Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-02-12

sPEFCH OF SENATOR NYE, OF NEVADA,
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from Wisconsin NJ Douutuc) coull nave ueeu
presented az thi. time for no otherpuTose than to
ilcit. as be must have known il would political
discussion and a presentation Of the differences
between the two parties az The present time !
think be will learn, before hc gets through, that
his purpose is well answered. aud that tac chal-
lenee which he so CALAMITY ard ya.mniIy threw
down has been taken zap aud hurried back against
him with terrible power. SIR, % there is any one
tbinr that The country needs 40 Chi, time and that
the Union party of ths country requires, 10 isl
manly boil discussion OF the principles 90 which
they intend 20 alhere. notwth. landing the rccre-
amy of some Of their former friend. or the natural
opposition Of the Democratic party az all times.
The history Of the Republican party is told IN
few words 1t was brought into existence just as
the atmosphere began 20 be thick with tha irag-
ments Of this disso,ing country It brought to
its support and TO its standard the interviewing
and country-loving people of all this nation. Ii
was the great centre where the friends of liberty
rallied ON the one side. and It's opponents or COW.
ardly sustaners rallied ON the other. It's potency
has been manifested iu every step of It's progress.
II has been heard In these halls. and it has been
echoed throughout the entire land And, SIR as
the strains OF liberty were sounded recruits from
every quarter came rushing 300 t thc opposing
party had really not enough 90 count It's power
has been manifested upon every battlefield tt0m
the Potomac 70 the Rio Guude. lt has been felt
in the very atmosphere that surrounds us. aud It's
power Us sun 10 DC ltll i TINS great WNfh rs toi-
pleted Notwithstanding the opposition OF the
honorable Senator from Wisconsin and bis terri
bic apprehension, this party that girded on its ar
NOR for the emancipation Of this country, will new
er lay it aside until the work Is done
IN the last great and final struggle OF the two
contending armies there were Just such soldier.
there are politicians and statesmen. who feared
and doubted after all whether that man of iron,
Gen. Grant, would be able TO crush thc rebel az
my aud they were found far in the rear, strag-
gcrs, but the business Of the hour was such that
there was no time 60 look them up There were
enough who had hearts intent upon The object bee
fore them 90 perform the work and he only loss
to the army or to the individuals who loitered in
the rear was that they did not share in the glcry Of
the final triumph
Now, SIR am ready and willing to make large
allowance for the weakness of men. ! avn willing
20 see men change, and desire to see them change
when they are wrong. The honorable Senator
from Wisconsin has evidently changed, and such
change Is to me marvellous No man has more
melodious voice or better power Of using il than
that distinguished Senator have sat ia these
galleries rapt and entranccd by his eluquencc when
be uttcTIng the sweet sounds of freedom and
liberty. haye-hcard him upon the stump when
thousands stood enchanted by his coqurncc. Why,
SIR Not only for his own power, but for the
magic words that he uttered and the undying prin-
ciples that he sustained. / believe that some time
10 the course Of the honorable Senators life, OF |
recoileci correctly the discussion that occurred be-
tween HIM and his colleague last wnter) he him
self had espoused the cause OF negro suffrage. II
! am wrong he will correct me. II now be finds
that he was wrong in that be has the right 20 abau
don il Of course But sir, my task will be, in the
short time shall occupy the attention OF the SEN
ate, to examine the reasons that he himself gives
for this unaccouutable change
i, sir, am a radical. glory in TO- My friend
was, but Is not. What is hcy Nota Democrat
and when ] say that hardly know which | ought
to apologize to-the Democratic party or my
friend. lie is a conservative, raihmg under the
banner OF conservatism. Mr.. President, | have
looked about in every thing that has been at my
command TO find something that would exactly de-
scribe the political status of my friend from Wis
consin have consulted prose aud poetry, sa-
cred and Iroiane, and can find that no author
has exactly described It save Milton in his blind
ness. Laughter To show my distinguished
friend IN word the exact status Of a political
conservative, | will read from Milton and from
MiitOn's Paradise Lost, laughter, n work that |
commend TO the perusal oil my distinguished friend
For sptits, when tley pea,e
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Dioted con len.ed, hrisht or o6.cnre
Asd ssrk. Of Ioye or ,F, so nu'p f,ie,n
Milton. IL seems To me had ,bo l;s,ino,;sbo1
Senator in his ave whom H., ,,,rr,o ia, $3.50,
NOT led h., bo,.s an I;,s ,. 6.{
but one who can either s,y as.,,,,a nr hoth a.,
.u;te Conger,a,i,os bost RI ,',.i, " I'm a.
X the at,itnde in which che $50. a.
has introduced hi, bnld measure 90 ;as,r,o,;,,,
tho Committee nm the T,1.;sr,. &c ~ h,i,, ~
certain tbiugs boys had ~
wonld come and NV wonder Il that l. i;J rat
come beforc Tbe Presiin,, IN lie r,,s.a,,a
called nnon Conrress To a., i,st a. ;roor';st,f5
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heard That know ,yb.rs tho o,to ,.'nll ca,rn
from here and Ie~nec,,d IL Non, :, - y;
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mittec On the Julir;,r,. IN do ,in,, to, LII
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press had made for itself mon tb, ,,ra, ,,,aos,
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not cnnbered win l;rL or an 49,. ~ 1 r.
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or tbwart his craat ,neas,,rs
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and for all that be diG in tb,, i,a,;o 10
~ will now ami Lorn,rt,'r ,la.t i; W. w
Tor from Indiana has ,,i,e, in s,,"'.;ro, a,,d aiS
manner tL b;s,or,. 81
and assert tha, no ono sta b,s to,,, 49,, IL; r
construc,;op ,vb;L vs. No, d;a,a,1 H.. ,i, ..
sities Of the fine and hor,, az, hra,,,I, 81. ~,
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Nsvrr NJ presi lon, ala ,,o n.n,ao..,;,.
marty or their lcIt vino, ,bo C,'.,.,,,'s