The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-10-29

oIouBhC " lhslue' NLsuShIeI anu aP-
plause.)
WHY did not the Republican party
inform the South in 1865 what was
required fromit7 nlU
bnT The principal cause, they didn't
know themselves. 10 DO you suppose
that every member of the Republican
party was prophet Do you suppose
they were all inspired, and that the gilt
offoreSight was given to them? How
did they know how the South was go
ing to act? How did they know the
spirit and temper7 1t was a tentative
business. The intrinsic difficulty of
Reconstruction was to be carried through
with safety and speed. Ibelievs mis-
takes have been made and l tried to
forestall some of them and rebuke 9TH
ers, but with i'll success. / believe they
made them but, nevertheless, l think
reconstruction has been second only,
if second at all, to the manner in which
the war itself was VIGOROUSLY carried
through We were like men crossing
ford we had never been across it I;
we had to feel our way along the bot
tom, and with many souse before we
| got out of the stream. We were like
an army in foreign country, and were
obliged to flank ourselves on every side
with cavalry, and try the probing test
as we went op.u,n-,t .,sts,.E
Would not the country be prosperous
aud happy, and liberty and fraternity
exist in the whole country, if at the
close of the rebellion in April, 1865,
Congress had admitted those Southern
Representatives who could and would
have taken the iron-clad oath, and
punished each Of the Southern States in
the Rebellion as the peace and dignity
Of the country required2 ..r
lido not know. Yon do. Tell me
why, No man can tell in that matter
what could have been the result My
father once said to me at the table :
Henry / came very near marrying
Nancy Eaton Laughter. If l had
married her instead Of your mother,
would you be you7 Great and pro-
longed laughter. Now, for anybody
to 90 back and take the vast complex
question as it stood in 1865, and un-
dertake to say if it had been all differ
ent from what it was, we should have
very different things from what we
have. Laughter. Lastly. . .,a.
elbow can any honest, patriotic, in
telligent Christian citizen support the
Republican partyp l.n.,
My friends how can an honest, patri-
otic, intelligent Christian support the
Democratic partyY Laughter. That
is the question. 1t is said that Gen.
Grant is a drunkard. 1t is said that
Gen. Blair is one. Laughter l dc
not believe either of them, know toe
well how these stories rise and grow.
That in either case they should have
been, under the privations of army ex
perience, times when they in common
with all our officers might have relied
on too much stimulants, that there may
have been such times do not deny
though l do not know, but this, tha
| Gen. Grant or Blair are habitual drunk
ards and are liable to any such charge
that should vacate the confidence o.
Christian and temperate men in them
/ do not believe a word of it. But
am tree to say that if it were so had
rather have Gen Grant drunk thar
Gov Seymour sober. Great applause.
Consider then moment--these TIVE
men, II is said that Gen. Grantknowt
nothing of civil affairs 1t is certain
that Gov. Seymour knew nothing o
military affairs. tits said that we neeC
statesman. Is there not good dea
of deception in this matter Of the wore
statesman. | have always thought ap(
taught that what is wanted to make
President is a great deal of common
sense and a great deal of uncommon
honesty. That is all. Cheers Now
if Gen. Grant is not the impersonatioI
of common sense, who would you Sc
81, lect' and if he is not honest, gentle
men, think we may give up all trus
in human nature. Cheers. 1t is saiC
he is not genius. He is not genius
in the sense in which Gen. Sherman il
, the most brilliant genius in war mat
ters of our era The man who fills mi
with immense enthusiasm is Gen .Sher
man. Loud cheers. He has geniu
that is brilliant, because the imagina
ton very largely is part of his genius
| but Gen. Grant is man without i'm
agination. But he is a man of genius
and it is the genius of common sense
, Great applause Less rssplendent
more useful less shining, truer, deeper
far more comprehensive and enduring
TApplause. Now, what has been hi
career? Where can you find man 81
r modest g--so modest that ! am afrai
, many American citizens will not vot
:: for him, for modesty is not in vogue il
r our day. So unself seeking, 80 mag
: unanimous to his equals / do not be
n lieve, fellows citizens, that there is sue
t a spectacle on the face Of the globe a
9 the friendship which exists betwee
Gen. Grant, Gen. Schofeld, Gen. Shel
; man, Gen. Sheridan, and Gen, Thoma
g Immense applause " When not lon
ago, l received one from within, heaC
quarters, not Gen. Grant, l do nc
mean, when they were casting abor
for candidate for the Democratic pal
: ty, some Senators visited the Seoretar