Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-08-06

der to understand hissuDsequent course
are almost compelled to believe
that such was the case. But although
may have deceived the Republicans
this does not affect the truthfullne-s Of
declarations, and unless Hubbell
did not fspropose to be perfectly fair
and was guilty of classifying history"
we must say thai he makes out q very
bad case for the party OF which ne Is
now the representative exponent.
The speech from which these extracts
are taken was delivered at q Repuoh-
mass meeting held In Delaware on
the 10th of September. 1So5. we quote
Uerb0tim from the printed report as rel
vistd by its author andPuolshed a lew
after the meeting as follows:
1.-THE future safety OF our country
will not permit us to let the dead past
bury its dead - If we eyerso much de-
sired it. but on the contrary il requires
that the truth of history should be vtn-
dictated, and that the country should
who are andhave been its friends;
and Who are and have been us enc
I'm THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
.ROGUS CONFEDERACY EVERY DE-
UNDER THE CON-
AND GUIDANCE OF SOME
PARTIZAN DEMOCRAT. THE REB-
Ell ARMY AND REBEL CONGRESS-,
AND THE REBEL CABINET, WERE
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF Dis
TINGUISHED DEMOCRATS. THE
DAYISES. THE MASONS, THEHUN-
TIERS. THE WI9FALLS. THE
TOOMBSES. THE kRECKENRIDGES
IN FACT ALL THE RESPONSIBl.E
CHIEFS OF THE REBELL1ON, III
VIOUS TOTHEW WAR WE'RE BRIGHT
SHINING LIGHTS IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, and all occu-
10 ed high and responsible official posi-
iiOnsin the Government of he United
states. In the darkest hour of our
country's gloom and peril there was
scsrceiv a nook or corner IN the South
so dark with treason but that herea1d
there was to be found q raw of Union
light. and aDheneUeT and 1ChereUer Union
sentiment . found, 10 lUdS among the
class Of persons aohO previous to the s1nT
BELONGED to fhe American or old Wing
pGrtg. As you traced the party rom
The South to its ALLIES IN THE
NORTH, THE SYMPATHY and
THE ZEAL OF THE DEMOCRAT
re PARTY WERE EYER WHERE
MANIFESTED FOR THE REBEL
LION JUST IN PROPORTION TO
lis LOCAL STRENGTH; d ALL
THAT KEPT IT FROM BREAK
ING OUT IN Rebellion
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
was that in all the NoFthen States the
party was In a minority. The spirit OF
the rebellion manifested Itself in the
uNENAGbE AAALAAOA2n 9H2AI2AA1NAC8~H 0G
especially in the ASSASSINATION of sold
iers and officers employed under the
-conserfptioH laws.
The fUe thousand iaIstTiBted demons an
the Cdy Of NSD York, addressed By las
ErceUencU. G~o0eTnOr Seymour q SIN
Hughes in his posters 'sdS the persons the
GATED rioters GCbO an the
4RonH Of July 1868, 6Tgaed h0WSeS and
destroyed property murdered helpless
a0omea md children upon the streets Of
the cltU. and bid ODen dPfdHee to the legal
OF the city for three days. and finally to
10 CRAFTY GfendiSh prejudice against per-
sons of color and cTO9gR their acts Of iRfG-
n1y set FIRE to 0ad burned to ashes the col
OTed OTPbd . GSytltm-WERE7 ALL
DEMOCRATS"
dIn the tlme ofwar the strength of >
nation, il is said, consists in the sword
| audi in the purse. Wherever any meas
ure is propused to sbrenthen the dnRn-
! ciaI or military condition of Gov
ernment, in the mode prescribed by the
constitution, either by the CONSUMPTION
or taxation, it was aksailed hy the
party leaders as unconstitutional and
] Impressive. If a traitor was arrested for
melting Insurrection or defendiug the
rebellion, or disseminating treason
and fOrthe public safety pl4ced in close
confinement by the Government, the
PUGHS and PENDLET0NS P~ronoune.
ed the arrest an act Of tyranny land
~nsurpAtion while the mOSt dYgnified
THURMANS and RANNEYS, like
MiltOn's fallen angels,
Apart sat on a hiIIretired
In THOUGHTS more elevate, ana reasOnd higf
OF constitutions, Law and human rights,
And found no end in wanderingmazes lost.
$ The unenviablt
distinction and honor of having beer
the first great political party inIhe his.
tory of the RepubliC for seventy years
rebelling against b best government
in the world becauRe 1t WIS detSatrd a
an election lawfully conducted belong
to the party that arrOgatBd to itself the
proud titEe OF Democracy" eh
There was one way in which the cal
antilles of the the war might have been
averted. Il the American people ihHo
disFegarded their own private eOuVic'
ti0us and cCDsgienees, and in the dis,
charge Of q responsible political duty
had acted under the dicy atiOBs of thVil
country's enemies, and voted for tbs
Infamous Breckenridge, compared with
whom Judas Iscariot was a saint and
Benedict Arnold a patriot, the war
might have been avoided. Judas you
know, it is said, after he betrayed his
master Tepented and hanged himself,
but not so with Breckenridge, he re-
mains impeuitent. Is
While this party in rebellion against
the Government has been driven from
every battlefield, and every State IN
revolt against the civil authorities has
been s~ubiugated and conquered by the
military power, their alliesin the North
are in another field, in which they hope
to accomplish with the ballot the pur-
pose they failed to accomplish with the
bayonet
This same Democratic party in Ohio
DOW asks you to again honor them witt
your confidence and votes. They come
to o with tue Resolutions of '9S, from
which the rebels claimed their right e
lsecede and dissolve the Union, re rat.
lied and re-af1rmed, in State Conven-
ton, with a -dununctatOry platform O.
the national debt and the exemption o
Government securities IRON loo Il t txa
ton. and filled up with 'simortal hate
for the colOrPd race. With his sort o
platform and this sort of a record, they
again ask you for your votes. / i'm
MAXINE they will not get them.
They denO1taee measures they knOg Il
be absolutely necessary to SGVe the cOsEn.
tTg from destruction By Ut0teHee, qad q
the same time against the rebels ap N
South 0ith their hands Teeking and sna0
king aCiA the blood Of your brothers. JG'
Tiers and sons, they have not a arord o
fault to find.
Ny fellow citizens, the Government
has a great work to accomplish. 1ht
I EGtt0t0t .QcDb Wttog CB PAfNs Ike W.
ti0aGE credit mast be preserved, ana
! above all the Freedman must be prOtec-
ted in his life and liberty; and protected
in his rights property. What sort OF pro
lection do You suppose he would receive
from the Democratic party If it Were
SEatn elevated TO pQwer7 IT WOULD
6E THE PROTECTION THE CROCO
BILE GIVES ITS VICTIM; THE
Ph9FECFION THAT THE TT.
&ER AFFORDS ITS PREY. WHAT
WOULD you Ihink ofthe wisdom ana
humanity 0f that husband and father.
who IN ease Of aecouehment would en-
PLY a HYENA to o~ficiate as acroush-
err The folly aud inbumaan t. Of
such an act would be no greater th5tn i,
would be for the loyal peopleof this
country to intrust the Democracy par
" with the p%rorectiOn and care Of thu
freedmen Of the South, or with the re-.
shonsibi ity of making provision tor
'h'- liquid alton OF b National debt.