Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-09-11

which they ought to be all hung. There Is
no doubt about it. 1t is owing to the mag
nanimity and clemency of this great gov
eminent of ours that they have not been
hung; but, I repeat it, the people OF TINS
country will never permit unwashed, I'M
repentant rebels to sit and participate In
the deliberations of Congress. They new
er shall, they never will rule, never
[Cheers.1 l tell you that the men VINO
met those rebels when they were IN tne
very zenith of their power, when they
had an army, when they had means, ana
when they had courage, the men that
met them on the battlefield and overcame
them by their power and their courage,
surely can beat the remnants OF that reoel-
lion and the remnants of the Democratic
party and rout them, horse, foot and dra-
goons. They can do it. Iq. Z M t..tH
II tell you, my citizens, and speak
to the men of this country who have made
it their home, the men who have rallied to
the Star Spangled Banner, the men who
sympathized with the brave boys on
the day of battle, the men who shared
the triumphs which in the providence OF
God were bestowed upon the great army oil
the ,Union-I tell you, still living, that the
holy fires of patriotism still burn. upon the
altar of the great American heart, and II
the time does come, as it may come, trusV
that it will be the hour of the utter over
threwef the rebels and of the Democratic
party, that has been great alder and srs
tanner of the rebels of this country. y
IS And these are the men-these Demo
crats-that come to us now and propose
to sympathize with the principles OF free
dom and the great achievements OF the
war. 9....s- e.-gf. r.. ii 10
In 1863, when the tidings of victory
were carried over the land, and when they
saluted our ear and warmed our hearts,
how did we feel? We all felt joyful. We
were glad. l remember when the news
reached Columbus of the victory OF Vlcks7
burg. 1t reached us i1 the evening. The
boys came out and the men came out and
the women came out, and the boys, got
boxes and torches and tar, and set fire to
every thing that would burn, and shouted
and sang over that victory. We all did.
But what did the Democratic party do ?
Why, | remember, that night as was
walking along the street met an old
Democrat. He said to me, How did you
get the news?" told him it came by tel
egraph "Well," said he, it is not rell-
albeit told him, whether it were relia-
BILE or not, it did not make any ditterance,
we all felt just as happy as if it were true.
"Well," said he suppose it was true;
these fellows were starved to death, and
it was not hard to whip them" That was
his sentiment and those were the senti-
ments of those men that are now profess
ing sympathy with the 6 eat Uuion party
and the country. In the days of our trials,
they never sympathized with us. Now,
my fellow citizens, 1 have presented be-
fore you the main questions at issue l
should be glad to talk longer upon these
subjects, but am under the necessity OF
leaving tonight, and it is but an hour
to the time of my leaving, and hence
must draw to close. y -.e
/ tell you, my fellow citizens, you need
not be alarmed I heard this evening,
since I came on the stand, that some men
were about here ready to bet that Ohio
would cast her vote for Seymour and Blair.
All I can say upon that is, that no man has
come to the State of Ohio and offered 1t.
They are not to be found; the people OF
Ohio are intelligent, and they understand
these matters, and Horatio Seymour's
record IS known by them. They recollect
that he is the same Horatio Seymour who
displayed himself on the day of the riots
db NEW DIX, anu bIdG uC 10 UuO 0e'fuS
gentleman who, when these, rioters were
gathered in the streets of New York, ad-
dressed them, addressed them as his
friends, and assured them that he would
use his influence with his friends at Wash
ington city to release them from the draft.
He is the same gentleman who in the early
days of the war, rallied with that part of
the Democracy that was opposed to
coercion, and that advocated the power OF
a State to secede fron the General Gov
eminent. He is the same man who, dur
ing all the days of the war, had his stand
ing in this same Democratic party that OPP
posed the war. I call upon any man who
belongs to the Democratic party to show
me a single fact in the record of this man,
showing that he sympathized with the
great principles for which this war was
carried on, or sympathized during the
struggle with those principles, or when the
hour Of triumph came sympathized with
his country. ,~<sxf,-.-, ~, |