The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-19

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General Veatch and other gallant
soldiers had ended all that kind of
thing, and had saved the country,
despite the PeudIetons. the Brights,
the Voorheeses, and Vallandighams.
They said the States had not been
restored. The States had never gone
out. Pendlston had said he would
let them go and would sag goodbye
70 them 80 gently that they would
soon be sorry and come back. Pen
dieton had said good-bye to them,
but they did not go, for we would not
let them. The work of reconstruc-
ton had moved slow; and it ought to-.
It had cost the nation a vast
expense Of money aud of
blood, and it should be
so restored that 10 one who had
sought to destroy the Government,
should have a hand in guiding t..
Democrats DO not consider It any bar
to the holding Of Office that a man
has been a traitor to his country.
Forest the butchar of Fort Pillow,
and Wade Hampton are going to the.
Democratic National Convention, and
Peud!eton, and Voorhees,. and Hen
bricks will not object to taking seats
with them. though their hands are
stained with the blood Of our brothers
and friends.
With all their cry about keeping
States out Of the Union, now when it
was proposed to re admit thsn; every
Democrat opposed it, and Johnson
vetoed it. But Johusoa's vetoes were
played out, aud the State would be
restored in spite { hem The De
mocracy opposed tlc y--admission of
the Southern Safe becaaso rebels
aud traitors were excluded from par
ticipation IN the Government.
The Democracy were demoralized
and divided. The Chicago Times had
come out square for negro suffrage,
aud, if they had time to fix it up, they
would nominate Chase on a platform
Of universal suffrage and u%niyer-
sal amnesty, but they had not
time to fix it up, and would be com
PEELED to nominate Pendleton or
Hendricks or Nasby's man Philikins,
of Southern Illinois. Before two
years the Democratic party would be
the strongest advocates of negro suf-
frage In the country.
They had used the negro for years
TO get into power, and they would
soon attempt to ride him into power
again. But we had them completely
weaned, and intended to keep them so.
He then reviewed the acts of the
Republican party. They had, in the
last eight years, written the brightest
page in our country's history. They
had saved the Government from
the hands of traitors and rebels ;
had freed 1000, 900 of slaves-had
indicated the nations honor and
protected and preserved the national
credit, established free speech, a free
press and a free pulpit. The people
Of the South were trying to realize
the truth, and 5000 white men of
Georgia had, at the last election,
voted the Republican ticket. He
wound up his speech by ex-
horting the young men of
the country to rally around the old
flag; " to come with US and we will do
you good, for good has been spoken
concerning the house of Abraham
This is the last struggle of the Demo-
cracy, We had heaten twice at the
ballot box and always in the field,
Michael @. Kerr, of the Second
District, had declared that the
Democracy this Fail would iu-
! scribe on their banners, g victory
or death" aud Grant aud Colfax
would give them their political death.
He closed his speech by depicting the
Curious results hat would accrue e
the country from the election Of Gen
I Grant. The speech made decidedly
favorable Impression, and was listen
ed to with prefouad attention. Rob-
4. Hill was called out, and proceeded
to address the audience. who seemed
eager to l@isten, with one Of hislogI-
/ cal and convincing arguments, for a
mere synopsis Of which we have
/ neither tine or space.
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