Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-07-15

AT precisely Twelve CLOCK. OH July ftu,
Hon. August Belmont, Chairman of the
National Democratic Committee, appeared
upon the platform, and was greeted with
loud cheering.
SPEECH OF HON. AUGUST BELMONT.
Gentlemen of The Convention: 1t is my
privilege to DAY to welcome you here in
this hall, constructed with so much artistic
taste and rendered 10 you by the time hon
ored society of Tammany. Loud cheers.)
! | welcome you to this magnificent temple,
erected to the Goddess of Liberty by her
staunchest defenders and most fervcnt
worshippers. (AppIause.) welcome you
to this good City of New York, the bull
wark of Democracy great applause J,
| which has rolled back the surging waves
of Radcalsm through all the storms of the
last eight years, and | welcome you, gen
| .lemen, to our Empire State, which last
fall redeemed herself from Republican mis-
rule By majority of nearly $4,000 votes,
and which claims the right TO lead the
vanguard of victory in the great battle to
be fought next November for the preserva
tion of our institutions, our laws and liber-
ties.
1t is most auspicous omen, that we
meet under such circumstances, and are
surrounded by sIch associations, and /
share your own confident hope of the over
wheIming success of the ticket and the
platform which will be the result of your
deliberations. For it is to the American
people that our appeal lies Their final
Judgment will be just. The American peo-
pie will no longer remain deaf to the teach
ngs of the past. They will remember that it
was under successive Democratic admins
trations, based upon our natural principles,
the principles of constitutional lib erty, that
our country rose to prosperity and great
ness unsurpassed in the annals of history;
they will remember the days when North
and South marched shoulder to shoulder
together in the conquest of Mexico, which
gave Us our golden Empire on the Pacific;
our California and our Oregon, now the
strongholds of triumphant Democracy;
they will remember the days when peace
and plenty reigned over the whole Union,
when We had no national debt to crush the
energies of the people, when the Federal
tax x-gatheIer was unknown throughout the
vast extent of the land, and when the cred
it of the United States stood as high in the
money marts of the world as that of any
other Government; and they will remcm-
Der in sorrow, that with the defeat of the,
democratic party in 1860 came that fcarfu
civil war which has brought mourning and
dcsolati0n into every households; has cost
the loss of million of American citizeEs,
and has left Us with national debt the
burden of which drains the resources, Grip
pies the industry, and impoverishcs the la
Dor of the country. They will remember
that, after the fratricidaI strife was over,
when the bravery of our army and navy
ard the sacrifice of the people had restored
the Union and vindicrted the supremacy
of the law: when the victor and the van
ouished were equally ready to bury the
nss, sod to hold cut the hand of brother
hood and goodwill across the graves of
their fallen comrades, it w"S again the de-
feat of the Democratic candidates IN lo6i
which prevented this consummatio2 so de
voutly wished for by all. Instead Of re-
storing the Southern States to their con-
stitntional rights, instead of trying to wipe
out the miseries of the past by magnani-
nous policy, dictated alike by humanity
and sound craftsmanship, and so ardently
prayed for by the generous heart Of the
American people, the Radicals in Congress,
elected in an evil hour, have placed the iron
heel of the conqueror upon the South
Austria did not dare to tasten upon van
pushed Hungary, nor Russia TO impose
upon conquered Poland the ruthless tyr
rany now inflicted by Congress upon the
Southern States. Military satraps are in
vested with dictatorial power, over riding
the decisions of the Courts, and assuming
the functions of the civil authorities the
white populations are disiranchised or
forced to submit to test oaths alike revolt
ing to Justice and civilization; and de-
based and ignorant race, just emerged from
servitude, is raised into power to control
the destinics ofthat fair portion of our com
mon country. These men, elected to be
legislators and legislators only, trampling
the Constitution under their feet, have
usurped the functions of the Executive
and the Judiciary, and it is impossible to
doubt after the events of the past few
months, and the circumstances of the i'm
peachment trial, that they will not shrink
from an attempt hereafter to subvert the
Senate Of the United States, which alone
stood between them and their victim, and
which had virtue enough left not to allow
the American name to be utterly diSgraced,
and justice to be dragged in the dust. In
order to carry out this nefarious pro
gramme our army and navy are kept in
times of profound peace on a scale which
has involved yearly expenditure of fIom
one to two hundred millions; prevents the
reduction of orr national debt, and impos-
es npon our people system Of the most
exorbitant and unequal taxation, with a vi
cious, irredeemable and and deprecated
currency. And now this same party,
which has brought all these evils upon the
country, comes again before the American
people, asking for their suffrages, and
whom has it chosen for its candidate? The
General Commanding the Armies of the
United States. Can there be any doubt
left as to the designs of the Radicals, if