The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-07-09

sTThere was great Republican
meeting in New York City a short
time ago, at which speeches were made
by Hon. Henry Wilson and Mr.. Van
Wyck, Member of Congress from New
York. The following is an extract
from the speech of Senator Wilson:
We have whipped them once, and we can and
will do 1t again. Cheers. Let them agilate
and distract the business of the country with that
insane and unpatri0tic movement if they dare.
We know them, and how much there is of them.
Laughter and cheers. We have met them in
many of the conflicts of the past and we are sat
isfied with the results as they are. Cheers Let
them throw North Carolina aud South Carolina,
Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas out,
and If old Virginia, and Texas and Mississippi,
as think very likely they will adopt their con-
stitutons and elect men who can take the test
oath We shall let them into Congress- And let
us see this New York Convention turn them out.
Laughter and cheers.
The Republican party was brought into being
TO be the champion of the canse of liberty In
America. Itproclaims as Its living faith the sub
lime creed of the Declaration of Independence
that "all men are created equal" Applause.
1t is resolved and re-resolved to make that sub
lime truth living, practical faith of United
America. Applause. Itaccepted all the noble
utteranees OF the Revolutionary fathers, and
through these years il has spoken and voted for
the cause of liberty. Itmade the Capital of this
nation forever free by making free over q 600
men and women and children beneath the shad-
ow Of the Capital Applause. 1t establishes
| freedom In all the Territories of the United
States. 1t, by Abraham LincOln's Proclamation
of Emancipation, struck the fetters from g. 800
900 Of human beings. 1t put arms In the hands
of the black men and bid them fight for The
cause of their country. It made the wives and
children of black soldiers free. It opposed the
great constitutional amendment that made free
every slave in the republic, and made Slavery
forever impossible under the flag of the Union.
[Applause.J
It clothed every emancipated black man with
civil rights, with the right TO speak and act and
to enjoy the fruits Of his liberty, and be a man
with the rights of a man. Applause. I 1t has
given tlree-fOurths of a million of enfranchised
black men the right Of suffrage, and no Demo-
cratic party can ever take 1t from them FAD
plause.1 These deeds for liberty it has perform-
ed and they are recorded, aud the world will
sec them in the coming ages with beaming eyes.
Will tell you what more IL intends to do; its
work is not yet done. 1t means to battle right
on until it establishes in America the sublime
doctrine that all men are created equal and have
an inalienabe right to liberty, and that govern
ment rests upon the consent of the governed
Applause. 1t means TO enable each man to
stand up and say, am an American citizen
the peer and the equal of the proudest man in
all the land"
Now, will tell my Democratic friends who
are to meet in convention, that the Republican
party was born and brought into being and lives
and moves under the inspiration of achieving all
this for the country and for humanity. Zap
plause. And now what is the record of this
Democratic party that asks your Votes2 Do Won
know single case for IA yesrs-I will not 90
back any further than during that period after
the Republican party came into being, and these
two parties have struggled-it had struggled 25
years with the old Wing party, that behaved a
little better than they did, that weak, haltinp
and hesitating, ndperished for want Of courag e.
Applause. say that only going back IA
years, and ask you to point me to one single
vote during that period given by the Democratic
party that has broken the fetters or lifted up one
single poor, down-trodden human being Not
one. But the Democratic party opposed the pro-
hlbition Of Slavery In 100000 square miles of the
country west Of the Missouri river Applause.
But the Democratic party sought the ballot box
and took the Government by violence, and es-
tablished slavery In Kansas. Who made the Le-
compton Constitution the product of fraud and
viOlencep Who brought the whole power of the
administration to bear upon the Government to
corrupt the Government and carry 1t through?
Who compelled the Supreme Court to sustain Il?
Who assented to the announcement of the Dred
Scott decision?
They voted against the abolition of slavery In
the capital of the country. They voted against
prohibiting slavery in the Territories They de-
nounced Abraham Lincoln for his proclamation
Of emancipation. They voted against putting
black soldiers into our armies to fight our bat
ties. They voted against making the wives and
children Of black soldiers free. They voted
against the old Constitutional amendment. They
voted against the Civil Rights bill. They voted
against the 18th article of the Constitutional
amendment They voted against the reconstruc-
ton policy the first bill aud the second bill that
Chief Justice Chase drew up. Great laughter.
They voted against every single measure that
had tendency to make human being free in
the country, or to lift up, enllghten, and instruct
Gods poor Here tonight, say that, since the
morning of creation, in no Christian, civilized
land has there been party so hostile to the
rights of man as the Democratic party Of these
United States. There Is no party to-day that
treads the soil of Europe-of Spain, or Itay--ln
no monarchy Of Europe anywhere Is there any
party that has been 50 perslstently and wickedly
hostile 10 the rights of man as the Democratic
party of these United States. (Applause)
[The extract from the speech of Mr..
Van Wyck will be published next
week.