The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-10-01

is one of the marked events in the his
tory of the country. From New York
to Cincinnati he Was warmly greeted by
thousands Of his f.ll0w-countrymeu
eager to clasp the hand Of the champion
of Jus ice, Reconciliation and Civil Ser
vice Return.
SPEECH AT PITTSBURGH.
FELLOW CITIZENS: The wise King SAYS
there is a time for war and time for
peace Cries of God bless vou!" -
The City of Pittsburgh has recently wit
messed Il rehearsal of the pomp and pa
geantry, the blazonry and circumstance
of civil war. A ve'y large number OF
men were collected here at vast ex-
panse FIR the single purpose of rrkind-
Ing he bitterness and hard, the ami
mosities and aatipathv, tha fea and ex-
uvltalions ofcivi war for the ADVANTAGE
f Il political party / take YOU 70 wit
ness thai the grea,et portion Of the jour
na's "f Pittsburgh, a well aS the ora
tors Of the occasion, have been trying
their best to make the people haze each
other for tie sake VI 4 partisan alvan
tage A STRANGER who was realing he
journals of Piltshur2h for The las few
DAYS would ina -inc that va were At war,
AMI their purpose was tn revive and 10
exa-perate the hatred and aninositv Of
civil war in order to intensity and invig-
ora'e their slle 0f the conflict Tncv
tax about rebels and traitors Fellow.
citizens are we mover to he done with
this? We demanded of our adve' Saries
in the great civil war that they surrender
their arms and 90 to their homes They
surrendered them We demanded that
they abandon slavery, and they abandon
ed slavery We demanded that they en-
franchise the blacks and the blacks were
enfranchisd None but white men now
stand disfranchised on the soil Of our
country Cheers ! We demanded that
they sIipnlate that the emsncipsted
slaves shall not he paid for, and that the
rebel debt shall never he paid hv the
Government or by the state, and they
assentei to that So far as can see,
every sin gle demand made on the part of
the loyal States and the loyal people has
been fully complied with on the part of
those lately in rebellion Everything
has been done that we asked everything
mas been conceded and still they tell us:
"Why, we want them to repent" Have
they not brought forth works meet for
repentance Cheers
Coming together in. a solemn Conven-
ton, the representatives. of that South
ern people have given their Assent to
the platform Of the Cincinnati Cnnven.
ton, which was the most intense. the
most complete Republican platform that
had ever been presented by any NatiOnsl
Convention whatever Loud and pro.
lon2ed applause. All this being done,
we are told by these gentlemen who met
"All this is mockery,sll this is fraud,you
don't mean anything by it," and the CRY
goes on. ''Rebels and traitors. rebels and
traitors" denunciation.' ''proscription,'
the same as ever. Four years ago in
the National Republican Convention, it
was declared that this prescription
should speedily cease -Four wears have
passed and it is still maintained. There
are this day thousands Of people of Ar
kansas slone-the most intelligent. the
most responsible people of that State
forbidden TO exercise the right Of suf-
frage-forhidlen exclusively hr the par
ty that meets here and shouts for Grant
and Wilson Nobody else asks Cor pro
scription. No other party ask that any
human being should stand pro -crihed N
our soil Tor \ rebelii on that ceased seven
and half wears ag"-nO party, no mn
Of any party hut this, that held great
military parade here his week in order
to further and further separate and di
yida the heats OF the American people
from each other! TCheers They hold
essential TO their tlipnph that hatred
should C ntiuuc, that dstrusf, suspici n.
sI& alienation should conlinue D.
what YOU viii. dn what yon NAV, they
are determined not to- he satisfied n W,
fell cit'zens, it is not enough that
those who fought against the Union
should be irosrrihAd: those of ns who
stood for il are cqusllv denounced, if we
10 not happen to arri@ w'th them in orr
present polite. |Cnee+.. Here s'Snds
one who is CHARGED ny hem with tejn2
sece >sionist Great laughter Could
that be true, fellow citizens! Lock the
facts in the face.
FREE DISCUSSION DEMANDED
When Line In hsd been elected and
this conspiracy for secession began to
advance, we Republicans we're told Ivy
our own men sud tod still more by
those ont of the circle, "You must back
out of your RepuhIcanism, you must
surrender your opposition to the exten-
sion of slavery or consent to great
civil war This, they said, was the only
alternative-bioodshed and devastation
all over the country,o you shall surren.
der the principles or which Won have
just carried the election, | was one OF
those, who said No, there is no such al
tentative" denied that the great ma
jority Of the Southern people were
against the Union. ! demanded thai
there should be an open, free discussion
that Southern people might have an hon
est, unterrifed, uncOnslrained vote. anf
il they approved, if the people of tlt
South said they wanted disunion,I would
consent to it. | knew they would not
| knew that the great majority Of tht
Southern people would have voted a.
they actually did that winter, not for sc
ces>ion, but for cinging to the Union
u Inheers and nnH TO -dav il the nation