Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-08-06

Gen. Grant, L have but this one re
mark to make: The people will no
believe them. The people will be
lieve as / do, that; you can ado
the baiance yourselves. Laughter
II is of no use, fellow. citizens, tc
prefer these personal charges against
Gen. Grant, for they can be met and
contradicted by more than a quarter
of million OF brave soldiers, who
have seen him on all the battle fields
of the republic. Great applause.
I have, therefore, no further com.
ments to make upon this subject, but
if it would do any Democrat any
good to believe that Grant is q
drunkard, believe it. If it will dc
you any good to believe he ''talks
horse" and nothing else. believe il
Don't trouble yourselves! If you
don't want to vote for him you
needn't, because / don't think we
need your vote. By the way, l will
give you warning. right here, of one
thing. If you mean to come in
among the supporters of Gen. Grant.
you had better come IN soon.
SEYMOUR AND GRANT coNrRAsTED.
What was the course and theory
Of Mr.. Seymour He held that the
Government had no right to compel
Ito coerce-the people of the South
into submission to the authority of
the Government. 1t is a fact that
Mr.. Seymour never did admit the
power of the Federal Government
to protect itself, but denied it hab-
itually and systematically. Now,
from these facts then, as evidences
Of his political wisdom, which man
was the wisest; the man who be-
lieved that the Government had the
power of self defense and self pro-
lection, or the man who believed that
this glorious fabric, reared by the
wisdom of the fathers, existed at
the mere will of such bad men as
choose to overthrow it. That is
the first contrast AS the war pro-
gressed, men were required. Gen.
Grant invoked re- endorsements for
himself and for the army of the
North. He recommended voluntary
enlistments. He recommended the
draft. He had no doubt about the
power of the Government to draft
men and compel them to fight for
the protection of the Government
which protected them.
How was it with Mr.. SEYMOUR
Mr.. Seymour held that the draft was
unconstitutional. He so declared
He held that the Government had
no power to compel involuntary SER
vice Of the people, and that, if vol
untary enlistments ceased, the Gov
ornmsnt must perish, Or must make
terms with those who were in arms
against it. Who was the wisest man
there?
Horatio Seymour, the nominee Of
the Democratic party for the Presi-
dency in 1868, was the President of
the Democratic National Convention
in 1854 / need not call up to
your mind the resolution passed by
that convention, that as the war had
failed to restore the Union we must
resort to negotiations. 1 need not
call up, either, to the minds of those
men who were then wearing the uni
form of the country, what thrill of
sorrow that craven declaration car
ried in the army where it was read.
That's so! 1 was there! The rep
resentatives of the great Democratic
party Of the country assembled at
Chicago. and confessed that the na-
tion had not the power to put down
the rebellion! Confessed that the
only hope of saving the Republic
was to withdraw these men to the
north line of the Ohio, and get down
upon our knees and beg rebels to
live with US again! Horatio Sey-
mour was the President of that Con-
vention. 1t spoke his sentiments
And that is another contrast. One
says, This Union must be saved
Perish slavery! The other says, If
the Union can't be saved without de-
stroying slavery, perish the Union!
The one says, We will fight this out
on this line if it takes US all sum-
mer! Yes, and all winter! The
other says, We can't put down the
rebellion by force of arms; let us
pray! Prolonged cheers and laugh
ter, In these contrasts you have
the character of these two men and
the character of their craftsmanship,
irrespective of all other considera-
tions.