Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-09-07
Gen. NOyes' Speech.

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Gen. NOyes' Speech.
The Republican nominee for Governor
of Ohio made brilliant speech at Colum-
bus recently, in which he ably summed up
aud reviewed the history of the Republi-
can party, and then gave his views on the
prOpriety of granting amnesty to the ex-
rebels, as follows: I.....
We want the hatrels and animosities
ergendeTed by the war to die away, and
the South once more to start on its career
of prosperity and happiness. To this end
l am inclined to think that the true policy
of the Administration and of Congress
would be the grant of general amnesty to
all the excepted classes, for the reason that
many of those now under disabilities are
as loyal as those who have all their civil
rights without restriction, while some OF
the latter class are notoriously disloyal
Few people know how many or what
persons are now excepted from the privi-
leges which amnesty confers, and we lose
the benefit of what might otherwise prove
exemplary punishment. 1t would, as it
seems to me, be better TO exclude from the
provisions of general amnesty such per.
sons, by name, as have persistently refused
to accept the situation, and who decline to
adapt themselves to the changed condition
of affairs-such men as Davis and Toombs,
and Stephens-prominen persons, who
still declare that nothing has been settled
by the war; who openly threaten to renew
the attempt at secession whenever oppor-
tunity presents itself, and who refuse to
wash from their hands the blood of their
old treason. This would be significant
warning to evil-doers, as well as recogni.
ton and encouragement of those who are
well disposed"
Gen. Noyes dwelt severely on the
Democratic Ku-Klux outrages at the South
and alluded in the following forcible Ian
gusge to the Democratic rioters in the city
of New York:
md, my friends, the same spirit of In
mn prejudice and disloyalty
which has wrought sp~ ieafiaa ssIs TGTh N tbe ~
the South, recently DEVELOPED i'srH. III '!ie
New York riots. Ee-e let me not be mis-.
understood 1 hold no man, or class OF
men, of whatever nationality, religious or
political preferences, responsible for these
riots, provided that man or class OF men
discouraged them beforehand ana de-
nouncad them afterwards. But there are
two classes who cannot be sufficiently held
up to the public reprobation and scorn-
pusillanimous and weak politicians, who,
for political ends, in disregard of their pub.
lie duties, and in violation of their official
oaths, permitted one of the most disgrace
full breaches of the peace which has oc'
CURED in the history OF this country. we
have no safety in this country but in abso-
lutte freedom for all men Of whatever
creed or nation. The end of free institu'
tions is not far off when it shall come to
pass that the representatives of whatever
belief cannot peacsbly pass along ove1
streets, to go whithersoever they will. ]
am glad to observe that the great mass OF
our foreign born population in Ohio re-
gard the liberation of such riots as fraught
with great danger to all classes and con-
ditions."
Gen. Noyes showed that the Democrac cJ
were not sincere in their so-called me "
departure" but that General McCook
rather eloried in his opposition to the
liberty-protecting amendments, though II
answer to direct question, put to him al
Chardon, Ohio, he seemed to place MN
self pretty squarely on the Republican
platform. Such acquiescence is not posi-
tive, honest or reliable. The Republican
party goes before the people with no un'
certainty in its position on this vital mat
| ter. Liberty and suffrage have been giver
to all men without distinction OF class ol
color, and such gifts oncS bestowed car
never be taken back. To do so would Dt
| to make revolution sucn as the WorlC
| has never known. His closing plea 10
the Republican party is so eloquent anC
appropriate that we append paragraph
or two from it, as follows:
"Shall we desert the party which saye6
the republic in time of war, and which ha
assured prosperity and happiness IN tim'
of peace, to place in the control of affair
the very men who sympathized will
treason during all our bloody struggle
and whose highest pleasure since the clos
| of the rebellion has been to embarrass tn
government and excite sectional hostlllt,
and social discord? whose triumph woul(
result in the ruin of our national credit
now firmly established; in the assumption
of heavy burdens of debt in order to con
ciliate Southern sentiment and to secur
Southern support; in the success OF re
dictionary tendencies, utterly opposed +
the true spirit of progress and the adVanc
of liberal ideas.
"If the Republican party, on the othe
hand, shall be continued IN power, every
thing promises we'll for the future. Th
tide of emigration is setting rapidly fron
the shores of either ocean; railroads AM
telegraphs, more potent than constitution
and laws, are binding the States insepera
bly together; the forests of the far Yves
are giving away to fields OF wheat an
broad acres of waving corn; the entel
prise and capital of the North and las
are finding their way to the neglected plsI
tations of the South; education and mte
ligence are being diffused among the mas:
es: our mechanical inventions are rapid
multiplying and making labor easy I'd
refnements of civilization are heauilfyln
our social life; the national resources al
being developed, wealth is accumulatlnl
comfort and contentment tillall our nome
labor is rewarded as nowhere else, an
there is work for all to do. We may col
gratulate ourselves that the civil ws
which for four years desolated the Ian
has left us more prosperous and hapr
than ever before. Grateful for the bles
) ings of free institutions, and for the abun'
ance with which our lives are crowne'
we look trustfully to the future. Remen
/ bering the glorious conditions OF OF
State. and the great names whose Iv'
, adorn the history of Ohio, the wise cou
l sells of her statesmen, and the brave dec
of her soldiers-having confidence IN Il
4 patriotism of her people, and faith IN Il
1 Providence which overrules US, we dare
: hope for the success of such principle
i now and hereafter, and will insure pro
i peritv, and wealth, and happiness to tn
) posterity whose inheritance we nave mel
= ed to secure"
Hints to Carpenters.
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