The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-26
Mr.. stanton,s Great speecn.

Mr.. Stanton's Great Speecn.
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, the incompatible
Secretary of War during the greater part OF
the Rebellion, has taken the stump as an
aotive Republican in favor Of the election OF
the Chicago nominees. His speech delivered
In Steubenville was a mastery effort, aud we
think will well repay careful reading. 1t
will bo found on the third page OF TIE
EVENING TRLRGRAPH Of to-day. In II the re-
syonsibility of the war and the terrible results
which have followed 1t are laid upon the
shoulders of those who in justice ought to
bear them. With great clearness the Score
tary shows how the Democracy and the Demo
cratic allies in the Southern States are the
only men whom the nation must blame for all
It's desolated hearthstones and burdensome
public debt. He we'll says:-
For every life lost. every drop OF blood
spilled, for every dollar expended. every oond
issued. and every cent OF tax collected, the
is re- R So
and Western States, who urged them to mold
out and carry on the war until they could
obtain the control OF the Government at the
next Presidential election"
To every thinking man this is clear.
When the Democracy cry about the evils of
the present condition of the country, let the Re-
publioans reply, "We have to thank you for
it." When the Democracy say, "Look at the
heavy taxation now imposed" let the reply
20 forth, "You are responsible; your acts
and your declarations of sympathy have
caused this oppression" Without gloves the
Secretary puts the truth home to them, and
1t must carry with it conviction.
After stating the responsibility of the Re-
publican party, the orator goes on to show
the qualifications of General Grant for the
Presidency, the high merit which should re-
Deive recognition as high as itself. He well
asks what objection can there be to our great
commander being our civil leader, and states
there is but one class of men who are likely
to oppose him.
"Wby. then, again ask, should he not re-
ceive your support? What reason mas any man
TO gave for o If s ee Gn s
n.tsket that his father carried at Donetson or
VickSbsrg. on The James, through The Wilderness
against General Grant If there is any man
among you VINO would blot from the page OF
% at Vioks61rg, @ SS q. The % Wilderness at Rchmond
and Appomatox Court House, let such man
across s % s6em:I have no @ snare rein in the these e tri:
umphs. l have done my best to blot them from
history. voted against General GranG.'"
This is the only class who can be found who
will oppose the General. We care not what
professions he may make, what assertions OF
loyalty or devotion hs may indulge in, the
man who favors Seymour and opposes Grant
desires in his heart to take the musket OF the
soldiers father from the soldiers son. There
can be no halting between two opinions.
fhar fho 10 nj IA paal "a
Democracy, s:ultifer of the war record of the
North, a contemner Of the soldier, and one who
desires to condemn him for his action in sub
DUNG the Rebellion, or else he is one whe will
reward our veterans, recognize in them the
great saviors of our country, and reward
each of them by rewarding their chief. There
is line which separates. On one side or the
other each must stand. On which side does
the loyal citizen desire to be foundF
MIR. Stanton reviewed the New York Con-
vention. After stating the claims which
should elevate the one candidate, he showed
the dement's which should exclude the other.
He spoke of the cry of taxation, and very
eloquently showed how it had been the key
note of the Democracy since the first outbreak
"But this song OF hard taxes is familiar to the
public ear. IL has been suug on a harp OF a
thousand strings at every stage of the war.
Before the war actually broke out, and while IL
was imminent,we were tod, D)n't 9 resist Seces
sion; let the MON be dissolved, for II you re.
sist there may be heavy taxes and bloodshed.
Who does not ember that cry going through
the land against the Government? 1t rose to q
howl at Boil Run. We were then told that q
heavy debt had been incurred, and many lives
lost. stop the war at once!' II rung Its highest
failure. and the cessation of hostilities was de.
manded. II croaked through the Wilderness
at the heels of Grant. AT every step we were
told that the daily expenses exceeded millions,
and countless thousands OF lives were lost until
1t sunk to whimper at Savannah, where Sner-
man sent twenty thousand bales of cap.
tured cote to Mr.. Lincoln, and 1t was choked
These eloquent words should be forced upon
the attention Of all the people. The cry Of
taxation was the battle-cry Of the Democracy
throughout the war; it is their battle-cry still.
As by the glorious victories of the campaign
in the field that cry was stiaed, so by the cor.
responding glorious victory of this civic cam
paign will it be forever hushed now. The
speech by the ex, Secretary is one of the ablest
If not the ablest OF the campaign, and makes
our people yet more eager to hear him whsr
he comes among us, as we understand h
shortly will.