Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-10-28

Ocrat resisted these steps. Whatnext
We needed money. We called upOI
Europe, and we got sneers and re
prOaeh. Old England, that first taught
us 70 hate slavery, met US with jeers
: Emperor Napoleon sent his army in
TO Mexico, to establish a foreign gov
ernment there. We met with nc
sympathy, except from Germany, and
thank God, they were always oul
friends. Tremendous applause. !
They loaned us money. had a con
versatiOn with Count Bismarck, one
of the most wonderful men Of our age,
I and he told me with his own lips.
that, from the King to the humblest
subject in Germany, there was none
who did notwish success to the Union
cause. There are kindred ties between
the German NatiOnalities now getting
their rights and great United States OF
America. They are governed by the
same lofty love of country, and l trust
| that from this time to the end of time
we may be sympathizing friends.
| That friendship has been shown by
the recent laws by which they resign
the doctrine of perpetual allegiance.
When the German comes to our eOun-
try and lives five years, they resign all
control over him; and while i am on
that point l will say that we must
] stick to it until it is the universal law
of the land, so that an American eiti-
zen can 90 to any eountry-eyen to
South CarOlina Ilaughter,l and enjoy
his rights. -. .'-r
REcONsTRUCTI0N.
--Whenthe war closed what was done 4?
| The Republican party was still in
power. The rebels were whipped.
Did you Oppress them? Suppose our
position was reversed. Suppose the
rebels had power. Wouldn't they
hang and quarter our people Did
we deal out to them the same measure
of Justice they would deal out to us? I?
Not at ALL The Republican party has
been magnanimOus and just. If we
have erred at all it has been on the
side of generosity. 1t would have
been better if we had taken the prop
erty of the large landhOlders and di-
vided it among our soldiers. And We
might even give some to the negroes
Applause. What was our simple
plan of reconstruction. Why every
thing vital was contained in the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Articles
Of amendment to the Constitution.
All the others were mere seaffolding.
What are they? The first secures civ
il rights to all citizens of the United
States so that a man in Cincinnati is
equal to another man wherever our
flag floats. Another secures political
equality. The third deals out means
of punishment, simply that these men
shall hold no Office of honor or trust
in this country. Is there any lady or
gentleman within the sound of my
voice that would have these men in
high office I''nO, no.nl They call
us tyrants, and say we are harsh and
abusive. 1 desired. like the great
mass of the American people at the
close of this war, to see these wounds
healed over as soon as possible. But
had 1 known their future action, so
help me God, Inever would have con-
sented to such liberal terms as we gave
them prolonged applause.l And
if we are to 90 through this thing
again, will indorse the language of
General Sherman, when he said that
instead of forty miles he would have
two hundred miles to blaeken. lap
plause.1 Now l have stated the gem
eral history of the Republican party.
Now the question iswith which of the
two parties will you cast your lot.
With the dish0nOred, dislOyal and
rotten Democratic party, or with this |
grand Union Republican party of the |
United States, that has carried our |
country through this fierce war; ] /
know where our soldiers are. know /
where the intelligent people of this |
country are. know where the Chris !
tian people of this country are. |
know where all the rebels and Cop
perheads are. 1t may be that you will !
choose to 90 with them, but as for me, |
so help me God, will cast my for
tune with the men who stood by the |
flag in the hour of trouble and dan
ger. 1Cheers.l Young man. never
pOrtant a choice, except perhaps in |
choosing a wife. Laughter.l How
can any young man connect himself
with any party so dishOnored, so de
graded and so depraved, How can
any Boy in Blue, who fought
for the flag, go with the men who
fought him through four years of
bloody war? / don't believe any true
American soldier can see the fruits of
his marching and tolls yielded up in
the election next November.
GRANT AND SEYMOUR.
Ulysses S. Grant fought uuder your
flag, and marched from victory to vic
tory, while HoratiO Seymour never,
during the whole war, uttered a patri-
otie sentiment or breathed an aspira-
ton for the success of the Union cause.
Seymour, a childless rich old man,
said in October. '61, that if the Union
could not be saved without the de
of slavery, then let the Union
20; and thus rich and ehildless, now
boasts that he never loaned one dollar
to his country during its terrible strug-
gle and agony. There was time
when was on your Financial Com
mittee when our hearts beat with an
guish and soiicitude. We could get
no money. There was a time when
our soldiers went six months without
pay. Perhaps there are some here
now, who received letters from home
begging for their little Sl3 a month.
Then it was that we appealed to our
people. The ehambermaids, the la
boring men and women all sent their
mite aud the streams came pouring
in and pouring in until this river flow
ed into the National Treasury and fed
the National heart. Applause. And
vet my friends this man-GOYernOr of
a great State-New York; man rich,
Old and childless, whose superabun-
dance of money would have silenced
many a brave soldiers wants, boasts
that he never loaned q single dollar to
his country during the whole war.
If there was nothing else in this life
TO condemn him, this of itself ought
to damn him eteTnally. [Great ap-
plause.1 Where was Grant then? En-
gagged in the greatest campaign of any
history, fighting battles in rear and
front and finallyon the 4th of July 1853.
he marched into Vieksburg and cap
tured thirty-five thousand rebel DEM L
Oerats. 1Cheers. What was the con-
ditiOn Of our country then? Lee had Il
invaded Pennsylvania and on the 4th
Of July was fought the memorable Il
battle Of Gettysburg. What would
have been the result if we had failed ]
Philadelphia would have been sacked
But the brave Meade and Hancock +:
met and defended the rebel hosts.
Where was SEYMOUR He was in the
City of New York making a speech to
4 mob, whom he called his friends.
He had encouraged them to resist the
draft and ten days after the natural
effect, drove out in this riot, m which Il
4 hospital for eOlOred people was burn