The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-08-10

- - HhiOhV' anu the NOTJu VIII De the
rebels next time" This was the talk, and
the talk in earnest-as was the talk of the
same men in 1861. They mean it. They
talked 1t over coolly and seriously. Said
they had already a united South, which
would be nearly enough, and that their
Democratic allies in the North dare not
deny them the little more, the few
more votes, that they would need. This
is their idea to-day-to gain by legislation,
by means of diplomacy and trickery, what
they failed to gain by means of force. |
believe it [ know it. All their expressions
suggest it, and all their actions prove it.
What else do they mean? Why is it that
the State of Missouri has issued to every
former owner of slaves in that State a
certificate for 1000 for every slave, pay
able when the General Government will
pay it? This very thing, the total amount
OF the value of their emancipated slaves, is
now estimated as part of the State debt of
Missouri. | used to think that this was
Republican frlsehood-the certificate
matter. But it is an actual fact, and these
certificates, and all certificates or showings
of losses sustained throughout the State,
are being saved up as carefully as money
against the day when the Democracy, and
the rebel element ruling it in the national
Government, shall have attained to power
If Missouri will do this thing, and hold
out this promise to pay for all emancipated
slaves, why will not all the Southern, all
worse rebel States do it, and viii not they
do it?
THE CONFEDERATE HOUSE.
When these things came to my know
ledge [ could do no less than halt for
further developments, watching suspiciously
every movement made thereafter which [
could see had tendency toward drawing
the Democracy North and South nearer
together union when | could see would
inevitably put the old rebel clement at the
head of and virtually in control of the party
[Applausc.] Events have eliminated
rapidly since then, and had not long to
wait to see the whole programme. The
Democratic House soon gave me light
enough. CCheers1
For some time [ have been ready to
answer the question: 'Have you left the
Democratic Party?" | have. [Great ap-
plause. And | am often asked now, ''Is
it so ? VIII you vote for Hayes and
Wheeler p 1t is so and [ will work for
them as well as vote for them. Renewed
applause. Aiy Dcmocrtic friends ask me
for my reasons. There are plenty of them,
and of all Of them cannot be told in these
few remarks. And it is not necessary to
tell all. First, let me say that my abandon
ment Of Democracy was not caused, as has
been charged by the press Of that party,
because Of the currency or tariff questions.
| have no objection to those planks III the St.
Louis platform. But my reasons are, as
have already indicated, and will now state
further. The Democrats who press me for
my reasons may know them. On the road
the other day | met an old Democratic
friend-one Of the Van Buren County
Democrats, whom Dave Steward, in his
screed in the paper the other day, said
never had any faith in my Democracy after
| went into the war. (Applause.) Quite
excitedly he wanted to know if it was true,
the report that [ had really left the Demo
cratic Party. | answered. 1T is a fact. y
He asked the reasons for it. l told him
they were quite plenty and sufficient, and
as we had plenty Of time I-would tell him
some of them. Something Of what [ have
already stated here was first said, and then
[ said that the first thing [ didn't ike in
the Democratic House was the appointment
Of Fitzhugh, the Sergeant at Arms of the
Confederate Congress, as the Doorkeeper
Of the House, and the displacement Of
Union soldicrs-many Of them crippled in
the war-with the ex-members of the rebel
army (Great applause.) He wanted to
know if they didn't have right to do this
/ answered that they had, but that also
had the right to disapprove and denounce
it. Another thing l didn't like was Ben
Hills rebel speech and its bold utterance
of treason, and didn't like the rebel yell
in response to it all over the South, for
had heard that yell before, and knew
what it meant Great cheers.) They tell
me-the Democrats-that | am "scared of
Ben Hill" I don't think | am; [ don't
think [ was "scared of any Of the Hills
when [ met them in the South do not
remember that | was. (Great cheering.
Then [ told my friend how worse than all
of the many bad and unblushing acts of the
Democratic House, esteemed as infamous
the act of appointing to the clerkship Of the
leading committee of the House the man
HambIcton, who named his son John
Wilkes Booth, after the assassin of Presi
dent Lincoln. Immense cheering.) This
outrageous act, in. trucking to the rebe
clement, the northern Democrats dare not
disown and for all know, this man is still
clerk of that committee. The little child
50 dishonored by its name and the signifi
cance of it, had the good sense, thank God
to die. (Applause.)
BEN HILLS SPEECH.
That speech Of Ben Hills, and the
| record that the Democratic Party ha:
made in regard to it, would have beer
enough of itself to send any man who cares
for his country out Of all fellowship witt