New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-17

~ I cit a. man who is statesman and patriot
These are our candidates They lack NOT ~ patrotsn
thew lack not in iustice they lack not I'D sla1esnasP
they lack not In ability one is the great marshal OF
this age as can doubt IN my m ,t IVY
two men that have done great deeds IN behalf OF the
country; two who have made no i@t us
who are the men presented by the other SIDE Let us
examine them for Short time and beg you TO pardon
me while refer to the from your own oate nave
Francis p Blair ir ! know the two Eenutemeh, dHey
gentlemen both Of them PeIsonI Hf t nO Noun
reference their notions Of the true poey Oh carving
this Government Compare the han oi whp mas
raging IN this land, Seymour sald You cant
coerce State under and oy virus ne, oi tng S sod
eve can coerce state" and he drew his sword
and with the help OF God, he did IT, lAppanse III 1868
tona but we did enforce that law did draft men, and
we did save the Constitution But presume ne du not
lApplausel But we did save IT, ana y No. NV nyr
making any charge that Is not true agalnst MT
publican Governor during the war or during te ua1 at
there was peace and quiet in that state Ana where
ever Won saw warfare against the draft law Will point
Won 10 Democratic Governor at the time OF the riots
That ia craftsmanship, presume lLaugnter Ihat Is
MIR sevtnour would have suppressed the Rebellion IN a
Constitutional way He would have sent constable down
TO North Carolina and served warrant on Beauregau
charging him with assault and battery on Fort sumter
auehter-to arrest him, and bring him before Justice
Of the Peace In the name OF the law llhughtei. Inc
writ would have run ABOUT IN lIs MISC, piolugu ~ -,
ratio had been President, which believe ne desires 10
arrest the body OF one Peter A. b. G. f. Y. y. Beaure
gard aughterl land bring him before some justice OF
the peace the State Of South Carolina for assault ana
battery upon Fort Sumter" And the justice shOuldde
eide that he had jurisdiction In the case, what do you
reckon Horatio would have done them Laughler 1et
the constitutional mode OF prosecuting the war
that these gentlemen wanted. we desired 10 settle IL
differently Now what was the GePenGe e c snd
mour and Grant, Wmle seymour was III tno cIlyi anu
blood in the streets OF NewIork from the opposition
to the draft while Seymour was declaring tnat ne dTai
no statesman dongi His voice was heard, not against
the cOnsttutonaly OF the prosecution OF the war not
against coercng States, but his voice was more potent
than the mighty hunders as he said to the boys IN 9e
Double shot this loyal artillery" IL was DONE ana he
artillery forth such eloquent utterances as n9neu
the Rebels that it our intention to put treason dOW
tAppause That was the difference IN the statesman
ship of these two men who now claim your SURFACES lVT
the Presidential Office. Grant the man who never maze
a mistake, and Seymour, the man who never dld any,
thing else but make mistakes Laughter ana applausel
Now how is t with the other Democratic nominee Fran
els p Blari Frank Blair was good sOldleI-that VIII
say of him. like him personally, as remarked DciOie'
hut he rs naturally revouonist. and he can't help It,
IApplausel lie was a reyOutiOnst before he was
ocrat He proposes TO do-whati My opinion IL that he
proposes TO be VIcePresident but how he Will accom-
pllsh it do not know. lie was nominated 10y that Con
venton for the position not because he was the most
proper not because he was their greatest man. nor
for any Of that kind For what reason the was
he nominated by these people calling themselves Demo
cras Because lac had written letter saying that TINS
question OF finance is part OF the issue Ana the issue
what BThat the Republican party have violated the
Constitution, and that the States that were IN rebellion
have reorgamzed in violation OF the Constitution;
that all that has been done by the Republican party
must be undone by the Democratic party If they attain
power On that issue, and than alone was Francis L.
