Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-10-28

government IN their own way, they
had both Houses of Congress; they
had the President. Every officer wa,
appointed by the very party that wen
to war
And now, sir, what did the Radicals
do during this time? Nothing. We
could not have done anything If We
would. But, nevertheless, sir, They
left your Congress, declaring they
would destroy the government, and
seeded from the Union; they, made
captive your little army that was dis
tributed in the South; they got to-
gether and passed laws making wai
upon the United States. And / will
say here, in passing, that about the
first acts the COnfederacy did, after
they had framed their Constitution,
their Congress passed laws cOnfscat-
ing all the property that belonged to
any Northern man. / remember well,
that If any debt was due from South
ern to Northern man, that it was
eonfiscated by their law TO the Con-
federacy. Ifa Northern man owned
land in the South, it was seized by the
COnfederacy at once, and confiscated
to advance the interest of the rebel
lion. ~ -H Hi'
Yet, you knowth squamfsh Demo
cratic party, when we talk of confis-
cation, is perfectly horror stricken at
once, saying we were about to do a
terribly tyrannical act, sympathizing
still with the enemies Of the country.
The radicals up to this time had
done nothing; had they, Mr.. Demo-
.crat Not a thing. We could not
have done it if7you had staid in Con-
gress, and the greatest blunder You
ever did make on Gods earth was
when you quit your seats there and
left the government in our hands,
Laughter and cheers. l was there,
sir, and never haveI, at any period of
my life, rejoieed as I did when YOU
committed that blunder to your own
interest. Applause. There stood
the Democratic party, backing You up
in every measure you proposed. The
records of Congress will show it. Yea,
after you had fired on Fort Sumter;
flag of the country after you had
made captive the soldiers of the Uni
ted States, and commenced a wa
against the government, the Demo-
cratic party in Congress still stood by
you, ready to back and assist you in
any thing you undertook. But you
could not have little patience, your
hot-headed Southern blood got the
better of your discretion; and you ran
away and left Congress, thank God,
in the hands of the Radicals, or where
we should have been to-day, God only
knows; / do not. You would have
driven us TO revolution if you had
staid. But you went of, and thenthe
question came up, what shall We do to
stay the hand of this accursed rebel
lion, threatening then by armed force
to seize upon Washington, which was
beleaguered at once, and take the gov
into those rebel hands. Why
sir, these Radicals that you complain
of were not quite prepared at. that Pc
riOd to fold their hands and say that
you had a right to do all these things,
and the government could not defend
itself. We were not ready to do that,
but there was not Democrat in Con-
gress, or out of Congress, but what
put forth this accursed, miserable,
eOwardly doctrine that the govern
ment of the United States had no
power to defend itself. "No coer-
eion," they said. That was the watch
word. you can't eoerce q State, but
L State may coerce your fLaughter
md applause. A beautiful govern
nent that would be; attacked by reb- 1
lis with the fell purpose of overthrow
ng and destroying it, and no power !
N the government itself to defend .
tself. Cowardly, miserable doctrine! 7
And now want, If there is Demo- /
rat in the crowd, / want to ask him
f his ears do not tingle with shame
when he thinks Of the miserable, cra-
zen, eOwarily principle that you adop-
ed then that the government could .
lot defend itself against traitors.
Well, sir, this was not all. Imme- I
lately the enemies of the country
,ent their emissaries to Europe, got
iown on their knees and begged of 1
very despot in Europe TO aid and as
list them to destroy your government.
Slidel, old Mason, and others, were
here, pleading the tyrant to come
Dver here and assist them to destroy
hat government that they had sworn 1
o support. Well, sir, this issueis not
,iven up. told you we are divided
O-day upon the same principle that
livided the country then. There is
10 relief from it and generations. vet
o come, wherever there is q Demo
rat that has succeeded in making
himself notorious enough to put his
lame upon record, will go down with
he old Tories TO eternal infamy and
hame- loud applause land your chill
lren will not be proud of you, my
riends. Laughter. /
Think of ii, of a man born to the
,reat and proud privileges of an
American citizen, bowling himself
tOwn to foreign tyrants and asking
hem to aid him in destroying his
government. II there is anything
more damnable, if there is anything
more infamous than. anything else, it
5 in that cowardly, miserable pur-
,Ose. And yet, sir, the Democratic
mean all those that stood
in the party after those
hings had been transaeted-was an
nemy to his country. If 1 had done
t, would have felt like traitor; /
would have looked Ikea traitor, and
III just men would have sworn l was
traitor-[cheers] ]-and l would not
ave had the courage to deny it.
Now, my friends, am l right
yes" Am / right in
aying,that the Democratic party, as
party, adopted these principles and
TODD by them then, and stand by /
hem to-day? lVoiee-"Yes, that's
OF
mt lar., Iof mo CIV M, o,,;,,,. q, D.,
ndiscriminate condemnation of the
nen that acted with the party. There
vas many proud-spirited Democrat. L
leluded, no doubt, by party preju-
Ices and that kind of magnetism that
,nits parties together. When they
ired ON the flag and Sumter was as
aulted, those glorious men came out
rom the foul party, and stand by us
O-day among the best and bravest we
lad. All honor to those, but infamy
o the others. GAppIause.
And Iwish to make this distinction,
o that no man shall go away and say
hat Wade got up here and condemn
d the Democratic party, all of them.
am anxious and eager to give them
III praise where they are worthy of il.
And it is my happiness to know that
n the ranks of patriotism that are
themselves to-day for the
inal victory and the final charge upon
raitors, there are none better, drawer
IT more true than the war Democrats
hat came out to aid us in that strug-
,le. meet them wherever go, and
say to my Republican friends, / find
heir zeal even greater than many Re
Iublieans. When go to place to
peak to the people they are about the