The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-03

The committee presided, large delegation Of ts mem
oers being seated upon the stage, brief address
introduced Senator Yates the orator OF the evening
Ex-Governor YATES having been presented and
greeted with showers OF plaudlts, proceeded discuss
the Issues Of the present political compaign. The coun
try, argued the Senator SHOULD be careful into whose
hands its deslinies committed Grave were
al stake-issues OF almost paramount Importance 70
those which asitated be country in 1861. The dsmd'
cratic party having resked for years with treason
now came forward and claimed TO be the party OF the
Union. They, who organized the Knights or the Golden
circle, claimed 10 be the true conservators OF the
constitution and OF constitutional governments they
VINO elaborated conspraces 10 assassnae loyal Cover
nors now presumed to pirate about violence awlessness
and unconsttutionaliy: they prophesied that
North could never conquer the South and rejoced
when The hosts OF the Union were defeated, pre-
tended to value that Union beyond all things. They,
in short who met In convention, Of which Hora-
n ana sa
the war had been failure, and that treason
no treason and ought TO succeed have the audacty
70 press their claims TO administer the government
the ground that II was their mission all diff
cutes with conservative balm. should the American
s Ssa 10 AS ss
authenticity OF the victories Of sheridan and Sherman
aud Grant, until they had been forced 70 be.
never Men who put ON long faces over the
surrender OF Lee, and who made wry mouths
every rebel defeat were not likely to maintain the dig
nifty OF a government Of whose permanency they had
been for the past SIX ears lie was quite aware
that effort being made by the democratic leaders
TO get up side issues and thus obscure the real issues Of
the campaign. Hence had the discussion OF the
financial questionable insinuation Of reputation He
should not enter at length upon that question. He be-
lieved that Uncle Sam was bound to pay his debts
When Uncle Sam wanted money he borrowed il and
took his pen and signed promise to pay it, with that
the n11 Am bought uniforms inform and shoes
money Uncle Sam paid those soldiers for their services
IN the field; with that money Uncle Sam fed tnem for
four years and equipped them and he he speaker did
not believe in repudiang the money for which boys
in blue had spilled their blsod, and with they had
received the price Of wounds and privationa The
patriots Of the country therefore, should be- careful into
whose hands they committed the financial interests OF
the nation In the hands OF the democracy there was
danger that the signature OF Uncle Sam would be dis
honored, and when the old mans signature
was dishonored, what were We as . nation
but corporation which had taken advantage Of the
Bankrupt awf From this topic the speaker proceeded
70 discourse upon ne question Of negro suffrage There
was. ns saia sometmes such consideration IN the
II was on this ground that the ballot demanded for
the black man. There was nothing moro appropriate
who had warred against the Union for FIVE years. They
must rule or be trodden under foot, and there was
could .sss: s see
had some power in his hands to protscthis rights
and that power could only be embodied in the ballot
Not that the speaker contended for equality Il not
tenet Of the republican party to contend for equality
save that equality which sprapg from equal rights be-
than the equal Of the sothfui and thrIess For
instance, equality could there be between the noble
Gu: cultured and eloquent Frederick Douglas ana
tClapping Of hands and loud applausel With
such representative the high minded Douglass
II was strange that the democracy dared TO
say that the negro not eligible 10 tho
ballot Give the black man bis rights and tho
economical questions Of reconstruction were dis
posed Of: give the negro the baIo. and no would
take care Of hsef give the negro the ballot and he
would reconstruct tho South upon republican and loyal
principles And here the great question Of rcconsruc-
ton was settedf the negro was permitted the ballot
the country already reconstructed.
The speaker concluded with an appeal for negro suf
frage and after further desdltory speaking the
assembiags dispersed.