Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-09

luey uu, luCc6 5aIu5 uCHOCrAtIC ibdu-
efs, in their first convention after all
this sacrifice of money and men :?
Did tn9y attempt to justify their
Not word of it. But cool.
~ aud deliberately, in national con-
veDtion, they passed a resolution de.
claring that the republican party was
right in voting for freedom in 1860,
and that 1T was right in destroying
slavery by force of arms upon the bat
le-fields OF the war. Now then ap-
peal TO my dem ocratic friends if we are
not all tOgethe. on that question out
OF which the dispute arose. But now
while the democrats admit that we
were right OH the original ques ion
and said they adopt ID our policy OF
and emancipating the
Il ives, taey also said that we radicals
wanted to overdo the thing, that we
had passed certain amendments to the
constitution in which we not only
freed the negro but declared that he
should have political and civil rights
in this country and while We demO>
Gratis recognize his freedom, we deny
his right to civil and political equality,
and we resolve ta&t we regard the re-
cOnstruC ton acts q userpatIOn ana
unconstitutional null and void and on
this platform the democrats placed
STR. Seymore and again appealed TO
the Countrywide Republican, party in
favor of extending these privileges to
tina colored race and the democratic
party opposed to ii. And just as the
result was in 1860 at the ballot box and
in 1861 In the bait field, the party OF
human freedom and political equality
triumphed in the election, and Gener-
al Grant was made president and now
after changing on all these ques tons
what does the democratic patty do
mex? Are they like the man who swOre
the morse was fifteen feet high and
then stuck to il. Not bit OF it.
Why, on the subject of change the
moon is fool beside the democratic
party. In their very next convention
ueid in 1872, listen to them: "We
recognize the equality of-ail aUfalte
men ?" No. Nv = recognize the eq uai-
lily of all men before the law, and hold
that it is the duty OF government In
lis dealings with the people, TO mete
out equal and exact justice II all oil
whatever nationality, race or color. "
AS Paul tarried at Dana, Gus, 10! the
scales fell fIom his eyes, and here,
gentlemen, is whole democratic con-
yention almost as mysteriOusly con-
yerted. Great laughter.) And fur
Their they say "We pledge ourselves
TO maintain The union of the states"
Don't you wish they had put that in
their platform in 1861? Aud what
else? And 10 oppose any reopt n
lug of the questions settled by the
II II 1EF h a no a q N a tn h O
constitution
Aud not content with Sealing all
we had said in favor of equal rights to
the negro, they actually entered our
ranks and stole the daddy of Ameri-
eau abolitionism, cid Horace Greeley,
aud put him on their platform, and,
boo ed and spuTred, they ate n pied to
ride him into the white house. But
instead OF riding him into the white
house, they lode him into the grave.
yard. My young friend said the other
day that the democratic party took
HORACE GREELEY
as one would take crooked stick to
Kill snake with, and that is The use,
my cIuntrymen, that the democrats
have for 81 union man or republican.
They might have used him as a
crooked suck 10 Kill snake with, but
the stick missed its mark, and the
snake stuDg them ia the heel and the
democratic party Is dead from the
poison. (Applause.)
My democratic feIloW-citiZens, / ap-
peal to you as honest men-and the
MISSES of the democratic party are
honest-wny should you stay from the
republicans? You have been saying
10! these many years that you could
not act with the republican party be-
cause it was DtgrO equality party;
now that your leaders nave adoL t "a
the negro equality doctrine why
do you stay out ? II these
doctrines are rlgat and just, and those
upon which this government should
be admins t 5red, then Isubmit to you,
as honest democrats, TO attach your
selves to those leaders who proclaimed
these principles from the beginnin &
and wOve them into the structure OF
the government. Why follow those
leaders that have told you all the
tine that if these doctrines were car
rled out the country would be ruined
aud the American people disgraced ?
Aud now, that we all stand together,
why not
e COME AND GO ALONG WITH Us.
But the democrats say: Goa all
these war Quet ons We agree with you
aud on this negro question, but We
differ from you i'll regard TO finance"
Let me say = few words on this subject.
The republican party invent 81
greenbscks. Thad. Stevens intro.
duced tae first bill, iu 1882, and SAILS
mon +. Chase, the great war secretary,
Is the inventor OF them. They were
invented as war necessity, to save
Tue gOverU melt, and the republican
party pledged the country and the
world tia t, at the earliest practical mo-
meDt, the greenbsck dollar should be
mace the equal of gold or a silver
dollar. Where did the democrats
stand then? Every one of them In
congress opposed that. They declared
the greenback law unconstitutional
aud irsede IN able, and manifested their
hatred for it By calling it "Mr. Lin
coins bastard rag BABY" But as soon
a.. t1e necess ty for greenbacks was
over and he republican party pro-
posed 10 redeem them, according to
promise, the democrstJ took up Lin
c in's bastard rag bsby-look it upon
their knees aud handled it, and
said it was the sweetest little thing they
ever had seen; that it had the pref lest
blue eyes and the most beautiful rosy
cheeks, aud every dem 0crs C leader
in the country started out crying,
more green oacsf." Laughter.
My young friend mere (Mr. Will
liams) says the democrats are entitled
t0i the credit of inventing greenbacks.
Thatis the 1rst time ever heard 9