The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-08-27
Thk 0agettE,
speech Of GEN. e. w. Gannt.


Below will be Iound a synopsis Of
a speech delivered before Re.
publican mass meeting at Little
Rsck, Arkansas. on the 2l.h ult,,
by this gentleman. Gen. Gannt
was the firstrebsl that honestly
acknowledged the errorof his way,
and the first that asked and 70
coived pardon:
He said he left the Democratic
party when he left the rebellion;
for the rebellion and Democra-
cy, SO o-calied were identical-the
rebellion was but Democracy run
mad. Now he was 8 pure, un-
adulterated Republican. He did
not propose to do as certain gen
tlemen did two days ago--regale
tho crowd with the slang Of the
sh-market and the vornacular of
the livery stable, but to discuss in
fair, earnest and open manner,
,thegrcat questions involved in the
present canvass. Since 1868 he
has been as Gen. Grant has always
been, q peace man: he was the
same tonight. He had advocated
that peace which would como
through. tho marshaling Of the
federal forces to break down the
rebellion. / stand here to-night.
said he, as the first Southern man
who declared the war, carried on,
:as was pretended, for tho indepen.
'dence Of the South, but 10 reality,
for tho enslavement Of portion Of
our fellow beings, to be failure,
and who urged return 10 the
government ofour fathers l stand
here as the first man pardoncd by
the Executive Of the Nation,
When he had ceased to be a Demo.
crdt he had ceased to be a rebel; and
he could not be driven back into
that party which strovo TO destroy
tho government.
he had thought, too, that slave
ry was divine institution. Hc
Ras born amid il. The relation.
ship Of master and slave had seem,
ed as naturalto him as sun, and
moon and stars--as the road TO the
mill, or tho path that led to
tho sohoolhouse. But when he
went into the war, whom ho
perceived its origin--and men
may talk as they please, but
thcy know that the ,objcct Of the
war was the establishment Of the
doctrine of secession, and tho per.
petuationl Of human bondage
when ho saw that the war was o
failure. he had said to his own poo.
pie: "Each day makes new graves,
new mourners and new orphans
let us discontinue this struggle, and
go back to tho government of our
fathers."a mmlai YJs}ls gseg
The war has ceased. Tho Gov.
crnmcnt has been saved. the armies
ofthe Confederaoy have been bro,
ken and shattered, and the great
question . of restoration is to b.
settled; In this great work, no
man was more modest, none great.
or, purer, worthier, than us.
Grant; and now the eyes of the
patriot, and the nation turn to him
rs the standard bcarcr-they place
him in the front, and behind him
the great cohorts Of tho Government
will march to victory in November
next. (Chcera) SFFFFf
When armies had been defeated,
when Generals had failed, when
the Northern Democracy declared
tho war a failure and tho Union
broken, when Horatio Seymour
was melting, mobs to deeds oi
deadly violence, the unprotending
Grant was originating those stu.
pendous plans which crushed the
rebellion and astounded the world,
The genius and patriotism Of Grant
saved tho nation.
And again, whom public mon
hayo failed and betrayed their
trusts. and whom tho fruits Of vic
tory are to bo secured, and whom
those who were foiled in battle ore
attempting 10 subvert and destroy
tho Government, tho eyes Of the
nation instinctlvoly turn TO thciI
great loader. He Is to-day The
pride and the hopo Of tHO nation