The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-09-28

north. They did all they could to
prevent men from going into the
army, and that or ut statesman Sam.
uelJ. Tilden gave it as his opinion
that tho South could sue, and that
every soldier that put his foot on
the sacred soil of the South would be
a trespasser, and could be sued before
a Justice of the Peace. Misses.
They denounced the war as an aboli-
tion war in their conventions, and
they denounced Abraham Lincoln as
a tyrant. Of all the men on earth
who has been clothed with nearly alb
solute power, Abraham Lincoln was
one, and l know of no man living or
in history who used that power with
out abusing it, except on the side OF
mercy. [Applause.l They said to
the rebels, "Hold on, hold hard
fight on until we get political posses.
sion of the North; and then you can
go in peace" [Applause.l
HowDEMocRATs ASSISTED THE REBELS.
There was man by the name OF
Jacob Thompson, very nice man,
laughter and applause] and good
Democrat. [Applause and laughter. !
This man had the misfortune to be a
very vigorous Democrat, and / mean
by that, that during the war Demo-
crat who had a musket was rebel,
and rebel that did not have musket
was Democrat. [Applause.l I
call Mr.. Thompson a vigorous Demo-
crat because he did have a musket.
He was sent by the Rebel Govern
ment as their agent to Canada. When
he went there he took with him sew
en- or eight thousand dollars in mon
cy for the purpose of assisting the
Northern Democracy. He got him.
self acquainted with the Democratic
party in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
The vigorous Democrats or real Dem
ocrats 0 those cities had organized
themselves under the heads of "Sons
of Liberty" "Knights of the Gold
en- Circle" "Order OF the STAR" and
various other names. They held
meetings in Chicago, indianapolis
and ST. Louis, their object being to
raise fires in those places; in other
words, to burn down the homes of
Union soldiers while they were in the
field fighting for the preservation of
the country. This was their object,
and they immediately put themselves
in communication with Jacob Thom-
son. On the 9th of August, 1864,
they held meeting in Peoria, and
there were Democrats there from
every part of the State. In that
meeting u letter was read received
from the Hon. Fernando Wood, of
New York, of whom L think you
have heard, in which he said that, al.
though not present i'm body, he was
there in spirit. George Pendleton,
William Pugh, and other prominent
gentlemen, sent their apologies and
regrets. | was at that meeting and
head some ofthe apologies. They
denounced the war as an Abolition
war; they denounced Americans as
tyrants. They said, rouse brothers
and hurl the tyrant Lincoln from his
throne The men who made speech
es at that meeting are now running
for the most important political
offices in Illinois to-day on the tick ct
of "Honesty and Reform" Jacob
Thompson wrote home, and we found
his letter in the rebel archives, and
he describes the meeting and says
that he furnished the money to pay
expenses of that Democratic meet.
ing. The expenses Of that meeting
were paid with rebel gold by Jacob
Thompson, ard he has got filed q
voucher of receipt from these Demo
Gratis, who are now in favor of Tilden
and Hendricks They held their
next meeting in Springfield, the next
in indianapolis, all the expenses OF
which were paid by this rebel agent
They went further, and shipped to
their towns arms for these rebels in
boxes marked Sunday-school books
[Hisses.l said the expenses OF
these Democratic meetings were paid
for by rebel money, and their object
was to burn the homes of soldiers
while they were fighting for the equal
ity of human lives. This rebel agent
hired another rebel agent by the
name of Churchill. He tried to burr
Cincinnati, and is now good Demo
crat. Laughter.l At indianapolis
q man by the name of Dodge was
made of their party, and he became
so sound that they were obliged to
put him in Fort Lafayette. Laugh
teri The Democrats then met ir
Chicago, and among other things,
DECLARED THE WAR TO BE FAILURE
There never was, friends a more in
. famous lie told on the face of thi
earth. GApplause.] 1t was only few
days afterward that the guns of Farra
gut and the achievements of tho mer
in the field said they lied [Tremcn
mendous applause.l Soldiers wht
fell in support of this country, rais'
from your graves and lift your skele
ton hands on high and swear tha
when the Democratic party uttered
these words they lied. GApplause.]
i We then grew magnanimous ant
let Dodge out OF Fort Lafayette
Where do you suppose Dodge is now
He is In Wisconsin. What do yol
suppose he is doing? Making speech
] es. Who for and what for? Tilden
Hendricks, honesty and reform
lLaughter.] This sameJacob Thomp
. SON whom the Democratic part,
shielded-this same man hired mel
to burn down the City of New York
Right in this great and splendid Cit,
of Now York, that sits SO like aqueel
on the Atlantic men rose up in mob
: to burn down asylums, simply bc
cause their walls sheltered the of
, spring Of another race. Every on
J who raised his hand against these in
, stitutions should have bad his brain
, crushed to atoms. 1t was disgrac
: 10 humanity itself. GApplausc.1 Ey
J cry man that was in that mob is to
night for Tilden and reform. Tar
plause.
Recollect, my friends, that it wa
the Democratic party that did thes
, devilish things when the great hear
, of the North was filled with agon
, and grief. Recollect that they di
i these things when the future of you
country AMI mine was trembling i
! the balance of war; recollect thu
they did these things when III
question was liberty, or slavery an
) perish recollect that they di
!, these things when your. brotl
!, ers, husbands, and dear ones wer
bleeding or dying on the battle field
of the South, lying there alone /
: night, the blood slowly oozin
, through the wounds of death whe
your brothers, husbands, and sor
mara lxrtner tho 40 lo I..oo -, -.