The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-07-24
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sPEEc4~OF
EHON. n, G. DEAN,
DELIVERED IN. WHEELING, WEST
VIRGINIA, MAY 5, 1868.

| VIRGINIA, MAY ., 1000.
WHO ARE TO BLAME FOR OUR EVILS!
Blatant demagogues halloo on the
streets that they have saved the
country. What part of the country
has been saved? The Constitution
is gone. not vestige of it is left us
and the people SEQ atheists. liber-
tines, .highwaymen, murdcrers, in
ccndiaries, sitting in the Judgment
seat Of the country, profanely swear
ing to support the Constitution of
the United States, and then openly
declaring they are ''acting outside
of the constitution" and when re-
minded by their colleagues that Sem
ators should not purjure themselves,
blandly reply. "Wcll, sir l don't
think it would hurt them much;'
and these are the records which VIC
are making up for posterity as stand
ards of morality to transmit to our
children
| don't blame such members of
Congress as Thaddcus Stevens--hc
who spent lifetime in crime-an
avowed atheist in bclief-a Rcvolu-
zionist by professional gambler by
tradc-hc who has slumbered for more
than quarter Of Il century in the
filthy embraces of a mulatto pros
titute-who commanded his conlrcres
to throw conscience to the devil
-hc who bears the mark of the an
ger of nature in the detormity of his
person--whose perverted mind is in
singular harmony with his whole ma
turc-intsllect, appetites and pas
sion; franco for discord. He is now
an old man, who leaves behind no
child which will be recognized by the
law of the land, and therefore mis- de-
tcrmin ination to make anarchy, discord
and revolution the common Inherit
ancc of the people. He has no wife
to inherit the proceeds of his miscr-
erable life, and would therefore in-
volve his w.sole race in the gem
,ral scandal of his own liccntious-
ness. That eternity offers him no
hope, when the earth ceases to afford
him any enjoyment, it is not unnat-
ural that possessed of evil spirits
seeking rest and finding none, he
should tiendlike desire to involve the
whole country in common misery.
1t is ptable to see an old man liv-
ing with no fuel to feed the lamp Of
life but the n.tro-g yccrent Of his baG
passions; when desire fails, living
to curse others. who is himself ac-
cnrs.l of God and man. | cannot
complain of men like Sicklcs, who
have come up from haunts of vice
and sinks Of iniquity Of namcless
infamy, that they should seek to
give character to themselves by de-
stroying the character of society,
and trampliny down the sacred laws
Of its organization. | enter no COM
plant against Cameron, who sees no
higher purpose Of human govsrn-
ments than to furnish him with op-
portunity to revel in the ill-gotten
fruits Of other mems labor. But
for all these miseries there are those
who are amenable to God for this
chaos ana revolution in the country.
must blame those ministers of the
'Son of God, baptized in his thrice
Holy name, who abjured the love of
the world, the lust of the FISH, the
pride of life, tho pomp and glory of
the earth they who baptize our
children, solemnizc marriage, bury
our dead and consecrate the en-
blems of the Holy Sacrament-the
guardians of our morality, the trus-
tees of our immcrtality-tbese men.
who, with uplifted hands and bodies
PROSTATE in the dust, swole by the
blood that warmed the heart of the
immaculate Son of Mary to love all
men as Christ loved them-these
men, who were sent as doves to the
windows Of the people to bear the
"glad tidings Of great joy peace
on earth and good will to men-1
blame them, who, sent to bring us
peace, arc stirring up. strife, and
brought us misery instead. TO
make eur misery complete, ard de-
stroy all that is left of free govern
ment, the men who have degraded
our race and destroyed our govern
ment, openly nominate a dlctat or, a
military man without any civil pres
tige, learning or knowledge. Fer
this they plead precedcnt--The pre-
cedent Of Jackson. Andrew Jackson
was not military man in any spe-
cifc sense of the word. He was a
soldier in tho Revolutionary war at
the early age of fourteen. He was
an officer in the Indian war of the
Southwest and in the war of 1872.
His natural love Of free institutions
gave to his heroic career an inspira-
tion of courage, which made the vic
tory of New Orleans the most glo-
rious Of modern times. only equaled
by the triple victory Of his namesake
in the valley of Virginia. General
Andrew jackson studied law, and
was admitted to the bar in early life.
He held the highest judicial posi-
tions in the country. He was Su-
preme Judge Of the Tennessee State
Court, and District Judge of the
United States Court. He had filled
every represent ative Office known to
our form Of government. He was a
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