The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-19

Parties and Issues Of To-day.
Democracy Dissected & illustrated.
How the Southern Rebels
Control it.
Northern cOpperhead Toadyism.
Fort Pillow and Andersonvtl1e in
the Front Seats.
The Republican Party and its
Mission.
Republican Reconstruction Ex-
planned and v1ndicated.
What the Democrats Propo.e
Instead.
Speech of General R. G
schenck, of Ohio.
At Warrington Hail, In the city OF
wheeling, Saturday night,
October II, 1865.
WHAT is THE so-oALLED DEMOCRATIC
PARTY2

WHAT Is THE so-CALLED DEMOCRATIC
PARTY2
Gen. Schenck referred to his last visit
to Wheeling in 1861, at which time he
had addressed Wheeling audience in the
now historical Athenmum building re-.
Gently destroyed by FIRE. Then, said he,
the proposition was to put the rebellion
down; now it is to keep the rebellion
down. The whole organization of the
Democratic party rests on proposition
to defeat and battle every effort made by
the Union men in the country to carry
out this work of keeping down the rebel
lion. We are upon the eve of Presi-
dental election. We have candidates in
he field on one side and on the other,repre-
senting the principles of each party; and
IN this contest 1t does appear to me that
what is called the Democratic party has
no other platform, no other proposition
upon which to stand before the country,
than to oppose everything that has been
or is being done by the Union party of
the country, for no other reason than
because it is done by the loyal peo-
pie of the country. Am l mis-.
taken in this? Let US look at this party
in the attitude it takes before the people
of the United States and at those who
might have been its candidates, at those
who selected its candidates, at those who
framed platform on which those candi-
dates should stand, as representing what
is now maintained and fought for by the
party. Go with me for this purpose to
New York and find outfit you can whether
there is anything in this Democratic party
as now organized which means anything
but just what have said-opposition to
everything done by the Union people of
the country for the purpose of securing to
the country and government the fruits of
what they contended for during the peril
Gus war through which we have passed.
coPPERHEAD ToADYIsM TO REBELS.
This party is made up of Southern reb-
els and Northern Copperheads, and has
at this time no other element in its COM
position. There is this popularity, how
ever, in the alliance thus made, that the
Southern wing of the party has imposed
its conditions upon its more slavish
partners of the North. They
have dictated the platform, and compelled
the selection of candidates to stand upon
it. Let me illustrate this by looking at
the composition of the party as repre-
scented in New York at their Convention
and can speak of it as 1 saw it, for
happened to be in New York some days
next Immediately preceding the con-
veuing of that body. was struck with
this peculiarly, as made my observa-
tions on the crowd there assembling, as
between those that came from one section
of the country and those that arrived
from different quarter. When any gen
tleman, no matter of what previous note
or notoriety, as the case might be-
came from loyal State, he sank into the
crowd like any other subsiding bubble,
and was no more than a unit IN the great
mass. Even my recent competitor, MIR.
Yallandigham,-who not being a dele
gate in the first place, somehow or other
wriggled himself into position finally
did not occupy any very great space until
during the progress of the Convention he
seemed to have been selected livery prop
erly) as the one to put Horatio Seymour
in nomination. But as went along the
streets of that city, looked into the pub
lie places, saw crowds assembled IN the
hotels, 1 could remark every now and
then an exceedingly interested group,
watching with open eyes and ears erect
for whatever might be seen or heardj and
whenever l discovered anything of that
kind. / found upon little inquiry that
some gentleman had arrived from the ex-
treme South, who had been engaged IN
the yery laudable attempt to overthrow
the government of the country, and had
therefore commended himself to modern
Democracy. lDerisive laughter.J L re-
collect on one occasion, saw at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, gathered around
some person, some forty or-hity persons,
all looking towards the centre, where
there was a person, whoever 1t might be,
yvbo arneared TO be the centre and cynos-
nre Of ali ewes, those nearest looking
with worshipful admiration, and those on
the onter edge of the circle craning their
necks forward and pricking their ears to
see if they could not gather some drops
of the wisdom falling from that central
source. Elbowing my way IN amongst
the rest, and asking who was there,
found II was Gen. BEAUREGARD Laugh
'er Now what did all this mean, except as
7 said. that in this alliance, entered into
in order to the reconstruction OF the
democratic party, the ascendency, was
e;ven and the greatest amount OF deter
snce maid to the very men who had very
racently been engaged in an attempt to
destroy our Government and put an
end 10 the life of the nation.
Ia Il wonderful, therefore, that as IN the
war YOUR neighbors and the men who raj.
lied with us under the old flag to prevent
If we could the ascendency OF these men
when they tried to obtain that ascenoency
bv force, should now rally together win VA Z.
the same common purpose OF preventing
them if we can from obtaining an aSseuo
ancv in the councils and rule OF the ma
t enG bv wiIes and fraud or by the exercise
of civil meansE
WHO SELECTED THE TICKET AND MADE the
PLATFORM.
Tbere are some soldiers here, propably-
rVnices "Plenty of them."l 1t has been
INV rood fortune to command as part VI
INV division while in the service gooo
many regiments of West Virginia Noiun'
teers. Do they remember VINO PartlGiu-
isrIy were some of these persons wn9
thus now come before the country 70 AlI
in making platforms upon when tne peep
are invited to stand and to presens ca s.ltlo
jatas for whom we are expected TO vote!
T 80 snoEen generally of the compost
-: - of that convention. Let US look at
:! ttOn 1;ttIs more in detail. Have you read,
n ~ . Of IF Won, the Report on the Conduct OF
az az War. made from time to time and pup
i:.LaJ in several volumes by commlttee
l nassu'rosa6 ofSenators and Representatives
S U, by Congress to that duty ana
9ppo DIN +ecollect that one of the smaller
e W but one containing long re-
yolam ~ itseIf. of that publication, is made
pm PO' of the account given of the
MASSACRE AT FORT PILLOW.
NJ -.calI the facts: a little garrison
.ome zoo or 600 occupying and at,
OF .I sy to defend works which required
ZEN 1000 to garrison them completely,
s %as set upon by some six times t5eiE