The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-27
POLITICAL.


CARL SoHuRz will commence his canvass o.
Indiana on July 81. He will only speak In
| German.
J.P. IRIsu, editor OF the Iowa City state
democrats. 81 the Fourth Iowa district, {. only
rs years OF age.
TINS Charleston Mercury says. "The mex,
,estis sS. slsS.9n Will IN no. Pon% OF ":
southern, but Of the United states, for the
next halt century"
Brick PoNERor having established a branch
| rooms occupied by the Sun, In New York,a
contemporary remarks that at is without doubt
the meanest thing under the sun"
| GEORGE WILKES makes the following offer:
| awe have q little money left, Notwithstanding
| our impeachment losses, and stand ready to
start anew with few Thousands on General
By way OF Masking distinct offer, we will be-
gin with $500. We will double this offer II
required, and go even little further II pressed
hard. Who speaker
Tue Chicago Tinies, referring TO the letter Of
Den. Blair, SAYS; "Gen. Blair, In his letter Of
acceptance, says Just what he said before he
was p S Innate The reconst, , infsmy
sent that so hideo.s a ylllalny, or anything
originating in It or resting upon IT, shall stand.
Governments were established by fraud and
despotlsm, and are continued BY the bayonetj
there can be no States In this Union In which
negroes dominate over white men by force In
stead OF the ballot"
Tue Chicago Journal says; "One significant
fact In connection with the recent Democratic
| National convention has not yet been men,
toned In public, namely: That every delegate
In that convention from the southern States
was a secessionist. Not one OF the entire
number had been loyal man during the war.
not = man In the South, white or black, who
was loyal to the Union during the war who
po AZ s no,as
ern sympathizer with the rebels who 10 not
for that ticket"
The old Southern whip is brought out again.
The Richmond Examiner complains that the
Democratic Senators, Buckalew and Davis, in
their recent speeches, do not come quite up 10
the revolutionary doctrines OF the Democratic
platform, and II says: "If this is the mode In
which the platform is to be yindicated and de.
Tended, 1t would be better to hold another con.
yention, and call 1t In. Better strike . flag
than defend II In such fashion. And, II this
Is the kind Of battle which the Democratio
champions are to lead they might as well
h. Sa me .or are srssSa sy
they protest against negro supremacy recon-
struction as intolerable, and as eternal war,
and not peace"
A LEADING editorial In the New York Com.
mcreidl Advertiser says: 1.-THE writer OF this
article can name over twenty Democrats
among his acquaintances who have decided
since Thursday, July 0, to vote for Grant and
Colfax. Every Republican has, doubtless, lad
3 similar experience. Go where you win, one
cncoantersihis disappointment and disgust AZ
asserts that ne cannot stand the reputation
platform. A second does not like Seymour's
ton OF the revolutionary Blair as an insult to
every law-abiding Democrat. Our advices
from the east and west all show unmistakably
r that this detection Is not confn ned to New
, York, but extends, as stated above, every
I where"
!, The following is an extract from the speech
d oil Daniel 5. Dickinson, delivered at the
r Cooper Institute, October s, 1s82. Mr.. Dick
inson knew Horatio Seymour, and he spoke
his mind freely In regard to him: "When the
most atros t t conspiracy which ever desc;
upon our national flag at Sumter, and in ef
forts to massacre a ha tarved garrison placed
uniform usage, for no other offence than as.
, sorting the supremacy OF their country's
! Constitution, and giving to the breeze, as EN-.
stripes OF their fsthers-when the brave vol.
, unteers who were hurrying to the defence of
ON, nations capital to save It from mob rule,
by traitorous hands-when strong men trem-
bled, when women wept and children instinct
When ali soa%unieStion Between the loyal
States and the capital was cut Oft by rebellious
3 forces--when the President elect Of the United
n states had then recently reached the seat Of
. Government, where duty called him, by cir.
!, euttous and an unusual route, and In Disguise,
d to escape the dagger OF the ASSASSIN, and when
o our land WAS filled with excitement and con-
sternation, and alarm-when "shrieked the
timid and stood still the brave" and the con-
| Uulng masses looked ABOUT TO see VINO were
l. the men foS the crisis, among the citizens Of
a the Empire state, who had borne part In
IT public affairs, and were naturally looked up to
as exemplsrs in such a crisis, he tHoratio Sey
mour) hled himself away upon the double.
half year hid himself among the lakes and
=, rivers and romantic woodlands and inland
II towns OF Wisconsin, and his tongue was al
n, silent on the subject Of denouncing the rebel
r. lion rs those OF the murdered volunteers
, whose "ghosts walked unreyenged among u.s. y
y There we may suppose he basked and balanced
L. and watched and waited, and turned and
1t twisted until autumn, when a small lot OF de-
? lunct, defeated, desperate, and despicable poll
/, tieisns, who had for years hung upon the sub
70 sistence department Of the Democratic party
the field"
II GENERAL CARL ScHURI, in his speech be
In fore the Missouri Republican convention, ad
:" dressed the following timely words to grumb
ii this the FAULT you may IND with what the Re
"A publican party has or has not done, the grea
Il. yourselves what 1t still may achieve. fLout
J., cheers.l To-day Is the nth day Of July, 1868
d. Let your memory carry you back to the IN
%.s Ike SpS SS 81 Ssnr. sn
time the slave interest was ruling the state o
o. Missouri, and all the States south OF MasoI
dictated he policy this country. oniy
ed years ago, what thenl Our National Govern
e. ment the very picture OF irresolutiou, Secre
Ia tsry Seward still writing dispatches to tn,
10 American ministers In European countries
Ia telling them that the great civil war In tn,
United States would not alter the civil Sidiu
OF u single being in this great Republic; no
C. body, hardly, daring to pronounce the words
q, emancipation of the slaves II seemed al
" though there was no man in the country bold
- enough TO foresee the consequence es OF the grea
y struggle In which we were then engaged. Their
Is there was defeat after defeat, one Bull RuI
after another. what was 1t that, after thi
great demonstration of pusill nimity, II ma,
call 1t so, what was 1t, after the great man
disappointments and defeats, that has at las
on produced these great results that we nov
CHI glory inl 1t was not merely the bravery OF tn
ho people, but II was that iron perseverance tina
"' could not be killed Off by any disappointment,
se' that perseverance that could not be drjecte
ut! by any defeatj that perseverance OF the A mel
re- lean people that rem aimed the-sAme in spite G
m all the revolutions Of the wheel Of fortune
ON That spirit, gentlemen, has carried US throug
Ne the great rebellion-I hope 1t will now give Il
in our final victory. Tell me OF single natio
cd that has accomplished, in so incredibly shoI
M time, so many magnificent things. Tell m
he OF single party In the history of parties this
IN In so incredibly short a period has achieve
- such magnificent results as the Republics
ey party Of this country. tCheers."l
he Storm and Flood,