The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-10-14

are clearly defined. The Rcpubli-
can party, with General Grant
and Mr.. Colfax as their standard
bearers stands upon the platform
that the late action of Congress
shall be sustaincd-that the re-
construction measures Of Congress
are in accord with the Constitu-
tion, and the negro governments
of the Southern States are legal,
and shall, at the point Of the bay
onet, be sustained and settled
down upon the republic. (Hisses.)
That the negroes shall control the
balance Of power in the Republic.
(Cries of "Never.') The Demo
cratic party, with Mr.. Seymour
(Here the audience rose, and the
Speaker was unable for many
minutes to proceeO and General
Blair as their standard bearers,
has thrown out the old flag, with
her thirty-six stars undimmed,
and her stripes unerased, and
stands upon the platform that the
reconstruction measures are un-
constitutional, revolutionary and
void, and that the negro govern
ments erected upon them in the
South are illegal. cloud applause.)
These are the positions of the two
great parties now in the field
upon the great, living, and para
mount issue before which all
others pale into insignifcance.
That General Grant is a great
commander history must record.
(Cries of butcher y That one
who was successful at Vicksburg,
Missionary Ridge, and Richmond,
must combine those qualities that
constitute a great General, there
can be no doubt. Hannibal was
the greatest General Of ancient
times. For sixteen years he re-
manned at the very gates of the
Roman capital, and all the powers
Of that Republic could not drive
him out. Yet he was vanquished
at the very gates of his own capi.
tai by scipio Africanus. Napoleon
the Great led his columns all over
Europe, and dictated terms to
every people upon that grand
continent from their own proud
capital ; yet he was crushed at
Waterloo by Wellington. Our
own Lee Clong and continued ap-
plause) crushed army after army,
and annihilatcd General after
General from the North ; yet he
was crushed at Richmond by
Grant. These are the six great
Generals Of the world. On the
one side stands Hannibal, Napo-
leon and Lee upon the other
stands Scipio Africanus, Yelling
ton and Grant. cloud laughter.)
For General Grant we had the
highest respect and admiration.
After the surrender there was no
man in all the North so popular
South as was General Grant. We
admired him for his magnanimity
to General Lee. (Applause.) We
admired him, because when the
President, in the winter Of 1865,
sent him to the South to report
as to the temper Of the Southern
people, and the safety Of restoring
them to their practical relations
to the general government, he
made a truthful one. (Cries Of
'That's so.") We admired him,
because when the President ex-
pressed wish that the time
would soon come when traitors
would be taken up and tried and
and he desired to begin
with General Lee, Grant replied,
Not as long as he holds my pa
role" cloud cheers.) For all of
these things we respected and ad-
nired him. In tho solution, how
over, Of the great problem before
is, I invoke you to trust not IN
men or their Influences; for men
and their influences change and
perish, and pass away forever.
Trust principle alone, for that
alone survives the shocks and
wrecks Of time and change. (Sen-
sation.) The whole South is now