Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-24

he pleasure of presenting to you our dis
1ingu1sned countryman, General ward.
whom you will hear with pleasure and |
proht.- -AN- "a ~
Col. CoNNELL was then introduced to the |
Meeting by the President, and was receiy- |
ed with much applause.
Inlcommencing his speech Col. CoNEEIL
said he noticed in the Cincinnati Commercial |
communication from MeConnellsville,zi in
which report of what he said in speech
here was attempted in words something
ike this: IRA - 81 "a
"If had foreseen that the results of the
var would have been such as they have
1een. l would have fought on the other
,ide."
This he denounced as lying report-he
used no such language; hut he was here
tonight to say that if it had been an
nounced at the beginning of the war, or at
any time during its progress, that its OBJ
iect and purpose was to conquer and sub
jugate the States in rebellion, to emanci-
pate and enfranchise their slaves while
DISTINGUISHING almost the entire native
white population, to overthrow their Con-
situations and State Governments to
deny them representation in Congress
except by Representatives elected by
authority of Congress by negro voters, and
to keep them in subiection and ont of the
| Republic until they reorganized and estab-
lished Negro Suffrage and White disfran-
chisement, he would have been glad to
have fought on the other side, and so
would all of the soldiers--his old COM
rades, who never. dreamed of being de-
ceived in their holy cause of restoring by
itheir valor and sacrifices the old Re
public, with all of the rights, dignity and
Equality of the several States unimpaired.
Congress, by its acts, he said, had abb
sorbed all power. 1t had strangled the
Judiciary and strangled the Executive
Departments of the Government, permit
ting these coordinate branches ofthe Gov
ernment, where powers are as well settled
by the fundamental law as those of Con-
sress, and as necessary for the security and
safety of the people, and of their well-be-
ing, as those of the law-making power,
only to act as the Radical Congress, made
/ up in part of carpet-baggers, elected by
negro votes, and against the protest of the
white citizens, may think will .subserve
Radical ends. veh sdt 10 ssussi la1iiii /
| The Radical cry is, "let us have Peach" :"
and this they utter while committing their
oulrages -trampling the Constitution al :
der foot and subverting the Government
from the intention of its trainers. ThI,
South is at peace-but it is the peace of
despair. It is at peace. as ireland is
brooding over its many wrongs. Ireland is
|suhjugated, but Ireland still feels its wrongs
and SO do the people of the South, both
Secesh and Union. Give them their rights
under the Constitution, and then we will
have peace, but not the unjust peace the
Radical Congress has imposed. : ~ "a /
Col. CoNNELL then spoke of the threats
of war when SEYMOUR and BLAIR were
elected, and was mercilessly severe in his
ridicule. Instead of war, the election of
these statesmen would bring peace to the
whole country. 1t twould cement the Union,
and again make us one people-united,
happy, free. ..sas7
Col. CoNNELL alluded to the address of
THOMAS EWING to the people of the
United States, and to his attempt to
stay the hands of the men bent on
the destruction of the Republic. Yet
this man-the compeer of CLAY, and
WEBSTER and WRIGHT--who stood among
the great men of Congress, when Congress
was composed of statesmen, is now by a
set of young men-he would not say young
squirts-branded as in his dotage These
men who, parrot like, repeat the phrase,
as the only answer to the serious
charges which MIR. EWING has made, and
of the dangers he has pointed out in the
life of the Republic, can no more appreciate
the enanation of his great mind, or his
ed to the dung cart, appreciate or perform
the magnificent running of thorough
bred racer.
1t would be impossible in sketch to give
even an outline of Col. CoNNELL's speech.
The vastness of the crowd-the wild ap-
plause which greeted his effort, with the
fact that not even a note was taken, made
reporting an utter impossibility. The vast
audience hung upon his every word. The
allusions to the soldiers present, who had
fought, as they thought, for the
Republic, and not for Radical rule or
for the disruption of the Republic by Rad
ical legislation, after it had been secured
by the brave hearts of the White Boys in
Blue, were eloquent in the extreme.
Taken all in all, it was a speech worthy
of the man and of the occasion.
s@ After tune by HEMMERsBAcH's and
TowLER's Brass Bands, JOHN G.. THoMP-
son, Esq. introduced General DURBIN
WARD, who made most able and elo-
quent speech, wherein he dis
cussed with unusual ability the issues in
volved in this contest. We regret our in
ability to present his speech entire, or to
give an abstract that would do him JUS
tice. sfFF-Et -ss -.r--- e s-@-E
General WARD is unquestionably one of
the very best speakers in the State. His
voice is clear and ringing, and he manages
it admirably. Not alone this, but he dis
cusses his subject with an earnestness and
plainness that carries conviction to all
minds not steeled against conviction.
Those who fail to hear him miss rare in
tellectual treat. We would advise all par
ties, whenever he is advertised to speak, to
turn out and hear him.
SOD H.1 tFEfEH lEff-.-
Mr.. CLARKsoN being called out, respond
ed in briet and stirring speech. e -. T.
The meeting in every particular, except
ing the cowardly stoning to which the
procession was subjected, was most satis-
factory, and is evidence conclusive that the
Democrats in this city are fully alive to
the Importance of the pending political
contest, and that they will do their duty
fully on the second Tuesday of October
and again in November.