The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-22
Cries Of ..Peace" and great cheerinsJ

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Music by the band.
SPEECH OF JAMES 3. BELPoRD.
~ . men ,na, hc ~ the Emnr
state, rendered "a 1t would be In November IN the
interest Of liberty, OF justice and Of good govern
clothed, as II would be, with moral influence and
significance that would quiet the turbulent abash the
fsncssss Wherever they might exist The limits
OF the republic. They had met 70 determine with
which Of the great political parties sney would cast
Of New York ashamed that the republican party
suppressed and crushed the most gigantic and ter
cord. indicating the divided authority Of the gov
eminent and planting our banner on every
to where, where rolled the s RIO GrsSdss Were they
ashamed that they followed the lead OF
the great captain when he thanked and captured aa
the clouds on Lookout Mountain Or with the noble
and heroic sedgwlck, who on many historic and
same reDe Oficers who, on the 9th day Of July. in
this city, conquered General Hancock and captured
%ossss sss ey
men Of New YORK ashamed Of the fact that they gave
the field and strengthen the arms Of the loyal mil
lions who stood between our nearthstones and wars
republican party through Its legislatures all over the
country incorporated and nwrought into the organic
and fundamental law Of the republic inc tnrteehsa
the roots Of that h0rrid institution which Tor -long
years made towards and cravens OF ms air or that
equally important and no less signincant amendment
which nati0nazed the rights Of American citizens,
which equalzed the basis OF federal representation,
Union should be paid in good faith and the rebel
debt that 0utgr0wth OF treason, OF perjury and OF
crime, should be tramped beneath the feet OF the
loyal millions who inhabited the entire continents
Renewed applause.) He asked his democratic
friends If they acted right in opposing those two
iieye that HoratlO Seymour fully comprehended the
true situation Of this nation when he declared that
White 1i a wa Of surrender WoSldne be-
lieve with their party leaders OF 1852 and 1863
that the soldiers OF the republic were hirelings,
murderers, butchers and assassinsY Did they still
believe that Lincoln violated the constitution Of the
United States when he made his first call for $4,000
realize down deep in their heart Of hearts that they
owed debt OF thanksgiving and gratitude to Al
Almighty God for the overwhelming rout ana defeat
Of the democratic party four years agof loud
PROSPER NJ WErHoRI proposed three cheers for
me democrats said that the war and the connec-
ton of parties with the war were dead issues. When
mastery Of the republic Il was tho part Of wisdom,
justice and Of prudence to inquire who II worked
for last and what were Its credentials. lRenewed
aughter) Il was the democratic organization that,
failing to control the Union taught the South to rear
aloft the bloody standard Of revolt and assail
curiy il AFFORDED, in the prosperity It offered and in
the blessings It difused over all. It was that
Fisn2 to sscsde and declared that the Emancipation
Proclamation OF Mr. Lincoln, would ring down
the coming centuries % new gospel OF freedom,
that SANE party that In 1894 'o3 and 's4 declared that
| greenbacks were more worthless than Southern
the West with reasonable organizations, designed
10 demOralize both the army and the people twas
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Monroe and the compatrots OF the Revolution, under
which we grew Sy sna a aapI aas
| TO the New York Convention, called the Con-
| federate constitutions proper garland for the
| upon human bondage and human degradation. It
| was this party that gave us two nags-the Star.
spanged Banner under which Washington and
! went down TO death, and that other banner, the
stars and Bars that our soldiers tore to taters on
same democratic party that sent our little army,
1900 strong to Texas and New Mexico, and 1t was
the rebels Il Was this same BODY
OF men that sent our eet to navigate distant oceans
to keep it out Of the way just about the commence
iysed our commerce, bankrupted our Treasury and
strove to the uttermost to destroy the republic.
And t Ss nas rns sSss r
| public which our loyal devotion saved nom
sut We sre now rapidly approaching period when
u becomes our duty and privilege 70 engage IN the
Sncs % TWO great POLITICAL parties are before the
country In the contest for the power to control and
govern the country The one declares that the peace
dalton and dsranchisement Of four millions Of men,
| over whom Almighty God has cast the protecting
forward for the rights Of all men, OF whatever color
whether naturalized or native born. The one de-
Of vilany and corruption, and was incurred in an
unrighteous crusade against Southern rights
and s sast OF ne the naon @ e
paid to our soldiers the pensions paid and becoming
due to their widows and shall be forever held lnvio
that the eI principles OF the Declaration Of independ
ence are theories incapable OF fulnment; the other
aess grew and are the in
destTuctble foundations Of all true and righteous
government The one declares That the legislative e
ration OF the Union are UNCONSTITUTIONAL revolution
ary and void; that loyal State governments shall be
iudicaries uprooted and ten States given back TO
rebel domination and control; while the other party
nigh and lofty appreciation OF public necessity and
that these acts shall endure when the last rebel
sleeps his last sleep In 1.-THE last ditch" OF the con-
tile and antagonistic there was no room
for accommodation, no field for diplomacy The one
party must win and the other must fall. The prn-
ciples OF the republican party were the moral forces
Of the world impeng It forward to yet nobler des-
nes They were IKE the strong currents q modern
aud superstition. Prudent and intelligent men
could not and would not long sanction Q creed
liberties reposed. Sooner or later men would per:
ceve that the Almighty had coupled the welfare and
prosperity OF eacn naCon WIN tne wenare anu pros
perity Of each Individual and IT mattered not how
thin and gossaner-like the thread that bound them
one to the oher its wanton severance involved the
destruction OF both. For the past eight years the
democratic party had opposed every measure which
day formed the pride and glory OF the republic;
overwhelmed In Congress, y had crouched and
covered behind the chair OF the Executive and the
soied ana dirty purple Of men WHO, for party pur-
poses, were willing to convert the judiciary Of the
nation into lazaretto where party demaeogues
might DO instructed In the theories exploded and
discarded in the war. should that party succeed,
oficered and led by the men whose names had been
men whose disoyaty was neither denied, excused
or palliateds Should those men who but yesterday
destruction OF the republic be entrusted now
with the control Of its finances, Its commerce Its
lbertiesY "A voice, mo, never.'c Should disloy-
and persecutions Should Grant and Colfax, the
noblest types Of the republics grandeur and glory
be the rst to experience Its ingratltude and learn
that TO the rebel In the field and his coadutor In the
North belonged the honor of ruling forty millions OF