The
fftt OF Msrch. 1869, al any rate, will come some
N s.se1ef A,voice: What about impeachment
yT elmay etay in ill that time. aud be may not.
Y fOAeera twill depeddh great deal upon his
ISf,tare conduct. Ii he undertaken 20 violate
"a slawgof The sountrss and asreat the ceailuct
ly,s,ss sYiolay whore IA. rApplauesl MT l
2-qq' e0S, gentlemen, = may Just do whE he
Ip safes he eanhot prsfFaDl any yt1i1g. fGAod.}
litf friends in the Sonth, who believe ina re.
N a. stfuc1on, 10 united country, and In iiee-
thyce-fourths of million OF them, will
-fhose States back in spite OF nything
\ AnGQw johnson or anybody else can do.
|. luck upon Mr.. johnson just ss ! look upon
r. Run. tLaughter.) Bull Run during the
H. x brought sense OF shame to the check OF
LtEsscountry. Andrew Johnson seems to be a
y ~ of being brought into existence for pur
Y zee. He stands right there, and every time
\ he undertaken 10 do anything against the cause
An liberty and justice, the country rallies and
A g3et further than il would have gone before,
NJ Laughter and applause He got the opinion
l af{ho Altorney-tieneral the other day and all
| oytrtbe South the Rsbsls reared their heads,
II and began 10 hope again; but 10 a day or two
| went the news on the breeze that Congress
world assemble, and the Rebels closed their
| lipa Congress- assembled and made an aldi-
! tlonal aud stronger measure than ever before.
! He may undertake TO set il aside If he plaas4s,
4 or do what he pleasee; eur friends in the South
Y will take care of the cause OF the country
iEnd let me tell you that Grant ia for negro
spifetage, not only in the Sonth but in the
North. (0heers.j SO is ThOmas--that great
General whom his Boldiers niekuaned Old Re-
1 liable, so IL Phil Sheridan, aud nearly every
| General of this country who has made a page
| OF tke history OF this war. find very large
| share Of the raen who have opposed uS individ-
/ uallg say it js right, but they say they have
| got a great preiadiced vote behind them, and
| they must pander 10 that. think il becomes
sletesmen TO speak the trnth--to come cut in
| adgAnoe of thepeople and maintain what is
bright and the people will follow them. There 10
no portion oil our coUntry men so ignorant or
prejudiced who will not do the right when
lthay see It clearly. Such is the present condi-
/ ton OF the country. think it ia hopeful one
md it will be better next year than it is now.
The iaen who emancipated four millions of
slaves and have established liberty md justice
10 the land are 10 have the country next year.
4 Whether Grant will be the candidate of those
men or not, and think he is very likely 10 be,
that candidate will be elected. There are to .
day three millions Of these voters in the coun-
try who would vote for Grant or Sheridan, or
,Thomas, for Chase (applause,) or Colifax, or
kiayeald Ben Wade,or any of the true and tried
sgen who have carried the country through the
BARK and gloomy days of the last seven years.
| tut no man who opposed the country during
ishat war no man who opposed emancipation,
no man who opposes the civil rights of the
emaucipated races, no man who opposed negro
4 suffrage, will ever be President of these United
States again. (Appiause.) II there are any
: Y here might who desire To act with the mass
es, and move with events, aud who wish to be
with thesuccesstul, respectable and triumphant
II will give them this piece of advice, thai
ihey join the equal suffrage party at the earliss
possible moment.