Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-23
The stirring Words of q Brave

- A8ns so
At the great SEYMOUR and BLAIR Ratifi-
cation meeting, held in the City of Wash
ington on Saturday night last, General
THOMAS EWING, jr., was one OF the speak
ers. We have only the following substance
of his stirring speech:
After order was restored, Mr.. Ewing said
he heartily indorsed the New York nomin-
ations, and that we were on the threshold
of the most eventful era in the history of
our country. We had spent five billions of
money and sacrificed five hundred thou
sand lives to prove that this Government
was indissoluble. The war had been
splendid success. The Southern forts had
all been dismantled, and their guns turned
seaward, and the commerce of the great
West flowed undisturbed to the waters of
the Gulf. We went to war to settle dis
puted question which had been left unset
tied by our ancestors. There was no way
left to settle it but by the wager of battle.
The South has renounced the heretical doc
trine of secession and acknowledged the
indissolvable character of the American
Union. Congressional usurpers who now
sit in cushioned chairs in yonder Capitol,
occupied their time in filling quartermas-
tiers, commissaries and contract depart
ments with their friends and relatives, and
never saw rebel fire, except at Bull Run,
II that army of patriots which swept from
the Ohio river to the Gulf of Mexico had
suspected the usurpation of Congress, they
would have turned their arms from rebels
and marched on to Washington. ITremen-
dous cheering, and cries of Yes, yes, ,"from
| many soldiers in the crowd.]
| We have found out since the war. fellow
soldiers, what the Summers, the Wilson's
and the Buffers meant by the war. They
were afraid of Southern States and South
ern statesmen. If it was not for fear of q
terrible tragedy, Congressional action
4 would be monstrous farce. Even the
walls of the structure which they have
erected, would have to be propped on the
outside by Northern bayonets. On the Sd
of November next the American people
will determine to restore those States to
| their constitutional rights. Should this by
any possibility fail, the white population OF
those States may succeed in placing them
selves in possession of their Governments
Otherwise, as sure as Anglo Saxon blood
runs in the veins of Southern men, there
| will be an uphe6val of civil war, and then
should Congress sustain the blacks, ashes
will cover the ruins of the whole Repub-
| lie. Is this the peace of which Genera
| Grant speaks? But, continued Mr.. Ewing,
the Radicals have stricken down the Exec.
utive officer and muzzled the Supreme
Court. Have we the same Government be.
queathed to us by our forefathers? Do we
live under Constitution or under Con.
/ gress ~ Not only have the Radicals de.
stroyed ten Southern States and erected
ten st. Domingos, but they have over.
thrown the Constitution of the country.
| have been appealed TO more than hun.
dred times to support Grant, the great sol
dier with whom had fought for the Union
1t is because loved the Union enough te
| fight for it that shall vote against Genera
/ n oIcI, 1rrro
Ridge will carry his name to Immortality
but am not prepared to admit that Gen
eral Grants craftsmanship is as well estab-
lished. AS this great soldier had accepted
the leadership OF party bent on the de.
struction of the Government, he is not en-.
titled to the respect or support of any mar
who ever wore the "blue." [Great cheer
/ inn