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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-06
STAND NO. s.
Speeches by A. Il. Lawrence, Colonel Bnbcock
md Others.

speeches by A. X. Lawrence, Colonel Bnbcock
and Others.
the meeflT at stand No. was presided over by
MT. A. r. La grence, who briefly introduced Colonel
Babcock to he assemblage.
SPEECH o COLONEL BABcocK, OF CONNECTICUT
Men OF ew York-we meet tonight in earnest
counsel to consider the duties and obligations we
owe 10 90 common country. Who are more inter-
rested I'd in the results OF the great contest In
winch are now engagedf Here is the centre Of
caPi'aA OF commerce and OF every branch OF in
ousuy Here art and science fnd their best
patr" rs and their widest development; and you,
men OF the great Empire State have given us
Tor our national standard-bearer your own fellow
eiti1 en-, Horatio Seymour, one OF the wisest the
pnr Est and most experienced statesmen in all the
Hh /. You are called upon by all your memories of
she past, by all your hopes Of the future, by your
STA &c pride by your love Of liberty and free govern.
me nj and by your veneration for the constitution
10 Rave nothing undone which you ought to do
70 crown our efforts with triumphant victory can
~ u doubt the result of this great struggle. ]
ave faith in the providence of God, faith In the
= COG sense and patriotism Of the American people;
md therefore believe that they win rise in their
might and forever PROSTATE the faction that now
ininses its deadly poison throughout the body poll
TIC do not say that this faction is the whole re-
pooiican party, for that organization contains many
thousand honest but misguided men. But there is
among them fanatical and destructive element
that must be crushed out OF power, it VIII crush
snt the ille OF the patton. need not say
.ent and the abolition Leaders. Guided BY By
their passions OF hate and revenge they
nsen TO So mo appeal to reason no prayer for mercy
NJ every man feel his own distinct personal respon-
1.Diiity, and say from the depths OF his heart
shall DER each thought hi p pSi 'e
Sd asS@sh siss sr 9 ass essn. H
sbal be Tor thee, my native land.
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NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY OCTOBER g. ssa-TRpLE SHEET

sve subjects, but honest supporters at the South
and no free constituency In America.
The South asks nothing but what the North prom
fsed-equaity under the same constitution. Georgia
asks no power to make constitution for her inter-
not conceded to and exercised by Illinois, Will
President chosen from Illinois concede that claim
according to the constitution or will he deny &C
cording to the Chicago platformf
With pledge TO carry out the platform, without
even an allusion to the constitution either In the
platform or the pledge, viii the people OF America
risk the rights and the freedom OF every man merely
to confer an empty honor on 0ns man. h"-----
greats g. -..ser
II. H. HILL.
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OPENING or THE EVENING SCHOOLS.

The evening schools throughout the city were
opened last evening for the regular fall and winter
sessions. At the evening high school on Thirteenth
street, near sixth avenue, the Committee on Evens
ing Schools of the Board Of Education occupied the
platform and formally opened the institution. There
were present almost thousand pupils, ranging from
and intelligent looking assemblage it would be difi-
cult to find. Commissioner Allen presided and ado
dresses, brief and appropriate were made by Mr.. T..
Boese the efficient Clerk of the Board Of Educati0n3
r. L. Larremore President Of the Board, and Com
missOners Warren, Merrill and others. The COM
mittee also visited others Of the schools and found
each well attended.
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unpopular the support Of involved great personal
sacrces his saunch and sturdy defence Of fugitive
United District Attorney for the Massachusetts, district
during the war able yndcation In the courts of the
re- shs
Of upon which the reconstruction OF Congress
were based and his eloquent appeals for justice TO
republican liberty have deserved well Of his country and
the friends Of freedom everywhere For fifteen
Convention in Massachusetts he represented the
town OF Manchester where he resides. He true
principles and would cordially welcomed By the re-
publican OF the country associate with them Ia
public affairs a. the representative o. tbs district We do
- ..,. !. a. n ca..aae lor me ONT.
for this district the Foy-fst Congress OF the
United States.
The reading OF the resolutions was frequently In
terrupted by applause and when the name OF Mr..
Dana was mentioned the Convention STOOD up H.yOl-
UNFAIRLY and gave a round Of loud and prolonged
cheers. committee, OF which General Sch0uer
was chairman Immediately waited upon him and
In few moments he entered the hall. His presence
was the signal for another burst OF enthusiasm,
and when it had ended Mr.. Dana was In
troduced and, in accepting the nomination
for Congress, spoke at considerable length, review
ing the position assumed by General Butler on the
financial question, and stigmatzing him as the
Butler that he Ia the regular candidate, and there
fore should be elected. The speaker thought this
dld not follow. The great contests OF liberty nave
been fought, not by the regulars but by the voun-
tests he DANA cast his lot Great applause) He
continued with some criticisms upon the caucus
management, which he declared the weakest point
In our political system and said that this in cOnnec
ton with the rigid party discipline OF the democratic
party which General Butler now proposes to engraft
upon the republican organization, was the reason
or that degradation OF the democratic party which
General Butler 80 much deplores.
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POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.
Republican Nominating Convention.


