Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-13

reason 10 his Government they Gaining
~ ,Lsm,elyes Ali tho loyaliy-they are
The loyal men that put down me repeinv1S
hut for them the Government wou'a
have been destroyed, aud everybody tha'
,s,Tsrs In opinion from them 10 disloyai.,
What is this thing OF being o,s'oyM
In the monarchial countries OF EUROPE,
in monarehies loyalty means alieglance
and feally to the King or Emperor OF
reigning family. As yet we have no
King or Emperor here. A voice, ana
never will."1 There are some men VINO
are wiling, II they are allowed to-wh9
are preparing 10 be but we are not oouna
in this country to give loyalty TO any man
or human being. We do not swear ooe-
d;enco 10 Congress. We are not com
PEELED 10 swear allegiance to the rrss'-
dent of the United States or 10 Tue ou-
dietary. The only oath OF aileglsnce we
take In this country is to the Consu'u-
lion Of the United States; aud he alone
ia loval in this land who preserves invio,
late the oath to defend, TO protect, and
to maintain the Constitution OF the
United States.
Yet this party of loyalty, these loyal
man mar excellence, are in the habit oil
boastipe that they have legislsted out
side of the Constitution, aud in defiance
of it. And not only do they, boast oil u,
rot only do their boldest leaders boast OF
their disloyalty to the Constitution, but
every human being knows, every man
Thai has sense enough to take himself out
of the rain, knows that they have violated
and trodden the Constitution under loot
and vet they claim that they are the only
loyai men in this Government
They claim, also, 10 be the Union men,
the only Union men; and all OF US who
differ from them are denounced. tell
YOU, nv fellow citizens, that the Consti-
tuition is the life of the nation, and those
who are destroying the Constitution are
DESTROYING the Union. And at this very
moment. when these men are pretending
10 be the only Union men in the country,
their public acts attest, and they cannot
depy the fact, that there are three States
of this Union that have been thrown out
Inv them. ANONYMOUSLY kicked and kept
out of the Union-Virginia, Mississippi
and Texas Because they would not vote
the Radical ticket, they have been kicked
ont of the Union aud kept out Of 1t, aud
are now, according to the Radicals, not
members of the Union, and not allowed
20 vote in the Presidential election,
because they would not vote for Grant
and the Radical ticket. Groans l say
that the Democratic party is the Union
marty now and has always been. The
Democratic party historically and tradi-
tionally, from the beginning OF this gov
eminent, has been, is now, and always
will be the Union party. Applause
Yes. my fellow-citiz in the year
1872. when the Hartford Convention was
held in the State of Connecticut, and
when measures were taken to sever the
New England States from the Union and
annex them to Canada, who was it at that
time pnt down the Hartford Convention,
that destroyed the schemes OF the Blue
light Federals who were hanging out
their beacous to bring the British into
their ports? 1t was James Madison, the
President elected by the Democratic
party. And in 1881, when the same at
fempt was made in South Carolina, du-
ring the days of notification. who was IT
that put his foot upon notification, and
trampled it to death to save the Union 7
II was old Jackson and the Democratic
party. Loud cheers.
And in this last attempt, when this re-
belIiou broke out and the Government
stood indifferent, terrified, appalled,,
afraid to lift its foot up, and the cannon
opened on Fort Sumter, and it fell be
fore the rebel guns, who was il that rose
mn in their might, and rushed to arms to
save the Union? 1t was the Democratic
marty. GShouis of That's so, and
cheers
Yes, my fellow-ciiizens, the army was
filed with Democrats, and while they
were in the front fighting, the Radicals
attempted to carry the State of Ohio
with 100, 900 majority or SO, but when the
bovs in blue came back, il strikes me
that at the last election they did net
carry Ohio BY any such majority; La
voice, mot much cheers, and from
the display OF the boys in blue who are
marching under Democratic banners, 1t
seems to me that the tale will be reversed
in the election which is coming. Cheers. ]
SO true is it, my fellow-citizens, that
the Democratic party filed the army,
and saved the Union in this last struggle
II ia an absolute fact that the war which
broke out between Mr.. Stanton and Mr..
Seymour, the candidate of the Demo
cratic party, arose from the fact that Mr..
Stanton, by manipulating his conscrip
ton bureau, required from the Demo
cratic district OF New York two men
where one was required from the Radical
State Of Massachusetts,, and then that
most radical of all the Radical States, the
State Of Massachusetts, was not able TO
fill that half-quota, but went hunting and
searching all over the country to buy or
hire men as substitutes.
And now, 10 come down to these States.
Who is il that is fighting to bring back
the States that are KEEP. OUT aud who Is
it that keeps them out? JEFF Davis kept
them out four years, and the Radical
party has kept them out for another four
years. Laughter The Democrats put
down the jeff DAVIS rebellion, aud be
lieve they intend to put down the rebel
lion of the Radicals Applause. ThS
Radicals bailed out JEFF Davis" Laugh
ter. Yea, sir, they did bail him out. !.
feel it is impossible for me to speak
longer, to address this vast multitude Of
people, and make myself heard by them.
] tell you, my friends, that the design
that the Radicals have, can be read in
the history of the acts already done by
them. Those who have established des'
potism in one part of the country, viii
not stop establishing it in all parts OF the
country. Those who have overthrow
the Constitution as regards one part O
the country, will not hesitate as to tn,
entire country. Those who have driver
three States out Of the Union becaus,
they will not vote the Radical ticket, viii
not hesitate 10 drive other States out tina
will not vote the Radical ticket
There is one peini, my fellow citizens
to which ] wish to call your attention
In giving the suffrage to the black man