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and these two parties have strueeled-it ba,
struggled % years with the old Wing Marty
that behaved a little better than they did bn
was weak, halting. and hesitating, and ner
ished Tor want of courage. Applausej
say mat only going bIcS II years, and ask
| you 10 point me to a single vote during thai
| pefou gwen By the Democratic party thai
uds broken the letters or lifted up one single
RoJr, POI ,uoWil-uodden human being? Not one
nue tue Deuioeratlc party opposed the prohi-
Eltloil Vi slavery IN 100000 square miles o
p 9ne touhlry west OF the Missouri River
But the Democratic party sought the bal
lot-box, and took the Government bv vic.
lenee, and established Slavery in Kansas
Who made the Lecompton Constitution the
product Of fraud and violence? Who
brought the whole power OF the administra.
tion to bear upon the government 10 corrunt
the government and carry it through? Who
came INTO Congress and proT osed that we
should establish Slavery south OF thirty SIX
thirty, protected by the law OF the Union ?
Who asked ns to agree that we would never
make the capital OF the country free unless
cid Virginia would consent to it? Applause I
Who asked us to take away the right of tran
chisc from the few black men who possess
that right? Who asked Congress to allow
the slave masters to take their slaves In tran
Sjta, and hold them in our Tree States? Who
threatened, ii we would not do it, that they
would destroy the country? The Democrat
ic party. Applause. And when we refused
10 do il who, when we defeated them in the
election Of Abraham Lincoln, leaped into
clvil war, and, after we got into civil war,
they voted that the slaves that the rebels put
into the army OF the Rebellion should not be
free. They voted that our officers should not
be prohibited from returning the poor slaves
That came into our camps and sought protec-
ton under our flag. They voted against the
abolition OF 81 very in the capital OF the
country. They voted against prohibiting
slavery in the territories. They denounced
Abraham Lincoln for his PROCLAIM ,tion of
Emancipation. They voted against putting
black soldiers into our armies to fight our
battles. They voted against making the
wives and children of black soldiers free
They voted against the old Constitutional
Amendment. They voted against the Civil
Rights bill. They votel agains the l4th ar
ticle OF the Constitutional amendments They
voted against the recOnstructi)n IN policy, the
first bill and the secon'l bull that Chief-Ju
tce Chase drew up. Great laughter They
voted against every single measure that had
a. tendency to MAKE human beng tree in
the country, or TO hit up, enlishten, and in
struct Gods poor. HeIe, tonight, say that
since the morning of creation, in no Chris
tian, civilized land has there been patty so
hostile to the rights of man as the Democratic
party OF these United States. There is no
party to-day that treads the soil OF Europe
Of SPAN or Itsly-in no monarchy OF Europe
any where is there any party that has been
so persiStentiy and wickedly hostile to the
rights OF man as the Democratic party of
these United States. Applause. They
taIk once in a while about tue rights OF our
abroad, and forget the rights of our
100000 of them-at home. IAp-
piausel Whenever we have citizen natural
lzed, adopted, or born here, am tor following
INN wherever he goes, on Gods green earth
or on the waves oI every sea, with the protec-
tion oil the flag oil the Union. Applausel
But il there is one thing baser than another
If there is one thing that should excite
loathing and abhorrence-it is a citizen of
the United States who is continually blurt-
ing into the ear of the country Protection to
American citizens abroad, D-while he fureets
to protect the rights OF 100000 American
cilizens at home. Applause. The true
man is ior the protection of the black man in
the United States and all citizens, adopted
or natiye-born, wherever on Gods green
earth they choose TO wander.
