New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-06-19
SPEECH OF GENERAL BUssEY.

We publish this morning the speech of
General Cyrus Bussey at the great ratidca-
tion meeting on Wednesday ngtt.
Governor Warmoth inintrolucing Gen.
eral Bussey said;
When the first sound OF hostility was
heard at Fort Sumter, when the loyal peo.
pile of the North arose as one man, with
musket in hand, to vindicate the integrity of
the government, the glorious State Of Iowa
was not behind her sister States Among
many thousands of gallant soldiers who
bucEled on their armor and marched trl-
umphantiy to the gulf vas Major General
Cyrus Bussey.
After helping to reconstruct Missouri and
Arkansas he finally cemeto Louisiana, and
has assisted in reConstuctng our State,
He is here tonight, and Ihaye the pleasure
of introducing him to you, that he may join
his voice and his heart in the great triumph
we bave achieved.
SPEECH OF GENERAL sussEY.
FELLOW CITIZENS: My name was on the
list in advance Of Captain Sheridan, and
had supposed that that young gentleman
intended to make so good q speech, | Ger.
tainly should have claimed the privilege OF
speaking in the order of the list find the
position much harder to take now.
As Governor WarmOth has remarked,
NIleD tlE WAL uAhb btE I'll 4 WIS tIlD tbGu ~
dissolution Of the Union, and was one of
the first 20 lend my feeble power toward
sustaining the glorious cause in which |
believe we were engaged hal the honor
| of serving under General q. s. Grant dur
ing the long and bloody siege OF ViCksburg,
aud for many months before, and 1t is with
| the utmost pleasure that / appear before
you tonight to bear testimony in behalf Of
his fitness for the high position TO which the
nsnntp b.lVa pqllnH r.u
rcitcrata the sentiment eAWessaQ by Judge
Howe, that in my humble opinion there is
not a man in the United states so well
| qualified to ill that high aud noble position
| AS General Grant, A man is not a great
| general who is simply ted marshal Gen
| era Grant possesses as much executive
| ability as any man who ever filled the
| Presidential chair, aud one o. the reasons
| why Andrew Jackson was So good a Prest,
| dent was because he was . good general,
| aAd possessed OF executive ability that
| would have enabled him to command mil.
| lion Of men had they been placed at his
| disposal. General Grant has this qualihca
| ton, and vet there is q elass of men who say
/ that if he is elected President some other
politician will assume thai junction ioT
| MIN. It will be rememherel that when
the seige of Vicksburg had proved failure
| he called council yf war and proposed
/ running the batteries of Vieksburg with hil
| boats and moving down upon Jackson, tax
| ing Vicksburg in the rear,
Tins his tried aud trusted generals, Sher
man, Mcpherson, and Others. unanimously
voted against, believing Il was hazardou,
for the army 10 be placed Id that position
After hearing their objections, when they
declared in favor Ofmoting back, and goinl
down by way Of Grenada, he remarked
"Your plan will take Yicksburg, but thai
is going backward, My plan Will tak'
Vicksbdrg by going forward. You viii pre-
pare your plans and move forward.n Sucl
is the man the Republican party has called
upon to I'LL the Office of President of tn
United States. He commanded the creates
army the world has ever sen. If you con
suit the files of the DemOcfatiC papers pub
lished during the war, and Indeed up TO
few months slice, you viii find the mos
glowing euloges Of Genefsl Grant. YoI
will fnd him classed only second to NapC
leon, and by many placed upon a par witt
him.
am in favsr Of the principles Of the Re
publican party because they mean some
thing; because that party would leave bC
hind the dead Issues of the past aud marc
ON to things that are new and substantial.
have always believed that it was nc
right for any nation or people to succeed I
wealth and power and influence at the e.
pense Of the rights or liberties of any Oth6
nation.or people; nor do Believe that tn
kind hearts which God has implanted
the human family will ever permit a natio
to succeed at the expense oil the life boo
of those who have a right to life, nbertt
and the pursuit of happiness The Dem
cratic party, on the other hand, | find
negative party. To mud out what the
7 principles are you must inst find out viii
/ are the principles of the Republican part
/ and thea they are opposed to them.
I am not in favor of any such party; am
favor of party which marches to q
e music of the Union. The Democratic par
Z for the last seven years opposed every efo
| put forth to save the country Their la
3 declaration of "principlesn was made
! 1854 whel they declared the war o faiiur
! and that they were in favor of cessatiS
! of hostilities with 3 view to reeogniziI
. the independence Of the Southern Donfe
4 eracy, which would have fastened the chai
more frmSy upon every slave. And tn