Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-10-25


make new one before they could be
loyal at all. When Lincoln ,oas
/, elected on the reasonable Chicago plat
form, 1t ,oas Nth the design Of Destroy
ing the Union. Let them be loyal to
the Government they have made
we will be loyal to the Government
our fathers made.
| "The present war could have been
prevented if the Republicans had
joined heartily with the Democrats
in getting up an honorable compro-
mise. When we told them there
would be war they wouldn't believe
/ it. When we told them that 70, 900
men could not put down the rebel
lion, and afterwards that 500, 600
couldn't, they would not believe us.
They haven't the ability to comprehend
such matters We saeUer expected they
could run thas government. Why,good
God! party only six years old ex-
pect to run this country We al.
ways considered it impossible. As
well expect a boy six years old to
accomplish a mans work. Unless
the Democratic party was speedily
restored to power the Government
which Washington made would be
gone forever. If the Administration
had tried ats best to distract the country
and trample on the constitution ii could
not do so more etectuauy than 1t had
done.
"By the Constitution, Congress
alone had power to call the army in
to the field and regulate it. The sole
poaoer Of appointing the officers from
Major General do,0n, belonged to the
States. Could ne believe it possible
Tdmcol's eDer read the Constitution Uhen
zoe look at his acts? He hao 4.oa,rqed
| the authority belonging to the States.
The soldiers from each State, instead
of being formed into corps by them,
selves, as the constitution required,
and commanded by officers appointed
by the Governors of the respective
States, were distributed about with>
out reference to the States whence
they came, and commanded by for
eigners- by men from outside the
State they came from. Why ? 1t is
part of the machinery to make a
new Government instead of the one
our fathers made. What has lincoln
usurped the poWer of appointing the
officers for ? we can see ii plainly.
1t t1ds to enable him to establish q Gen.
tralized despotism. The CONSUMPTION
act was part of the same plan.
Army voting was another part of it.
The Administration controls the Of
ficers and the officers control the
men. The men have to vote as they
are told.
| There there was considerable con.
fusion caused by a number OF soldiers
from camp, some belonging to the
Both and others here on their way
back to regiments Ia the field, who
were scattered through the audience
They began shouting -" Tisn't
true |" "No |" "It's d - d lie ~
&c.
/ "Judge NJ Hear me through.
Don't 90 off half cooked. | don't
say they influence you directly, but
[ do say they have tremendous ln-
fuence. 1t is right they should have.
If | were private soldier | should
respect my superiors, and their wishes
would have great influence with me.
| am glad to see so many soldiers
here tonight. They are the very
men | want to talk to. We Demo-
Gratis do not often get chance at
Thorn. Now it is natural for the sol-
dior voting IN camp should not feel
the same interest and responsibility
as when voting at home. The Off
GERS say:"Well boys you can have an
easy time to-day. 1t is election day
and you can vote, and then they sug
gest how you ought to VOTE" You
only hear one side in the army. You
hear resolutions against the copper
heads got up at Washington perhaps
and forwarded to the army, and you
cote for them aoithoM caring or kno,o-
ing much about it.
"a soldier interrupting You
must think we are id fools
"Judge Mallory | think some
mon in Washington treat you as if
they thought you were ID fools.
| [Great cheering among the copper
heads We know there has no such
number of Republicans gone to the
war from this State as vote the Re-
publican ticket in the army. No,our
volunteers went to fight for the Con-
stitution and not for the niger. And
if all the troops raised in This State
had been organized into one corps, as
the Constitution requires, and officers
appointed by the state, the feeling
among them would be very different
to-day. We should not see such men
as Stark weather oblige to unman
themselves, and turn their heels on
their real principles. He was COM
PEELED to do this. Starkweather is
my personal friend, and know that
he was compelled TO drop his politi-
cal principles for the time in order to
get promoted, and prevent Doolittle
and Howe from opposing his confr-
nation in the Senate, next winter. l
know he does not approve of the
measures of this administration. |
don't know as | can blame him for
doing as he has done. He desired
promotion; it was natural he should
desire it, and be led to drop has pri,aci-
| pies to get 1T. Now. the object Of usurp-
ing the 2oo,oer Of appointment, and
uSing it an this aoay toaS to establish q
centralized despotism. The Republi-
cans claim there is no Constitution or
laws in war time, while we claim if
ever they should be strictly regard
ed, it is in war time.
"When the war began the Demo
Gratis knew nothing about its pur
poses, and when the administration
set the army to work to build up the
defunct Republican party, we had q
right to oppose it. The speaker
went on to assail "the abolition
policy" of the nation. He dwelt at
length upon the atrocity of freeing
/ r. II