Republican Nominating Convention.
The Republican Nominating Convention assembled
last evening at their headquarters, corner OF Broad
way and Twenty street, and organized by
appointing j. d. Otterwe chairman, and Messrs. p.
Jordan and John G. O'Brien secretaries. Mr.. Isaac
J. Oliver having seen nominated for the once Of
ss,,Iperysor and Patrick II. Jones Ior Lhat o.
REGISTER Mr. Sinclair T0nsey rose anu UDJec'eu mat
the roll OF delegates had not peen c@a' ,a
somewhat excited debate u VIZ ,,rrancaa thar = -
but the officers should retire from the room and
that the delegates sbcd return as their names were
called. This .easure was carried out amid the ut
most disorder and confusion, and the remainder OF
the evening was passed in hbustering and counter
nhbustering between the party headed by q. s.
Spencer and that OF Waldo Hutcnins, which was
under the direction Of Messrs Gridley and Tousey.
Considerable feeling was displayed on both sides,
and al one time IL seemed highly probable that the
Convention would break up IN Il Tree light. Finding
It impossible TO restore sufficient harmony to allow
the business OF the evening being proceeded with
the Convention was finally adjourned until Monday
week.
Conservative Republican County Convention.
The delegates from the conservative branch OF the
republicans for the purpose OF selecting candidates
for Supervisor and Register met last evening at
headquarters corner OF Broadway and Twenty-third
street. committee from the radical branch waited
upon the Convention shortly after 1t had been or
ganlZed and made known the action OF the branch
they represented. committee Of conference was
appointed and authorized to act for the Convention
In agreeing to give OF the offices to each faction.
After little speechmakng and mutual admiration
expressed among the members present the Conven-
ton adjourned to meet at the coil Of the conference
committee
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little of University place. in Fourteenth street.
The Metropolitan Democratic Club assembled and
were addressed by Mr.. o. C. Warneld and Mr.. p. c.
Wright The crowd in the vicinity was very large,
extending almost down to Fifth avenue, and the
speakers were repeatedly applauded by the dense
MASS Of enthnsa TIC democrats Immediately IN
front
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-10-03
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1863

adopted, must subvert the Government.
The legitimate action of each of the
branches of the free government estab-
lished by the constitution, is and neces-
sarily must be, coordinate and compulso-
ry without destroying the structure -
The moment that one branch can be
compelled by another, despotism takes
the place of liberty precisely to that ex-
tent. In truth, no free government of
modern days can be destroyed in any
other mode than the compulsory action
of the Executive in conapelling or dis-
persing the Legislative body, or the in
stltution of its creation. Cromwell de-
stroyed for time the liberties of the
British people by compelling or dispers-
ing their Parliament The first n apo
leon subverted the constitutional Gov
ernment of France, and rose to imperial
power by dispensing with military force
its Legislative body. 1t now remains
for the American people, so distinctly
"forewarned and forearmed," to decide
quietly by their ballots, while yet they
can, whether their great and growing
nation is to furnish further and far
more melancholy example of the infatua-
ton of party spirit, in permitting the
free institutions to be subverted, under
which it has attained so proud posi-
tion i'll the civilized world.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-10-03
Saviors Of the Republic.

