The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-26


Commander. on the fret OF January, 1864, Abraham
Lincoln struck blow at the root of the Rebellion by
bis Emancipation Proclamation that liberated four
millions OF slaves, strengthened our armies and car
ried dismay into the hearts Of the Rebels. (Ap-
plauRe) The full effect of this great was
not appreciated until the close OF the war; but
now, when the restoration Of slavery is the cherished
hope those men hostile to the election Of General
Grant, 1t cannot be too well considered
The wealth and power of the Rebels were mainly in
their slaves. They were the producing and laboring
Glass; and without their labor the plantations of
little value. BY the system OF enforced unpaid labor
the Rebel master was able to SOW his lands gather his
to the army, while the whole white population could
engage in The war. 1t thus that slavery found
to be mighty engine of war, more powerful than be-
different in the Northern States, where every
soldier who left his home to join the army, went from
the iarm or the workshop, or tho manufactory, and
diminished the productive industry of the State. In
hls absence the crops were ungathered and rotted
upon the ground the hammer silent; the manu-
| factory Stood STILL He left behind him no slave to
SUPPORT his family or TO do his work for nothing Bat
Of the hostile parties The slaves were cut loose from
the plantations, and nocked into our lines. Thou
sands Joined our army or performed military work.
The conditions OF the thus In some degree
equazed. This great act of Mr.. Lincoln carried dis
may into the heart Of the Rebels and strengthened
the hearts OF loyal people. Besides large and power
fu party, who regarded slavery n odforDidden
sin and crime and had been aboring for years to
abolish and limit it, gathered hope and renewed
Their strength TO bring the war to close.
What Ended the War.
Three things mainly contributed to end the war.
Flrst-The valor of the soldiers and the zeal OF
commanders Second-Public faith and credit, which
enabled us to raise money to supply the army aud
provide for its wants And, Third-The emancipation
of the slaves, which diminished the Rebel power aud
gave strength.
The credit and good faith OF any State are essential
to its existence and they constitute the sinews of its
power Without them no government can exist suf-
cient to meet extraordinary emergencies
ment can keep money in its Treasury sufficient to
carry foreign or domestic war construct q great
national work like the Pacific Railroad, meet any
Of the exigences that befall the lite of nation.
France, Russia, Austria, Great Britain, Spain, Italy
and the Papal States-all the great powers OF the
word-are compelled 10 rely upon their credit to meet
great emergencies.
This was peculiarly the case with the United States
wnen the Rebellion broke ont. Its treasury WAS
empty its armoies and magazines had been plundered,
and there were no means OF defense. BY the efforts
Of our enemies our credit abroad cut off, that
the government was forced at the rst stroke Of the
Reoelion to rely upon the faith OF the people for its
credit The government belonged to the people, and
they were equal to the emergency.
BY their purchase Of bonds and currency notes,
mnney was raised to supply the army and navy and
meet all the exigencies OF the war; SO that the Trea-
sury full from the beginning to the end of the
war; except for one short period until fresh appeal
could be made and thus did it happen that the public
faith and public credit became cornerstone of the
state, and contributed largely to it's salvation.
When the war was over, new and important duties
devoved upon the government Immediately upon
the meeting of Congress- it devoted itself assduosy
the army paid as it was disbanded, while the widows
and disabled soldiers were literally pensioned.
The Freedmen's Bureau
Was organized for the protection OF the emancpated
slaves the Civil Rights Bill passed to protect cl
zens; and measures adopted to give peace tranquility
and republican form OF government to all the States
whose governments had been usurped by the Rebels
Some of these have been carried out others
remain dead letter for needless to discuss
now, and they will remain dead letter until General
Grant is elected President of the United States (Ap-
you the foremost military commander of the world
with Peace as his watchword. (Applause.) Why
should he not be elected? What has any lover
| of his country for not voting for him? By his side
stands Schuyler Colfax, who by his own energy and
industry, advanced from the printing office to the
that mporant post Wtn anS
Honest and patriotic men have been nominated for
Your Representatives in Congress pledged 10 stand by
| Grant and the country
| Reasons for Supporting Grant.
Why then, again ask, should lie not receive your
support? What reason has any man to give for with
would hide from the boy the musket that his father
carried carried at DUnelson or Vcksburg, on the James,
| House, let him vote against General Grant.
| The History OfGrant
| Is known to you and to the whole world. i ucaed
at est Point, he served with distinction through the
| Mexican war; and afterwards unwilling to be drone,
he resigned his commission, and engaged in the pGr
| bellion he Joined the army, and soon advanced
to the rank OF molor-seneral commanding
| moved upon the enemy's works at Donelson, and
| compelled their commander, Buckner, to surrender,
with eighteen thousand prisoners Of war Soon after
he grappled with Beaursgard on the fields OF Shiloh
| and d owe him and his routed army from the Geld.
Resolved to open the navigation of the Mississippi he
| ston, chased the Rebel army under Psmberton into
Vicksburg, and forced him to surrender with thirty
thousand prisoners OF war, (Appause)
Advanced to the command Of the armies Of the West
| he fought and defeated Bragg at Chattanooga,
routed his army and delivered that vast territory
| from the hands of the Rebels. Advanced still higher
as lieutenant-Genera, he changed his headquarters
| to the Potomac. Forty days marching and lighting
through the Wilderness drove Lee and his army into
Richmond, compelled him to eyacuae the Rebel capi-
ta forced him to Appomattox Court House, and
| finally compelled him and his army to surrender as
prisoners OF This practically brought the Re
tegrity civil administration equally manifested
through the vast territory in which he operated.
there is man who would hide from the boy the
ket his father carried at Donelson, at Vcksburg al
| Chattanooga, upon Lookout Mountain, through the
Wilderness before Richmond at Five Forks and at
| Appomattox Court House, let him vote against
| General Grant. II there is any man among you
who would blot from the page OF history the story OF
these great achievements at Vicksburg, at the Will
| derness at Richmond and Appomattox Conrt House,
| let such draw black lines around the pages,
| and write across them:''l have no share in these
triumphs have done my best 10 blot them from his
| tory voted against General Grant" (Applause.)
| Is there any man among you who would compel the
| Army of the Potomac OF the James, of the Ohio OF
The Cumberland of the Tennessee of the Gulf, to be
again assembled at the tap Of the drum and forced
surrender as prisoners OF war to Lee, Johnston,
| Beauregard and Forrest, let such vote against
| General Grant, III there is any who would COM
ell Farragut and Worden 10 haul down the Star Span
eed Banner, never again to brave the battle or the
breeze, and sneaking from the quarter-decks give MP
| the ships to Maury and Buchanan and Semmes and
Maflitt, let such man vote against Grant. Let him
vote early and oen for IL Grant be elected the ban
Of the Union will float free land and peaceful
homes and never receive stain or tarnsh the land
| or on the deep.
| II there is any man among you that would reverse
| the order of history, that would bring upon the
| government shame and reprOaCh unknown to other
nations of the EARTH that would have the comm
of the armies of the United States deliver up his
| sword and humbly bow before the Rebel command
erp let that man yote against General Grant; but let