The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-03

Hall, corner Eleventh and u Streets, with d,
T. Swat, esq, president, In the chair, and Mr..
The iasneisi se s s'' NJ. H. W. Davis,
reported that the association had several hun.
dred dollars In the treasury, and was out OF
Col. Aiken offered resolution that had
been passed BY the Seymour and Blair assocla.
tion, welcoming Geo. ID. Mcclellan back TO
Mr.. Frank McNerhaney stated that he had
| offered resolution some two weeks since,
which had been passed, instructing the finance
procuring number Of campaign papers, and
desired TO know whether anything had been
done. The chair answered In the affirmative:
| Mr.. John T.. Norris was introduced, and
| stated that he did not come to make q speech,
but to say that everything was fourishing
but did not address him as the nomlnce for the
| Vice Presidency but as President Of the United
states. tApplsusc.l Mr.; Blair gave fiat.
one has Any doubt OF New York and Pennsyi.
vanis. why, we will carry Pennsylvania by
a majority OF from 1900 to 10000 GRANT is a
| general, and he would not deny II; but he can
not run this machine, nor ahotel We feel
| that we will win, and are sure that we will
inaugurate Seymour and Blair on the Ith of
Joseph II. Bradley, esq, arose amid tire.
mendous applause. lie said he was an old
line Wing to the backbone, because he loved
| that old Constitution under which they were
born and schoolcd. tGreat applause.l He
stood on the same platform they did, that OF
| the old Constitution. You have been spoken
OF as traitors, drunkards and thieves, but he
denied the assertion, and said that there were
| not more devoted set OF people to the Con-
stitution than the people Of the District OF
Of the United States. They are citizens OF
| the United States and should he protected by
| the United States. He knew there were some
baggers." tGrest applsuse.l There ale no
more traitors under heavens than the "carpct.
baggers.n Tremendous npplause.l He en.
the District OF Columbia were loyal. He
wished to speak to them particularly on the
principal topics OF the day. He was red.hot
that the Democrats were only working for
positions, but finding now that they were
working to maintain the Union he was with
striking at the root OF the Constitution, and
excluding portion OF the States, and repre-
senting them by "csrpet-baggers." Should we
as Democrats exclude number OF Northern
Statesl Think Of 1t, Democrats; carry 1t home
| with you; teach your children to be aware Of
this party, and when you sec one OF them sup
| porting its principles, pray that 1t may bo
laid In its grave. lie condemned the aCtA Of
| the Executive during the late war, and said
,hat no honsenonu was sac, or even eommu'
tlves got hold OF 1t, and spread 1t broadcast In
| the newspapers. Fearing the power, Congress
have stripped the Executive OF all power, and
| the Radicals tried to impesch him to secure
to them all power, but they failed. Applause. !
lie compllmented Andrew Johnson l0r stick
ing ClOhCly 10 tue tOltlllutlOn, anu cAIlBu
on his hearers TO give three cheers for his
faithfulness to that Constitutions which was
responded to heartily. As man reads his
| Bible to instruct him his duty, so as to live
hereafter, we have studied the Constitution
to direct us to defeat this common enemy.
They have not only stripped the Executive Of
his power, but the judiciary. lie claimed
that It was the Executive's place to make
treaties with foreign Powers, and not Con-
gress. They called on the people Of the Dis
trict to put down a rebellion in Maryland,
| when luBurfectlOl existed In that
glorious old state than there Is now lie then
told an anecdote about the old woman and
the owl, and thought there would be change;
and when Ohio (the old iron-clad) would come
along and discharge her shot and shell we
would see the "carpet-baggersn hunting for
with Hendricks At her head tgrest applause
comes In 1t will make them trcmble. Pro.
longued applause.l
The glec club of the Young Mems Seymour
and Blair Club were then introduced, and sung
q campaign song, amid applause.
Richard I. Merrlck, esq, was then intro.
duced az an old Jackson Democrat. He said
he had not been able to take an active part in
the campaign, but WAS close observer OF what
| was going on. He had occasion TO address \
large Democratic meeting In Philadelphia a
few evenings since, and Notwithstanding tho
dependency among some of the party here, he
| assured them that Notwithstanding all the
fraud going on In the country, the Democrats
would meet with glorious success. lie pro.
| posed to point out some OF the fundamental
| principles OF the present Government, and re.
| futed the statement that he was an Old Jack
son Democrat, but = Whlg, and that he would
give his reasons for the change. When the
| Wing party laid down its principles he looked
and found incorporated in the Democratic
party that principle that loved liberty aud
bellion was crushed, and the south had laid
down their arms and cried for pcaccj and why
| Is there not pcacei
The armies were Gcnt forth TO overthrow n
| usurpating government, and not local organi-
nations, aud when they had done, that army
ought to have been disbsndcd. All they did
was to bare their bosoms against the enemy OF
| the country, and, after that was done, they
| were to be welcomed back. And not until
| after the firing OF the last gun was that be.
lief repudiated. II the dead can communicate
with the living, the heroes that fell In the lsto
contest will endorse your acts on the I'D OF
November next, when you go up to vote for
Seymour and Blair 1.-THE usurpation is over.
thrown, the only rightful government In the
Southern States are those that existed pre-
yious to the war. Instead OF these govern
| ments being restored, we find some new gov
ernments down there which we do not under
stand. He did not understand the military
governments now existing there, made by
Congress They are outside of the Constitu.
tlon, and the Radicals cannot deny 1t. The
military governments are usurpations, be-
| cause they are in opposition 10 the Constitu-
tion. They disfranGhise the white men and
enfrsnehise the negro. II this is effected by
this military government it is slso uneonstit!i-
| tional, AS the blood of the child is responsible
for the acts OF the father lApplsuse.l
lie went on at some length endcsyoring to
explain what loyalty WAS, and said that any
| infringement upon the Constitution, whether
by n Congressman or by the people, was treA.
son. He said the election OF Seymour aud
| Blair In November would insure to us n re.
publican form OF Government II the south
had right to go out OF the Union, every bl ow
you struck and every drop of blood you shed
| 10 recorded against you In heaven. He said
they never were out, and con tended that state
| governments were for domestic purposes, and
that OF the United states to make laws with