The character of the Democratic par
ty can be best learned by observing the
character and antecedents of the men
that the party have chosen to represent
them.
The personnel of the Democratic Ma
tlonal Convention is therefore a subject
of curious speculation and instructive
contemplation Here are some of the
representative men of the Democratic
party, or as the n. Y. World has it,
the men upon whom the Republic relies
for salvation.
Gen. n. B. Forrest, who before the
shareholders rebellion, was wholesale
and retail dealer in men, women and
children; being senior member of the
firm of Forrest, Jones & Co. whose place
of business was so Adams ST., Memphis
Tenn. Having found that raising mu-
lattoes for the market was n profitable
business, Forrest was the first'to join the
grand insurrection to make slavery per-
petual. During the progress of the re-
bellon he fought with all the bravery
of a Choctaw Chef, and at Fort Pillow
massacred and mutilated prisoners in the
most chivalrous and courageous manner.
Forrest has been q life long Democrat
but has never been in better standing
than since he showed his authority to
negroes by cutting their throats at Fort
Pillow.
Gen. Wade Haml ton, who is today
the leading South Carolina, secessionists,
an unrepentant rebel and as unmitigated
Il traitor as ever fought against his coun-
try's flag. When whipped by General
Sherman he refused to surrender when
the forces he commanded were compell-
ed to surrender, and having defed the
military army OF the Government then
has been d, flying the civil Government
ever since. lie has lately been spouting
treason at Lees College, when he was
invited to instruct the young students
concerning their duties i'll life. liamp-
ton has already been appointed on im-
portant committees, and is quite a pet
with the Democracy.
But we must refer the reader to that
high Democratic authority, the n. \.
World, which under the head of "thelr
record of service to the nation," gives
sketches of long list of confederate
brigadiers, colonies, congressman ETC.:
who are now engaged in saving the ma
ton, in reforming abuses, and i'll making
President for us at New York. There
are the rebel Generals, Gordon anc
Vance, Hoke, Randsonl, Cox, Clingham
and civil service traitors like Rhett ant
Perry Aldrich. These, with Vallandig
ham, Edison B. Olds, Voorhees, and Burr
are the men who are to save the Repub
lie. From such sayiors good Lord de
liver us.-Ohio Slate Journal --
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Little Brown Hands.
From our Young Folks.

They drive home the cows from the pasture,
Up through the long shady lane,
Where the quail whistles loudin the wheat.hcld
That are yellow with ripening grain.
They find, in the thick waving grasses,
Where the scaret-lipped strawberry grows,
They gather the earliest snowdrops
And the first crimson buds OF the rose
They toss the new hay in the meadow;
They gather the elder-bloom white;
They find where the dusky grapes purple
In the sott-tinted October light.
They know where the apples hang ripest,
And are sweetcr than Italy wines
They know where the fruit hangs the thickes
On the long thorny blackberry vines.
They gather the delicate sea-weeds,
And build tiny castles of sand
They pick up the beautiful sca-shells-
Fairy barks that have drifted to land.
They wave from the tall, rocking tree tops,
Where the orioles hammocknest swings,
And at night time are folded in slumber
By song that a fond mother sings.
Those who toll bravely are strongest;
The humble and poor become great;
And from the brown-handed children
Shall grow mighty rulers of state.
The pen of the author and statesman,-
The noble and wise of the land,-
The sword and the chisel and palette,
Shall be held in the little brown hand.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-10-03
From Harper's Weekly.
Let Us Have Peace, "

