The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-08-20
An. Ex-Rebel VS.. Rebels.

ALI A<A-AACOCA SSs ANOoOAss
On the 18th ult great Republl-
can Ratification meeting took place
at Little Rock, Arkansas, at which
the principal speaker was Gen. E..
W. CAN'T. The Arkansas Republi-
can makes the following report of
the speech: -esss
When the enthusiasm had some
what abated, Hon. E.. w. CAN'T was
introduced, to the assemblage. He
said ne left the Democratic party
when he left the rebellion for the
rebellion and Democracy, so-called.
were identical-the rebellion was
but Democracy run mad. To day
he was a pure unadulterated Repub
lican. He did not propose
to do as certain gentlemen
did. two days ago-regale the
crowd with the slang. of the fish
market and the vernacular of the
livery stable, but to discuss, in a
fair, earnest, and open manner, the
great questions involved in the
present canvass. Since 1868 he had
been, as Gen. Grant has always been
Ia peace man; he was the same
tonight. He had said, in 1864, that
the war, on the part Of the South,
was failure as Seymour, in 1864,
had declared the war on the part OF
the North a failrre. He had advo-
Gated that peace, which would come
through the marshalling of the Fed
eral forces to break down the re-
bellion. I stand here tonight, said
he, as the first Southern man who
declared the war, carried on, as was
pretended, for the independence of
the South, but in reality, for the en-
slavement ofa portion of our fell
Low beings, to be a failure, and who
urged return to the government of
our fathers: I stand here as the
first man pardoned by the Execu-
tive of the Nation. When he had
ceased to be Democrat he had
ceased to be rebel; and he could
not be driven back into that party
which strove to destroy the govern
ment. He had heard gentleman
one who said he was a gentleman,
and the speaker was willing to con-
cede it-say that the platform ofthe
so-called Democratic party was a
new Declaration of Independence.
I At this point call was made, on
the outskirts of the crowd, for three
cheers for Seymour and Blair-the
feeble response to which called forth
much laughter. The speaker said
that he desired to make dignitied
discussion, and informed the dis
turbers that he was not to be s'Ku-
Kluxed" down, but was ready, in
divinually, to meet any of them at
any time. [Cheers. The Demo
cratic platform is, indeed, a most
infamous declaration of independ-
ence. jefferson and Washington,
and all the noble spirits of the rev
olution, issued a true Declaration
of Independence, and supported its
doctrines upon the battle field; they
baptized in patriot blood, the prin-
ciple that all men are born equal
And now the Democrats, when they
are ethrashed-whipped to the earth
declare their Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and propose to &c back on
that of our fathers and make new
declaration We stand where our
fathers stood-we fight the fight
our fathers fought-we stand by, the
old Declaration Of Independence,
whice proclaimed the natural equal
ity of all men: and there we will
stand, and there we will fall-bnt
there is no fall in it, on our side.
I Cheers.
Mr.. CAN'T proceeded to refer to
his own political course. His hear
ers, he said, knew him, but not from
the vituperation poured, like green
flood Of poison, upon his name, by
political opponents. He had been
in the Confederate army-more
than that, he had been an original
secessionist He had believed ir
the abstract right of secession, he
had been a Calhoun democrat
The question, when diplomacy and
craftsmanship failed to settle it, ha6
been submitted to the arbitration O.
the sword. The advocates Of Sc
cession were defeated and he had
then said, as he said now-let {
provision be inserted in the organic
law of the nation,and stand through
all the ages, that no state shall have
the right to secede. [Cries o.
Good"
He had thought, too, that slavery
was divine institution. He was
born amid it. The relationship O
master and slave had seemed as nat
urai to him as sun, and moon ane
stars-as the road to the mill, Of
the path that led to the school house
But when he went into the war
when he perceived it's origin-and
men may talk as they please, but
they know that the object of the
war was the establishment of the
doctrine Of secession and the per
petuation of human bondage-wher
he saw that the war was failure, he
had said to his own people: "Eact
day makes new graves, new mourn.
ers and new ,orphans-let us discon
tinue this struggle, and go back te
the government of our fathers.
The war has ceased. The Gov
ernment has been saved, the armies
of the Confederacy have been bro
ken and shattered, the great ques
ion of restoration is to be settled
In this great work, no man was
more modest, none greater, purer
wo ,~thier, than U S. Grant; ane
now the eyes of the patriot, and the