Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-23
Fhe Democratic Meeting at New.

day. The procession was very large, AM
created very considerable enthusiasm.
At 2 o'clock, P. NJ, Hon. CHARLES Fol
LsTT, the President of the occasion, intro.
dueed Hop.J. r. DooLITTLE to the i'm :
public square in front of the Court House
Mr.. FoLIErr's remarks were pertinent t.
the occasion, and were enthusiastically. re
ceiyed. When Mr.. DooLIrTLE rose 4.
speak he was received with perfect storm
of applause.
Mr.. DooLrTTLE commenced his speecl
by referring to the fact and dwelling upo
l., that if Ohio should on the second Tues
day of October give her vote to the Demo
cratic party, the contest for the supremacy
of the Constitution and the restoration o
the Union would be comparatively easy:
but If Ohio should not, with Indiana ant
Pennsylvania, vote for the Democratic can,
didates. the contest would be close an6
uncertain-so uncertain that IL might b,
possible that the Southern States, which
are held in the hand of the military
power, must, decide it. If this should
be the case, God only knew what the
y 2. .
result would be. He claimed that Sc
cessionl and Slavery D were dead and
buried out of sight 50 deep that they
never more could be resurrected--as dead
as the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
and the Lecompton issue. He claimed that
the questions that lead to the creation OF
the Republican party, were no longer ip
issue. aist52l l..l...,,s. s .-t.srit5 s5ts
He took up the charge, that the Rebels
were in the New York Convention. He
said that there were men in the New York
Convention who had been Rebels; but that
they were not so any longer. The Repub-
licans. he said, were the last persons who
should make that an objection, because. in
the Chicago Convention ex-Goy. BROWN,
of Georgia, was conspicuous member
therein. He was one of the foremost in the
cause of Secession-one of the first to 'fre
the Southern heart"-one who adhered to
the cause of Secession from the beginning
to the end. ,--9 81 ~ atgf
Mr.. DooLITTLE read from arecent speech
of ex-Gov. BROWN, in which he gave his
reasons for refusing to cooperate with the
4ucSC IcdSOuo WcIc
that the Democratic party had abandoned
the doctrine of State Rights as he under
stood uit; that the Democrats had come
down into the South by the hundred thou
sand with guns in their hands, and had
thus subdued them; that had the Demo-
Gratis not done this the South would not
have been subdueG.7 Hi}-aH6a 6a-a.Iil 81
Mr.. DooLITTE claimed that there are as
many widows OF Democrats in Licking
as of Republicans, made 80 by the War, and
that there are as many orphans of Demo-
Gratis as of Republicans in Licking, made
so by the War. He repelled the charge
that the Democrats are not devoted to their
country and Government, with scorn.
Mr.. DooLITTLE then took up the Recon-
struction policy of Congress, and discussed
it elaborately and with mastery ability,
showing conclusively that it has been det-
rimental to, Union, to the restoration of
perfect peace and the prosperity of the
country. He must have satisfied all who
ton, the Republican party is not entitled
to their suffrages. ..ifZ fe
/ In conclusion, Mr.. DooLITTLE said 80
Iii b06 IdIll0 VI OOHSGituCIOUdl llO6rGy,
in the name of our great ancestors who laid
the foundations of this Government to se-,
cure liberty for themselves and us, in the
name of all who love liberty, who are ready
to struggle, and if need be to die, rather
than allow it, to be overthrow; in the
name of the coming generations, and of
that race to which we belong and which
has given to the world its civilization, / ar
raign and impeach the Radical policy of
H. ,f 4, 4
misdemeanOrs. At the bar of the Ameri-
can people, in the presence of high Heaven
and before the civilized world, I impeach
it, first, as crime against the laws of ma
ture, which God, the Almighty, has
stamped upon the races of mankind, be-
cause it attempts to force apolitical and So
ciaf and unnatural equality between the At
rican and the Caucasian, between an alien
and inferior and exotic race from the
tropics, with the highest type of the hu-
man race in the home of the latter in the
zone. Second, Iimpeach it as a,
crime against civilization, because it would
by force wrench the Government out of the
hands of the civilized White, race in ten
States of this Union, to place it In the
hands of the half-civilized African. Third,
l impeach it as crime against the Consti-
tuition, because it tramples down the rights
of the States tO fix for themselves the quail
ifications of their own voters-a right
without which a State ceases to be Repub-
lican at all. Fourth, impeach it as a crime
against the Constitution and against ma
tional faith, because it annuls the pardons
granted to hundreds of thou
sands of the most intelligent White men
Of the South, and in open, palpable viola
tion of the Constitution distranchises them.
Fifth, Iimpeach it as crime against the
existence of ten States of the Union and
the liberties of eight millions of people,
because in express terms it annuls all civil
government by which alone those
liberties may be secured and places
them under an absolute military despot-
ism. Sixth, l impeach it as a crime against
tending to produce war of
races, to the utter destruction of one or
both, result which cannot be prevented
except by a large standing army, which
neither our resources will bear nor our lib
critics long survive. Seventh, peach it
as an utter abandonment of the purpose
tor which the war was prosecuted, of the
idea upon which we fought and mastered
4 rebellion. 1t tends to make false all the
promises and pledges made by the friends
Of the Government, in its fearful struggle
TO put down the rebellion, and it tends to
make true all the prophecies and forebod-
lngs of its enemies. impeach it for its
1estf uction of the National credit, bring
ing high taxation and reputation, unless
.IsrsHE su.-F
Mr.. DooLITTLE held his large audienc 81
until the close of his speech, which occu-
pied nearly two hours and half In its de-
livery, although at times the rain fell rap
idly. When he concluded his remarks,
three stirring cheers were given for the
Speaker and the Ticket. $500
The meeting then adjourned until even
ing, when Hon. FRANK HURD addressed a
arge crowd at the court house. His
speech was one that did full credit to his
reputation as probably the best speaker of
his age in Ohio. 57uau.
Col. BABER, after Mr.. HURD had conclu-
led, being on the stand, was called out and
made substantially his Midway speech.