The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-10-03
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yade Hampton Was at New York"

yade Hampton Was at New York
Confront Republican stumper with any OF
the CRYING sins or delinquencies OF his party,
and his only answer in nine cases out Of ten is,
that the democrats are rebel sympathisers-
the bic ex.rebel General "Wadc Hampton was
in New York; member of the Democratic
National Convention that nominated Seymour
and Blair. In the Joint discussion, last week,
at Peru, Indiana, between Senator Hendricks
and Gov. Baker, the latter made use of the
same threadbare argument" against the De-
mocracy; whereupon Senator Henderson took
him down in the following style:
What has he been talking to you about Wade
Hampton? What did that man, Joe Brown, Of
Georgia say at the state chamber! That Wade
Hampton was brave and fearless soldier
Now, when the war was over, he w AIDE lamp
tom turned to the men of the south and said :
"Our cause is lost; our banner is In the dust !;
You must respect the issue OF the conflict, and
obey the laws apd constitution" That is what
Wade Hampton said. The people obeyed.
Now, turn 20 Joe Brown. He boosted, right
on the platform of the Chicago convention, that
he was an original secessionist. He boosted of
It. lie might well boast. He did not wait I'M
til Sumter fell, nor til the war came on, but, in
defiance, he seized upon every fort and harbor in
the state He was the first to lead off to seize
upon these forts. Not only that, but he was
governor OF Georgia when that rebel prison-pen
at Andersonvlle was in force, and in which for
two years our soldiers languished and died, and
he never raised his voice nor his eyes to relieve
one Of them. ! ask these fehting boys if ever
he raised one hand to help them. [''No, never."]
He was governor of Georgia. / ask You this :
When Andersonville was in existence, was it
ever SO horrible as when Joe Brown was govern
or Oh Georgia, " h Tie same powers as Coy.
Morton had in Indiana? Never did he raise
voice or hand for any northern soldier in the
prisor-pen 1T Andorsonville. But they would
pardon him. He came to Chicago in favor OF
negro suffrsge,-negro equality. Applause.
We know, they said, that the prisoners died
that their souls went upwards; that they now
stand on the battlements of the sky, and bear
horrible testimony against you; yet we forgive
you all, because you come to the support of our
party. Loud applause. He is made radical
elector III congress, and he made a speech at At
lanta. In it he said that the Democrats now did
not stand on the old doctrine OF state rights
Let me read from the speech; it is taken from
the CtnctRHdH Commercial: II affirm that the
present 50 called democracy. I believe that is
what my friend calls them when he gets over
ster gives the definition, that the word "copper"
head" means ga northern man who sympathized
with the rebellion" though Webster was dead
before the war commenced l affirm that the
so-callcd democracy does not stand upon single
position which belonged to the old state rights
democracy. How am | bound, if they do not
stand by the old state rights democracy, to sup
port them y
Now notice his next reason: Upon what does
l. Il IL
port! Is it the friendship of the northern de-
inocraoy during the war That is the question:
he asks. Let him answer it. Let him answer
It, and see that he answers it like the governor
that he is. laughter. He COOS on to say that
some democrats were kindly and honorable to-
wards them, but he says: "The most of the de-
mocracy, the rank and file. came down by hun
dreds and thousands with guns in their hands
and poured q deadly fire into ranks, until we
were conquered. We never have been subdued
["He is mighty right" THAT is your man.
Take him, care Tor him make what YOU can out
of him, and stand him beside Wade Hampton
hundred times, and Joe Brown would not rest
under the voices OF the dying soldiers in the
prison-pen. ] know he has written letter re-
Gently. We are not very anxious about it in
this state. A party in Indianapolis wrote to
Gov. Brown, and he said lie had no control over
Andersonville, and no power over 1t, Could not
he have sent a cup of pure cold water to them
Could not he have sent vegetables to relieve them
from scaryy: No relief from him. The second
great state OF the confederacy he took out and
at Chicago, when they nominated Grant and
ColtaN, he was the most popular orator that ad-
dressed them. His speech was copied in more
radical papers than any speech made AT Chicago
Let Us see If there IL anything more ! have to
answer to the governor. What is the use of ask
ing about my being opposed to the test oath
hat is the use of crying about that d? / took
my seat a senator. DO not believe now, nor
do You believe that the congress of the United
States can add any qualification that the const-
tuition prcscrbes TO a member of that body l
do not believe it. The governor says sm in fla
vor of taking the oath of the hottest rebels I
will tell You what he is in favor OF. He is in ia
vor OF taking the rebels from underneath the
oath and then let them hold Office TAppausel
In the month OF june or July, my competitsr's
party in congress, by two-thirds majority, pass
cd tn. ill.
Be q caach la @cSuo'e o,6 House Of Rcpre-
seatot5ccs IN CsHqrcas 0SSf8jsd tro-HtidS Of each
House coacp9fag: That all legal and political
disabilities imposed by the United States upon
the following named persons of the southern
states, hereinafter named in consequence of par
ticpaton in rebellion, he, and the Same are,
hereby renewed.
be Il c"dclcd, t'c0-tb{TdS c0HcRTytHg. This was
his party two-thirds in congress. That all legal
and political disabilities be taken off the follow
ing named gentlemen for any acts they did in
aid of the rebellion
Then follows the bill. gave one Of the bills
to gentleman the other day, and it is not now
IN my POSSESSION. These three bills covered
l2OO names more than q regiment OF radhaud-
ed rebels, restored to political power by the rad
icsl congress within the past two months They
can now be prlsidont. be cnngreselnnn be cnr-