Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-09-24
SAMUEL FENTON CARKys OPIN-
IONS OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY. .-.r
Extract from a speech Delivered by
General Cary, in octobeFsf 1861 IA
Troy New York faFaif a.-ftT-s

ANCA
f. Reported in thesTroy7 TiHaes-) ..f
The Desr-Nixon letter of Samuel T.
Cary is left entirely in the shade by the
following extract from a speech deliver
| ed by Cary in October, 1867, at Troy,
! New York, a report of which we find in
the Toy Times. At the close Of an edo
i quenT speech ofthree hurs' duration, he
addressed the young meR who were
about to cast -theib first vote in the fol-
lowing fervid appeal:
/. "Young men, with which party do you
propose to indentify yourselves Will
! YOU enroll -yOuF names with the party
i of freedom, and progress; the party that
stood by the four millions OF freshmen
in the struggle for the rights of man 3
1.-The party that voted supplies and
! poured out its treasures to sustain armies
and navies such as the world never saw
1.-the party that gave Lincoln the second
| in-chief; the party that throughout the
! long and terrible conflict never faltared
the party that has written for the ad-
rHiration Of mankind the brightest page
i o history in the rld's annals2 VIII
/ you sustain that Congress that proposes
Ito secure national citizenship to every
lnative born man, woman and child of
4 whatever color or nationality, that here
Il otter the declaration 'IaInfan American
clflzaR shall be a passport to 1RXpE
throughout all lands, as bhe expression
i viii embody all that is suggestive Of
/ Liberty, equality and Justice? Will YOU
4 sustain Congress which proposes. to
/ base representation il the National
4 Legislature upon the people to be repre-
/ sented; that Congress that says that the
national debt incurred in crushing ont
/ the rebellion shall be paid to the ut
\ most farthina, and that not farthIng
4 of the rebel debt shall ever be paid
4 that Congress which is resolved that
VI A1n of th0Hre of linn HESS. SOL
I diers of the Republic who have return
I ed to their homes, shall be pensioned,
and the widows and orphans Of the
/ three hundred Thousand who return no
/ more shall be protected, hOnored and
! SuppOrfedT Or will yOu vote with that
| party which 1sis gathered into it. as in
/ one great reservoir, all the treason of
/ the North and SOuth-that party the
! leaders OF which, during all the long
/ years of war, AID mot a man, not a
! dollar to preserve Il our nationality
| that party, the leaders of which de-
/ nounced the boys in blue as 'hireiings'
| and dogs, and refused them the right
! of Suffrage in the cablp, in the Held aud
| hospitai-that party, the leaders OF
! which denounced the great and good
Lincoln as a tyrant and usurper, and
nerVed the arm of the assassin who
/ took his 1ffe-that party the leaders OF
4 which, after four years OF sEtlfes slan-
/ Elered the dead and ipsulted the living
! soldier, by tsolehanlY declaring IN Ma
tfonaI Convention that the war was "a
4 failureLthat party, tAe leaders of which
! exerted themselves TO diseredit 3Fhe
] money and bonds Of the Government
I by prociainfng their issue 6ne0nssit tu-
4 tional and their promises to pay. W6ft h
/ less that party. the leaders of which
1 iorgauized conspIraefes in the North 70
1 murder Governors, seize. aFn1ories and
i iarsenaIs, release rebel pFisoflers and
l.destroy by. fire, sword and pestilsnce the
Iiproperty and lives of our citizens; that
lIparby, the leaders OF whIeb
famous Morgan and his band OF
of guerriIlas through Indiana aud Ohio.
