Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-03-10

Tell Win the rebellion, whether they
live in the North or in the South
will put forth superhuman exerlion.
70 prevent the result. A greater eff.
tort than was ever made by that par
" before will be made, especially il
the intervening elections shall 90
against us, aud give them reason 10
hope that if such efforts are made by
any party. We have pretty bad
journals in New York, but the worst
reading that we get in our State
comes from Wisconsin Laughter.
We are charged with the spirit of re
Delion there. We have a dozen Jour
pals published in New York-and
some magazines too, | think-which
teach that the success Of the Union
arms was q blunder and its victories
Il crime that to abandon the rebels
lion was to abandon liberty, and en-
throne deSpotism. Those teachings
are influencing the minds of a large
number Of our foreign born voters
who also make their mark on the
minds of a large class of others. Dur
ing the coming elections we are des-
tined to have the NEST desperate eff
forts made 10 reverse all that the
past few years have accomplished
| am just from Kentucky and | know
that most of the aristocracv of that
State are struggling, and working
and will pay money. more than
enough to carry their own State with
the understanding that if the Demc>
cratic party is successful they are to
be compensated for their losses by
emancipatlon-compensated for their
slaves. So it is all over the South,
the understanding that a Democratic
victory will, in effect. repudiate the
national debt, and will give them
compensation for what they call their
losses by Lincoln's proclamation OF
emancipation. Then large class of
the mercantile and business men are
also interested. They are bound by
debts and credit at home, and they
will sympathlze with the rest and
lend their aid, with the understands
ing that they are to get paid for their
debts otherwise uncollectable. if they
succeed in eIecting President aud "a
Congress.
Be sure then, friends in Wisconsin,
that no moro mistakes are made
| think it has been great mistake
to keep the Southern States out OF
the Union as long as we have by the
process of reconstruction. | lLink
Congress ought to have laid down its
terms on the question. and not have
asked the rebellious States, to ac,
cept them, but tell them they must
accept them [Cheers.] If they had
done that, every State would have
been back in the Union long before
this. If we had adopted such plan,
We should not have been troubled
But, my friends We are to meet the
case as it IL; now the work must 20
on as il can say it must 60 Oh,
and the rebel States be reconstructed
and brought back. Another success
tui struggle and the work is doue.-
What yor have to do in the coming
elections is to DO your fair proportion
of the work We must struggle on
in the work, and assure the people
that our victory in the fall is he vie.
tory OF peace. [Applause.l The
Union of law and order, of thrift and
industry and prosperity will be res
tored If we fail in the accomplish
ment of this work, the country will
be launched on sea OF new troubles
aud issues, the effect of which will be
to place us back to 81, and compel
us TO go over again with all the ques-
tons that have been settled by the
war. and as we think, we'll settled
Let us make the people comprehend
that we have arrived at the end, and
that we cannot afford to go back and
begin again, and that these issues
must now DE finally settled by ver-
dict which shall be irrevocable. If
we obtain n victory in the fall, it is
the end Of the controversy. Let these
questions be submitted to the people,
and end this long continued agitation
strife and uncertainty. Make the
people feel that our victory is the
victory of eternal concord in the
country, and the alienation Of all the
elements of discord and strife, and
we cannot fail OF success. Trusting
that Wisconsin will do her part in
this struggle, friends and fellow Re
publicans, | will take no more Of your
time. loud Cheers.