The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-24
Speeches Of the General at Nation
and Chicago, Illinois.
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REVIEW OF THE RECONSTRUCTION ACTS.
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The Democracy the SaviOurs Of
the Constitution.
The Charge of His Having Predicted
the Assassination Of Grant.
At Nation.

At Nation.
General Frank Blair addressed large assembage
OF the democracy OF Central Illinois at Nation on
Tuesday evening. We give the main points OF In.
terest in his speech. He said:-
FHLLow CITIzENs-Many years ago, In the State
many years the Senator from Missouri, had been
9 s ms Seas S.er e @
trlct in which he lived took him up and elected
him to the House OF Representatives. and to the
around him and congratulated him he uttered, in
my opinion the noblest sentiment that ever fell
from the lips OF an American statesman. He ex
claimed, Equalization, my friends. is natural. but
moderation is the ornament Of victory" In that
phrase 1T seems to me- there was more Of political
OF words than ever fell from the lips OF statesman or
orator. 1t represents the free genius OF our con-
with the sentiment or liberation to all. 1t is the
sentiment that commend to all my fellow coun-
trymen, because 1t dedicates the triumph Of the
OF few.
MODERATION AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE
CONSTITUTION BY THE RADICALS
IN the exigency which has arisen In our own af.
fairs the democracy acting In the full spirit OF that
sentiment have desired that the triumph OF the gov.
erlment in the great struggle through which it
has passed should be used with moderation and
liberation towards all. In other words, the creed
OF the democracy represents the liberal and toler.
ant genius OF the constitution, without which
there can be no republicanism and no republic.
monarch, or revolt, is personally felt by him .
personal injury; and when victorious he lays his
hand heavily and in vengeance upon those who have
reyolted. But IN republic the people can afford to
be magnannnous They have no private grievance.
IL Is only for the good OF the country that they look
because the country'5 good is theirs. Pursuing this
idea let me revert to the transactions which oc-
CURED IN the great Roman republic There was on
one occasion a revolt Of city or country which had
been dependent on the great Roman republic, and
The proves OF the Roman soldiery crushed the
revolt. The question came up for consideration in
the Roman senate what disposition should
be made Of those WHO revoltedS There were
IN that assembly men who are now repre-
and Wilson's and men OF that class. They said
against the glorious Roman republic and deserve
not TO live. Let us put them to DEATH" But there
was one Senator, an aged man, known for his patri-
otism and moderation. lie rose In the midst OF the
Senate AMI exclaimed: "Conscript fathers. let US
make them Roman citizens, and thus extend the
Senate in SLose days looked to the spendor ana the
glory OF the republic. They TOOK his ad-
vice; and the power of Rome grew until 1t over
Swallowed the world It's glory survives to-day
TO animate the nations and nerve Sne arm OF patriot
,s against MAT military I'LL 1esp9sa under wnsh at
the moderation and the magnanimity that could
overlook the past, and looked only TO the future
glory OF Rome, that gave her such transcen lent
power, and that conferred upon her such immortal
glory How Is II to-day with usf In this great re-
pubic OF America, we. too, have passed through
a strife VITA some OF our brethren lately In revolt.
They have borne themselves no0ly III this COM
bat aud by their endurance by their courage and
by their devotion TO that which they believed TO
lie tAe looi cause, they have excited the ADM.
