The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-07


sent TO great civil war. This they
said was the only alternative; bloodshed
and devastation over the whole country,
or you shall surrender the principles on
which you have Just carried the election.
/ was ono Of those who said, "Eo, there
Is no such alternative; deny that the
Southern people, the great majority Of
them, are against the Union. | demand
that there shall be fair, open, FREQ dis
cuvsion before all that Southern people,
of an honest, unterritied, unconstratned
vote, and If they approve, II the people Of
the South say they want disunion | Will
consent to 1t. (Cheers.) know they
will not.n knew that the Southern
people, that the great majority, must have
, voted as they actually did that winter, not
for secession but for Clinging to the Union.
(Cheers.) And now to-day II the nation
was to be imperilled, and therc were just
two modes Of saving ito trust to the
chances OF civil war, or TO the chances OF
a free vote of the Southern people,
would very greatly prefer to take the
latter chance rather than tho former
(cheers)-for, fellow citizens, they do
greatly misunderstood or malign this
American people when they assume that
in cold blood before there had been any
clash Of army, tho people in the South
any more than the people In tho North
desired division. (Cheers.) lnits incep-
ton, in It's origin the great masses of those
who consented to this secession move
ment meant nothing by 1t but to back
down the North and make us consent to
the extension Of slavery. That was their
purpose, and that purpose | did my best
to resist and defeat, (Cheers) Well,
the war is ended. think 1t ought to be
ended. "a Voice: "0h, let us have
peace.'O We had a great, terrible, a
destructive civil war. Our success was
perfect. The defeat Of the adversary was
more complete than any defeat recorded
in history. They have suffered much ;
they have conceded all. Cannot we afford
to be magnanimous at leastl Cheers
But, fellow citizens, they sec that the
Southern people may vote. Some OF
them may, but the instant they vote the
cry is raised, "See how these fellows
yotel' Is that an electioni Is 1t only
the fashion of war in another aspect
Fellow citizens, you belong to one Of the
great hives of American industry. Iplead
here for peace and reconciliation of the
interests especially Of this busy, prosper.
ous, energetic people. CCheers) How |
have sympathized with Plttsburg; how
have rejsiced in her prosperity; how ]
have wondered at and admired her mag.
nificent grewth. You surely do know, no
place on this continent has been dearer
to me than Pittsburg. There has been no
spot in whose prosperity | have more
heartily rejOiced, and this Is because ]
believe her prosperity was firmly linked
and bound together with the prosperity
and growth of our whole country. Now
| appeal to her business men, appeal to
her merchants, appeal to her manutac'
turers to stop this war. 1t has gone on
long enough. "a voice in the crowd, at
stopped itself yesterday Laugllter.) You
cannot aftOrd to teach part of the coun.
try to hate you, to feel that your success,
your greatness, Is Identical with their
humiliation. People Of Pittsburg, ask
you to take generous part In this work
Of reconcillng your Countrymen to each
other. (Applause.) I ask you to take
the hand held out to you by our Southern
brethren in their adoption Of the oinCin'
natl platform by those who were our enc
mes but are again our fellow countrymen
ask you to grasp that hand and say
"Brothers, we differed, We fought, tht
war is ended. Let us again DO fellow
countrymen and forget that We have beer
enemies.n cloud applause.) Friends ant
fellow citizens, I bid you goodnight
| cloud applause and prolonged cheering