Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-10-28

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e carry out the great principles of jus
( government, and to defend the gov
i, ternment against the Vaccinations 0
j these men, as you were when yol
\ lwere in the field, and no man ever dii
r more service to their country thai
1 you. Itell you the man that does no
D honor the soldiers of the country tha
: periled their lives and encountered al
2 the hardships of war to save it-I say
2 that the man that does not homo
l them is an enemy of his country 4
yoice-''That's so, y and no man vii
forget your services.
! Senator Wade then proceeded t.
/ Ispeak of the Inconsistency of men il
: speaking of the usurpatiOn of Con
lgress, who have no reproach for th'
, FORESTS, and HamptOns Speaking
/ of the latter he said: Why, sir, it il
: just as absurd for these gentlemen tC
: suppose they aregoing to have the pow,
er TO administer the Government o.
the United States as it would be of the
old Tories of the Revolution, after the
Revolution was over, and the Ameri.
can Government formed, that they
could form a combination to govern
the country. tell you, my friends
: 1--WE ought to have dealt more with
Them as our Revolutionary fathers
dealt with the enemies of the country
then. We have become, little toe
llenient. The millennium hadn't
tcome, and some of our friends have
acted rs though they thought it was
teven upon US now. They thought the
lion and the lamb, and the traitors
and me loyal men, would lie down
together in peace. But that day has
not come. It never viii come in our
lday, and we have got TO resort to the
tstern old measures of our fathers
i When a man rises and says he is q
Traitor and an enemy of his country,
| he must pay the forfeit that the law
lawards him.
| Then followed words Of terrible de-
lnumciation of the men who had at
tempted that Infamous thingrseees-
sion. He then went on as follows:
They complain OF these acts Of re-
construction about which / have told
you. If they are wrong and infamous
land revolutionary and void, am one
of the guilty parties that helped enact
them. a voice, "GOod for you"
They were not made quite as strong as
i i would have made them if could
/ j urged upon Congress, and stood my
fself upon much more strong measures
than we passed, because there were
men more fOrgiving of these aeeursed
acts than / am. i don't believe it
right, nor Wholesome doctrine. But
nevertheless, we passed them. And
now we are called traitors, and the
howl of the Democratic party is that
- .
have inflicted military despOtisms
upon our brethren in the South, and
are now squirming and writhing under
the most aecursed despotism that ever
befen men since Poland was PARTITION
ed. -
What did we do after these men were
in our hands by the bravery of our
soldiers and the wisdom of General
Grant? Did we execute any of 'em
Not at all. Did We confiscate any of
their property? Not a single acre of
it. Did We call any of them in ques-
toni No. 80 --ra
Mr.. Wade proceeded next to defend
the Freedmen,s Bureau, aud the Civil
Rights bill, afterwhich he spoke briefly
OF the two tickets, passing fine eulo-
gium ON Grant and Colfax. His
speech was listened to with great
eagerness andreceived with much ap-
piause.
Speech Of Senator sherman.
The northern wing Of the Demo-
cratic party raised the peace flag at
Chicago IN 1864. In the darkest hour
OF: the war these men of Democratic
politics met in the city, be-
tween the shores OF Lake Michigan,
and resolving themselves into a con-
Iclave, raised the white flag, and de-
manded peace on any terms, and a
cessation of hostilities. If their adj
vie had been taken there would have
been an end TO our country. Dishon-
or and dismemberment would have
been the result of a surrender to the
Democratic party in 1854. (Applause.l ]
The moving spirit which presided
over this eonclave of peace Democrats
was HOratiO Seymour. In 1884 the
Democratic party was defeated by the
loyal, patriotic people of the United
States, and the white flag that was
raised at Chicago was pulled down by
the election of Abraham Lincoln, and
finally the Democratic party in the
field was surrendered 10 General Grant
and General Sherman. Now, that
same party is hgain organized, and is
again to beput down by the grand old
Union party of the United States.
ECheers. The American people can
never trust with political power the
men who were willing to surrender
the country to armed rebels.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Letus look one moment at the other
party--the Republican party. We need
not 90 back to look into musty records
to state the history of this great party.
Fourteen years ago, within the reeOl-
lection of Us all, the Republican par
ty was formed-in 1854. 1t was organ
lied against the domination of the
slave power in this country. That
was the simple issue with which we
started. II we had succeeded in 1854, |
we should have only demanded in
substance the Missouri compromise. |
The Democratic party has made de-
termined contest to extend slavery III |
over the country; TO make slavery na-
tional and freedom sectional. We
tried to elect John G. Fremont as
President. lCheers. Well, We failed I
in that movement. We succeeded in
1850 in the election of Mr.. Lincoln; /
we expected TO throw around the in |
stitutiOn of slavery such guards to the /
cause of freedom that slavery would |
die Just as any other cancerous disease. |
Well, next came the war. The loyal |
Democrats joined us in putting down /
the rebellion, and we formed the great |
Union party. We united in the Her |
culean task that Europe said we could |
never accomplish; that the rebels
South and cOpperheads North said we
could not accomplish. But we did
put down the rebellion; and my friends |
we crushed it into the dust. ZAP
pIause. We compelled them to sub |
NIT to General Grant upon the only |
terms he ever gave to any foe-uneOn- |
ditional surrender. TRenewed aD-
plause.l The Democratic party was
proved TO be false. As the war pro-
gressed we saw that there was no
way to put down the. rebellion but to |
strike at the cause of il. That cause
was slavery. Well, Mr.. Lincoln was
slow to do it. Perhaps many of YOU
would have earlier done so. Prudence
was one of the attributes that distin- !
guished that illustriOus martyr of our
country, who, at the close of the year !
1852, struck the shackles from three
millions Of slaves, [AppiAuse.
The Democratic party now admits /
that secession as well as slavery is /
dead. Who killed it? Did the Dem
ocratic party kill it? 1t was the
grand Union party Of the United /
States that struck the death hlOw 10