Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-08-21
GRANT AND COLFAX.
Grand Ratification MeetIng in Chicago.


A GRAND Republican rally was held in
Chicago on the evening of the 18th, at
which 10000 to 10000 of the loyal and
liberty-lOving masses assembled. Stirring
and patriotic speeches were made by Gov
ernor Oglesby, Hon. Matt Carpenter,
Hon. N. B. Judd. General Davis, and
others. Hon. j. Y. Scammon presided.
He spoke as follows:
Gentlemen: In this great crisis l believe
there are but two parties, as there were
but two parties in the war-one that ad
dressed rebels and rebel sympathisers as
"my friends" and one that fought to put
down the rebellion. Certainly we did not,
nor did any man that fought the rebels,
address the rebels or rebel sympathisers
as "my friends" If there is any candi-
date before the American people now for
the highest office in the United States who
addressed rebels or rebel sympthisers as
"my friends" he certainly is not the can
didate of the Republican party nor of the
country. [Applause.] He voted in the
Convention which was held, and over
which he presided, here in 1864, and in
which that courageous man who fought
not to win, was nominated for the Presi-
dency, wherein it was declared that the
war was failure, and it must cease. He
talk, and by his encouragement to his
rebel friends in New York.
Our candidate, on the contrary, fought
as we voted. He fought it out on this
line; he pushed on toward Richmond.
He broke the egg-sbell of treason and re-
bellion, and brought peace and victory to
the country. 1t is for you to see, my
friends; it is for all of lis to see that the
promises which we made in the time Of
the war, that those who fought for us
should be sustained by our votes, are car
ried out In this election.
Those of you who are old enough to re-
member the war of 1912, know that there
was party at that time that did not sym
pathize with the country, but who sympa-
thized with its opponents. We know that
there was an old party then who under
took to put down Madison, the war Presi-
dent of the country. We know that they
organized, that they brought forth their
candidate, but after the next election they
were no more heard of as a powerful
party. So it is with the Democratic party.
So long as it was the party of freedom, so
long as it was the party of human pro-
gress, so long as it sympathized with the
downtrodden, it was invincible. But
when it arrived at its dotage, when it hesi-
tated and trembled, and went over to
slavery, then it read on the broad sky,
Meme, nlens, tekz uphdrSin." Thou art
weighed in the balance and found want
ing Applause. The American people,
at the election of 1864, pronounced the SEN
tence of death against that party, and 1t
will be our fault if we do not execute it at
this election. [Applause.] Not to detain
you longer, allow me to introduce to you
the most eloquent man in the West, the
man who was Democrat, so long as the
Democratic party sympathized with free
dom and human rights but the moment
that party became recreant passed over
to the loving soulof the Republican party,
which has arrayed itself in favor of lib
erty and the country. He has been with
us since he has been with us all the time
he did good service for us in 1864, and
though he lives ina State with aman, who,
so far as his acts for the country are con
cerned, is properly named-Doolittle-
always does much.
Mr.. Carpenter then delivered an elo-
quent and forcible speech, from which we
quote a portion relating to the question OF
reconstruction:
Now there are two theories, one OF the
other of which must be true. The South.
ern theory ofthe situation is that the edict
of secession passed by Georgia, took her
out of the Union and out of the limits OF
our Federal dominions. Upon this theory,
when we conquered that State, her soil
and her people were as subject to the alb.
solute will of the conqueror, as would be
the soil and people on conquered Mexico
or any other foreign power subdued by our
army. II this was their condition, then II
was not for them to say whether they
would have a State Government or not
1t was not for them to say whether they
would ever belong TO the Union or not, as
an Independent State. 1t was for us tC
say IL was for the conqueror 10 dictate
Terms 10 the conquered-not for the con
auereo TO dictate terms TO the conquerOr
You are right Then, upon theiI
theory, Georgia had no more right IN es
tablish State Government, to Come back
into the Union, than the people of MexicG
had right to demand admission into the
Union when Scott planted his standard or
the hallsAof the Montezuma.
Again, the other theory is-the North
ern theory is-the constitutional theory q
that the ordinance of secession was
nullity; that 1t was no protection to the
rebels OF the South and, although We
chose, as we had right TO do, to exercise
as against them belligerent rights-th'
rights and power of sovereign over hil
rebel citizens-yet they acquired by the
ordinance of secession no privilege and NJ
protection.
What is the result of that doctrine
The result of that doctrine is that wheI
the war ended they were so many subdueC
and conquered traitors, taken in thu
crime, taken with the blood upon theil
garments. [Sensation.l They have for
teited life, liberty, property, civil govern
ment, and everything that belongs To man
Great applause; cries, "Thats so
That's SO !" You have got itTl
Upon this theory, very clearly, th'
2eonle OF Georgia had no right to form