Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-08-09
WHEN HE WILL WELCOME THEM u AcK.


openly opposed to becoming the instru
nlents and tools Of northern Democrats
who, while the war was waging, accepted
the protection Of the stars and stripes, ant
now have the graceless effrontcry to brai
that they we're false to IL, | may, and proba
/ bly, will, then be glad to Welcome then
back into the Union. But when l do tina
! | wish to be able to 90 home and face th'
widows and orphans that swarm tho broad
prairies of the West, whose weeds O
mourning meet us these on the highways
and the by-ways. and answer. any reason
able question they may haSf to ask.
recognize the responsibility GA Represen
tative here to his constituency, and / fee
that woman or child that cannot vote
may have as sacred q right 10 ask me {
question as q man that can, and am sim
ply anxious to prepare myself to meet al
such comers. La the silent vigils Of the
noiseless night many a time and oft have
fancied | could hear, coming on the soft
whispering breezes Of the South, from the
lowly pillows Of the loyal soldiers sleeping
sweetly whore they fell galantly, the at'
fectionate message: "Be Of good cheer
stand fast aud firm at duty's sacred post
Ii was standing there We lost the crown oi
life to win crown ofglory, and VIC appeal
to you now. from our bright home here
in Heaven, 10 save our offspring from the
dire necessity Of having TO perish MS we
perished to save from destruction the al.
tars aud temples Of liberty" And how
are we to do this2 Flattering rebels, toer-
ating treason and pcttipg political pro-
figates?
GEN. GRANT AND THE DEMOCRACY.
The gentleman has nominated General
Grant for the Presidency, aud II
General Grant has any enemies,
| dare say tho gentelnans nomination
must have made them profoundly happy.
Gen. Grant rarely has anything TO say,
and when no does speak il Is generally di-
roctly to the point, aud from that fact the
inference Is fair that no will be found
moro than equal TO any occasion that may
call on him 10 take care OF the true inter.
esis Of his lamo and fortunes, whenever
and wherever they may bo dyectly or in
directly threatened. But were General
Grant and really aspiring to tho Prcsidcn-
oy, would give tho gentleman notice that
If he wanted an office from me, his claims 10
confederation would not depend upon how
much but how little he had tosay IN my be.
half (Laughter) Presidents rarely owe
their success 10 their enemies. Con. Grant
may harn wholesome lessons from the
South about the consequences Of falling In.
to bad company hunting for friends.
Eanaral lraut - oaptatulU a.aat al
good man. Hc deserves and enjoys the
affection and confidence of this nation.
His personal popularity is universal. His
military fame has spread
"From eatth's remotest bound to ocean ioneliest
shore"
1t rests upon the adamnntine: pedestal of
success aud rises above mortal criticism,
and ii il can survive the admiration and
friendship Of home.b bound sympathizers
with the precious southern brethren, at
whose ignomiuous expense he won his
laurels, then indeed, may his true aud
real friends rejoice in the conclusion that
it is beyond lingering shadow of doubt
more than indestructiblc. Paradoxes do
not amount to phenoma, but nevertheless
they rarely pass away unnoticed, and the
paradoxical proposition Of finding in the
sclf-samc member ofthis House the friend
alike of General Grant aud JEFF. Davis
cannot do so. 1t is at least worth pass
ing comment. There is not one single
passing shadow of resemblance between
the histories, achievements, principles,
sentiments, or purposes OF the arch traitor
and the loyal general. The one is small,
in all things small; the other is great in
virtues and talents that rank greatest.
The name Of the one will 60 down to pos
terity a byword of scorn and reproach,
while the name of the other will live to be
given at the pabtismal font the thousands
of infant patriots yet to be born; and to
me it is riddle utterly incomprehensblc
that one aud the same man can be at one
and the time alike the friend
of JEFF. the traitor and Grant the patriot.
Mn. RoBIsoN How about Horace Gree.
lcy2
Mn. LOGAN. Greeley indeed That he
is Jeff's friend you may prove, but where
is the evidence he is Grants
WHAT lie UNDERSTANDS BY FORGIVENESS.
trust that the apparent cgotism Of an
allusion now that is somewhat necessary
to myself will be pardoned. am brand
ed by political and sectional partsans
with such epithets as "bloodthirsty," "un-
forgiven "unreenting," &C., &c. How
this has been ascertained III inexplicable
to me. Who has sought my forgiveness
that / have refused to give? forgiveness
is taught in the Lords Prayer, but we are
not therein instructed to thrust forgiveness
upon the unrepentant and the defiant.
forgiveness is not so cheap virtue that
it may be prodigally wasted unasked upon
the idle and Indifferent. The forgiveness
that anticipates repentance will multiply
crimes faster than it will reform criminals
When the rebels of the South begin proper
ly to repent and find moral courage
enough to make before the worl a manly
acknowledgment of it, then, aud not until
then. will take into consideration the
question of their forgiveness at all. ]
have no premium to offer in the shape Of
forgiveness to the insolence of an obstana-
ey that deigns not to ask for that forgive
ness. | would open gulf between trea.
son aud loyalty wide enough to make the
dwellers on its opposite shores strangers,
and deep enough to swallow legions in
arms. | would ill it with waves of fire,
through which no unrepontant living thing
could swim, aud over which no soaring
philanthropy could fy aud survive. Sick
iy senimentalism is great crime breeder
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