The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-09-03

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iia one Wy and you are hy ing; g;a to d
1the same thing ID snothsr WY. .Tht
ven aghsiog 9battle.- e.-you you y were d Ill
the boy who seid to smother 81 can
whip you, but I can mako faces It 70,
sister r The rebels wcre fighting d
i but these peace DEMOCRATS were ,,i,l''s mai
ling faces behind our backs, While y
were away, at our wives and sisters
They were shouting for JEFF: Davis i. an, /,
mockingly telling our wives and chill
dren, while ve were away, that We nev
er could pat down the rebellion an,
when the loyal men and women of tn
North were shedding tears over our're
vefses, the faces of:these men glove,
with satisfsotion:: They had nothio,
to forgive their hearts were.i sympa
1 Thy with the rcbeb; they L can taxi
them BY the haad, but *e have some
thing to forgive, aad ws, have not go,
quite over tho job Of: forgiving yet
with Us repentance must first precede
forgiveness Careat laughter aud ap.
plause. .,,-21 g; ~a2 ,,.,.l..s
p" 1 think, fellow-citizens, if + we're :.
peace Democrat, Izshould vote for Sey.
mour: But I don't know what I would
do With Blair. i, I expect be would BE-
ss much Of = dose to me as he is t.
them, unless I should reoollect that il
il the misfortune Of the Democratic par
| ~ to be compelled always to go outside
their party to find = candidate. In
1854, you know they denounced the
var snd took Mcclellan, = soldier, Is
their candidate for the Presidency, and
gave these old peace Democrats {; this
man Peudleton, As : sort Of consolation.
They talk Of "consol.tion''' At races,
which is something given to . defeated
horse. (1Aughter.] Pendleton was
the "oonsolation, candidate for the
ies'Prsidency to tho defeated peace
man, but this time the old stagers are
determined to have their cwa way, 50
they take the chief place themselves
With their peace candidate, and give
Frank Blair to the other branch of the
family Of rebel brethren: If 1 were a
peace Democrat I should vote this tick.
ct, because, I tell you, Seymour is the
best possible representative of the peace
Democracy. He was just like the bal
ance Of them. Against the rebels be
would give nothing more than he could
possibly help. BE was just as full Of
constitutional scruples-just like the
balance Of them. He thought the Con-
sitution Vas solely intended to bind
the hands Of honest people, while rag
.ged rascals skinned them. Hc was
scrupulou about the draft and about
emancipation !; about fighting, and
about everything that We could do, and
those seruples have never left him.
He Is, in that respect, I say, the best
possible representative Of that party. :.
Gen. Grant, on the other hand, is
the best possible representative of our
parry. We fought for the Union,
which. descended to rs from our fathers
a most precious Inheritance, aud we
thought We had the Constitutional, as
well as the physical power to preserve
it. Mr.. Seymour thought We had not.
We thought, too, that when the war
commenced, the war afforded the only
prospect for the preservation of the
Government. MIR. Seymour thought
not. Gen. Grant believed in fighting
it out ON that line all summer and all
winter, and until the rebellion should
be overthrow, and I think he was a
true representative Of the great Repub-
lican party. Now, you peace Demo
crats oppose Gen. Grant you say he is
. fool; that he cannot make a speech,
and oil that. The horse jockey sings
out to the old farmer II say, old man
hasn't that horse got = SPAWN ?" "1t
don't make any difference" ssys the
old farmer, che aiat for rswop!" and SO
We tell you that our Grant is not for
swop ! It i not worth while to abuse
him, we don't propose to trade him of:
Laughter aud applAuse.] If you are
suited with your man, you peace Dem
crats, 70 sre suited with ours, and the
men Who stood BY the country during
the xar are suited too, aud every man
Who ptsyed fof the triumph Of our
aims aims against rsbslsswill pray for the
triumph Of u, s: Grant in this eiec-'
tion: : - :. as .i@c.h = IL y.s''7 ~
al But tits hardly worth while to fool
swsJ ddr tiasor lose any rest With te-
gard u this subject. When I vss lin
/ Washington il'sl8e6, II 7said to Gen.
Grant atoat johnson, who had betray-
Cd Us, "Geossal, you have got to save
Shs country sagain.H''I oHe replied, II
do not want; TO- be President" I said,
in repiy,,:"yoa must be, and I will give
yo1 six bits for your first years pay
nov. [hughtsr:] Since l have
been Is Southern Illinois aud b. Terre
:Haute, Ind, isl am prepared to offer
eighty cents, and, i'll had seen. this
hrxe,assemblage sbsfors-hose enthu.
aiastio men 6um this and Surrounding