New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-01

all that IA worth contest and without there thing
that gives dignity honor or value 70 tne seugS S
the bleeding wound OF the country bound up VINO wants
rs to return to the paths of prosperity and power and
Frank Blair put Ia nomination because or that let
ter he put In nomination by Rebel officer
from Kentucky, member OF that Convention, Gen
Preston His nomination was seconded by Rebel officer
from South Carolina-Wade Hampton. lie was nominated
10y the Rebel element Of the South and accepted by the
Rebel sympathizng element OF the North, and he now
stands as the Democratic candidate for the NicePres
ency and that letter is the platform. 1t expresses fully
ami directly what contained in the regular platform in
friends let consider for few moments the character
Of that Convention: One thing is TO be observed and
that is that the Southern men went into that
and took possession OF 1t with just the same ease the
assurance that they did in former Democratic con
to them with the same CELEBRITY that they had always
done. And now ask my friends who were the Demo
They were not the men who had been Union
WS So S Sads Som%anded the Rebel army and they
were the who had filed the Rebel Congress- and
who to that Convention torepresen the Democratic
party and make the nomination Now, my friends, allow
TO call your attention very briefly to what would be
tho inevitable consequences OF the success Of the Demo
Gratis In the approaching election One OF the first con
sequences would be the elevation OF the Rebel soldier TO
the same position occupied by the Union soldier In this
Convention you nd the Rebel and the Northern Demo
crat standing OH the same platform exactly You ma
the most influential men OF that Convention to have Deeh
Rebel officers and none were more influential ana none
the butcher who had coOred soldiers and children
murdered in cold blood after they had surre ei
the Democratic Convention, and no voice was more
powerful there than his The Rebel soldier must be pen
stoned like Union soldier his widow ana ms orpnaI
must be provided for as we provide Tor the WIDOW anu
the orphan Of the Union soldier they must an ~ S
North get into power will the Democratic party conset
TO tax Themselves with the nation to pay the
pensions OF Union soldiers and the widows and orphans
" Union soldiers while theirs are LOT
That Is against human nature And the rst thng they
viii do when they shall into power by the election
of seymour and the Democratic ticket. VIII De 10 place
The Rebel soldiers in every respect upon the same level
with hp soldiers
and all who pcnsOned therinevtaDe consequence
~ the success OF the Democratic party will he the repuda
ton of the national debt. The Democratic party mas
positions or status upon the subject OF me Natlohal
Democratic party North opposed TO the creation OF
the debt for the purpose OF putting down the Rebellion
Every act OF Congress authorizing the issuing OF bonds
or the borrowing Of money was denounced as uhcOns
tona. The several acts OF Congress authorizing the
less and wantOn violation Of the Constitution The Dem
ocrac party did all in its power by its politicians ana s
newspapers, to prevent the bonds from being soa 70
prevent the people from lending the Government lts
money to carry on the war ana s se Thew hate
them because they lent Their money 10 eay OF Of
the war and whatever may be the sm IeenE Sody
Seymour as bo5dhGder. or tne Ss staio O onS
Of the the party ryb Is that the great
body OF the Democratic party hate the DondhOders pc
they lent Their money sp al or SI interest If
they help It, But again. the Democratic parV, II
Rebels OF the South The Rebels OF the South put their
money I'm Confederate stocks They invested their money
iost nysrything; and now want to know If there is
stud enou Oh TO believe that these Southern Rebels,
when they shall come into po"er through he medium Oh
the body OF tho nation to pay our debt either principal
or interests Never. Therefore, 1t is the inevitable
result the unavoidable logic Of the situation, the very
constitution the Democratic party that cannot and
will not pay that debt, and III 1t IL brought into power
that Republication will he the certain result The
great body OF the party the S4pt earn Ha o1
the war; and the Rebels, having lost everything Coneu
crate stock and property ana having Offn a would
voluntarily tax themselves along with the nation WIFI
they come power. IL anything could ever recOhclu
ate them to the payment OF the debt would De te h
sumption OF their debt aud putting II on the same OASIS
But that would be reputation, because would make
the debt large that never could be PAID Announcer
OF the coming into power OF the Democratic
ernuents that we have built up will be the restoration
" Slavery. / did not think so year ago
thought, come what might they never couu ~, n,
YOU give them power, they Will return the cOloeu peope
TO slavery Let them Oyerurn those State Governments
down there and they will dlsarm the negro populations
they are all armed themelves-andt then with the sane
tons Of Seymour and all the Democratic politicians OF
the North, they Will, by military power return the cor
ored people TO Slavery That would De anCtner MIA
BILE result OF the success OF the Democratic party noW
my friends We hear a good deal upon the subject OF
negro suffrage. My distinguished colleague IN Tue
speech which he made in this yard last night TOOK oeca
! sion 10 advert to this subject, and wish TO read
/ "a extract from what he says; by an
act Of Congress Il has been established "a
election In the City Of Washington the disagreeabe sight
witnessed Of hundreds OF white men being insued ana
crowded from the polls by organized bodies OF negroes
OF Washington the sight Is frequently witnessed OF white
men being jostled from the polls by negroes thnk ny
colleague has been misnfoIned never heard OF that
mt n ever paid 40 poor compliment to the whites my
self Cheers The idea that the uneonquered Anglo,
saxon with all his intelligence with his possession OF
arms with all the advantages that Intelligence gives even
In the City OF Washington, has been crowded and osed
from the polls by these poor negroes. Laughter