The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-01

stripe. | went to make speech in n
town in Indiana, and little bit OF 3
specimen of humani.y who edits the Ne
publican organ there & ed two or three
columns of his paper with extracts from
my speeches made in 1861, 1862 and 1868.
| said some pretty severe things then
about the people of the South and some
of you people at the North. He quoted
these paragraphs and wanted to know
how it was that said these ugly things
and yet was found mastering with the
company that seemed 10 be identiti cd
with He thought he had me in terri
BILE dilemma, but the dilemma was on his
side. The only trouble that the poor,
little, miserable donkey has was that he
did not know the war WAS over Why,
if Morton, Blaine, Bristow and Cvmpary v
only knew what every child knows-thst
the war is over, that we are living in the
year OF grace, 1876; if could pursuade
them to quit making platforms out of the
old slmanacs renewed spPlause]; If |
could bring them out of the graveyard
of the past and the compsnionship Of
ghosts, they would be hsmed
to be making war speeches, and
they would all come over on our
side and help elect Tlden and Hem
bricks. and find themselves in decenter
society than they have been in for years.
Why, gentlemen, read in Swe-
den nborg of set OF people who have died
and yet believe they are living here on
earth. l suppose they are feeble
minded set of people, who absolutely had
not brains enough " know when they
were dead. Now, if these Republican
leaders and orators only kuew that they
we're dead; if l could bring them out OF
the ruts of party on the table land OF
truth; if 1 coald make them see that this
old Republican party, which they
worshippei rs the Supreme d.
yinity, is, alter all, n temporary contrlv-
ance which has fulfilled its mission, and
is to-day spent of political force, new
birth would take place in the political
world, with new questions to be settled
and new duties beckoning them onward.
Ill could do that, there would be no
necessity for an election at all. l did
make some speeches during the war, and
some capital good ones, rs i can prove
by these men. Blu: made my speeches
on time. | did not wait until dozen
wears after the war ! made them when
we were right in the middle Of II; when
there was no way out of It but ~ fight
out, and | tried 70 shape the
ends of public opinion rs To promote
a speedy end OF the struggle. 1
made them when you did not know
whether you would have n country or
not But in the name OF public decsncy,
why should / make them over to-day ?
Why should MortoI and Bia ne or In
gersoll, or anybody elsef / detest the
miscresnt who would make the most OF
the war for the purpose OF securing
honors and emolumrnts NJ the nations 5
expense. Before III war we lived under
one banner, and now that the war IL owe,
we are destined 10 live under that same
old flag again. In peace or strife our
destiny Is one. Why should We rake up
the ashes of that old strite2 Do these
men want 10 make another Ireland OF
the South-a Union united by the bay G.
net, like that OF the Jews and the SamAr-
itans-a Union cement d by wrath and
hatred2 Is that the kind OF u Union you
fought for2 think not.
And remind the Republicans OF n
thing they forget, and that Is that at the
end of the war they made it their bOast
that such WAS their spirit Of forgiveness
that they launched the policy of general
amnesty TO the men who had lifted their
hands agalns. the government. Now, 1t
the Republicans acted in good faith and
did not mean 10 make il n trick OF party,
then their mouths ought 10 be sealed to-
day everywhere agslnst the raking up Of
these old charges which need nothing so
much rs forgetiu1ess.
They told you that these naughty
Democrats could not be trusted with
these great constitutional amendments
because they accepted them reluctantly
that they were opposed 20 emancipation,
opposed TO great deal that has been
done in the shape Of constitutional enact
ments, and therefore they are not safe
custodians to whom tho government can
be committed But, my friends let me
invite your attention To reply To that
argument; let me prick the bubble OF
Their self complscency. Do you re-
member that the old RepublI-
can party itself, while it WAS in
favor Of saving the Territories from
slavery, protested always with upliited
hands against the right 10 med Ile with
il N the states2 That LIncOr, at IT'S
head in 1860, proposed, AS p ace offer
ing 10 the South. n constitutional amend
ment that eternlzed slavery 10 the states
of the South and tied up the hands Of the
Southern people forever against the
right 10 abolish It; that the Republican
party tr ed with sll IL might, for two or
three Years Of the war. 10 save the Union
and slavery with it, and they used ~
set the dogs on coutrabahds when
they came TO our line Offering the se-
crcts OF the rebel pr, ous; th, Republican
party never did anything for the ne.
gro except from compuisIon. eTcHt I
from them the old Free soil element OF
the party 70 which belonged. 1be Re-
publican psrty, as party, wa composed
in the maIn OF old Wings, who used u
hate the negro and mObbed AbOlItiOniso,
The Republican party never struck o.
slavery until they were about 70 perish
in the red sea OF war, and then IL wa
The logic of events. 1t Was coercion that
transformed the old party from party
hating the negro 70 party loving th'
negro. The only difference between th'
two great parties Of the present day il
/ that one OF them, under the whip and
spirit of necessity, did al the cecet
things ths: il did for the negro, while th'
other party came right along II
its track, and has planted itself sqqsrely
on the results. Bu. let me dwell !iltl,
while 81 the graveyard Of the pat. II
1850 Morton made speech 10 favor o
e1ciu1ing negroes from the State. Yer.
likely Hendricks did il know that
Morton did. Ii Tom Hendricks is bl pcs
you can judge OF the complexion o
N.r.nr Ha ..va that HardripEs WAS III