The Van Buren press., 1868-10-30
Nav YoRK, Oct q, 1SGS

] FEiiow,C ITizRSs; Ii Is great pfiyi-
! leg. aud duty to address you on the exc
of the great battle which we are 20 fight,
and which is 10 decide whether the gov
ernmcnt of this Republic is 10 remain
four years more in the hands Of the Radi.
cal party, or whether, by IN energetic,
united and last effort, you will wrest the
power from its grasp aud give TO the INT
ted States under a Democratic Conserve.
tive administration, n government based
upon the principles OF justice, economy
and constitutional liberty. The issues OF
the present Campaign are self evident.
They appeal 80 the intelligence and pa
triotis'1 OF every voter In the most an
mistaltable terms. They have been dis
cussed by distinguished orators of our
party since the nomination of our candi,
dates What the Democratic party in.
tends to do il placed in power by your
suffrage is to restore peace and Union to
our country, to heal the wounds and suf-
ferings caused by the rebellion, to give
to the people Of the South the rights to
which they are entitled under the Con
stitution, and by which alone we can
bring back prosperity and quiet TO that
distressed section 10 reduce materially
our military aud naval establishments,
kept up. now on an immense scale, at an
enormous cost to Introduce into every
department Of government the strictcst
economy, and to deyelopc by mi equta.
bic system Of imports and taxation on the
growing resources of eur county, and
| thus place the federal finances on stable
and solid footing, and to pave the way
to q gradual and safe return TO specie
payment, We are charged by the Radi-
cal party, the party Of violence and usur
patton, which for the. last. four years, TO
prolong It's existence, has set at naught
the Constitution and the fundamental
principles Of our Government, that we I'M
tend revolution and defiance OF the estab-
ished law. The accusation is uufounded
and absurd. Ii cannot be entertained for
a moment by any intelligent voter who
has The most superficial knowledge of the
history OF his country. The Democratic
party can proudly point to every page OF
its record; it has never violated single
obligation of the fundamental compact,
by which these United States entered into
the family OF nations it, watchword IN
/ peace as in war, has been and will be-
1.-THE Union, the Constitution and the
Laws and no man, nor any set o. men,
however high they might be placed by
the suifItges of their fellow citizens, can
ever expect to receive the support Of thi.
great conservative party in any rev OH
ponary attempt against the established
laws. The ballot box, and the suprem,
viii Of the American people are the only
means Of redress to which we look. ,"o
trllou Democrats, You arc fighting fol
good aud righteous cause ifYoudhavs
for your leader q tried statesman and {
patriot, who stood by the Union in il
darkest hour, a man equally beloved fol
the purity Of his private character as hon
ored for his public virtues Opposed &c
you are the men who have rcpudiated tn.
structure Of their own system Of repre-
sentative self government INDICATED t.
the world by more than half century o.
prosperity and greatness; the men wlC
babe increased our enormous debt Is,
prohlgacy and corruption unparalleled
them who, IN two successive Congress
es, have demonstrated their incompeten
cy to diminish our burdens BIZ economy
or apportion them by equity; the mel
who have so distributed our burdensltha
they press with excessive weight npoi
the labor and industry Of the county
making the rich man richer by maxim.
poor men poorer Opposed to You AT,
the men who have denied for three year
of peace, and will continue to deny unit
your votes arrest them, self government
to the people Of ten States the men VIII,
have taken away the power Of our Chic
Magistrate to insure faithful execution
of the law or command the army or nav,
of the United States the men who di,
their worst to cxpel the, President iron
the White House for obeying faithful.
Z the interests OF your supreme law; tn
+ men who, being conscious Of their crimes
dreaded to have the Supreme Court de
clare their quality, and therefore abridge
| its jurisdiction, and sienccd the voice O
the men who have usurped and are grasp
! ing and welding powers not possesses
to day by any monarch among the civil
lied nations. Against these men, who's
purposes Gen. Grant would be AS power
less to hinder as he whom they elccte,
f four years ago has been--against thes,
men, their enemies in the past, their he
, farious designs in the future, you ar
soon to make one final and determine
onslaught. Four years ago We failed t,
expel them from power, though We pre-
, dictcd then rs we now predict their in
competency to give the people peace, dc
I claring then as we now declare the rcyo
4, lutionary purposes OF their most fct =
Headers, who ruled the party as the
, would rule tho country with dcspoti
sway. But these four years have just
, fed our warning. Our worst prediction
then are their enactments now, Wha
we feared, they haNd)iv The revo
luton has made steady progress Ono
more we call every patriot TO join on
ranks. lfthe peope will now rise in thei
majesty and might they can save theI
: institutions and rebuild them. But if the
i are regardless Of their sacred interest,
e so much as the last tour years have nc
1 compishcd, and SO much asin the nes
5 four years may easily be aecomplishe
Q ino obstacle then remaining), the reyt
luton will become & fixed fact Th
structure Of our government will hay
: been completely rcmodelled II may /
o Government, still II will no longer l