The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1868-09-24

i speech of General Hampton. 1t discloses
/ the fact, first, that he, Hampton an ex-
Il rebel general, dictated the Democratic
4 platform on the subject of reconstruction.
lis not this complete surrender to the
/ rebel leaders? What more could the
i rebels ask than to dictate the terms of
settlement, had they been the eonquerors
instead of the conquered Did Lee pre-
scribe terms to Grant at Appomattox p
/ Yet here is General Hampton prescribing
terms to the Democratic Convention
Could subseryiency go lower, or cowardice
! sink aParty deeper, than does this one
/ But, second, Mr.. Hampton says he let
] up on the Democracy because they had a
hard row to hoe in the loyal States, and
| they thought, therefore, that plain decla-
| ration of what they meant inaprudeaat 1t
would not do to let the people of the North
know just what they intended The real
purpose of the platform must be kept from
the people. But the committee promised
him all he desired, and the warmest men
in making these pledges were from the
| North. 1t was because of these warm
! demonstrations that General Hampton con-
sented to withdraw his other propositions.
He could not find it in his heart to force
these Northern Democrats to tell the hon.
est truth before the people. Therefore he
considerably joined in to. help cheat the
people of the North, where the fight was
to be hard, but in the South he must and
would tell the truth.
Any one who will carefully read this
speech of Hamptons will be convinced
that the whole Democratic platform is a
swlndle, as are the candidates, and but foI
Hampton's courage, and Blair's folly In
disclosing the cheat, and making known
the real purposes of the party, they would
have stood a little chance in imposing up
on some honest Democrats but now
that the fraud is exposed, their plan i
ruined
MORE WITNESSES.
But here are few more choice crumbs
from rebel sources
''The Montgomery (Confederate) consti
tuition is better than ours, Omitted States ''N
I-Hordtio Seymour to Judge Ruggles IN
1861.
The 4th of July has ceased to be of the
slightest interest to the Democracy, par
lticularly of the South "-Richnao,ld E.r
dBltler.
, The spirit of Wilkes Booth still lives
thank God Therefore, take courage
Seymour, Blair, and the revival of the
great cause is the motto of every true
; man Pine Bluff (Ark.) Tlndicator.
; The New York World says:
For as many crimes against law, Con
, stitution, and human nature as our Con
gress commits, the British people would
smash Parliament and hang peers and
commoners in Hyde Park.
'Blood is thicker than water. Race
stand by race, all save rump Congressman
They stand by the negroes whom they
stir UP to rebellion.
THE new rebellion will array the peo
pie of the United States against two hun
dred thousand negroes and two hundred
white negroes IN Congress God save the
radical rebels if they bring on more war
for the people won't save them.
SIN case of new rebellion Jefferson
Davis will have chance to go bail for hi.
bondsman, whose paper now stirs up the
war"
THE HONESTY AND PATRIOTISM OF SEY
MoUR EXPLAINED.
Captain Marshall Il brother of Thomas
Marshall, said, at u recent Kentucky Dem
ocratic ratification, ''that he was enthusi.
astic in the support of Seymour, and gave
his reasons therefor Seymour was
nominated as a War Democrat, for the
reason that no other could win He was
called War Democrat, but he had never
given any aid or support to the Govern
ment in prosecution of the war when il
could be avoided. In 1868, when the
rebel troops were in Pennsylvania, and the
Government called on Seymour, who was
then Governor of New York, to furnish
troops to expel them, he answered in the
same manner, if not in the same language
as the Governor OF Kentucky in 1861
viz that he would not send them. He
did send them, however, for the reason
that he was unable to do otherwise"
"UTIoA, n Y, July II, 1868.
'DEAR SIR Your letter of the 10th
inst. to Governor Seymour is received
He directs me to answer your interrogato-
ries, and say that he does not own Uni
ted States bond, and never did own one
and he never dealt in bonds or banking OF
any kind.
''Very, respectfully, yours,
a. 1B. ID. NoxoN, JR
''To. H. r. DUNN, Esq, Bloomington,
Illinois" ass
This testimony ought to be satisfactory
to rebels, it certainly will be to loyal men.
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