The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-10-15


of the Government Now we claim that
upon the heads d. the democrats rests the
responsibility OF every drop of blood shed
and every cent Of money expended dur
ing the war Ii Buchanan had btough
loyal men into his cabinet, not one gun
would have been fired. He ought to
have turned them out when he found
they were disloyal, and the democratic
party should have demanded their remov
al when they ksae,o they were traitors to
their country and to their oaths. But 1T
was not done, and those democrats, lead
ers then and leaders to day, are respon
/ sible for the war Jerry Black had no
right to make the decision he did, and
had he made good strong union speech
| instead no gun would have been Tired.
jackson was. a Democrat, but he, when
! Calhoun and other southern traitors at
tempted TO de>tldy Jhe s.yelumeni,
swore By the Eternal the union shall
be preserved and that principle OF Jack
son 5 is the principle Of the Republican
party day.
/ When Lincoln came into power war was
! already inaugurated, blood was already
shed. And what did he find to quell
that Democratic rebellion with? No
| money in the Treasury, no arms III the
arsenals, no ship, in the navy, nothing
whatever to commence the gigantic work
before him. Now are you willing to give
| the power back into the hands OF those
! who so wrenged US then Later when
Mr.. Lincoln sought to raise 81, SEQ men
the Democratic leaders raised a fearful
cry about the unconstltutionailty OF
the proceeding and everything done to
| queil che rebellion was unconstitutional,
aud still later when it was proposed to
| enlist negroes into the service that was
perfectly diabolical great laughterI and
/ Unconstitutional besides. " by leading
| Democrats went about telling what
shame it was to have a greasy Niger
| fight the battles OF the country, but the
soldier did not see it So They recoenl
zed the fact that Il negro body wonid
stop bullet just as quick a. a white
man and they saw that his bullet when
aimed straight would kill rebel as quick
as white man bullet In fact he never
heard a soldier regret that 200,0 of
them joined the army The blacks did
good service and we should remember
them for it. And when the bonds were
issued we we've told by leading Demo-
ccrats that they would never be paid /
that it was impossible for US to put down
ruin the credit Of the government if pos
sibie and in consequence bond, went down
to almost nothing. But we did put down
the rebellion although it cost an enor
NOUS sum Of money owing to these mis-
representations OF leading Democrats
Bat we cannot find fault. we have saved
the country In it great je,iL and ii now
remains for u to keep it in safety,
But now that the war is done and
peace restored it is claimed that power
should be restored into the hands of that
party which caused us all our trouble.
In other words the hands which SO lately
carried the rebel flag should be permitted
to airt the stars and stripes in the faces
of union men, and rebel officers command
the union forces Such Is the Democrat
ic idea. but it does not fluid favor with
the masses Of the American people.
At the Democratic National Convention
that principle was universally conceded.
| Those same old slave drivers who used to
crack their whips over the olthern
| Democrats were present in full force and
it was astonishing see how quickly they
! iaShea them tools back into the traces.
Wade Hampton and Butcher Forrest
were there iii all their glory and they
we're the leading men OF the Convention.
1t Tas by their motions and their votes
that Blair was nominated for the Y ice
Presidency. They knew it would not do
to put Hancock there for II, he was presi
dent he would in case OF rebellion call out
all the forces in the land 10 put it down
No, they wanted i tool sufficiently abject
to d. their bidding an1 Frank Blair was
the man The only real principle in the
platform adopted by the convention was
written by Wade Hampton-that decar-
ing the l4th article Of the amendment to
the con >titution Unconstitutional, revolu-
tionary AMI void > And these are the
men whom! the democrats wish Us to place
in power!
The rebels demand that which union
men do not as yet feel it safe to confer.
| They demand universal Amnesty for all
| political otflcers-for that is what they
call their crimes OF treason, rebellion and
murder-they demand that their states
shall have immediate representation with
out any security for the lives of union
men. My friends arc you willing the
South Carolina should come back
into the Union having the laws which she
had when she went out? You will re-
member that there was a war in heaven
once, and it is told how the rebels were
driven over the brink into the bottomless
pit. Well did you ever hear that any of
them ever demanded to be restored to
| their lost estate2 Why these rebels are
more Impudent than the devil himself
(G5reat laughterl But | wish to assure
those rebels and their democratic friends
that until this country is entirely given
up to the devil and his angels we will
keep the nation free.
Gov. Seymour is man whom we
must judge by his past record What is
that record Gov. Seymour made
speech in 1862 from which will read
extracts. EXTRACTS were read showing
that Seymour thought it as revolutionary
in the South to call out troops to bring
back seeded states as it was in the South
to secede) This was Seymours position
then, he has never changed his views;
are you willing to vote for man possess
ing such opinions? Extract from the
Richmond E,caaaiaer and speech of Ed
Marshall, both good democratic authority
were read to show that Gov. Seymour
had never done anything to hurt the
south Now if these are good argu-
ments to make democratic votes they Ger
tainly must be good to make union votes.
True, as Governor of New York he fur
nished troops, but it was only because he
couldn't help It. When the great riot oc-
CURED IN the streets of Newly ork and men
We're shot down without mercy, while
helpless infants had their brains dashed
out on the curb stones, what did Cover
nor Seymour do =? He went to that mob
and told them he would have the draft
suspended or done away with. Now what
did our Governor do under similar cir
cumstancss In. ediatelv or RECENT of