The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-07

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me:.hf That the people were giving upY No; they
were giving Their LIES blood-lore than life because
they We're giving their objections father his love
for his child: the widow waS, with tears making an
outfit for her boy. And Get they were rushing 10
arms when Lee surrendered more than they had
done from the day w,aen The foul hand OF treason
your pocket argument with sucn people as 1ns s
ASK sucn People to repudae their debts; in ns
mother would Us soon think OF making BUTTONS ou1
OF her deV,i sons bones as to do II. %
Are th, fathers gong to sprinkle the caves o o.
thai was called IN the Providence OF GOO 70 WY.
ness during the war there was one gray s.'l ~ no1
ana wagon loads ond ship loads OF little boxes maze
up In your own household and sent 70 our so"o,s
o se army nr ne yarn kot for her son or grand
child ar she sat by the fireslde WINE tne pooI nyy
fought on Lookout Mountain i VI aete
snip load OF such thngs were sehI loI.'', anu ~ was
this that compelled me- N my ne sa , 20
yet h0pe still remains whle tnere are thous nus 81
good hearts who circle around the nresldes OF tlns
land the people of which are God-foaitng Deop 9.
fAprsallse Now talk to this people about interest,"
Get the fnanciers in Wal street, or any other
mich the Widows son was worth, how much tine
&, theirs boy WORTH III we repudlate, lctus repl-
u ate ALL Let us level the graves OF dead sol
ders let blot out their memories from tue family
Iabe Let not nave them prayed for at the ureside
or In the church. or rene nber them the day OF
thcrr BIRTH or the days that still held as sacred
GAYS all over the land. would like TO see some OF
sneee cpherers before me. Iwoud like to hear what
they would have to say to the old wonen-to The old
people / say that General schenck is in favor OF
paying the war debt. He .eves that Divine l'rov
holds the balance Of nations In its hands as IL
holds the balance OF individuals. the nation IS but
an individual. Now, when nation practised mi
guilty, what was done with 1t In oden time, undor
the dspensaton OF the Lord? was IL not wiped oatY
What are we this day? and what can we hope IN our
homes and resides II the first lesson we teach IL TO
repudiaIe the debt your creditor, to cipher
him out OF it, by appealing to the mean, miserable
But gentlemen all this pocket argument does not
bring back the dead. III these men could bring back
MI the freside IL they could be placed back to where
the rebel band took them, then there might 0e some
DO &c. III IS the same bold auacious
inquity that set the torch at Sumter In order that
slavery mightbe established over the land and liberty
MS OPPOSITION TO THE NOMINEES OF THE NEW
YORK CONVENTION.
But IL is said that another reason why General
schenck should be elected s that he Is opposed
! to the nominations Of the New York Convention.
that he is in favor Of the war debt; and he has
| right to he in favor OF the war debt When any OF
home wounded from field Of battle, and languishel
| upon bed, then want them to take pencil!
/ them who was found theres Where were they at
Chcamauga and all the other places OF peril where
met the er s war; Or AZ er
| DonelsonY Why at thf I tine, they had not begun
even to make their appearance; but they were war
| democrats, all except few. ! believe there were
q few. Voice-"some were In Canada.'D
But General Schenck Is not in favor OF the New
|
stltution, Wade Hampton; that great lawyer, For.
rest-the man who butchered the negroes at Fort
s. Preston. OF Kenincky-these have given to the
American people certain candidates who shall exer.
! four years. General Schenck is not in favor, and
will not vote for single one Of them. tAppause.l
| Not man Of them. The obstinate. bg-headed man
| who himself against rebel bullets-tappause)-.
the man who coaxed your boys TO go into me ned
not vote for any Forrest man he won't vote for any
Preston man; won't vote for wade Hampton MAN.
won. vote ior any ieoe, tna ne KNOWS o. 10 Tue oest
Iwll undertake to say that he VIII go furtherhe
will vote for no man who was not on the right side
| the war. He will vote for no man Of doubtful
position, but II he saw him shoulder to shoulder
4 on the field Of battle with our soldiers, II he
| knows him to be on the SIDE Of his coun-
try, either as a citizen or soldier, or an officer,
him win he support. Well, now. why should
| he support themg Wnv should these nominees OF the
| New York Convention be supported They were no.
minated, you remember. on the 4th Of July. One of
| these nominees the candidate for Vice President,
| the ruling mind IN the fight. was put in nomination
was seconded by Forrest and the resol tions decar-
ing your laws and your acts unconstitutional revolu
tionary and void were offered by Wade Hampton;
lima and the butcher OF Tennessee made these noIni-
Me dur YEARS w Deor oney
not get there.'l Ihey could not get there: Where
they were de- royng yonr sons and endeav
| oring to overthrow the government. Sword In hand
| they were butchering our ople Now, now came
they In New York to be the men Who should desig-
nate the individuals who snail DO Presd mt and Vice
President for the next four yearsY think that we
| have come To pretty pass that men, who, ut the
last Presidential election, with sword IN nan1 trying
TO overthrow the government making war upon IL
for period OF five years. that butehered over hali
million of people. they and their associates; that
these should nominate the officers the persons
who TO be trusted with the executive power OF
the government for the next four years. wel there
| arc some things that happen upon this globe that
| are marvellous We all thought IL marvellous tnat
the rebels broke ont in rebellion. 1t seemed to be
wonder to US. IL was not SO TO the nations OF the
could not realize Il until sumter aroused US. But
! was that half so startling as to find these men
IN the cly OF New AorS nominating cnada ,hs
very men, who, four years ago, were butcher
ing our soldiers, invading our states and DESTROY.
/ ing our lives, that they should venture, OF all
| other men In The world, that they, with their pa
dons in their pockets should meet at New York in
order TO nominate executive officers Of this govern
| ment for the next four yearss The world has had
many marvels, bat this Is OF the greatest. TAP
| pause.) Wei, now, consider for moment. They
undertook get control OF this government hrst by
violence. Now they. undertake to do 1t by ballots.
| But under the blessing OF Divine Providence they
will be equally foiled in both purposes, because no
one who believes that this government has It's
foundation laid In the prayers OF the people can ever
VIEW FROM A FOREIGN STANDPOINT
Let US consider one or two points aside rom that
| some of you are native born. l have been told by
| those who visited their friends In Germany and
| other countries shortly after the close of the war
that In nearly every household. In many places, by
every fireplace, there hung the portrait more or less
| by every Preside here.
| But what would he our condition IN the eyes OF the
| world II we allowed these men, VINO nominated
their ticket at New York, To eject our President and
| Vice President Who IS II that would dare TO 20
abroad 90 see their friends In the OLD c0unlrics2
| They would say, "How IL thisl Didn't you tell Inc
that You had conquered The rebelsthat yuu had de-
| fcated them at Fort Donelson at Chattanooga, at
| Lockout Mountain, Chcamauga. before Richmond,
Mt Five Forks, and that they had surrendered their
| armies AMI were prisoners or war; Tel me, then,
/ my friends how Is IL, by what sort OF conurlug,
these who were vanqulshed have become the
conquerorsS Tell me how II IL thai yol, OF all other
| men, OF all other nations, have laid down your
necks after you have won the battle, having
4 sacrificed much treasure having poured out
| seas OF blood and oceans OF treasure, that you
have submitted 10 the very men whom You have con-
uuerea on the field Of battleg Have they changed
| their principcsY No. Is not Wade Hampton in
favor OF slavery nowf Certainty. Is not Forrest In