The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-30

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ON FRIDAY Wade Hampton recited to the
people of Charleston his experiences at the
Tammany Convention. As one of the Com
mittee on Resolutions, he informed them that
he proposed the resolution And we declare
that the reconstruction acts of Congress are
unconstitutional, revolutionary, and void"
nothing else, for when the Democratic party
pledged themselves to that when they had de.
clared that these acts were Unconstitutional,
revolutionary, and void,' Twas willing to wait
in patience until that party would be triumph.
ant, and apply the remedy in their own good
time. | believe that the right of suffrage be.
longed to the states. l believed that 1t would
be our policy TO regulate 1t here as II would
suit us and other States as 1t might suit them.
believed we only wanted that party to pledge
Itself to the solem dec on hat these acts
were 'unconsti tutional, revolutionary, and
void When l presented that proposition
every member Of the committed land the
| forward and pledged themselves to carry 1t
| out to the end.n After stating that he was
willing" that the Federals should be met as
"brethren,' he added: 81 yield, fellow-citi.
Gems, as you know, to none in dcroiion 10 our
lost cause, IA voice, we know that.1 !
never shall declare the men who have fought
never seek ignomlnious safety or base promo
ton BY u dastardly denial, Never viii do
this: Believe me that If ever this dear old
mother Of ours shall call upon her sons to de-
fend her affairs, II life and volition is left to
me, none tciI respond to that call more promptly
or more cheerfully than L"
A UTICA IN. Y } letter to the Chicago Tri-
| buRs contains the following; "Judge Under.
wood, OF Virginia, who lie here in Utica to at
| tend the commencement of Hamilton College
-of which Horatio Seymour, Governor Haw-
| says that he has seen Chief Justice Chase
| since the Democratic nomination was made
| Judge Underwood was a colaborer with Mr.
Chase In Virginia reconstruction, and is still
| friendly to him. Mr.. Chase expresses himself
as a supporter ofGrant and C.lfax. He states
| that the Democrats treated him with treach-
n nj ri htN. -
| tion at New York as foregone matter, but
asking his cooperation In little photographic
points OF platform, so that they might har
monte in convention, and not estrange the
great minority OF Western or Brick Pomeroy
Democrats. Leading him go from admission
TO admission, they magnifed and exaggerated
| his friends over to their nominee, while they
should cast himself aside. The Chief Justice
claims that the only interest he had in the
Democratic nomination was to secure the per.
.msncnce Of universal suffrage by assisting the
Democratic party to acknowledge it."
The New York CM=en In the course of Il
long article on the In Crosse Democrat, says;
seriously the success Of Mr.. Pomeroyis jour
nal is thing worth philosophical analysis.
Down South, where the passions OF a con-
Guered and grossly oppressed people are still
ever is gravely told them, II It harmonizes
with their wishes-eyery hue of the La Crosse
Incredible mischief has been effected While
| up here In the North among sensible Demo
| crats-though but few go so far rs to suspect
| Mr.. POmeFoy of deliberately and of malice
aforcthOught working In the Radical interest
and to advance the Radical cNusc-we have
not met the hrst one yet who does not agree
with US In regarding the La Crosse Democrat
as the most effective and powerful campaign
document now issued in behalf of the Radical
candidate and party, 1t reaches men who
G Tr be reached tn either by the New York
| Democrats; and how many Of these II has
already driven away from our cause by the
| frequent brutRlities and continual ferocities
of It's di"trihcs, we intend employing half a
| dozen Philadelphia lawyers to calculate, just
so soon a5 thisho spell shall be over"
,,GovEnNoE BULLOCK, Of Georgia, is from
Is from Pennsylvania; Governor Reed, OF
| Florida, is from Wisconsin, Governor War.
mouth, of Louisiana, is from Illinois, Gov
ernor Scott, of South CaIOlins, Is from Penn
sylyania; the Governor, d. b. Eggleston, pro.
posed for Mississippi, is from Ohio; Governor
Weles, to DO voted for in Virginia, is from
Michigan.
HOS. ]. A. RgA0RN, the Confederate Post
master General, spoke in Galveston, Texas, at
q Democratic ratification meeting on the 18th
instant, He said 1t was the duty of the South
eTners to obey the lava, accept the situation
with regard to suffrage, as 1t now stands, and,
IKE true and honest men, to labor for the res.
tOfation Of peace and harmony between the
sections.
DISPATCH to the Cincinnati Enquirer says
mat An eN-general declared only a few days
ago that "in less than twelve months members
o. congress would hang in their chambers"
II remains to be added that the Hanguinary
gentleman Is an ardent supporter OF Seymour
and Blsir-DlAiT especially.
The Hartford Courdni says: While the
Southern Democrats were out On their little
excursion under Davis and Lee they killed
Ave thousand Connecticut men. The suryi-
vors are invited to elect a President to suit
the murdercrs immediately upon their &c.
turn
THE Democracy, 1t is limited, are about to
hold grand ratification meeting on the site
of the old Andersonyille prison pen. Why
not at Fort Pillow, alsol
GENERAL BUELL., who wasted one OF the
hnest armies at the WcBt in q series of Nc.
Uiellanlsms, naturally supports Seymour and
Blair,
The Cleveland P'aindedicr calls upon It's
Democratic friends to "hing out the flag OF
purest white" We hardly expected nag OF
truce yet,
GEORGE IL. PENDLgTON Ia about to take the
stump in Ohio in support of his protege, Sey.
mour.
The Democracy of Lagrange county, Ind,
have contributed ", 800 to establish Demo.
cratic Dapor in that county