The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-30

lr tinRuished gentleman who was not nom
Ne mated at Cincinnati, tSeymourl met |
/ convention in 1weddie Hall, At Albany
% and there resolved upon the sanctity {
d. State rights, and told how sacred Is th
sovereignty of the State. They resolve
no State could be forced 10 remain in tn
Union; that to coerce the States IN rebel
d lion would ba violation Of the Constitu
1t ton. One leader, more bold than the rest
"a said II Mr.. Lincoln attempted TO use lore
- o guillotine should be erected on the sol
= Of New York and blood should stain tn
y soil OF that Commonwealth.
!, Men OF Ohio, have you ever stopped Il
n think how the Democratic party, by tina
kind OF talk, stimulated the rebellion? II
the North there were rs, 600 600 people
: with all the facilities for raising and equip
= ping an army. In the South there were nc
! mills or factories. The North was power,
J full in all the means to conquer with. In
the South there were 1000 600 OF agricul.
tural people, with 4, 600, 900 slayes-the lat
ter furnishing one OF the most sublime ex-
ampIes OF patience In human history. They
saw, In the language OF General Grant, the
cradle and the grave robbed in support OF
the rebellion; yet, In no part oil the South
was the torch applied or the blade used (;
not even horse was stolen by the slave,
10 ride by the aid oil the north star to free.
dom in the dominions OF the British Queen.
Think You that that section would have
gone into rebellion, attempting TO over.
come %, 000, 900 Of people so trained and
equipped, II they had not relied upon the
divisions and help they expected to get
from the Democratic organization. A
voice: "That's so."1 Well, they were Tor
States rights; and Ia 1854, when the rebel
lion was gasping for life, when the nation
had fought for three long years, the Demo-
cratic party, In national convention at
Chicago, declared that the war was q iail-
ure and ought TO cease. Ia voice: SHANE!
shame!"l
Let me say here that the resolution de-
claring the war failure was complete
success. As a political success it was
complete failure, aud they nominated, as
now, u Union General as mask for the
Democratic party. General Mcclellan did
i not issue General Order No. 40. He did
not 20 under an act OF Congress and in the
midst OF criminals to issue an order put
ting innocent people at the mercy Of q
mob. But General Mcclellan went to
Maryland and at the point OF the bayonet
arrested the entire legislature Of that State
and put them into prison. There was
something vigorous in that Tor Demo.
cratic general. But he did more. He sus-
pended the writ Of habeas corpus and
proclaimed martial law at election time.
The Democratic party nominated that
major general, but even then the diguise
was too thin. The people felt then as
now, and as you fell when you insure your
home-you think 1t may burn-and just
so. charging nothing against the Demo. |
Gratis, but you do not know what MY hap. |
pen, and deem II best to take out policy |
OF insurance and let we'll enough alone.
DEMOCRATS IN THE ARMY.
But II is said Democrats fought for the |
Union. So they did. Let no man chal.
lenge the patriotism Of the men Of that
party who fought for the Union. All
honor to them. [Applause.l General
Logan (pointing to that gentleman) was
one Of them. served in the House with
him. He was Democrat OF Democrats.
But when the southern wing oil the DEM
ocratic party drew the sword, and the
northern wing began TO divide aud take
its position. in the twinkling oil an eye he
decided. He went to the war, and when
the war was over, Democracy had be.
come the pale and degraded memory OF
thing that was past. The great captain
OF our army, before the war, was Demo-
crat. Many Democrats went to the war
and returned TO their old associates un.
cover my head in the presence OF these
men and give due need Of praise TO all
who barred their bosoms to the icy fangs
OF death. But what did the Democratic
Organization do? ! would ask this Of the
80 900 men OF Ohio who will vote this fall
for the first time, TO remember the Ian
guageo OF Patrick Henry: ~ have but one
lamp to guide my feet-the lamp OF ex.
perience. know OF no way Of judging the
future but by the past" Which party, |
ask them, stood for the country during the
war? Which party devised the financial
scheme? All wars are question OF
money. As Napoleon said, 1.-The God of
Battles Ia alwayson the side of the heavi-
est battalions." The side that can endure
the longest is always sure TO win, Who
was the Secretary who devised the fnan-
cial scheme on which the greatest war OF
modern time was conducted? Ohio fur
nished that man-Salmon P. Chase. Zap
plause Hedevised and took the RESPONSE.
bility Of the free banking system. This
system the Democratic party Of Ohio has
not attacked this year. Laughter.
But this system the Democratic
party opposes to-day. The Democratic |
party OF Indiana favors volume OF cur.
rency TO BIO arbitrarily fixed by Congress-.
ional caucus; TO be changed every time
the caucus or majority thereof changes
by the shifting politics. am NOT tinan.
cial man, hut no more pestilent idea was
ever suggested. That the yard stick Is too
long or short according 10 party action, or
party combination, Is the idea Ct that
party. Free banking is like free butcher
or free shoe shops. When there Is enough
there won't be any more. Men don't in
vest II the business is already flush In that
line. So OF free banking. Whenever
there Is a plethora, circulation stagnates
and flows back. Thus banking and cur
rency becomes an automatic system, pre-.
venting initiation by q political party and
stringency by any political combination.
Who was the Secretary who took the res
possibility OF the National Banking sys,
tenn? Who was responsible for the rev.
enue laws, and tariff? Who carried the
constitutional amendments that made
free republic? Whose President said,
nowhere in all our borders shall the sun
rise upon martyr or set upon slave?"
Who rebuilded the governments In the
South Who lifted up the public credit In
the lace OF threats of Reputation carried
to every moneyed centre In the world?
Who made every paper dollar good as
gold? | read in your papers who did 1t.
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
Speaker Randall said that the Demo-
CRATIC party had economical aud had gone
without the ne0essariss oflifo to resume
specie payments themselves. [Laughter.l
How did they economize? By cutting
down? [Applausel Yes, they took the
Government by the throat and said II the
Executive did not give up his conscience
aud consent to the overthrow OF the cleo
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