The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-28

hNSSSAo auu VI thu AEOuDAOS VI
seymour.
General Dan. Sickies made a very
striking speech in New York, on the
18th, from which we take the follow
lug:
AT the close of the war, Grant pa
rolled all the surrendered rebel armies.
Congress offered TO the rebel States
the REORGANIZATION of their own COM
monwealths They were rendered, in
the Constitutional Amendment, the
same constitutional protection and the
same law that were accepted in New
York. that Massachusetts accepted,
and Pennsylvania accepted, that
twenty-one loyal States accepted j..
This offer was rejected by ever rebel
State except Tennessee. Tennessee,
proving herself to be loyal at heart,
accepting the issues of the war frank
IN and in good faith, was instantly ad-
miltcd back in the Union. APP.
plause The rebel States main taining
an attitude of sullen resistance, i'm
mediately proceeded to ally them
selves to the Democratic party.
and, unhappily for the repose of
the country, the Democratic party,
eager for power and forgetful of pa
triotism, accepted the fatal alliance /;
and this it is that brings together the
soldiers Of the old army and the sail.
ors of the old fleets. Thus it is. be-
cause the soldiers, and the sailors,
and the patriotic people of this eoun-
try. see that the rebel bullet is trans
formed into the Democratic ballot.
It is time for US, comrades, to come
together and stand together, shoulder
to shoulder, when we see great
party, gaining the possession and
control of the Government, take the
hand of Forrest. fresh from the mas
sacre Of Fort Pillow, aud turn round
to our honored chieftain and call him
a butcher 1t is time for US to come
together once more when we see jeff
Davis making the tour of Europe,
and remember where Lincoln lies.
LSensation. 1t is time for us to take
counsel with each other when we see
Congress, in a spirit of magnanimity,
pardon thousand rebels. Then be.
hold the Legislature of Georgia
expel, In violation of law and of
right, all the loyal members duly
elected to it, and place in their seats
the rebels who were not elected
Indeed, my friends, we had a right
to expect that something would be
done TO make treason odious and to
punish-traitors But only one thing
has yet been done to make treason
odious-it has been received into
Tammauy Hall, and covered with the
mantle of Democracy daughter and
apPlause-1 Not only has a spirit of
magnanimity been shown by our Gov
ernment, and our commanders, and
our people to the South, but even the
Republican party, In the spirit of can
dor, going back TO the old traditions
and the better days ofthe Democracy,
have adopted a good many of their
true and patriotic doctrines. But it
IS singular fact that no sooner does
the Republieau party adopt one of the
true dogmas of the Democratic faith,
than instantly the Democratic leaders
denOunce and abandon it. For exam
pie, IN 1861, when we were threatened
with secession, the Republican party
took the ground Of Jackson, the great
Democratic leader, that the Union
must aud shall be preserved, Zap
plausc, aud Mr.. Buchanan misses
and Mr.. Pendleton Kisses began i'm
mediately to speculate and to calcu-
late which would be the greater mis-
fortune, successful rebellion or sue
cessful coercion, aud the Republican
party was denounced for its efforts to
put down by force rebellion that be-
gan in violence. Passing on to a
later time, as soon as peace was de-
elared, the Republican party endeav-
Ored 30 restore the currency of the
country TO a gold and silver basis,
adopting the financial maxims of
Benton, aud OF Wright and Van
Buren,. Immediately the Democratic
leaders bring forward Pendleton, the
impersonatiOn of greeubacks, and
make their party shinplastor party,
laughter and applause proposing to
issue 5000 000, 900 of paper, and,
while they pirate Of economy aud low
prices for the people, put for
ward q financial scheme that every
school-boy in political economy
knows must double the price OF every
thing thata mechanic has the buy,
and instead of tightening the burdens
OF the people, adds 5000, 900, 900 of ad :
tiOnal expenditure to the national ex-
chequer. We had often heard, and a
good many Of us believed, that the
Democratic party respected labor, and
desired 20 hphold it's dignity and its
independence; and we endeavored,
those Of us in military command as
well as those in Congress, In civil
authority-when slavery was abolish
cd. we endeavored to put the freed
man IN possession of civil rights; we
endoavOTed to enable him to protect
his civil rights in the only way a
freeman can protect his civil rights
by the possession of the ballot. APP
pladse. And then we hear from
Wade Hampton, distinguished Dem
oeratics leader, the formal announce
ment TO the laboring men of South
Carolina that they must vote the
Democratic ticket or starve. But we
did suppose, however, we had been
disappointed in the refusal of
the Democrats to accept any
OF their own doctrines when
we presented them for adoption, VIC
did suppose that when Grant, In ac-
cepting the nomination, accepted it
ON platform of peace-then we GER
tainly did look for large accession
of Democratic strengthj for we all
knew that they had been for peace
throughout the war. Laughter We
see, mytriends, throughout the South,
a determination to wage a war of ex-
termination against what are called
the carpet baegers. Who are these
carpet baggers? They are Northern
people " 10, in the exercise of an I'M
doubted constitutional right, have
settle1 % the Southern States since
the Wr- They are discharged sol
dlers, mechanics, merchants, school
masters, railroad employees, thousands
aud ten5 OF thousands Of people who,
TO better their condition, exercised
the right OF emigration to those States.
And Mhnt do We So Ne HalI