The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-07-21

Colonel Hinton here introduced to the meet.
lug General John A; Logan, Of Illinois, and
he was enthusiastically received.
should assemble here tonight, not for the puf.
pose OF holding sgrand. ratification meeting,
ent i3l ,hs pnrp9',s Of show'Ss tSs great "a.
people o. This District, lie hsm thst The New
York Conservative Com 70 ticp was only the
Ts Nsos g, aS 9 g. ssa M
be who cfn guide US through the great SEQ OF
troubles that beset US on every side, should be
,Se 9ny one tor to 5eSsys the o. ~ a
qfant. lie shall be the next President Of the
united states. IUnbounied applau.c1
He was great , and god man and the rish,
nsrity, frm, and impcrishable. There was
that we should not love and cherish, and It
was the loyal pcople-the men, the women,
and their ofspring, those who went forth TO
eide that afsnt "a" And coIisn are he r w
should fost over every foot Of land Of the
who are the candidates Of what they cali
Democracy They were not the nominations
Of the people, nor OF any considerable portion
81 a. the peopi ,o even OF ne epnyention.
As TO Blair, he had not word to say against
his war record. But, as to his present posi-
. bsa place in the very worst lime. 81
why did not these people keep US out OF the
horrors OF war; IL 1t meet that such men.
should .sy give me the l Se Of c
tuition; let me have the possession of the Gov.
ernment, will take care Of II.
The political record OF Seymour was bad,
and he would NOT trust him with the country.
show him n man that hates the nag, = man
| that curse: Radicals, and he would show them
| a rebel in heart.
General Logan alluded to the fact th,, many
| OF those Generals iu the Democratic ranks
now left the service before the war was over.
He would not say that they were not true
| get promoted fast enough, aud they naturally
| turned ar ainst their friends. II such men or
namen,cd the Democratic party, they were
Ask the many thousands who were slain In
the Union army what they died for, and, could
thIey spsaE they s9Sd fsPy iNr The country
| all the no.legled men, all the one-arned men,
| and all tho no-armel men, and II the widows
sna orphans, aha s,h mem "a me Pse, , Of
and their husbands and fatLers for, and then
| ask them for whom they would vote for the
! Presidency and Vice Presidency
| In conclusion, he urged all-both white and
blsck-to decide whether they would have
peace or war, Dioodshed or tranquility, and
to note seeordingly, and God will give you
! Col. Hinton iatroduccd Hon. Mr.. Pile, of
Missouri, who said, they were entering upon
sno'her ea"y v asS ne question %ss now be.
the next four years. VINO should be entrusted
with the Government for which 100000 fought,
aud for which many millions Of money has
been expended. What they wanted to know
was which would administer for the beneft OF
| the loyal and patriotic, and which was in
favor of tho equal rights Of all men; The
! tie that question. Let them he compared
| He trusted all would carefully weigh this
question, and 10 ,eli sure they could see none
to give their support. The spe,ker referred
IN erienso TO the contention and platform OF
the psmoerntic party, snd alluded to the fact
| that +. p. Blnir's portion o. the platform-that
contsined In his letter.
! Here the Grant club arrived with n flne
display Of ireworks and trgnsparcncies.l
General Pile here resumed, saying that this
| was the only plain and comprehensive plank
10 the whole platform Of this shan democracy
He desired equal protection for all classes and
! all colors, and for all countrymen.
| Whist q party says when he seeks power,
anl what he says when he Is In power, 10 two
different matters. Andrew johnson was the
I Moses OF the coiorci men before he was elected
After that he could not place the black Iasn
| two far back could not crush them hard
enough. ....
General Pile could not see how General Blair
could Join hands with General Ewing-hc who
had said during the late war, that the wives
Of Union officers were prostitutes, and that
| the miDy materials Of which the Democratic
party was conposed, and comical group he
made OF them. II was nothing more nor lees
U
The characters OF seymour and Blair, IS
painted by Gen. Pile, were not very eompli
! nentary.
| licn. Pile was ns ain interrupted; this time
| by . large dcleg alton OF Radicals from George
town, who came up with martial rnu.lc.l
! Gen. PIE here closed by urging all present
they would bring harmony and peace to the
| Gland Of the free and the home Of the brave"
! Here slight disturbance took place In the
rotundo of the CITY Hall, which was soon
| Quelled.l
Gen. !. p. q. Shanks, of Indiana, was next
presented to the masses, and desired to know
| II this was the usual Outpouring OF the people
! OF Washington that came out here to express
the qualification for the nominations OF the
Union party; He referred ,. to the lcs, insuga.
| cross street stood q rebel In heart, who was
but waiting to strike a blow Mt the heart of
the nation, and our advance was but brief
one. II the opposite party should be permitted
! to elect their candidates, they would have
us In the hands OF a rebel government az Ain
before the irst Of mex. Decsnber They should
save the Government by voting for Grant and
Colfax, the peoples candidates.
Col llinlon here called forward Gen. Mckee,
burg district, who addressed the meeting at
Considerable length. In every part OF his
State-iE the highlands and the lorlands1
that those who preaShch peace and security
/ ascxisting In Mississippi, knew nothing about
\, and he assured Su TIE hem meeting that the ku,
! whenever an opportunity Afforded. These
wrongs aud outrages he attributed to the Sey.
mour and Blairites-those who adhered to the
so-called Goa federacy. And II Seymour and
| Rlair should he elected, they would have all
their bloody work to do over again. In con-
clu.ion, Gen. Mckee paid glowing tributes to
! The names Of Grant aud C0lfax, and urged all
to give them hearty support at the polls in
| the coming contest
Gen. James q. Blunt, after having been pre-.
coded By so many able speakers, could bat
nsnctl what had already been said 10 their
| hearing. Now, the smoke OF battle having
| cleared away, they, as American citizens,
| gather together for the purpose OF REDO cling
| over the victories won, Now the bAttle Is
| presented to US In another form, namely; the
ballot-box, AMI the great work will not be
compl,tci until tho nation Is headed by those
men who led you on to victory In time of war,
| We hold no malice toward thOse Misguided
ones OF the south, but only ask guarantee
for their future conduct. II ~ the right, laid
| dowa by all nations, Tor the victorious party
| to say on what terms the conquered would
again be restored to power. This 10 duty to
our fallen patriots and TO misguided people
arc again restored to fellowship with US.
The rebels hope to gain, through their
| Northern friends and those put into power by
He referred them TO the majority NJ the repre-
! BentatiVcs OF the New York Convention to
| show than that rebels wcro more bitter to.
wards the loyal element OF the country now
delegates to thst convention, who prov ed their
loyalty, during the late struggle, were ashamed
to say they were ruled entirely BY the rebel
portion oft. The great point In this struggle,
he said. 10 the opposition to the reconstrlsction
policy laid down Is Congress, giving the black
man a vote. He had rot his hrst military
training under John Brown, and claimed 10
ranks during the war, aud did not hesitate a
moment to say that they fought equal to the
white ones.