The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-08-17
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30 ie paA by ercsy lays man ABd
especially By every loyal Democsss.
Let ne nos be nisuBdeutaoa /
don't arr4gu tbe great Democratic
party ~ beiaE disloyat am here
wtliiag 90 sdml that the great body
Of TIA, party IL ast aud patriotic and
honest a. the party % which belong
1 do not forget that when 10 1851. the
bugies 81 war were sounding there
came iron every hillside add valley in
,bis land tens Of thousands Of patriotic
young Democrats. who shoaldere4
ibeir muskcts and wcol and fought
eide by eide aud shoulder 90 shoulder
with us, and that very many made the
last great sacrifice which freeman
can makc--laid down bis life for his
country should 90 great injustice
20 my own feelings II | failed to recog
uize the services and the sacrifices
which these Democratic soldiers per.
formed aud made on behalf Of an i'm
periIed country; but, my friends, ii is
also gratifying to me 10 know that the
great body Of these boys 10 blue. these
democratic soldiers. are now standing
side by side with me, and have no
doubt tonight, If should look over
those before me. would iind many IA
old comradc. But while these Demo
cratic soldiers were helping to save the
country, beg to ask what the leaders
Of the Democratic party we're doing to
sustain orr imperiled cause. or 20 sus-
tain our government. when called to
grapple with rebellion 7 They nomi.
mated convicted traitor for Governor
OF Ohio, and did they not, from the
beginning to the end. year after year,
cali US Lincolns hrclings, when we
were fig hting he battles of our country
aud even after Grant went into the
Wilderness and Sherman was marching
from Atlanta TO the sea, did they not
continue TO cali us such names And
then they went into national conyen.
ton at Chicago, and there they declar.
ed the war a failure And | beg the
pardon of my Democratic friends, If !
have to remind them that the Chairman
OF the subcommittee who reported the
Infamous resolution was Samuel j.
lilden, Now, gentlemen, suppose the
Republican party had taken the same
view Of affairs in 1861 that Samuel j.
riden aud the Democratic leaders
took at Chicago, where would have
been our country-rent asunder, d.
vided into many email coniederacies
or principalities, without honor at
home or respect abroad ? Is it nothing
to have saved ones country ? When
Democratic politicians said there was
no power under the Constitution to do
it, Abraham Lincoln God rest his
soul finds power to coerce the rebels
and thanks to him and the boys in blae
who rallied to his support, we have
now a country prosperous at home and
a Government that commands the
respect of every civilized nation on
| the earIn. Now, when the war was
over and we bad 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 i'm
posed, except a very few, and these
have been nearly all removed. Can
you say that we have not been mag
unanimous? Believe me, the history OF
the world shows no such magnanimity
some time ago | went TO Washington,
aud ! had to go on my wooden leg,
which somehow have come to have a
ort oi pride in-perhsps pardonable
~ me; but at least it was sort of
refuge from that unpleasant conspicu
BUSINESS which crippIes have to endure.
However, / went to Washington, and
was there ushered into the House OF
Representatives by the sergeant at
! Arms Of the Confederate Congress;
aud when | got inside and looked
around and looked all over, who were
there filing the subordinate places
formerly filled by Republicans. in many
Instances by crippled soldiers2 Not
northern Democratic soldiersl II
had seen them there | would never
have uttered word of complaint
would have made no objection to Dem
ocratic soldiers had ! found them fill
ing the places OF those turned out; but
found their places supplied by ex
members Of the Confederate Army ]
looked over the floor OF the House, and
found seventy three Major aud Brig
adler Generals Of the late Confederate
Army sitting there making laws for
the country which only eleven years
ago they moved heaven and earth to
destroy Then | heard Ben Hill OF
Georgia, rise up ana excuse the
atrocities Of AndersouviIIe and Libby