that party Which inaueuraAedia IA Teigfi
of terror III New York city in 1858, by
Burning orphan asylums, .raptue and
murder VIII. you, young tnen.' enl-
bark your political fortunes with a par
ty which to-day dVocates the i'm Hledi-
ate admission to the halls of Congress
of men whose hands are yet wet and
Dripping with the blood or otr Slain
heroes; of men who, when 1lliuiStefine
IN our offiees under oath TO supportthe
Constitution, were plotting its destrHc-
Ltion-nnen who have added perjury tC
murder and treason to, per IJtIr - tslen
/ who have .disting guished themselves in
rebel Congresses, and re bel armies, and
rebel navtes, by their acts of inhumani-
/ ty and barbarity-wiH you support a
4 party who proposes to admit to orr leg
islative coUncfls tn very M en- who were
I abetting the starvation Of so, 600 Of otir
sons in Libby, Belle Isle, Salisbury ana
/ Andersonvf1ieF Are YOU ready ToI1ff 3
! guerriilas and highway men ant Bloody
4 prosecutors of Union men at the South,
4 whose only crime was love Of their
Il country and fidelity to its flag There
& all the South, from j eff Davis to Sem
II mes and QuantrelI, who would not vote
i for Hoffman and the whole Democratic
i ticket, if they had access to your bal lot
4 box. VIII you, young men, so cast
4 your first ballot as to give these en-
our navies and the Governh1ent2 Let
iI your first venture on the political sea be
Il right, and 1Yonr voyage viii be prosper
4 isous and long" =. las.il
All this. is in Gary,'s best style and is
Il simply terrific. 1T ought to be read be-
fore every Democratic meeting that Cary
Il is aunounced to address, in Ohio. 1t
Z would disperse every such meeting like
charge of Union cavalry, ,i'-- -,-,l-.. -
5l34f r9HF .s5HG1 ---U8I 1afeafrsy5
s. r.. Cary Denofhces the ID mocrat4tc
faEty si. and Declares for imParttifali
1-T5
-. F.GaFy, who tsnowmel1ings gstump
speeches for the Democracy in Ohio,
/ wrote the following letter to VIM.
Penn Nixon, a member of the Ohio
Legislature, pending the question OF
submitting to the people an amend
ment striking the word fs,vhite'' from
the eConstitutionIo Of the State 80
a ~ ~; f'GINCINNATI, March 10, 1867
'SDEKk, 7V1xoN4As one Of your con
stituents, write to you on the Subject
. of the proposed submission to the peo-
pie Of the question Of STRIKING the
word white from the Constitution.
I feel q deep interest ia this stibiect,
Fand am very anxious that the Iegisla-
Eture should Submit the propositions
sssFhe word Hwhfte' was Inserted in
onr org5hit law " hen we as a people
lwcre tile friends, allies and defenders
Fof sltverv.s Now that the Inan-debas-
ing. -disIlonOring Institution has
been wiped out let Us have an oppor-
. tunity to modify our Constitution, so
that It Will conform to the spirit al the
age, and be in harmony with the Dec
tIaratioh Of Independence, as interpret
| ed ard vindicated by our de5d and
lliviiig heroes i
. ! .'frhe Jewel truth Of the Divine right
of manhood Like the little stone cut
! out of thQ5mountain without hands, is
. yet to fill tho earth. The 7RiSSRO7t Of on
!
political equality is secured to all citizens,
! Of 5rhutabt3' c0l0 condition ytbroWghOui
OUr RatjOBGi jurisdiction. After all the
! nation has done and suffered after
I Ohio has written such a glorious chap
! teT-of history during thewal, and after
/ indOrsing the action OF the immortal
! Thirty7ninth Congress, il should not
I be that the General Assembly Of the
Z State ( the first-born of the Ordinance
Z Of 'S7) will resolve that this is q white
{ mans ,GOYernment, and shall remain
$50 forever. In the. field and in the
halls Of Congress our representatives
: have been most exaeting aud impor-
! tunate in demanding that tho rebel
states shall recognize the political
7 equality of all men, and we should,
. without hesitation or delay, make our
example conforms to our preeept.
! The pGr@ That opposed t6d EoVef3l-
| ReRt IN it5 eB0rtS 10 crash 05a The Tebel-
I Ion, aud organize cORsD DiiucieS IL Ohio 10
| aid trditorSS tie parry tbdt deaOHRced
] LTNcoLlN ds q ty1,u0t d7td USHlpe7', and
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