So says General Grant, so says every
patriotic and Intelligent man in the coun
try. How then shall it be the most
speedily obtained That is really the
question of the election. All the other
interests wait upon this, which is filnda-
mental. Until there is peace, or, in other
words definite Jolt reorganization
of the unrepresented States, there can be
no industrial tranquility or prosperity.
No full current of capital and skilled
labor will set Southwark until it is plain
that the foundations of civil order are re-
established. Upon what principle shall
the work be done.
General Grant is of opinion that Peace
can most truly be established by the sue
cess Of the reconstruction policy of Con
gress, and by Constitutions securing
equal, civil and political rights to all.
Without this condition, there is 10 hope
of the general intelligence which is the
sole condition of a free government. The
Republican party which sincerely sup
ported the war; which fully understood
it; which abolished slavery to secure the
victory; which established the Freed
mans Bureau rs necessary temporary
consequence of emancipation, which de-
clared the equal civil rights of the freed
men as the legitimate result of their free
dom, has also declared their political
rights as the security not only of their
own freedom but of the national welfare.
1t was necessary to decide whether
emancipation should be sustained or sla-
very re-established. 1t the former course
were pursued every thing necessary to
its success was simple necessity and
duty. As for the latter course, it was an
absurdly revolving impossibility.
1t was determined to maintain emanci-
patton: President johnson required the
States regained from rebellion to adopt
the emancipation amendment. The sub
lime claim of the right of State
sovereignty to enslave the industrial
population was peremptorily, contemp
tuously, and properly disregarded by him.
The United States having subdued re-
bellion which left certain States without
any civil government, said to them
:" You must begin your restoration te
renew political organization by agreeing
that slavery is abolished" Most OF then
acquiesced. That act containedthe whole
principle of reconstruction. 1t was
dictation of terms by the Government
and their acceptance by the States to bt
reorganized. The Government has nc
right to do any thing whatever, or it hat
a perfect right to do whatever it deemet
, essential to the national welfare, will
due regard to the great principles o
liberty.
This is the view of General Grant AM
of the Republican party. Upon tina
principle its policy of reconstl uction i
based. Having ample authority unde
the Constitution to subdue the rebellion
by all honorable and recognized methods
. including emancipation, it has the au
a thority to do whatever is necessary t
secure emancipation and the victory q
which it was an element. 1t propose
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-10-03

therefore, equal suffrage in the late rebel
States. 1t does not propose confiscation
nor any vindictive punishment, and
while it consults experience aid common
sense in denying to few of the most
conspicuously disaffected, a present voice
in the government, it favors the removal
of disqualification Just as fast as the evil
dent condition of society will allow.
Thus, by obliterating as rapidly as pos
sible the traces of the old system of sla-
very; by ,forbidding its -perpetuation
under other names and forms; by defend
ing the equal, civil and political rights
of the whole population, the Republican
policy seeks peace and prosperity for
the Southern States and for the whole
country, upon conditions which the high
est sagacity approves, and the widest
experience confirms. ..7r..
The Democratic policy is directly an
taconistic to the Republican. ,.....-
The party which :hus proposes to re-
open the whole subject, to leave all
questions arising from emancipation and
the war to be settled for each State by
the ex-rebel shareholders in it, calls it
conservative as well as democratic.
Resisting the logic of events and des-
pising facts, upon the one hand it pan
ders TO every odious prejudice and in
flames every contemplate passion upon
the other. With one side of It's mouth
it shouts estate Rights" with the
other, "Down with the Niger" In
one breath it is "Thc Constitution :" in
the next, "This is White Mans
Government" This is the conservatism
ofthe stews and .he slums. This is the
democracy of hatred and ignorance,
This is the spirit which sneers at Grant,
Liberty and Equal Rights, and amour
ces that the way to have peace in the
Southern States is to despise their labor
ing population.
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H
THE DIFFERENCE-Betwe fifteen
and twenty thousand rebel soldiers from
West Virginia, Kentucky and other
Southern States, have settled in Oii5
since the close of the war. They reside
principally in southern counties, though
they may be found in all parts df tho
State. They can, and do, ali vote at eve
~ election-a privilege which manly of
them never enjoyed till they crussed the
Ohio river Perhaps zone in twenty of
them votes the Republican tieket-the
Others, owing to old affinities, vote with
the Democrats. They are uniformly
treated with as much consideration and
Kindness as. if they were native born
Ohioans. No one calls them opprobrl-
Gus names, or refuses them employment,
abuses or threatens them, on account OF
politics. For the honor of Ohio, we re
ioice that this is SO. 1t is an Illustration
of the difference between the institutions
of freedom and equality aud those OF
slavery and caste a Virginiap or Caro-
linian can come to Ohio in the full as
surance that all the guarantees of our
common constitution, will be respected
in his person and property; and he meets
no churliSh reception, but IS universally
greeted as fellOw-eitizen, a man and a
brother, no matter how he talks orvotes.
But let an Ohioan remove to Virginia or
Carolina, or any of the late rebel States
and thousands of our best Young men
have done so-and unless he is ready to
renounce his manhood, surrender the iu-
eStimable and blood bought right of free
dom of speech, and either relinquish his
right Of voting, or vote as be is ordered,
he is. denounced as a carpet-bagger,- q
scoundrel and i seallawag, and not I'M
frequently he iS)not onl y ordered to leave
the country but is compelled to do so to
save his life. The men. who made the
late rebellion claim it as State right to
expel persons who hold obnoxious prln-
ciples. They hold that the democratic
party of the North is in accord with
them in this particular, and they declare
with sundry speeches and imprecations
see speeches of Wade Hampton, IoOmJs
and CoJb--that as soon as Seymour and
Blair are elected, the carpet-baggers and
scalIawags (meaning Northern soldiers
and Southern Union men) shall leave the
country or die.
If there is Northern Democrat who
does not know that these things are true
it is because he is so blinded by party
that he refuses to know the truth.
Cto}o To,,p1,OI
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-10-03
Points well Made.

