The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-02


ing aldress:-
Grateful to Almighty God for being permitted to
assemble in this sacred spot, we, the representa-
tives of the survivors of the millions of Union Sjl-
diers and sailors who fought against treason In the
recent war; reverently renew our obligations to
rescued Republic and purified Constitution.
Gathering here in the great city pre-eminent
among those communities distinguished for their
generosity and loyalty in the darkest hours of our
national troubles, do not come as partisans. We
meet TO prepare to discharge the new duties de-
volved upon us in new crisis more perous than
the conflict from which we have just emerged, and
to call upon late comrades in arms to co-ope-
rate with us against our old adversaries.
Innamed by the same passions, led by the same
leaders, exultng in the same name these adversa-
ries are now projecting another onspiracy-seeking
to recover by violent and dishonorable means what
they had lost in their resort to arms
We assemble in the interests of peace alone. We
propose no plans of war. Taught by our own
sufferings, and by the sacrifices of slaughtered
brothers, we keenly appreciate the value and the
necessity of peace We know that this great people,
through all their interests long for repose, yet
cannot deny that the present peril of the republic
s even greater than it was In the darkest hours Of
| the rebellion
In such an emergency no Union soldier or sailor
| can hesitate He will remember that Horato Sey-
mour is as emphatically the leader of the new re-
bellion Robert Il. Lee of the old. He will re-
| member that Horatio Seymour was nominated by
convention entirely controlled by the officers and
politicians who plunged the country into civil war.
| lie will remember that the revolutionary part of
| the Democratic platform was devised and dictated
| by a rebel general as condition of the rebel sup
| port to the Democratic party.
He will remember that the Democratic leaders,
now full of sympathy for the southern rebels, never
contributed dollar to the public treasury during
the war; never denounced the savage treatment of
the Union people of the south the Union prison.
ers of the north, and never rejoiced over the tri
umph of our arms.
| He will remember that the blue uniform is a
badge of disgrace in the south, and that every
| Union soldier, from the general sent to execute the
laws to the private in the ranks, has been and con-
tnues be the object of the incessant assault and
| persecution of the rebel leaders. He will remem-
Der that, since the nominations of Seymour and
| Blair, Union men have been assassnated by hun
dreds in the southern States.
| But, while these memories arouse righteous re-
sentiment, there are others that inspire noble gra-
ttude. We feel that we are indebted to the Repub-
lican party for standing, by us without tiinching
through all our perils and prvatons; for voting us
| reinforcements and bounties, and for comforting
pensions upon the widows and orphans of our fallen
comrades; for organizing and controlling the great
| Sanitary and Christian Commissions, and thou
sand other noble agencies of patriotic benevolence;
for building cemeteries for the illusrious dead for
| relieving all branches of industry from taXation;
| for enforcing by constitutional prohibition the
perpetual rejection of the rebel debit for conse-
Grating by constitutional guaranty the payment of
our own national debt, including the pensions and
| bounties to our soldiers and sailors. But, more
than all, for responding to our earnest appeal by
| nominating our beloved leader, General Ulysses s..
| Grant, as their candidate for President of the
In view, therefore, of these hostile preparations
| for new rebellion, with profound sense of our
| obligations to country and to the Republican
party, we call upon every citizen who wore the
Union blue whether on land sea, to cast his vote
in the coming elections for the Union State tickets
and for Grant and ColfaX.
| And further to mark alike the sincerity and the
|
late comrades in to set apart the election day
as period of unremitting eXertion and unceasing
| vigilance, and hereby formally announce that
on the 18th day of October next, in the States of
| Pennsylvania, Ohio Indiana, and Nebraska, there
| shall be observed among our comrades a general
holiday, and we call upon all employers, manufac-
tureIs, and business men generally, to relieve their
workmen on that day who have served in the Union
army, and thus assist in completing this patriotic
| purpose. Victory on the 18th of October will be
Sheridans victory of Five Forks, marshaling the
| way to Grants transcendent triumph on the Apo
| mattoX in November.
| General Thayer's Speech.
| General Thayer Senator from Nebraska, was
| the next speaker. He sad he had come from
| beyond the great rivers 10 join in the great de-
| monsration in behalf of nation, sacred by the
valor of the soldier from treason, aud in behalf
of constitutional liberty, in favor of the reign of
| universal justice and universal freedom. He
| disclaimed the assertion of Eastern CopperheaIs
| that Nebraska would vote for Seymour and
| Blair.
The speaker then dwelt a long time on the
cause OF the war and the effects of the un wise
course pursued by President Johnson, and con-
cluded with a strong appeal to the soldiers ld
| sailors to stand by their old leaders, by whose
election peace would reign over all the land.
| General Thomas L. Kane, of the north western
part of the State, and Captain E. NJ Dudley, of
! Virginia, made powerful addresses, after which
| the meeting adjourned with cheers tor Grant and
| ColfaX.