The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-08-06

WHAT TIin PARTY MEANS.

i A.As1l NJ GNy y#E E4s1NAOC1HAXIC REBEL
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WHATTHn PARTY MEANS. !,
That the Democratic party means
if once in power; to inaugurate auothe
war in order p carry out its schemes
made as evident as words can max
anything, blythe speeches Of its lsadih
men. We give =. few extracts, fron
which thinking men can draw thei
own conclusions as to the correctness q
our statateme,it 2 zsz':. zaaa5ssa sl.sgfa ;,
Frank Blair, the Democratic candi
date for the Vice Presidency, in a let
ter written al the opening of the Con
vention, .said:, a51a4.,ts s:1T -
":There is but one way to restore tn
government and the constitution, an,
that is for tho President elect to De lit
CLARE THESE 1oTs NULL AND vo1D
COMPEL THE ARMY TO UNDO ITS UsuR
ERAfloAa, AT THE SOUTH, di.perse .th
carpet-bog Stute governments, allow tn,
white people to .reorgauize their owl wi
governments. and elect Senators and
Reprssens.t;;ve.s t1I /, 81 ,iE' 4 -ns
"The House Of Representative viii
contain . majority of Democrats from
the North and, they will admit the
representatives elected elby the white
people Of tho South, and with the 90.
operation of the President it will n6i
bo difficult to COMPEL the Senate rtd
SUBMIT once more 4 the obligations o1
the constitutions.
eve must restore the constitution
before We can restors the finances, and
to do this We must have President
who will execute tkh will OF the people
BY trampling into dust the t.surpa-
tions If Lbagres,. kaop1, as 1econstruc-
tion acts. I ,otshto stand before he
eonventioa on Gthis; issue, but it is one
which embraces everything else tbatti is
Of value. In its large and comprehen-
sive results it is the one thing that in
cludes all that is wortl 4 contest, and
without it is nothing that gives dignity,
honor Or value toithe Struggle. ..,[..
Governor Vance. d a Democratic
ratification meeting at Richmond thus
expressed his sen;imeo dts. amid great
senthu.iasmul E:4ass Tg3C7I
''Hessid what the ca onfederacy fought
for would be won by The election Of
Seymour aud Blair. General Wise,
while supporting the nomination, de-
nounces Is . lalsehood he first Tammaf-
ny resolution, which alleges secession
to be dead, aud he declared it to be
more alive than ever. He supported
Blair because he had ppmised revolu.
tion.'' ..-,>.. 49,. .....> ~.
Admiral Semmes, the. notorious Con-
. .fsderate : pirate, the captain Of the
Alabama, proclaimed lis Democracy,
which he said is is tha sane now that it
was "during the war Il, 4! when he was
fighting to destroy the government, at
meeting at Mobile, q few evenings
since: :' ''..z,- : q 'S.*s@ ,@F-%:' J..
II have been q Dcnsocrot AZ NY life
before the ,odr. dariag the soar, and
since the soa,,:-.-axd fought the soar o..z
tie principles of Democracy, believing
that the grand old Constitution which
embodied these principles was about to
be. DESTROYED. Il drew my sword against
tho old fag--the old dag which no
longer represented these principles ; it
was not tho flag Of 1776, against which
I drew my sword, Cbul the flag which
had become q Haunting lie,' so called
BY prominent politicians OF the North.
But now, in spite Of HE efforts of these
who endodvored to strangle
the old Democratic party, by erecting
in its stead new Cdnservativc party,
"a sort: Of congltmerated party
which was to comprise politicians of
every shade Of opi1ipn, tho grand old
Democratic party has risen from the
long slumber in which it had indulged,
and now gives signs of new life and
vitality, and I have come here tonight
from the country I'd ratlfy ard lejoice
With you in the nouip patton of Seymour
and BaIir.U :2EHI !
] Hon. Percy Walker (ex!rebeD at the I
same meeting, said
"This was the first time since
the day when Robert E. Lee, the
great Commander Of prmies, was COM
PEELED to give up the contest gallantly,
wagcd for four years, and rendered to
the enemy that sword which flashed
victoriously over SO many battle fields,
that he saw a light n tie clouds hang
ing ouer he South. Since the termin-
alton Of that contest mighty wrongs.
hard Expressions, hitter lnorti6cations
and humiliations hi ave been our lot.
At last the great American heart seems
to have been struck and the great NJ
tionat Democratic Aarty has taken up
our cause. It scemed to the speaker,
that the Fourth Of July, 1868, was Is
fall6 promise. 70 thsd dswnttodden pee
ole Of the South. as The Fourth Of Ju-
y, H76, Was to their forefathers."
!. nx-senator : ToomBs, one Of the lead.
log rebels and Democrats Of the South,
aid Il I ratification meeting ID Geor-
eia, composed wholly Of ex.soldiers Of
the rebel army: s'A>y A,1@ ....,..
II will-tell you another fact which
is enough for this; time, that as the late
var WIS produced by the defeated Dem.
ocratic party in 1860, We shall never
have peace until i is restored in 1868.
# General Grant kants peace, lot him
join the Democrltio party. CChsers.
I say,. by God, thst neither despotism,
pM tyranny, nor Injustice, meets with
peace 10 this world or the next
1Hd Democrati.' .sja papers Il 7 also assete
tho sames srevol lutpnasyp purposes! The
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