But, let us measure these parties by ius-
tice and humanity. Tie Republican party
has stood up during all its existence every-
where and maintained the doctrine of equal
and exact justice to all men. 1t is true tbat
it sometimes had to adopt partial measures !:
but these partial measures tended to uItl-
mate fruits. 1t supported partial measures
because it could not carry complete ones; but
it has labored by night and by day to estab-
lish in this country justice among men. For
this purpose it established the Freedmen's
an institution that has cost
us about six millions OF dollars, and has
s,.tn 4
the slightest shadow OF doubt, at least twelve
millions OF dollars, by its organization OF la
bor when the whole south was disorganized.
BY its protection, by its soiteniDg influence,
by its good advice, by its peaceful nterven-
ton it increased the productive industry of
that section OF the Union $1O0O00,0O0; and.
Of the S4O,000,00J brought into the treasury
Of the country from the tax on cotton alone.
| have no doubt that one-half of it was
brought by the intervention OF this Bureau.
Now gentlemen here tonight allow to say
hat during the twelve years, or thirteen
years OF our existence, the Republican party
has struggled for justice and humanity in thus
,Ounr ry; it has everywhere met stubborn, de-
.ermined, and persistent resistance from the
organs OF the Democratic party in this coun-
Try. 1t is true that the World, supposed to
be the wisest of their journals, has once in q
while talked about rights, and advised the
party to advocate rights There have been
several times when that journal has, for
few weeks, together, given good advice TO the
democratic party, but what has it met with?
Nothing but rebuke; and the rebukes have
been so strong recently that | see it already
begins to shrink back, even before the Con-
vension meets. 1t is just so with any of their
Journals, or any OF their public men. Let
one OF the leading men OF the Democratic
party stand up and maintain the cause of
liberty, humanity, and justice in the county,
and he Will have TO follow where others have
led the way, out OF the ranks OF the party.
Now these two parties, with this history at
their backs, with these deeds behind them,
with their utteIances and acts all recorded,
are beIore the country and ask the votes OF
the people. The keprDlIcan party, Though
their representatives, met at Chicago and rat
titled yes ratified the nomination of Gen.
Grant that had been maze b. the instincts of
the American people. Applause. Grant
was not nominated at Chicago, he was NOM
mated months ago by the good sense OF the
Republican party OF the country. Applause
That Convention ratified the nomination
and all the ratification We have to do is SIM
ply to go to the poll-books and elect the man
we selected months ago to marshal us to VIC
tory. Applause We have put upon the
ticket with him, a gentleman in every res pect
App au Sc 1 give to Schuyler Coltax the
same cordial and hearty support Tat give
TO Grant, whose nomination. | saw, more than
two years ago, wa a thing to be. Applause
And we expect to elect them. We have not
IA doubt OF il. And then 1 will tell you what
we expect 10 do further. After these States
have come in with the rights OF the people
all secure, we will relieve some of the'RebelS
from theil disabilities, reservng and exclud-
ing perhaps a few who have been great GRIM
inals, and allowing the mass OF the people 10
know that we ca2 forgive, ii we cannot tor
gel. Applause. We intend to do all we
can to develope that broken-down section OF
our country and build it up; to make the
country united IN feeling as well as in fact;
to bind it together; to secure the liberty OF
all the peopie; TO encourage education, to de-
velope industries, to build up the great consIi-
tutionai republic OF humanity that God has
eivsn to this people to build up. The cleo
lion OF Gen. Grant will be proclamation of
peace to all parts OF the country, to all classes
OF our people who labor to that end
Let me say in conclusion. that we shall tight
this battle IN this spirit. We ask the people
OF the great commercial capital OF the coun-
try, this great city that has SO deep an inter-
est in the result, we ask the people OF this
great Empire State to unite with us In this
great struggle, and in TINS crowning victory
we shall crown all that we have achieved in
the dark and terrible years OF the past. We
ask the electoral vote of the Empire Sta
Lot because we cannot elect Grant without
your votes, but we want you t. be with US
now as III were with us in the first struggle
IN 1856, in 1860 ami in 1854, when you heip-
ed to elect Abraham Lincoln President ot
the United States. Great applause, during
which Mr.. Wilson retired.
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