The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-18
CALEDONIA, OHIO,
Opening of the Campaign on the Re
publican Side In the Eighth Dis.
trict-Speeehes OF Generals Beatty
and trinkerhOff, ,

and trinkerhOff. s
CALEDONIA, Ohio, January 10
General John Beatty and General
r. Brinkerhoff made the opening Re-
publican speeches in the, campaign in
this district here this evening, ia the
basement of the Methodist Church.
The audience numbered about hun
dred, several ladies being present.
Good order was preserved through
out, and the speeches were listened
to with much attention. The audi
ence was about as large again as that
addressed here by Colonel Burns, last
Monday afternoon.
General Beatty spoke about an
hour,-and, at the conclusion of his
remarks, was heartily applauded.
Gen. Brinkerhof followed, com
mencing with feeling reference TO
the life and character of Mr.. Hamil-
ton. By his death we were forcibly
reminded of the uncertainty of hu-
man life and of human greatness. This,
he said, was not the place to pro-
-nounce a eulogy on Mr. Hamilton,
/ but it was fit that we should remem-
Der him. He (the speaker) knew
him well.s He was not what the world
called man of genius, but possessed
the higher qualities of good, sound
Judgment and sterling integrity. aud
Of high Christian adornments More
than this, he died firm believer in
the Christian faith. zha
The General said that the great
question not only in this present con-
test, but in the coming Presidential
campaign, was that of reconstruction.
The Democratic party took the ground
that the Southern States should be
admitted precisely the same as fthere
had cen no rebellion; but ifthe people
Of the Southern States were Grimm
ais, it was right to exclude them from
suffrage and places. of gpoWer..as,ss s-ss !
y The General then reviewed the his
tory of the war and President hin
coins administration, and said that
the Republican party came into power
after the Democratic party had held
power, for eic ht years. Abraha m Lin
coin, when he took the Presidential
chair, did what the laws required him.
to do in calling out the military
He referred to the statement of
Colonel Burns, in his Caledonia
speech, in which he said that the
Democratic party was not responsible
for the war This the speaker denied,
and referred to the resolutions Of the
Ohio Democrats, In 1861, sending the
greeting of two hundred thousand
Democrats to the Southern Confed-
eracy; to the act Of Vallandigham,
who asked In Congress that this cOun-
try should be divided into four sepa-
rate nations; and to the course of
Mr.. PendletOn, who advised that the
Southern States should go in peace
He asserted that the war would
have closed two years sooner had it
not been for the course of the Demo-
cratic party Democrats might say
they were in favor Of the war till it
was made a nigger war. In answer
to this. he referred to the conduct of
the black man during the war, and
argued that as he had assisted during
the rebellion, he should now have the
rights of citizen.
The fourteenth amendment. he
thought, was the best P Ian Of recon
struction offered to the Southern peo-
pie; if they had adopted it, the South
would now have been restored to the
Union, with all her just rights and
privileges. <te
Andrew johnson, he affirmed, was
responsible for the non admission of
the Southern States. On the ques-
ton of reconstruction, the Republi-
can party would not give back one
inch. Loud applause.
In regard to the finances, the Gen
eral said the whole question was one
of law, and not of legislation IF the
Government had contracted to pay
the bonds in gold, they ought to be
paid. He thought it would be found
that the law required the n-forties
to be paid IN gold, and the five-twen-
ties in greenbacks.
The General said he was opposed to
contraction, and had heretofore been,
Iu 1868, the Democracy had said that
! greenbacks were nothing but rags,
and wanted to come back to specie
payment; but now, forsooth, they
wanted a large issue of greenbacks,
after a renegade President and rem
egads Secretary of the Treasury had
beer instrumental In contracting the
currency. If it was necessary, the
i speaker was in favor Of increasing the
/ currency. to the amount in existence
at the close of the war. '.A
I Colonel Burns's statement as to the
non-payment of the tax Gu National