The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-06

A so we OlQ. II mas 0een Inc pOlCy
of the Government ever since its form
alton to send arms to the States from
time to time, even in peace; and there
was a bill brought forward, for which i
voted and spoke, to send arms to the
several States, according to their popu-
latfon, giving one thousand for every
member of Congress and Senator.
These arms are not needed now in the
s ate of Indiana, but they are needed
by these loyal State governments in the
South. These new State governments
have no arms not single musEet in
the arsenal; not single dollar IN the
Treasury to buy arms, and surrounded
by rebel population that Is armed TO
the teeth, and this rebel population IS
invited to rebellion by the Democratic
party of the North, and that party has
lust placed candidate in nomination
upon an express proposition that these
governments shall be overturned by
force; and yet when we propose TO senu
them arms to be placedin the hands oil
lawful militia great outcry is raised
in the North. It is contended that
these loyal governments shall be Iett
unprotected to the the tender mercies
of a hostile, armed, rebel population py
which they are surrounded. l am sorry
to say that that bill did not pass Inc
House, Il ought to have passed. l
merely refer to It because of an attempt
LAG kCOPAG
raoard to the character of the bill.
Now, my friends, upon the currency
ouestion. let us look for few moments
at the attitude of the Democratic party.
Who is Horatio Seymour Inc auS ,,
cate of the bonds being PAID In golo.
Within ten days before MS no I!,ttsl
he made a speech in Cooper's INSTITUTE
in the CITY of New York, in which he
ARMED that the bonds were payable IN
1n7d. and that the first duty of the Gov
Eminent was 10 return TO specie pay
ments by making the greenoacks as
GOOD as gold. And yet this man, with
his acknowledged opinions, Is placed
uDon u platform declaring that the
bonds are payable in greenbacks, not
only in the old greenbacks that were
made during the war-we have $685.
DOC. 600 of them-$300, 00O, 600 of them
were issued before any of those bonds
were issued-the other Sos, 00O, 600 were
issued cotemporaneously with the issue
of the first bonds-but the Democratic
platform warrants Inc payInlent -. OF Tue
bonds, not only in the old but in new
preenbacks that may be made for that
purpose-that may be issued dd Hbttunl
until they shall become worthless, and
until not only the currency but
the bonds themselves shall nave
been destroyed. This man, with his
known opinions, but recently express
eQ, WIS pldSE0 pun 80 ,
which was drawn to meet the known
views of Mr.. Pendleton. ask those
who take an interest in these questions
what kind of confidence they can place
in a candidate or in platform that is
thus made to deceive? SOMEBODY IS
to be cheated. Those who believe III
paving the bonds in gold are invited TO
vote the Democratic ticket because OF
Mr.. Seymour's principles. Those who
believe in paying the bonds in green
backs are invited to vote the ticket be-
cause of the platform. 1t is formed TO
deceive. It is intended to cheat the
people, but do not believe 1t Will. In
one thing 1 agree with Frank Bialr,
that the greenback question, the bond
question, is now comparatively unim-
portant. he says the great question
overshadowing everything else, Is the
question of destroying by military
power the new governments that have
been built in the South. 1t is the ques-
| ton OF renewing the rebellion. l have
| not seen Mr.. Toombs' speech, but am
| informed, this evening, by gentleman
WHO mas read it, that il makes the dec
laralion in Georgia that MIR. Frank
Blair was nominated on account of that
letter.
Now whom we have on our side. We
have General Grant, the greatest mil
tary man of the age, who. by his glgan-
| tic combinations and his profound plans
succeeded in destroying rebellion, after
| Mcclellan and others had failed. He
| has been greatly successful in war be
Vond all men of his time, but he now
! most earnestly desires peace. "A mar
of great good sense, calm, unlmpas
sionened, unexcited; n man who earn
| estly desires peace and who Is conserv
alive. not in the Democratlc sense, pu
in the true sense of that word; u mar
who will make a safe President. H'
has no military ambition to crafty
He has no cupidity TO satisfy; but {
! patriot and hero, he has already enjoy
ed the highest honors of his country
and can only desire now to transmit
his good reputation 10 his children
He is the man whom we present as this
candidate for your suffrage. And who
ia the candidate for Vice President
Indiana has the proud distinction o.
presenting the name of Schuyler Col
| fax as a candidate for Vice Presi
dent. lie has adorned every
position which he has filled; hi
| has been pre-eminently successful a.
Sneaker OF the House, and should tbs
power of the Presidential Office by any
| accident pass into his hands, we have
every confidence that it will not bt
abused. We present a Presidential
| ticket that demands, and should re-
ceive the confidence OF every thinking
man Oh All phFl1eSs
| say to our Democratic friends, if yoC
really want peace ifyou want this wal
to end if you want us to return Il
prosperity, and to again begin to grow
and become powerful in every respect
/ and fill up our territories and spreac
| all over this continent, we must have
lpeace, and the election of the Republi-
can ticket, State and national, Will give
1t to us. But il you want civil war
Italy in America, Mexico, pronuncia
mentoes, revolution after revolution
then sustain this Democratic party thai
has resolved that it never will submit
until the principles OF the rebellion
have become triumphant. My friends,
the question is simple one. II WI
shall succeed and WELD the power o.
this Government for the next four
years, the work will be done.
The power of the Government Will be
established and can not be overturned
and the growth and prosperity of the
country will forever overshadow and
put down this rebellious population
that is threatening to disturb US. Lei
me say in the language of Grant, "Lel
us have peace" Let the people come
together. Let the men of the Democrat
ic party cease to follow these leaders o.
mischief, and come together in amity
and We shall have one great unbroken
nation, based upon the principles fun
iversal justice and universal equality
have spoken longer than was able
to do. can only say from the bottom
! OF my heart l thank you for this kind
reception tonight. If have labored
hard during the war; If there were peri.
| DDS of doubt and trouble; il / have suf.
fered mentally or physically by what
have passed through, allow me to say