Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-09-06

suaue any OF you tnat nc had madc you
for that seryice2 Voices no No'1
No, thank God, the American people have
got past that. They don't believe there
is a great deal Of difference in blood.
There is vast di iffcrenco in moral aud in
tellectual exaltation, but in government
you have 10 take mankind as they are,
aud unless compelled 10 submit to despot-
ism, they who are governed are allowed
to participate In the government. We
govern ourselves. have Thurpan's
srlechin my pocket and am tempted to
read some OF his lamentations, for old Jer-
cmiah, In his most hypocondriacal moods,
never talked like the Judge.
ooh" he says, "the most terrible tyr
amy that the world ever knew has fallen
upon the American people. They have
nowhere TO look for hope, and are in dan
ger Of falling under tho domination Of
despo,s. The Republican party has ex-
cited tho most horrid despotism."
If so, II is Of the peoples own choosing,
and they can make their way out Of IL
whenever they see iit. | don't commits.
scrate much with people who have instiiu.
lican party which to-day reignsso triumph.
nntly over the old Democratic pariy-how
did Il happonY Thurman ought to be a
philosopher, and look into things Of this
kind. III tell you why IL happened 1t
is because God is just, aud the Republican
party travelled according TO the dictates
and principles laid down by. Him.
You aud your party served the Devil, and
aud Ia the end didn't come out triumph.
antly. This may be harsh expression,
but u il literally true. From tho time
the Republican party fret organized, It's
numbers have continually increased, their
principles become more aud more settled,
aud arc now moro firmly held by tho
American people than at any previous
time. Why is Il? Have the people run
mad, aud reduced themselves TO do.pot-
ism from which they cannot release them.
selvc,2 Whe domineor over themg Am
one of the number, your. servant, whom
next winier youc turn into your slreeisY
Call this dcspotsmY II is such insanity
that those men spout at their meetings.
Such dcspotism doesn't hurt us IN Ohio.
IL Il hurts anybody Il hntts the people of
The seeded States aud their old friends
aud associates who during the war looked
20 them Tor support, for whom Vallandig-
ham went down South, after Icing eon'
domned by just government for treason,
TO devise ways aud means whereby he
might conquer the Government that was
~ fee and liberal M 10 allow him 10 eG-
cape with his life..1 thurman being left NJ
homo TO take care Of the rebel wounded
and prisoners. Whh your brave boys
languished aud suffered aud died in An.
dersonyille, Belle Isle aud other prisons;
willie your wives aud daughters stimula.
ted them with pure and patriotic motives,
aud were providing comforts and delica'
ccs for tho poor soldiers who fell lighting
the enemy, where were ValIandigham and
Thurman, who want your votes to-day?
They woro minisiering 20 the rebels at
Humans house, tho headquarters, whore
no shed not crocodile but real tears over
their condition. lie Is nn enemy 10 this
Government; there u no use mincng
matters. Gcd knows that the great war
through which wo have passed was ordain.
oil TO try mems souls. There was no mid.
die course. As Douglas we'll snid, every
man was either patriot, or rebel and trai.
tor. Where was thurman When our
hation lost battle did ho mourn over II?
No, he gloaied over IL with tho same oxul.
ia,on that JEFF Davis, or any other rebel
did. When your armies triumphed his
heart sank within him, because ho wished
tho rebel cause 10 prevail. Will he get
any Of your votes? Is there man who
spurned Vallandigham when he was can.
dldate, that will yoie for Thurman, n rebel
of lower grade? As love bold man
rather than a sneak, God knows If
should make choice between tho two |
would prefer tho bold. convicted traitor
ralher than tho Slimy, miserable tool Of
traitors, as Is tho man Thurman. But
those negroes arc too ignorant TO vote.
WELL great many that now vote arc
more ignoran, than wish they were.
am 10 myself; and the great numbers who
como to the polls right FROM across the
ocean, from under tho heels Of dospotism,
with cyory sentiment Of manhood ulmost
cru he'd out Of them, most Of them know.
iug no more Of our government than tho
horse you drive, and yet you give lhem
tho right TO vote, aud would reluso IL To
the colorod mnn who was born among you
--who has heard discussed from boyhood
up tho great questions Involved in our
Goyornmeni--whoh has been faithful 10 tho
dictates OF better principles, beyond any
class of equal number | know. II you
will make distinction and make in,elli-
gonco the test, MIR. Democrat, do 80, aud
you will, at least, bc free from the charge
Of partialty aud favoritism. But how Is
il Us TO ignorance? Many of those color.
ed men are as intelligent as ourselves
Some Of thom are the most efficient orators,
who can discuss with any man, | don't
care who, all tho complicated affairs OF
Government with as much jusiness aud
ability as the best of us. There are all
grades of intelligence among Them as
among other men. In my judgment they
arc vastly better qualified to discharge the
full duties Of citizens Of this Government
than the great mass, equal or greater than
shey in number who are permitted To vote,
| am not for striking off any. My princi.
pies do not carry me in that direction, be. i.
cause hold that whether we are ignorant
or rich or poor, II is the dictate OF Eter-
nal Justice, IL a man lives under govern
ment he should have the right to parlici-
pate in its privileges as wei, as duties.
am glad to know that in ordcr for a man
to discharge his duties to his Government
right, IL is not necessary he should be u