The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-09-05

lying in his sunken grave in the South !,
while the widow in her loneliness and
desolation weeps for her husband who
perished mis- erably at Andersonville. the
crimes of the Democratic party can
never be forgotten or forgiven. I do
not intend to palliate the crimes Of the
rebel leaders in the South. but l cannot
in conscience say that their guilt ex-
cee1s that Of the Democratic leaders in
the North, who instigsted them to rebel
lion, encouraged them in persistence,
and. by every argument and invective,
excited and kept alive their passions
against the Government.
JUDGE THURMAN's SPEECH.
read with care the speech Of Judge
Thurman, the Democratic candidate tor
Governor. made at Waverly on the 5th
of August. On the opening of the cam
paign. l took it for granted that the
standard bearer of his party would un-
fold its principles and policy, and mark
out the field upon which he proposed to
fight the battle. But the chiefly notice
able thing about the speech is. that it
proposes nothing. presents no policy,
offers no plan of redemption by which
the nation may be saved. The poverty
Of the speech, however, is but the pow
erty of the party which it represents,
and it Is somewhat remarkable that q
party which has nothing to propose, aud
therefore admits itself to be utterly help
less and incapable. should have the cour-
age to ask the people to put the offices
into their hands. The Substance of the
speech may be presented in few brief
propositions
l. That the Republican party of the
North forced the South into rebellion,
and is responsible for the war.
2 That the Constitution declares that
Congress shall consist of the Senators
and Representatives from all the States,
and that as ten rebel States are unrepre-
sented, Congress is fragmentary and
unconstitutional body Hence all the
legislation during the war and since is
uncon Institutional and void. Hence when
the Senators and Representatives from
the rebel States withdrew from their
seats in 1861, they Ieft Congress a frag
mentary and unconstitutional body, and
thereby constitutionally b-oke up the
Government, and every effort since made
to keep it alive has been clearly uncon
stitutional SO You see, my friends, to
may be put It is true that the Consti
tuition provides that a majority of the
members of each House shall constitute
quorum to do business but as this
is ia conflict with the Judges theory, he
very properly ignored it
g. That emancipation has everywhere
and especially in the West Indies. been
q failure, a folly and crime, that the
negroes are an inferior, indolent, worth
less race, and that negro suffrage por-
tends the direst calamities to the nation.
And this bill of fare presents the star
Yelling feast to which the Democracy of
Ohio are invited to sit down.
To the charges made against the Re-
publican party by Judge Thurman, |
shall not stop to reply. They are most
" from the stereotyped edition of 1864
and 1886, aud are as devoid of merit
now as they were then. 1t does not lie
in the mouth of the party of the rebel
lion to complain that the country might
have been saved on cheaper terms. or
that proper economy was not practiced
in putting the rebellion down. The de
fense of the Republican party is found
in the fact that to day We have Gov
ernment and Union preserved that
to day we have a nation more powerful
and respected than ever before; that to-
day we have a country full of prosperi-
ty, and with bright and gratifying pros
poets for the future We may safely
challenge the history of the world to
show a political organization that ac
complished half so much for the prcser-
vation and glory OF a nation in SO short
a time; and Its career is not yet ended.
Its work will not be done until eq1al
rights. harmony and prosperity shall
reign throughout the land, and the last
lingering representatives of treason
able Democracy has been driven from
power.
THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
But notwithsta the extreme pov
erty of the Judges speech, it must not
be supposed that the SO called Demo
cratic party is not in favor of any thing.
It has platform down deep in the hearts
Of its leaders platform which they
would execute 70 the letter il they had
the power.
This platform has not been formally
drawn out in resolutions, or proclaim
ed by conventions, but it breathes thro'
all their speeches, pervades their iitera
tare, and is found openly or covertly in
every column OF their newspapers. 1t
is the platform of desperation, of ming
led hate and revenge, and an unconquer-
able attachment to the abuses and errors
of the past. And the chief planks in it
may be described as follows:
The repudiation of the national debt
The restoration of slavery, or. if that
can not be done, payment by the nation
tor the slaves
Pensioning the soldiers widows and
orphans of the Confederate army
Recognition of the right of secession.
And the unconditional return Of rebels
to political power.
JESSE D. BRIGHT SPEAKS FOR THE DEMO
CRACr OF KENTUCKY.
The Hon Jesse D. Bright, just elect
ed to the Legislature of Kentucky, long
Senator from Indiana, and the leader
of his party, and always a bold anu