Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-11
RECORD OF DEMOCRACY.
Extract from Speech by Hon. Sam.
Galloway, of Ohio.

sH caro- on the night of the 18th ult., the
Hon. Sam. Galloway delivered a powerful
address, reviewing the past records Of the
two political parties of the day After
I'D reciting the noble and successful efforts OF
the grand Republican party to preserve,
our country during the upheaval OF the
rebellion and IFS earnest endeavors to sus-
tain our national credit, he turns the pic
ture round and gives US a full view OF the
other side-the Democratic record. Here
it is. Djr. RI. II
| tell you, my fellow citizens, patriotism
e,.s never dies 1t is one of those things lmt
IS mortal and imperishable as the very ele-
ment of freedom / tell you, when you
and I are in the grave; when many other
things will not be remembered, there will
be precious memory of what we have
done for our country, and what we have
j. done for the world. Applause. tell
80 Won have three boys, and would rather
1911 leave them the legacy of freedom than any
other legacy. l thank God when come
to die can beoueath to them this legacy
of freedom, and will enjejn it on them to
stand by the flag and the principles OF
freedom throughout life, and give 1T IN
.rt charge to their children and to their child
ren's children to the latest generation.
And, l tell you, my brother Democrat,
$50 it will not be forgotten what you have
ta done, and that little has been done amiss
Great applause But | tell you that the
stain of infidelity to the flag and to the
principle of freedom the stain of treach-
cry and disloyalty that attaches to you
iu.dnow will attach to your memory after YOU
80 and to your children and to your children's
~, children who will be visited with a sheer,
~ that in the day of the country's trial their
sn1 father was false to freedom and to the flag.
," TRenewed applause I tell you that the
- fIn,, layN
Of the body. That can be cured, but trea
son can not be cured. That stain is lodged,
and, fear, a great many of you will trans
~, nit it. Laughter a,ar
gr, ID repeat we are the men, we are the
sd' party that sustained the integrity OF the
country during all the days of its trial;
and what has the Democratic party done
for the country? And you hear these
Democratic orators assert that this war
81 was brought upon the country by the agi-
tation created by these Union men,
although they know that from the begin
ming of the contest to this hour the Dem
---ocratic party has been identified with OPP
position to every measure calculated to
crush treason and preserve the freedom
t, of the country. Applause. a.
,..5',. I do not think, my fellow citizens, that
the Democratic party has ever been found
very sympathetic where freedom was i'll
peril. Who were the men that sympa-
thized with the Free State men in the
struggle for freedom that was made upon
the Territory of Kansas? Not the
. Democratic party. who sustained the
Lecompton constitution with its laws for
bidding the abolition of slavery? The
Democratic party. Who rejected. Governor
Reeder? The Democrats Of the State of
$ Pennsylvania, because he stood up for the
rights of the Free State men in the Terri
tory of Kansas. We sustained Governor
Reeder, but the Democratic party, under
1.-The lead of James Buchanan, put him on
d one side because he refused to be tool OF
the administration and the slave power
My fellow citizens, from the beginning
T1' unto this hour, in all this contest, its
course has been uniform in this matter
To come down to the beginning of the
"l struggles OF our country, who were the
., men who attempted to waylay our noble
leader on his way to occupy the Executive
chair to which he had been chosen by the
free suffrages of this people? WhoEwere
- they but the Democratic party of the
State of Maryland. Who were the men
that waylaid and assaulted and kiledsome
of the brave men of the sixth Massaclu'
H. sets Regiment who were going through
an the streets of Baltimore on their way to
' preserve the capital of our country from
the invasion of rebels? Who did that ?
1.-The Democratic party. Who were the men
+; who, when Abraham Lincoln. made the
Of call for men to defend the flag of the
y country under the first call for seventy
five thousand men-who were the men
who then rallied to the flag? They were
Union men; men perhaps, it is true, once
connected with the Democratic party, and
L take this occasion to do honor to the
memory of such a man as Stephen a.
Fm Douglas, who preferred his country to
party, and who in the early hours of the
struggle after the attack ON Fort Sumter,
,.r when Lincoln called for men, stepped for
81 ward nobly and periodically and rallied
under the flag. 1t was he who made that
proper Discrimination of the parties of the
oii country, when he said that in this country
there could be no neutral we must either
be patriots or traitors. We have been pa
.i triots. Where the traitors have BENTLEY
can tell better themselves Yes, my fellow
~ citizens, in that hour of adversely, there
rushed to the support of the standard
such brave soldiers as the Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts men. What did we do !?
We sustained the President They
charged him with doing acts which were
against the Constitution -,ii ,,a,t,i.
.''Ia7i There is no doubt that q man should
ilssustain himself according to the principles
sg1ii of law, but the Republic has a. right to
a'' preserve, itself from the assaults Ofrthe
-laitraitors of the country. Yet, all over
ssGOhio and over Illinois the whole Demo
cratic press, with very few exceptions
Il joined in denunciations of Mr.. Lincoln
ne and denounced his necessary measures as
p unconstitutional Is not that, so? Yet
81 these same men are now claiming that
W they were for the war all the time, Yes.
d these traitors are now going around the;
country and are claiming thatlthey had as
much to do in restoring peace to- the
country, and suppressing this rebellion, as
? any other class of people e 10 dIk2
Well, my fellow-eitizens, when the Con-
gress of the United States passed these
ia laws, authorizing the raising, equipping,
al and mastering Of men, who desired that
action? We did. Who opposed it? The
Democratic party. How was it, my fel-
low citizens, when by a vote of the Con
,sgress Of the United States, the President
I was authorized to raise regiments Of
colored menu Then it was the Demo
nj cratic party that said they would not
r. fight. They knew they themselves would
r. not, and they thought the negro was not
any better than themselves. Laughter, ]
They found that that was one OF the cases
where a negro was little better than
white man These Democrats said that II