The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-08

night to throw everything like modesty aside ana
admit what 1 never admitted before and Isuppose
never will admit again, that am prophet ana tne @
OF prophet Laughter) And propose TO tel
you what the future will be- You are inquirng about
the future, and am talking about destiny Let US
Now will not grope upon the upper surface in
order to whether may not hnd the remains OF a
town, but will take you down to the SOLID grante
and you there. When You talk to me about taxa;
ton, about the national debt about the lnterest OIL
the debt about the Reconstruction acts care nothing
for them. They are trash, they miserable trash.
Will any man in such times stop 70 conslder sucn
things as these when the national life is to be stabbed
II So then all have to sny is that you are not OF my
kind. You don't belong to that one Democratic party
which is for the country right or wrong. Shppisuse)
but the Democratic party that you present to-day is
such that no honest remain in it. lApplause.)
Mr.. Hickmen then alluded TO the parable in Holy
Writ about the rich man in plenty, tearing down his
old barns building larger and saying to his soul be
merry" He applied IL to the nation and continued:-
If there is anything sound in Orthodox theology,
God Almighty says to You in tones OF thunder, Thou
fool, the soul Of the nson shall be required of thee.
(Applause) III there are any here tonight to con-
template such appeal as that of the soul to the
ton, cry, shame. This nation constitutes an i'm
mense part of the whole world, and, therefore,
liberty, embracing fair proportion OF the whole
world, must be respected and esteemed.
will appeal to omanhood, justice, sacrifice the pure
spirit of liberty and Almighty God for the purify of
my Intentions All questions which have been dis
cussed say, shall the national honor be preserved?'
BY the national identity is meant the republican nation,
and by the national honor is well understood the sgni
cance 1t is necessary to do right to accomplish right,
about taxation? The debt of the nation has been
incurred for the public good and they in justice
bound to pay it,. During time of trial the Demo-
CrRcy resolved the nation should not be paid and,
therefore they are now in favor of not paying the in
debtedness incurred during tie war.
The destruction of the Union would be universal
destruction and to this end the Democracy labored
This is what may be called radical for it destroys the
very fountains OF life. They taunt us with being
Radicals, but they understand not the term applied
to the present state of the times If the defense of
human riphts the maintenance of humnn law and the
preservation OF human liberty constitute radicasm
then am Radical in the highest OF the word.
Radcasm is that which strikes at the very root OF
life, and therefore on that score our opponents are
Radicals They tried to get certain States out of the
Union, and they did get them out far as Appomat-
ox Court House, and there they stopped. Appause).
Let us afford them another opportunity on the same
question: had intended to say something about the
preservation of the national honor, but you must
excuse me in consequence of a want of strength To
not redeem our promises would be disgrace; but
cannot do justice TO the subject. Nothing but high
sense of justice causes me to speak, and now say if
the Americans fail to pay their bonds then their honor
The Democrats favor reputation of the public debt
have respect for Mr. PcnGletOn, of Ohio whom
know well, as much indeed as have for General But
Ter, whom never have Known on the great question
of reputation. The doctrine of having two curreE-
ces, one for the DOated bondhoider" and the other
part Of the creed of the Republican party for if it
was would leave it. have heard it said by states
men, that any man who lent his money to the go
vernment should have known better. ''They should
have reau the law" say they, and then they would
know that they could not safely have given their
money.
No man, however "knows the law" excepting the
man who last determined what it was (The speaker
then gave some laughable Illustrations of legal con-
trarieties which received with great appause).
The Democrats opposed to the preservation of the
national honor ergo they are in favor of the desruc
tion of the national life.
ask of you what will yOu do? Will you make
destiny TO stay you and your children, destroy you
and them? AS you answer this question shall the
nations future be- Do you suppose that Democrats
and Copperheads have no feeling? DO you think they
will treat you with kindness if they get the reins of
power? | warn you not TO trust them. 1 know
little fellow FIVE feet eight inches high, called "Un-
conditional Surrender Grant / understand he has
been nominated for the Presidency If that is true
promise to vote for him, think that will make for
me a destiny of salvation.
have more confidence in the heart than have in
the head would therefore, vote for Grant because
he is all heart, all soul, and ask no promises. When
think of such type of iniquty as Andrew johnson,
l cannot help thinking of the expression of Seneca:-
"Tiberius got drunk but once i'll his life but then he
remained drunk"
admire the man who after all-night study arises
in the morning and says, 81 will fight it ont this
line all summer" And let the opponents of that
man feel assured that that line will continue until the
successful end. know this will be so, because l
know what las already been done by the man who
gave uterance to such sentiments If you do the duty
desire you will, the morning after the contest be
satisfied with your course, and coincide with we'll
known and applicable pOetical sentiments (Which the
speaker commenced to recite, but which were par
TALLY drowned by the spontaneous applause Of the
audlencel.