Hon. S. B. Ruggles, of the State OF
New York, reduces the letter OF Frank
Blair to the following clear statement OF
its points. Let all read and consider the
solemnity of the issues they involve:
"In that letter to Col. Erodhead now
in the hands of all the people Gen. Blair
distinctly proposes, not to destroy the
Union, but to subvert it's Government,
by subjecting Congress, or at least one
of its branches, TO the compulsory au-
thority of the president. In that letter
Gen. Blair declares it tc be the duty OF
the President:
l. $50 compel Hs army to ao'do ats
aes,apatjo'a IN the So,lth," leaving it, OF
course, to the President singly to decide
how far the army has usurped unlawful
authority, or has merely obeyed laws OF
Congress constitutionally passed.
2. so disperse the cdrpet-bag Cor
e1mme'ats," denoting by that slang phrase
the State Governments put in operation
under the laws of Congress for restor,
ing them to their place in the Union.
3. $40 compel the Senate to submit
once more 10 Me o6tlgdtsOhs OF We CO'|
stitutiOn," thereby claiming singly to de
eide that the whole course of Legislation
i'll the senate has been in violation o.
the Constitution.
He closes his letter by the explicit al
legation that the propositions, above
stated present the 'true issue" in the
coming election, and should be 'pu
plainly to the country
For once, l fully concur with Gen
Blair, that this Is the true issue Oefo',
the country, and should be plainly put
1t surely can need no extended arg'l
ment to show that his propositions,
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SELECT POETRY.
Your Mission"
RY REV. D. D. BUCK, D. D.

If you cannot plant your cottage
Mid perennial fruits and flowers
Spending life's short summer season
GTadsomely among the bowers;
You may toll among the faithful D..
AS they till Immanuels land; "n..
You may live for daily duties,
With willing heart and hand.
If vour station here be lOwly;
If no title grace your name; =
If YOU cannot boast of beauty,
And have neither wealth or fame;
You may still be kindly hearted, -.-
Acting well your humble part;
And though men may never praise you,
They will prize your noble heart
If your path lead through affiiction,
And you draw signing breath
If you cannot keep your loved ones
From the greedy grasp Of Death;
You may smile amid your weeping,
As you put your trust in God;
And, by leaning on the Saviour,
You may learn to kiss the rod.
If you cannot mount the heavens,
Where no cloud its shadow filings
Ranging through the realms of sunlight
With the eagles tirelcss wings;
You may be a Singing Pilgrim,
With your cross from day to day;
And behold your Masters footsteps
All along your lowly way.
If you cannot move the mountains,
Or the oceans depths explore
If you cannot chain the pillows
AS they range around the shore;
You may understand Io@r Mission,
What you have to do or bear;
You may work for mans salvation,
As you for your heaven prepare.
Hasten, then, be up and doing
Time is flying, death is near;
Never mind the toll and sutf ring
Jesus numbers every tear.
See the pearly gates are opening;
Hark I! what music fills the air;
Loved ones ready are TO greet you,
Beck'ning you their bliss to share.