New-York tribune., 1868-07-02

-, Do,,ocrotsl Democrats then, Democrats
9hS unless il be few OF them who nsoe @ 40S 600
their l35 manned heroes in the landnmen who
toggbt for the old nag What ne % ioga blood in this
crao Doured out hy who were Tor Jne DSuo G
cratic party. There may he O0 Repn6lican ranks
Tse welcome they repent OF tne sis Chr w o pvS Ne
and stand by their country ~ be IN RebeHous states who are
haVe go mat t6ey faed-that IS all sOrIS thaI tney
aid not destroy the S and hey tell YOU what their
CIalc ~, gress said the other day III tnelr pI1VeSv
teades ~ ~ 31ise IL; that they mean to ud0 an tat
they DO h9 fyo of the reconstruction OF the Union
mas p h is Of right and liberty And now 90 Ihey pro
pose TO 90 M tod at shall stain the bright waters and
uuuoheU ~ Uy ysads OF the Republic lApplause Ihey Know
~ IRg IRgsfed seven Rebel states back TO TINS Union
t. that have decided 10 establish common scnogs %
Tor the lowy, and dependent, and they propose
oyerthrow this policy ana TO deprive tniVe 30 lusreC.S %
d o ~ mt the Governments of those states into the
hands Of unrcpeDant heDe dneS IN tbS uomse Of
their press and IN yheir protest recorded III oS O W % W
Renresentayes Perhaps they Will propose II IN thet
Gobyenton that meet IN this city tell those lead
~ here and now dare and defy them TO the contest
fGreat applause We have whipped them once, and we
d Distract the business interests OF this country with
that insane aud uupdtriotic movement II they care
TsuSi,ter and cheers We have met them in many OF
the conflicts the past and we are satisfied Win inc re-
rit a. they are lChecIs Let them throw NOrth caro-
lima and south Carolina Florida, Alabama, louisiana;
aud Arkansas ont and If old virginia, ana ISAas' @ Suu
Missjsspp as think very likely they VIII, adopt thcr
constitutions and elect men who can take the test 9aIh
we shall let them uo Congress Andlet us see thS Ne"
Work Convention turn them Laughter ana cheeIsl
taes that have voted that the black man should nave
home, but should not rent one nor buy one iaugeiIt
that he should regular employment OF be V9grau'
which provided that black men and women shouu pay
POL tax and @ S soG t@ make 3e fS' f. o y wonder
r friends ould not like To have Mississippi back into
INC IDi0u and have those laws stand lauShterI ten
,,on we ,ntend 10 elect Gen Grant and Congress that
will stand by this grand pOhcy lapPIa9seJ, pyJdd
sGs svo.masters mas forever good" and cheers-that
has destroyed the domination 9I lnit ar aIdSS o6o
cratic class that quoted Gods holy word against 4OUW
of his children and degraded millions OF poor wte men
down to more aDiect condition than slavery II HSen sen,
lAppauSc This policy mas broken lhe!r poMS a, Juo'
as soon a. we have these governments fairly lhaugu-
rated, and lust as soon as the policy OF futOn & t
JiOn, and development can Oe @ V . ~ IN rise
men of the South long oppressed ahu utgueu VIZ se &
p in intelligence and character, and that ehd OF the
Union will begin to bloom AGAIN Win lnuustLS ,
hgence lApplause.l The NEST unpalrOlic noNeuent
during the last years-moTe unpatrlotc cNen au
wicked movement to overthrow the policy OF reconstruc
fon that has brought back seven States loyal now 70 the
country and true TO the cause oL nO9lIy
Well lot us these two parties by another sahu
ard-the standard of liberty Now all thrOugh the ages
the noblcst men OF all nations nave 1seeo y stuEs
fit TO die fOT-the Of human liberty. lAppauseI
rsrH In onT own country for the cause OF human liberty
The Republican party brought into being TO he the
n proclaims as It's living faith the sublime
creed OF the Declaration OF Independence that
resolved and reresoved to make that sublime truth
living. practical faith Of United America Applause
ID accepted all the noble uterauces OF the Revolutionary
fathers and through these years mas spoken anu oeu
for the cause Of liberty L. made a the cS @ mem sS and
women children beneath the shadow OF the capitol
fAppause II established freedom IN all the Territories
OF the United States. II, by Abraham Lncolns ffOcla
nation Uf Emancipation, struck the lettes lrO ooVO
OF human beings Ii put arms IN the hands Q! the Dck
mon and bid them fight for the cause OF their coun
try IL made the wives ana chdreh OF Dlack
soldiers free 1t opposed the great c0nsutntl9inaI
amendment that made free every slave IN the republic
and made Slavery impossible under the nag OF
black man with civil rights, with the right TO speak ana
act and enjoy the fruits Of his liberty ana De man
with the rights OF man. ApIauseJ AZ has sI.Sn ,
fourhs of million of enfTanchised black men the Ilght
OF suffrage and no Democratic party can ever Iake j.
