Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-09-01
An ELOQUENT Speech.
All EIUUUtHt SpttCH
A scathing Arraignment of the Democratic
Party by "A War veteran-An Extract from
Gen. Noyes' Buffalo Speech.

Gen. Noyes' Buffalo Speech.
Ex-Governor Noyes, of Ohio, noble
man as we'll as battle SCARED veteran
of the Union army, made an eloquent
and effective speech at Buffalo, Thurs
day night. The following magnanimous
tribute to the loyalty Of war democrats,
and thrilling appeal to the memories of
the boy. in blue in behalf of the cause
for which they fought and so many of
their comrades died. will be found to be
good reading;
Let me not be misunderstood. don't
arraign the great democratic party as
being disloyal. l am here willingly to
admit that the great body of that party
is just as patriotic and honest as the
party to which l belong. l don't for
get that when in 1861 the bugles of war
were sounding, there came from every
hillside and valley in this land tens of
thousands of patriotic young democrats,
who shouldered their muskets and went
and fought side by side and shoulder to
shoulder with US; and that many made
the last great sacrifice which freeman
can make-laid down his life for his
country. Loud applause should
do great injustice to my own feelings if
failed to recognize the services and the
sacrifices which these democratic SOL
diers performed and made on behalf of
an imperiled country but, my friends,
it is also gratifying to me to know that
the great body of these :" boys in blue, !"
these democratic soldiers, are now stand
ing side by side with me, and ! have no
doubt to night, if | should look over
those before me, would find many an
old comrade. [Cheers.] But while these
democratic soldiers were helping to save
the country, beg to ask what the lead
ers of the democratic party we're doing
= to sustain our imperilled cause, or to
sustain our government, when called to
grapple with rebellion They nominat-
ed convicted traitor for Governor of
: Ohio, and did they not, from the begin
ming to the end, year after year, call us
Lincoln's hirelings," when we were
fighting the battles of our country, and
even after Grant went into the Wilder
ness and Sherman was marching from
Atlanta to the sea, did they not continue
to call us such names [Applause.]
And then they went into national con-
vention at Chicago, and there they de-
clared the war a failure. And | beg
the pardon of my democratic friends, if
| have to remind them that the chair
man of the subcommittee who reported
the infamous resolution was Samuel j.
Tilden. Loud applause.l
> Now, gentlemen, suppose the republi.
can party had taken the same view OF
affairs in 1861 that Samuel j. Tilden
and the democratic leaders took at, Chi.
cago, where would have been your coun-
try-rent asunder, divided into many
small confederacies or principalities,
without honor at home or respect abroad
[Applause,] Is it nothing to have saved
ones country? When democratic poll
ticians said there was no power under
the Constitution to do it. Abraham
Lincoln cheers God rest his soul -
finds power to coerce the rebels, and,
thanks to him and the boys in blue who
rallied to his support, we have now a
country prosperous at home and gov
ernment that commands the respect of
every civilized nation on the earth.
Cheers. Now, when the war was over
and we had reorganized the South and
reunited our country, from the lakes to
the gulf, and from the great river to the
sea from that time to this there has not
been one single drop Of blood shed for
the crime of treason. There have been
no disabilities imposed very
few-and these have been nearly all re-
moved. [Cheers.1 Can you say that
} we have not been magnanimous Be
lieve me, the history of the world shows
no such magnanimity. [Cheers.l
Some time ago l went to Washington,
and had to go on my wooden leg, which
some how l have come to have sort of
pride in-[applause]-perhaps pardon
able in me but at least it was sort of
refuge from that unpleasant conspicu-
business which cripples have to endure.
My wife, too, has come to have sort of
pride about it. However, / went to
, Washington, and was ushered into the
House of Representatives by the Ser
geant-at-Arms of the confederate Con-
gress, and when got inside and looked
all over, who was there filling the sub
ordinate places formerly filled by Re
publicans, in many instances by crippled
soldiers Not Northern democratic sol
diers If had seen them there / would
never have utfarad a word of ooppIaint