The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-16

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have said nothing Of Horatio M. Seymour.
Why should II II the Democratic party
should DO successful, which 1 regard as are
moiissiHlo poicHti1, Seymour would not be the
President OF these United States, but the
Presidential chair would be filled, and the
Presidential patronage dispensed by the Blair
family. Old Frank, young Frank, and little 1
Montgomery-the Blair family-the wickedost ,,
family In the whole politieal world. hope l
T not be Su ,Ssa % libel for h
played on Pennsylyania avenue. Tn ere are
many other objections TO the Democratic
GS KNOW mt trouble aas %th eG NM
idea OF the Democratic party more accurately
than by a hypothetical ease suggested by an
speeeS DELIVERED IN TndepenSence square by
German captain; Old Ezekiel Nineneger-
called BY those who knew him, old Zeke-was
an Sld..ine Democrat and he had several .r
be reared In the sane faith. Now, old Zeke's
son, James, had a rat-trap, and In the old mans
rSts, and James maze up his m, I'd 10 sci bis
trap for them. Old Zel.e thought this would
be good chance TO instil into the mind of his
sested to The boy that every Fat he &C" caught
should be called a Wing, and every WING he
caught should be put TO death. Not long AZ.
eisted, in perfect ecStne Ics, and stated thsstGe
had caught a Wing. Put him to death, my
sons, put him to death. Every time you
lowed up this advice strictly and not a few Of
these wings paid tn, death penalty. One
time, however, James Appeared before his
parent in a great state Of excitement, and ex-
orat. What shall do with himi oh, no, my
son, said the father, with srprlse, that cannot
AZ H. me sec hm d, h Ss ,ne Sa man ns
covered thHt his son had caughs mole. My
son, said the old man, will some seriousness,
Earth sr9 no made s%s You Snk Of hi, Is %S
WHY father, The boy replied, / knew he was
no " hig, and he was deaf and blind; he could
must be a Democrat iLSushtcr.l "
The Dem ocratic party Is like Gehszl Of old
stricken with moral and political leprosy, COW
| cred with political wounds, bruises, and pu.
! trifying sores from the crown OF the head TO
the sole ofthe foot.
Ispeak to them more In sorrow than In an-
ger. / should like to take them aside one by
| one, and talk to them like father, and that
would not be very difficult TO doi they are so
few and far between; s,1ee the news from
has been rec nve1. laughter
can confess, DID not have very paternal
! feeling for them about IL O'Clock on Tuesday,
mofnll Z, I will do them the Justice to say,
| they were ready to receive my fatherly advice
| and consolation with becoming meekncss and
I be gentle with lhe Democratic party, for the
old fogy Is politically dead he has been In \
| dying condition for some tine past he caught
! cold rom oyer-exeTtion in the cause OF seceB-
I sion, and when he attempted to nIoyc the war
FOR the Union failure, that cod was agra
waited into galloping consumption; and whcn
! Frank Blair published his "incendiary docu-
! ment," exciting the people to notification and
revolution, he gave that party a cruel and
/ fatal blow; and we intend, now, from respect
: TO many good men who formerly belonged to
II, but have left in disgust and Joined our
/ ranks, to bury the Old fellows with military
honors on the 18th OF November next so low
that the hand OF resurrection can never reach
Yes, my feliow.citizcns, In tho elegant,
J classical, and beautiful language of the poet,
It Ia no use in talking; The dog isdead. But,
| perhaps, u may be asked, II the dog is dead
/ why / continue 10 kick aud cum him 80. O..
! illustrate by another hyncrbolieal case, sug.