from them. lApplause These deeds Tor liberty ~ nae
performed and they recorded, and the world VIII see
them in the coming ages with oeamlng eyes w VII d ten
you what more intends TO do ls WOtk Is o ytt uOo,
It means battle right on until establishes III america
the sublime doctrine tnat an men are S'eSeu @ e nI
rests upon consent Of the governed lAppauseJ ~
means to enable each man 10 stand up ana
say 81 am an American cltlzeLtne peer peer anu & i ~
of the prOudcst all the land" Now, Will Itl my
Democratic friends who are to meet IN conventions tal
the Republican party Nas DoiI anu t anhiaSi,
and lives and under the Inspiration OF achieElhR
And now What is the record of this Democratic party that
asks your vOtesi do you know single case ioI Il years
u Will go back any further than during that period
after the kepuDheSn pam gtao had Struggled as
better than they 1l1j 4u' was t weatt ~ coi;rsc %
IAppausel say that only going back "A years, and ]
asa you point 10 single vote during that period
given the Democratic party that has broken the letters
or lifted up one single poor, dOwn-trOdden human
beingi Not one. But the Democratic party opposed
the prohibition Oi slavery I'D 5OVO square mes OF tne
country west OF the Missouri River. Applause Bat
the Democratic party sought the baotbOx and took the
Government by violence, and established Slavery In
Kansas Who made the Lecompton Constitution the
product Of fraud and violence Who brought the whole
power Of the administration 10 bear upon the Govern
inent 70 corrupt the Government and carry II through
Who compelled the Supreme Court 10 sustain III Who
ssented 70 the announcement Of the Dred Scott decsOn
Who came into Congress and proposed that we should
establish Slavery south OF sc 80 protected by the law OF
the Union Who asked TO agree that never would
make the capital OF the country free unless od virginia
would consent TO ii Applause Who asked us 70 take
away the right OF franchise from the few black men who
possess that right Who asked Congress 20 allow the
slave masters tade their slaves m dnsit and hold
them i'm our free States Who threatened, II would
not do it, that they would destroy the country The Dem
.ocratic party lAppausel And when we refused
10 do H. Who. when we defeated them in the eec-
tion Of Abraham Lincoln, leaped into civil war; and
after got into civil war. they voted that the
ayes that the Rebels put into the army Of Rebellion
should not be free They voted that officers should
not prohibited from returning the poor slaves that
came into our camps and sought protection under
flag They voted against the abolition of Slavery IN the
capital OF the country They voted against prohDtng
Lincoln for his Proclamation Of Emancipation. They
voted against putting black soldiers into our armies
TO fight our battles. They voted against making
free. They voted against the old Constitutional
Amendment They voted against the Ciyh Rights
bill They voted against the lth article OF the Consttu
tiOna amendment They voted against the reconsIrue'
tion policy, the first bill and the second bill that Cei
Justice Chase drew up. tGreat laughter They voted
against every single measure that had Iehoehcy 10
make ahuman being free ln the country OK 70 ~. GU
gightsn and instruct Gods poor. Here, tonight say
that since mOrBing Of creation IN no CHRISTIAN CIVIL
lied land has there been party so hostile 70 the rights
of man as the Democratic party Of these United states
There is party to-day that trcads the soil OF Europe
Spain, Italy-in no monarchy OF Europe hyNhere
vickedly ~hostile 70 the rights OF man ar the
Democratic party Of these United States Applause
They talk once a while about the rights OF our etzens
abroad and forget the rights of citizens 100000
OF them-at home. IApplause Whenever we have
citizen naturalized adopted, born here am Tor 1oi
lowing him wherever he goes Gods green earth OF on
the waves Of every sea- with tne pr0!eeslon % @ % bs ns