Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-09-17

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hope my friend Garfield, who
will speak next, will have time
to give us a full account of what
Congress has done, and their reas-
ons for doing it. This party call,
ing itself the Democratic party, will
never yield its contest for power
until it gets a party into Congress
that will legislate as Wade Hamp-
ton asks them to legislate, and do
what Wade Hampton, and Vallan-
digham, and Seymour desire them
to. Where do these men desire to
put the reins ofgovernment2 They
dare not show their hand yet; but
| ask you to-day to remember my
prediction that they will never yield
until the Federal GdySrnment pays
them for all loss ofFroperty sus-
tanned in the war. They will never
yeild until their widows and or
phans are placed upon the pension
roll with the widows and orphans
of our Union soldiers. They will
never yield until the Government
pays them for every slave that has
been liberated. You must make up
your minds now to be watchAll and
do your duty fora century to come;
for the moment these fellows get
into power, l tell you, the results
will be as have intimated. Iname
Hampton first, Vallandigham sec
ond, and Seymour third, because |
think they are entitled to rank in
this order. Laughter, Of the
three, l think most of Hampton. l
place Seymour last, because the first
tive have courage, which Seymour
has not.
But l will not complain of Sey-
mour's lack of moral courage, for |
am deficient in that respect myself.
I have not moral courage behind a
restive horse. | was sorely tried in
that respect this morning as l came
to this meeting.
Seymour is an intelligent man.
/ know him. He was Governor at
the same time / was Governor
Mr.. Lincoln called for volunteers.
l sent him only thirty thousand,
while Seymour sent him fifteen
thousand. The President went
round complimenting Seymour, and
saying nothing about what 1 had
done. l took Mr.. Lincoln to task
for this, l said, show is it you are
complimenting Seymour for fifteen
thousand men, and neglecting to
compliment Morton and me?" His
answer was perfectly satisfactory.
He said, "Why, Tod, l never thank k
ed Mrs. Lincoln for a cup of tea in
my life" Laughter and applause.
The truth was, Morton and | had
been doing nothing more than what
was expected of us, while Seymour
had. He had never done the like
before, and never did afterward, 1t
was not necessary to keep Major
General in Indiana, and Illinois and
Ohio, to correspond with the Presl-
dent, as it was in New York. In
those States the Governors acted as
the Presidents correspondents and
agents. You will remember that
remarkable dispatch Of General Dix
to Seymour, saying; 81 beg to let
you know that have troops enough
at my command TO take care not
only of the rioters, but of you"
Seymour now comes out and
boasts that he never had dollar OF
your Federal bonds. 1t is because
he is not willing to risk a dollar in
the bonds which were issued to pay
the soldier and support the Govern,
ment. He never invested in bonds
because he was hoping all the time
that they would never be paid. He
would not to day buy one of YOU
bonds, because he hopes that The
Confederate debt will be assumed
and hopes that the Confederate sol
diers will be put on the pension
list. He hopes that the property
taken from the rebels will be paiC
for, and, of course, if these hopes
are realized, our national bonds
will be no better than Confederat,
bonds.
Now this Democratic party ar
talking of disposing of one kind o
debt by paying it off in another
They are going to issue greenback
to buy up the bonds with. This i
not paying the debt. 1t is onl,
substituting one kind Of note 70
another. It is like this Suppos
: l owed you hundred dollars, AM
had given you my note bearing 81,
per cent. interest, and secured tn
debt by mortgage on real estate;
, / should then come to you and say
here, / want to pay that debt, bu
r l propose to do it by CITING yol
; another note, without interest o
, security, or any definite time ofpay
ment, and take up the old note an
: the mortgage. What would yo
l think of such a proposition?
Now, ladies and gentlemen, di
, not come here to engage in thi
: contest. / only came to show m
solicitude for the success Of th
good cause. Political position ha
no charms for me now; it neve
4 had much. lam getting too gra
to think of accepting any MOI
5 honors. have travelled thirty c
: forty miles to-day just to show m
Y interest in this campaign. Whe
/ at the opening of the war we fcun