blair nominated for Vice-President by the Democratic
party Now, what is TO be the enecti There Is nothing
in the Democratic platform or candidates except the let
ter of Frank Blair IL is that which gives the true sound
and meaning OF what the Democratic party mean
to do. II you give them the power they mean 10 over
turn the reorganization OF the southern Stateso over
turn the State governments and lnaugurate war LOT
tell you that the State governments VIII not submit TO Dc
outed Illegally by the President or NcePresdent or by
any body for one say that whenever that thing Is at
temped there will be more blood spit IN TINS country
than there has been before. Appause What else would
they overtuni They would destroy the constitutional
Amendment abolishing slavery, and the Fourteenth
Amendment declaring that the national debt shall never
be repudated. All that must be done II you elect Frank
Blair, and more than thatf the Fourteenth Amendment
is repealed you repeal the declaration that tho Rebel
debt never shall DC legazed and that you shall not be
taxed TO pay for negroes freed during the war an tnese
things must be done according to Mr. Blairs theory OF
the unconsttuOnaity OF reconstruction All that the
Republican party has done would DO unuone' ana inc
Rebels put back lust exactly where they were with the
control OF the Government IN their hands with slavery
who wants TO see any such thingi Cres OF mo"
one, then, ask him what there is in the promise
Of the hoh hE e be 5sE2q I ana ooSa
derive from electing such meni Let US examine e per
sOnel OF their Convention hnt h9nlnaIou nyt o' ~,
little piece OF ancient sacred history and tell you that
once upon time the ancestor Of those delegates
tended an invitation To Savior, upon hlgh noun
tain. lLaughterl The Democratic Convention makes
similar offer TO you. lRcnewed laughter.l Who were
these delcgatesi some OF them. do not doubt,
I'D ~ And crowd 40 large but what there will DO some
that are patriotic But there good many who were
patriotic. Old COpperheads, OLD Democrats anu newly
hedged Democrats OLD fashioned aepe from iI SOuin
from their fingers as they held them up tere; yes inc
blood OF loyal men; and these men stand up and
tell you what 70 do 70 preserve this country
How many men were there that were lOyalf
nation IL Is true there was John H. McClernand OF my
own State there but he got his ticket OF leave before
the over. and there were others who went TO
in bad humor because they were whipped;
f no lint
name was Williams-Joseph Williams ~ OF Tennessee-a
black man. Laughter and APPLAUSE They had one
colored man and we had twO-we doubled them lap
plause.l / can't CINE why they should have had
Joseph there it is true they have got Moses Laugh,
have Joseph Laughter We'll, out Of thcr 81 South.
nearly all Of them served In the Rebel army or
ture. All OF them have committed treason except Joseph.
They brought him along, presume, to give respecta,
They had several candidates for President aud the
that got the nomination did not want ton, no. Laugh
a man on II that didn't want that platform.
1aughter.l When Frank Blair was nominated
Preston Of Kentucky arose and sand that the Southern
soldiers had confidence in that gallant General f. 7.
Blair have doubt they have since the war There
man who through this either did PERMITTED TO be
done, the most hOrrid crueltes TO soldiers when
army was marching through South Carolina some OF
Oragers captured they shot and hung aud
found their bodies with tickets pinned on them,
death TO all f0ragers found IN this country The com
mander OF the troops that did this rides his seat. and
susans that gallant soldier f. Blair" in the name o.
EOutn Carolina ANA there was Napoleon bOuhpdrte
Forrest, the murderer and butcher under whose com
mand Union soldiers tied In their tents and burned,
held and shot cold blood while they prisoners
He another OF those modest Democrats who ten you
whom 10 vote for for President and NicePresden OF the
United States say may God preserve us from such
councillors. lAppause And that is what they call a
Democratic Convention. We should have had this charm
ing meeting before, had not been for lew
Boys in Blue, whose line from the Atlantic 20
the Mississippi kept these Northern and Southern
Democrats apart. Applause.l But the moment that
line was withdrawn the same old Democratic family
together and says that can't destroy tho Con
suOn for they will take possession OF IL and pro-
tect 1t. see them doing II, guess. Laugher They
protect the Constitution that Andrew johnson scat
tered around the country, but not the old Constitution
that we nave been sustaining We will take possession OF
that without their assstance. We VIII them