, IN Caledonia. in a public specch. and whose
name co noe now recollec ANU only follow
Ing the example of my old and excellent
/ name, an IriBhman, hence of Irish descent
Like most of the sons OF :he Emerald Isle, he
was brave, kind, and generous, but very pas:
behold Tim In his back yard In = tearing pRJ-
: sion, kicking and cutting and cursing some
thing terribly. l rushed up, and to my inf;
mite surprise, raw that Tim was kicking and
cutting n dead dog. Why, says !, Tim, what
are you about DO you not see that the dog
is dead. But SAYS Tim, I'm teaching him a
| lesson. Howl WHAT do you mean; how can
that be, that you are teaching him lessoni
why, said Tim, l wish to teach him and every
nasty, dirt" cur Ike him that he deserI cs
pun 'shmen. after death. tIaughter
| Now, l say, that party whicn could nomi-
nate the Comprehend, Seymour, and the revo.
lutionist BAR, dcserres punishment ale
death. Aly Democrats present VINO belong to
that glorious political organization which
traces ito origin to Andrew Jackson, who dc,
serves immortaliiy-if for nothing else, for
being the author Of the sentiment, The Fed
eral Union. 1t must and shall be preserved"
Gen. q. alluded to the patriotic course OF
Judge Pierrcpont, and expressed the hope
| that that thousands would follow his example.
Gen. q. Baid that what he had stated In a
former speech he thought was suggested by n
n conversation he had had with Judge p; he
! would retract wha. he had said In reward to
his motives-would leave that for others but
the fact was that he had been and was now
acting with the National party.
My rcasops for desiring the defeat the
Democratic party, MS at present organized,
may be stated generally as follows:
Fiat. The success OF the present Democrats
if II would not In fact be, would at least be re-
SNrded by he people OF this country and oil
foreign nations as a triumph OF the revolu'
.ionary spirit over the national cause, the
effect OF which would be to impair the credit
and stab lily OF the Federal Government.
and Colfax would be regarded as a triumph OF
the national cause over the spirit of secession,
| nullifcntion and revolution.
Second am unwilling 10 trust the finances
of the country with the Democratic party rs
at present organized; That party IA composed
In great measure OF those who wei Q engaged
| In the rebellion, and II is but natural that
they, when they come into favor, should be
unwill' ng to pay a debt which was created in
| defeating their scheme OF n Southern Confed-
erac". Perhaps they might propose to their
Northern allies a compromisc-we will pay
the national debt II you will pay the rebel
debt; the poll icsl power OF the Government
has been obtained by our joint efforts, and we
| should share its favors again. Blnir's way Of
paving the debt is somewhat hazardous, in my
judgment; he proposes to inaugurate another
btvil war by way OF liauidating the debt
created by the war through which we have so
recently asscd,
ThirG, The Democratic party are for war In
peace, but 10 war they are for peace.
When secession reared lite horrid head at the
South, and the Republican party were for
CONFRONT ,, concession and peace, the Demo.
cratic party clamored for war. In the midst
of the rebellion, when the nations life hung
by n thread, they declared the war for the
that the rebellion has been crushed, and the
| Lieutenant General OF the American Army is
heard saying "Let us have peace" the Demo
Gratis, through their organ and representative,
I. p. Blair. jr., are heard brawling for war.
| Fourth We have reason to AppIchcnd that
the Democratic party, II successful, would de-
priyc the colored man OF the substance, leaV-
Ing him only the shadow and name of freedom,
for they fought in part to preserve, extend,
and peFnetuate the stitution OF slavery.
q IN u. thon proceeded to give brief his
| tory Of the Republican party. The Democrats
charge the Republicans with involving the
country in debt, and now they propose to pay
1t by involving the country In war. The Dem
ocrats are responsible for the present debt by
Involving the country in war, aud now are un-
willing to pay 1t, but prefer to involve the
the national debt. The Democrats object that
the reconstruction ac,s are unconstliutional,
unjust and inexpedicnt, Gen. q, argued That
this was the old cry OF the Democratic phrtyi
that the reconstruction acts were constitu-
.ionhlj that they were just, and therefore eX-
| padient, for what was Just was apt to he OK
justly; but he would rather trust the Republi-
| can party to remedy the evil than commit the