The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-10-20
Extracts from Insersol'. Speech.
sTha Good Old Times.
How the tF atheTs" Treated TTea-
f.e son and Traitors s.

How the "Fathsrs' Treated Trea--
son and Traitors
We give the following juicy extracts
from the speech Of Hon. R. &. Inger-
soil: ..aez $50 .ses ,eeet
The Republican party is charged, first
with havin gduring the war made arhitra-
~ arrests. We are charged with hay
ing taken Democrats from the bosoms
of their families and put them in Lin
coin bastiles" and Abolition dungeons.
They charge that no indictments have
been found that no affidavit had been
made before q Jutice of the Peace that
in o.her words, we have violated the lib.
erty of the citizens. They also charge
that on some occasions we suspend the
writ Of Aabeas orpu,. aud that upon two
occasion we interfered with the liberty
Of the press. They charge that we did
many unconstitutional things; that we
in some instances transferred citizens
from the district in which a crime had
been committed to another district to be
tried for that crime; that for crimes
done in Indiana we have punished the
criminal in Massachusetts. They charge
| that we interfered in this manner, in all
these things. Now the Republican par
ty must defend itself in ore of three
ways. They must show that they didn't
do these things, or that which they did
was in accordance with the strict letter
| of the laws, or that from the necessity
of the case, we must show that we had
the highest precedent for what we did.
Now, every Democratic orator, if they
have such thing as an orator, every
one tells you about the good old times,
the splendid old times when politicians
| were honest, when all the people locked
to their country's good. They refer
you to the heroes Of the Revolution to
Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and a
hundred others, and compare the poor,
degenerate Republican party to the par
| ty Of the s.good old times"
| REPUBLICANS AND PATRIOTS, DEMOCRATS
| AND TORIES.
! Now I want to show you tonight what
| our fathers did in founding and inaugu-
| rating this Union and then lay down
this proposition, that we, their children
had a right to do anything to preserve
the Government that they did to found
the Government. If they found it
!
| and were justified in so doing to found
/ the Union, we are justified in SO doing
to preserve the Government that they
thus founded. Applause. And be
fore get through l will show you that
if Democrat praises the fathers that
he mus. praise us, aud that if he curses
US be must curse the fathers, to be con-
sistent. The people want facts in this
campaign in order to know where We
stand. Let US see:
In IVA the old Continental Congress,
preparing for final struggle with Great
Britain, endeavored to create a public
sentiment on our side. The first thing
that they did was to pass resolution.
This resolution explains itself:
| t.Resolved, That . committee be chosen
| in every town by those who are qualified
to vote for Representative in the Legis
lature whose business it shall be atten
lively to observe the conduct Of all per-
sons touching this association, and when
it SHALL be made to appear to the salts
| faction Of q majority of any such com
mittee that any person within he limits
of their appointments has violated this
association, that this majority do forth
| with cause the truth Of the case to be
! published in the Gazette, to the end that
all such foes may be known ahtl univer.
sally condemned as the enemies Of
American liberty and thenceforth We
| respectively break off all dealings with
him or her.-[Journal of Congress, vol.
l, page 25.
That's the way they commenced
When these men used their influence
against the cause of liberty, they would
have nothing to do with them politically,
socially or religiously. They left them
severely alone. They simply disgraced
! them ..e-..
| ARBITRARY ARRESTS.
But after awhile, they found that the
Tories didn't care whether they wero
disgraced or not. II they had, they
wouldn't have been. Tories. ..Soft words
and grass doing no good, they tried
this resolution: ~.s.
s 'Resolved, That it be recommended
to the seve raj provincial assemblies, or
conventions, or councils, or committees
of f'safety. to arrest and secure every
person in their respective colonies,
whose going 1t large. may, in their opin-
ion, endanger the safety of the colony
or the liberties of America Journal
Of Congress, vol l, page l49.
| What Was the committee Of safety? Il
| was . committee of from seven to TWEEN