ration OF the civilized world. But they have fallen
beneath the power OF tails great republic. They
have laid down their arms, and with magnaniil-
ity unequaed. except by their own deeds OF cour-
edge that yodT power has overcome us, and we ask
only TO he permitted 70 renew our allegiance to the
Senator nov equal TO That old roman to rise and
say:-"Let IA make them American citizens,
n and 5A syend sa the power and gSrv Of
all know-do not we oil feel In our hearts
that that y sde way to extend the power and the
glory OF tile republics Do we not know that that
Is the way 90 bind TO US forever by indissolube
bond, those men whom we lately met on the battle
they have borne themselves before the word, that
their word pledged TO the support OF the government
would be held rs sacred-as more sacred shan their
lives? let there no American Senator Who II he
could give tins advice could prevail upon the senate
to take 1t. They have taken far different councils
Prescription, persecution, humations, degradation
and externinaton are the creed OF the Summers and
the Wilson's. tcres Of "Butler," spoons" and
We are to make friends with this brave and power
full race OF people by heaping degradation upon their
heads Iney nave committed sncn crimes, in the
opinion OF those people, that they ought to be
Illuminated beneath the feet OF that sem-barbarous
black people WHO were their former slaves. MY
fellow citizens, this IL not the first time IN the his
tory OF the word that the policy OF prescription and
persecution has been pursued Nations for centuries
have sometimes pursued It. But with what resultY
Look at Ire9nd. That fair country lying In the
conquered by the arms OF the British government.
has been subugated and her people haIrassed. per,
secuted, ilnprlsoaed and slaughtered now for NOR
than three centuries. Thousands and tens OF thou
sands OF her brayes and her best have been exiled
into all quarters OF the world. Has II brought peace
TO Irelandt Has Is brought prosperity TO that coup
tryf Has It added TO the glory and the power OF the
citizens there has been period In the history
OF those two countries, from the time this proscr.
tive and pcrseoutng policy wa adopted when tie
heart OF ireland was not ready tn turn and rend the
Now at tie end OF more than three centuries. we
see that great government, 80 powerful, trembling
from the uprising OF these unarined Irish peasants
tCries OF $40, non Yes the fenian Is to her hor-
rid nightmare. that disturbs the slumbers OF her
creates ana her best. Are we not making another
Ireland OF American Have we not borrowed their
policy, their prescriptions and their persecutonsY
Are we not breeding race OF men at the South who
will be forever our enemies? Are not raising
up men hereafter who are TO disturb our chd.en
and our eidrens children In the possession OF this
repubitci Are we no. planting thorns to rend our
poster1tyf In Ireland, IN roland in Hungary and
10 AL countries where this system OF pro scripion
and persecution has prevai ed, we ind tnat instead
OF Rivlng " peace and prosperity It has led to the
natural and inevitable consequence OF bringing II
weakness and hostility; and so with ourseIves I'm
the nature Of mngs II must end in the subyersion or
our own government. We cannot practice oppres
sion anu tyranny towards the whole people ~ the
South without familiarizng ourselves with its exer
else or without lodging power In the hands OF
those who exercise and control the government
which will Ia time to come enable them TO exercise
the sane tyranny towards us which they have prac.
y lsrs aons te people lss OF tne South Fellow c
warning OF experience II has always been So IL
Will never bc otherwise. II we become famlarized
these people, At viii not be long before our own
uoS the VIII come home 10 roost among ourselves
t'Iha Is sOn and cheers.l
Never IN ihe wnole history OF persecution and pro.
scriptol OF nations by their conauerora has fbeSe
been lnveDte such an excruciating species ~ I'M
mutation and degradation that which hos baen
prepared 10y the mali macy OF the radicals Tor or
people % me south: The nations have been
suyuSatei, nave peen harrassed aud have
suffered IN their persons ami their pronertv.
but never IN the tide OF time, never snTsss
history began, has the white race been SIM
tected by their own brethren OF the Same raca
20 sembarDarous and alien OF negroes That
Ha humiliation and degradation left 70 the malia
nant ingenuity OF these radical professors OF COD
aud humanity. "a voice 'rfhe white people viii
never submit to IT," and cheers.) Now, my friends
we stand here to-day upon the soil of this great EN-
pire OF Illinois, call Il an empire-wlth one or two
millions, perhaps fully two millions OF white people
VITA us NOBLE Cites some or them rivang the mos
magnificent OF the new OF the Old World with lis
vast eXtenL of fertile anil saIuhrioua