The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-16

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thread Of my rerdarks want to say right here that
have seen in my time good many public mestings
aud popular demonsratons but wish to pay this
tribute to hs OCCASION and to say here that this eK-
ceeds any popuar demonstration have ever wit
messed since have known anything of public meet
lngs or politics in this country. Great cheerng My
friends, was running rapidly, when suddenly
came to a halt with a brief sketch of Seymour and
them f had got DOWN to '" 90 or g. it tshnk~{ntsr
ruped by processon-"Thrse cheers for sickles,'D
something about Seymour and Grant IN Ss % Seymour
came down to New York to make speech, which is
s know; and was It to be expected that in tht dark
hour Of July, '63-Pennsylvania invaded, the North
tracted siege all Europe or at least the arisocratic
part of It, regarding our hopeless, about to
recognize the Southern States is it recorded for Gov
Seymour that he came down to the city OF New York
to encourage the people and stimulate them for new
efOrtY No! lie sneered at our reyerses at the dis
appointment of patriotic people, and predicted that
the war for the suppression Of the Rebellion would
not succeed He proclaimed loudly that public ne
Gessty was as good plea for the North as for the
government, and then he pointed to his mob, and
endeavored to irighten Lincoln from attempting to
reinforce decimated bsttalions.
What Grant doing in that July, 1s632 He was
oeiore vicksbnrg When asked how long he Intended
place. (Cheers) And the same 4th of July,
when Seymour was preaching secession to his fol-
lowers in New York, and as is believed by many men
who have reason for their belief. was engaged in
something very like a conspiracy to precpitate re-
bellon in that State and throughout the North Grant
received the surrender OF Pemberton thirty thousand
Rebels and hundred and seventy cannons, the
LARGEST capture OF men and material ever made in
modern warfare. (Cheers)
In 1864 what were those two men doing? Seymour
was at Chicago, resolving and speech-making dis
couragng the friends of the Union cause; resolving
that the war was fsure and adding thousand
millions to the public debt He makes himself directly
responsible for the campaign that followed, and all
the blood and treasure involved again interrupted
by the procession. voice "Do you think we can
carry Philadelphia, General" 1t is what we call in
"Another ehapter-alf rirht-chapter the last" All
Yar is wh
mOur does work is what we do, and what Grant does
But let me run on with this parallel.
In 1864 as / said, Seymour valiantly went to Chi
cago, and as he had done nothing to make the war
success, he resolved to do what he could to make it
failure. He passed a resolution that it was failure
but it would not stay failure for all that. Qaugh
ter) Why was it not a failure? will tell you, my
friends.
While Seymour derided soldiers sneersd at our
reverses ana sniyeled over taxes be forgot that Far
ragut about destryng their last fleet in the Gulf
(cheers); that Sherman marching from the noun
tans to the (cheers); Sheridan sweeping through
crushing the Rebels before Nashville Cheers; not
the dd interim Thomas Qaughter); and Grant-Grant,
eb h.ra aHo was patenIy rEng py usy ana
,iAgain interrupted by the procession) Ihave got
alfew words to say by way of an appendix about
what my friend, General Blair who has proclaimed in
conjunction with General Toombs and Howell Cobb
new war; war upon carpet-baggers. Perhaps we
might spend minute or two in talking about carpet
baggers There are several kinds of carpet e-baggers
We had in New York in 1863 and 1864 a few Rebel
carpet-baggers They were mysterious looking per-
sonages with bags containing very small amount OF
clean linen and very large amount of combus,ible
material. The Rebel carpet-baggers came to burn
our State and fire our cities.
Well, there are some Rebel carpet-baggers. John
Sdell is carpet-bagger at Paris; George Sanders is
another, wandering over Europe with or without
Mr.. Belmont the Chairman of the National Demoera-
tic Committee is csrpet-bagger from the Rhine, ana
Uaughter) WE'LL there are other carper-baggers,
who go from the North to the South and they are very
different class Of people. They are discharged SOL
"
Gan interruption of about fifteen minutes, caused by
the passing OF the processonl General sekIes per-
ceivng it impossible to finish his speech, briefly con
want to say one word before I retire. have en-
Joyed very much this brilliant political assembage;
it is evidently not occasion for any to make
it. Is 3 to address o
view OF so many thousands of Republican soldiers of
silent. would therefore, make an apology for the
words have addressed you, and for having SO long
have however, been permitted, by your kind in
dulgenee to resume my remarks from time to time
and will give way to my friend Senator Sherman.
The General then made a few other remarks, which
were drowned III an uproarious cheering for Senator
Sherman.
Hon. John Sherman
Was then enthusiastically received, but on account
OF the lateness OF the hour, hapast eleven o'clock
Is Impossible to give but synopsis Of his remarks.
Fellow -citizens:-when came here tonight did
not dream OF meeting such an assemblage. l have
been gratihed at the magnificent display that has
OF rejoicing over the glorious result in the State Of
Maine Cheers.l But have seen more people here
tonight than there is in the State Of Maine and if
you can give this company as the majority of the
State of Pennsylvania ii will be the grandes victory
IN modern times. CHEERS for Maine and Pennsy!
vania)
The contest in the State of Maine and Vermont is
only on the skirmish line. Here the great battle
be fought in the State OF Pennsylvania and If you will
do your duty in this important campaign all will be
right. CHEERS and Voice-"We have got 1t here
now,p did not know You had as many people in
Philadelphia. My arithmetic has gone asray
%5ns amsst as much SO SO as SEYMOUR Qaughter)
lltical contest in which we are now engaged
to be decided by the great State of Pennsylvania
am so full of enthusiasm to-day, and with this de-
monstraton, and it is so late that think you had
better adjourn, and let me on (Cries of mo! no ~
Well If you can stand 1t, can. / have said that
Pennsylvania decides the contest therefore you have
an important duty to perform. l believe there has
never been time in the history OF this country that
that has been so momentous as the present
country and in the city of Pittsburg they certain
of success Still we dare not relax our duties, but
must, like our great leader, Grant (cheers) push
We must never stop eIsrtons in this contest un-
til the whole Confederate Democracy in the North
and South, East and West, lay down their arms in
unconditional surrender to the Union Republican
party.
The great Republican arty, of which you here arc
members has its principles recorded in the redemp
tion Of this country. We have accomplished all we
ever undertook to accomplish, and many great events
during the last eight years. They on the statute
book and we need not tell them to you But the De-
moeracy have the advantage OF us. They can choose
their point OF attack They are aggressive and we defen
siye, il were, and we compelled 10 answer them.
They can select the Issues for themselves Seymour
has selected his issue. He tells his friends that they
are very kind but have plunged him into sea OF
trouble He tells us that the Republicans are trying
to eyade the issues of debt and taxation. But there
is another wing OF This party kangaroo ticket, and
i will delay you little while with what General
Frank Blair says and that s that the great question
involved is the question OF reconstruction, ana that