The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-11-19
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His Explanation Of the Late Dem
OCratic Victories.
1t Was n Tidal Wave, Not an Or
binary Earthquake.

During the DemOc:a attic iubilatiOn at
Washington the night after the cleo.
tioue, SoHatOr Thurman was serenaded
by a very large crowd, and made the
following speech:
81 thank you most heartily, my
friends, for the honor OF your sere-
made, and the opportunity you offer
me to participate in your rejoicing.
And vet. when | think otit, is it not a
dreadful thing, and calculated to bring
terror to every bosom, to sec you here
with drum and fife and trumpet and
cymbal, rending the air with your
shouts and explanations, because the
State of Massachusetts has been con-
quered by the Ku K!ux? Great ap'
plause and laughter. Was it not
enough that those awful fellows, BY
intimidation, SO frightened the anna
BILE, the civil, the peace loving carpet,
baggers and scalawass, as to obtain
the mastery ever that fair portion of
the Republic? Was it still necessary
that they should come forth, and by
i%ntimidating the Republican party in
the States Of Oregon and Ohio, West
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware. and
New Jersey, and to cap the climax,
overthrow the State Of New York, and
put the State Of Massachusetts in their
breeches pockets? Cheers and laugh
ter. Why, my friends, the editors
and politicians are all scratching their
heads to find out the cause Of what
they call a revolution, when every man
that has read the history of southern
outrases, the manifestoes of Attorney
General Williams, the proceedings Of
the Chattanooga convention, the afi-
davits of Major Merrill, and the telc-
grams Of Marshall Packard, knows full
well that there was but one cause for
this, aud that vas Intimidation
Laughter. Yes, nav friends, from
Sassamaquoddy bay to the Rio Grande,
a loyal, peace-loving party called the
Republican party has neen so intimi-
dated that many of them, in sheer ter.
rsr, had voted the Democratic tickle,
and more of them have refused to vote
at all. Now you all understand the
cause OF our carrying the election, and
when any of those people ask you for
that cause you have only to reply in
one word, Intimidation Applause,
and cries of How about Ben Butler ?
Now, that reminds me of another
thing, This election has been carried
by the party which that venerable
Christian statesman, Gerritt Smith calls
'lhe deviI-iuspired party and the devil
inspired men have such q large respect
for persons. and such a large regard
for virtue, that they dared even to pen
citrate the Essex District, and laying
their proianc hands Oh the virtuous
Butler Cheers said to him with a
shriek whose d~isIoyalty makes me
tremble while | think of it, benjamin,
get out" Laughter Well, now, it
anybody w,re to ask Inc ia dead ear
nest. What are tue causes Of our tri
umph If the opportunity were good
if it was not Il time Of jolitication, but
a time Of serious thought and reflection,
| might reply. But let me say, you
must not .hink-I hope you will not
that, because | speak in this vein, l
am in Il frivolous mood. Why, my
friends, year after year the Radical
party have carried the elections at the
North by the cry of Southern outrages
and Intimidation at the South. Mem
Der after member of Congress, duly
selected oy triumphant majori:ies, have
been turned out of their seats in that
Capitol, or refused their seats under
this false p%retense of Southern out.
RACES. And this very year, when the
foundations were slipping away from
under tbem-when their house rocked
to its fall, and they felt that an earth
quake was about to destroy them
they set up again this mill for the man
uiacture Of Southern sutrages, with
the Attorn'y General of the United
States as chief miller. Cheers Now,
| referred to Gen. Butler, and if | had
not intended to do so your calls would
have made it proper that | should do
But there is propriety in my re
to that man. When he &C
his last nomination to Congress,
he gave as his chief reason for doing
so, that he had the will aud ability. il
he occupied a seat in Congress, to still
further represa and subdue the south
ern people. He raised the black flag
OF persecu,ion and, fighting undcr;that
flag, he sought to maintain his power.
But the people raised the white flag,
net Of defeat, but Of peace, and sail to
him, Prosecutor, stay thou at thy
And now, my friends, what
are the causes of our great victory ? |
ran tell you, in a single sentence the
Discomfort with Radical rule
and that cause is universal. 1t is felt
IN the shores of the Atlantic and the
of the Pacific. 1t is felt in New
England. 1t is felt on the borders oil
he Rio Grande. Cheers, and cries Of
this district 1t is felt in this
district; and every where, where there
8 a heart, native or na;uralized, that
with American sentiments, there
5 a feeling of discomfort with Radical
ule. [Cries Of good! goed! And t
oN if you ask me whether there are i
ny good reasons for this discontent--,