Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-09-11

uhltOI W nis country ldTeaJ applause.
What spectacle was presented on the
Fourth Of July, before the people Of this
country. Here were met together Demo
Gratis from Ohio and Illinois, fralernizing
and celebrating with men that were no.
torious rebels during the whole war.
There were Forrest the hero Of Fort Pill
low, the man guilty Of massacre unpar-
ralleled In its barbarity in the annals Of
depravity Wade Hampton, one of the
leaders of the rebellion General Preston,
of Kentucky. They all met together in
the same convention, ready TO sing
blessed be the tic that binds
Our hearts In rebel love"
They were altogether. There was no dis
tinction. There was no regret. There
were no expressions ofrepentance. They
were ready to meet their brethren they
had been separated by little ill.feelinP
laughterl, but IL had never altered the
feeling Of the Democrats toward their
loving brethren. There they met in con.
vention, in New York, in presence of the
survivors of the brave boys that fought
and fell upon the battlefield Yes, they
met the men that had authorized and
connived at these barbarities perpetrated
In tho prison hels of the South, and the
men that coldly looked on when our brave
boys were butchered. Here the Demo.
Gratis met and welcomed the men that or.
dered the black flag to be hoisted as the
flag to govern the conduct of the rebels
during the war. ALI of these met as
neighbors
My fellow citizens, is It not enough to
excite the Indignation of any man that has
a remnant of patriotism in his bosom that
the men whose hands are dyed in blood
men who are guilty Of such barbarty
men who are guilty of the highest crime
known to the law; men who are guilty of
sacrificing the lives of hundreds of thou
sands Of the bravest and best men that
ever lived, shall come up to a loyal State,
unwashed and unrepentant, and sit down
and ask the privilege of selecting man
that shall rule the desiinies of this coun.
tryf Fellowcitizens, Is IL possible that
the freemen of this country will permit
such men to govern the interests of this
countryp Why, If these men, these trai-
tors, can come into Democratic associa.
tion, will you not open all your prisons
and penitentiaries and let every scoundrel
into a Democratic Conventionp TAp-
plause and laughter. Is the man that
stole your horse worse than he that killed
your son 2 Is theft worse than murder
Yet you send men to the penitentiary be-
cause they steal horses, and vet some of
other way to travel II was the necessity
that made them do il they did not mean to
commit n larceny, or perhaps, one wanted
TO relieve the Affections of nature when
he got your watch yet these men are
sent to the penitcntiary and cannot sit in
a deliberative assembly. They say these
men have laid down their arms that they
surrendered. They remind one of the
Dutchman in Ohio whose wife was very
sick. The preacher called at the gate and
asked how she was. ooh" said the Dutch
man, oh, she is very bad" "Is she like
to dieS' said the preacher. eyes, l think
she Is going to die" as she resgnedY"
asked the preacher. Said he, "Vat ish
dat| The preacher explained, ais she
willing to die Z" Willing" answered the |
Dutchman, ~ guess she is; she has got to |
die any way" LLaughter.l SO with
these men. They were resigned And so |
every hOrsothef is resigned when the |
officer of the law arrests him. When the |
officer takes him he gives up. Applause |
Yet these men say; Why we ought to |
receive them into the old family, because
they have surrendered; they have given |
up. They couldn't fight, and they wouldn't |
fight any longer because they couldn't.
Yet, Is there any one of these rebels that
has repented of his folly and wickednessY
Did Wade Hampton come into the con.
vention and tell his associates that he re-
grctted what he had done9 Did any one
of them regret his participation in the re-
bellionY Not one of them. There was
nota single word of repentance issued from
the lips of any single one of those men,
and If they are fit to be received into
Democratic Convention, there is not a
scoundrel in any penitentiary in the land
10 1
What would my friend Osborne think
of me-he knows me pretty well-if he
was to see me walking the streets of Col
umbus arm and arm with the man that
burned his neighbors house DOWN.
Surely from seeing me take him to my
house, and give him the hospitalities of
my home, what would be his conclusion
Why that | was not any better than the
lorse-thief and that l sympathized with ,
he horsethief. That is the conclusion I
which we come to in regard to men who I
net in the assembly at New York. l
hey were altogether, all of the same
arty, all laboring for the same object, '
nd they have avowed their object. II I
to undo what has already been done, to
epeal all those laws and all those acts by
'hich these reconstructed States have C
cen admitted to the Union. That lis their q
bject. g
How will they do it9 Why they will 81
ever do 1t except by war, war to the u
nife, and the knife to the hilt. If it r
pes come, in the providence of God, it Il
ill be the end of treason and of the Dem p
cratic party lApplausel We do not s.
ant war. We are the party of peace. u
II we ask is that this great government IL
ours shall be reconstructed upon the
rinciples OF the Declaration of Independ-
ice, upon the fundamental principles of u
10 old Constitution of the United States. "
hat is all we ask. We will not have dis. v
yal men; we will not have the murder u
$ of our brethren and our friends partici- u
ating In the deliberations of any of our !, o
'semblies. II they come say like any II n
her sinner, that they repent of their mis- u u
eeds, and come with bowed heads, cover a. a.
" themselves with sackcloth and ashes,
nd In all humility, we viii look on them y
5 rogenerated.
Now they plead guilty of crimes for y '
'hich they ought to be all hung, There Is
o doubt about it. 1t is owing TO the mag !
animity and clemency of this great gov. :
of ours that they have not been
ung but, repeat it, the people of this =
nuntry Will never permit unwashed, un-
'pentant rebels to sit and participate in
10 deliberations of Congress. They new n
{ shall, they never viii rule, never. !,
Cheers tell you that the men who y
let those rebels when they were In the q
cry zenith of their power, when they =
ad an army, when they had means, and :,
hen they had courage, the men that =
let them on the battlefield and oyercame :,
lem by their power and their courage, !,
lroly can beat the remnants of that rebel. i
on and the remnants of the Democratic !,
arty and rout them, horse, foot and dra. ~
oons. They can do it. -
l tell you, my fellow. citizens, and speak n
the men of this country who have made y
their home, the men who have rallied to n
le Star Spangled Banner, the men who =
impathized with the brave boys ON y
40 day of battle, the men who shared ~
le triumphs which in the providence of ~
cd were bestowed upon the great army of y
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