Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-08


cession TO their great convention in Chicago.
I look upon the PROFESSIONS now, and they
are wonderfully alike. In 1864 saw process.
sion of Democrats march down the streets OF
Chicago, thinking first they were
REGIMENT OF PRISONERS
from Camp Douglas asked who Il was, and
they told me II was delegation going 70 the
Democratic Convention from Christian COun.
ty There were gentlemen there very plous
and religious in those PROFESSIONS. MIR. Ryn.
ders headed one OF them. some OF them
were opposed to Abraham Lincoln because ne
was not religious man, and they couldnt
tell whether Christ was crucihed on Calvary
or shot on Bunker llill tGreat laughter we
have not been able to discover very marked
difference between the Democratic party of
1850 and tho Democratic party Of to- dny and
what makes the case still more troublesome
and significant Is, that IN 1880 by the very first
plank In their platform, they use quite re.
mark0blc language! I'VE pledge ourselves
anew TO the constitutional doctrines and tra-
ditions OF the Democratic party" Now in
1856, the Democratic party declared its doc
trine in its platform, and this doctrine was.
opposition to national banks and the tndorse.
mCnt of the secession resolutions Of l7gS and
In 1870: 1--WE pledge ourselves anew to the
constitutional doctrines and traditions OF the
Democratic party" In 1850 the Democratic
party rcatilrmed the Democratic platform of
1856, and i'm 1880 they say; We pledge our
selves anew to the constitutional doctrines
and traditions OF the Democratic party IN
1864 the Democratic party declared that the
war was nm experiment, and TINT the expert
mcnt was n failure. In iSs0. they say !. we
pledge ourselves anew to the constitutional
doctrines and traditions OF the Democratic
party" Laughter In all thnt period OF
time between 1861 and 1894 you remember that
the democratic party put on show of loyal
ty 10 was in favor of Il vigorous prosecution
Of the war. 1 remember how curiously II was
in favor of IL; IL insisted that the war should
be wagcd on
PURELY CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES.
1t had at the head OF our army for u long
time a purely constitutional General, II man
who would wage n acnmpaign inore strictly ac-
cording to the Constitution and ChttVs
plendings than any other man on the cOnt-
hent--a man who would fight battle so
peacefully and quietly that there would be no
breach inthc peace where the battle occurred.
Laughter These Democrats were in favor
of the prosecution of the war, but they were
opposed to the creation of the grcenbHck by
which it, expenses were paid. fhey were in
favor of the prosecution of the war, but they
were opposed to the drafting of the troops
with whom the war was to be waged; They
were I'm favor OF the prosecution OF the war,
but they were opposed to raising the money
by which the men were to be paid, clothes
supplied or arms furnished. They were in
favor of the shadow, and all the while OPP
posed to the substance They were in favor
| OF filling our armies, but were opposed to any
measure by which our armies could be filed.
When mob of Democrats in New York City
were shooting down people and numbering
negroes in the street because of the attempt
TO enforce the draft, the Democratic leader
and Governor of the Stute, IIoratio Seymour,
came before them, called them his friends,
hand proposed to Abraham Lincoln that he
| SnOulu STOP the uIhIJ uuIll cii1t tOulNl DC
| tried in the United States Supreme Court, TO
| decide whether the draft law was constitu.
| tional or not. President Lincoln replied; p"
| have no objections to trying such case in the
| Supreme Court, but I'm the meantime the ltti-
| CATION and tho draft will proceed on parallel
| lines" Laughter and applause.J The war
| went on until the rebellion was crushed ana
| surrendered to the .r ..r.
| GRAND SILENT SOLDIER,
under the historic tree Mt Appomattox, years
| before IIorntio Seyniour's test case could pos
| at, ,1xyb "a va n
| the United states supreme Court lAppause. |
| The speaker continued at length in this
| vein to recount the impedimsnts interposed
| by the Democratic party 10 the reconstruction
| measures of Congress after 1864. The Four
| teenth Amendment was opp jsed by every
| single Democrat in the Senate and House, and
| in 1850 ''Nyc pledge ourselves anew TO the
| constitutional doctrines and traditions of the
| Democratic party" The Fifteenth Amend
| ment guaranteed equnl suffrage to all without
| regard to race, color or previous condition OF
4 seTvitude. In the National Congress every
| Democrat opposed II, and in 1880 1--WE pledge
| ourselves anew to the constitutional doe
| trines and traditions of the Democratic par
| ty." In 1868 it opposed the public credit bill,
| demanded the taxation of Government bonds
! and the practical repudiatiOn of the National
| debt by its payment ia greenbacks anu IN
| 1850, ave pledge ourselves anew to the con-
stitutional doctrines and traditions OF the
| Democratic pRrty"c The same Convention
declared the reconstruction measures usur.
| patton, revolutionary, unconstitutional and
void, and in lssO they pledged themselves
/ history since 1850 one single great measure
/ from which this Nation or this people has de-
rived the greatest benefit; there is not a sin
| gle measure In which we take the slightest
| pride there Is not single great patriotic
achievement, Legislative or otherwise, during
the long twenty yeaIs-not one In which the
Tnere is not one such measure which the
Democratic party has not Indignantly, dia-
bolically and l
PERsIsTESTLY OPPOSED.
/ No, Gfof In Ina
Union where, If there was really anything 10
protect the integrity OF the ballot box, they
have not repealed 1t. There is not Il line In
the statute looking to the security OF the bal
lot-boN against fraud and fair, free and full
ballot that that party has not opposed. There
| is not n single measure looking to the return
of an honest dollar for an honest days work
| that that party has not opposed since 1860
| Have we made any mistake in beating III
! Where would we have been 1t they had beater
us in 1860? Free labor driven from one han
of the Nation, the territories dedicated to
| scryile labor and free labor driven from them
credit prostrated, public faith dishonored
secession the accepted doctrine of the Nation
That Is where we would have been had they
succeeded in 1860. Where would we have
been in 1854 it they had had their way, wher
they wele bawling for peace, asking that hos
tilities cease ut onceI Our flag brought bach
in disgrace, our conquering heroes called
home with the ineffaceahle ignominy o
defeat for which they were not respon
sible Where would we have landed haC
they beaten us in 1858? Our National deb
/
of the currency, our Government bond
taxed, our reputation and our credit destroy
ed, the reconstruction measures swept from
the statute books, tho constitutional amend
ments falling with them chaos and confusion
come again, and the splendid victories of oul
soldiers in the field basely, meanly and alb
jectly surrendered after the tolls and terror
of battles that had won them. That Is whert
we would have landed had they beaten u
In 1868 The Democratic party has not made
prediction since 1860 that history has no
| falsified
The speaker gavenumerous instances of til,
declaration of the failure of the war I'm 1854 II
support of his statements. lie then continued
1t has never indulged in its platform II
enunciating any honest principle that was no
a hypocritical pretense. In the platform
1880 they say; "The right of free ballot is tn
right preseIvatiYe of al rights, and must ant
shall be maintained In all the States" Gen
Hancock says IN his letter OF acceptance
"The baynnet is not the fit instrument fol
collecting the votes of freemen." The elec
tion laws were framed for the purpose of Sc
count. The Democratic party opposed tn
election laws for these reasons These law
have been repealed In the South by the shot
gun and constitutional methods of
MURDER AND ASSASSINATION;
} but as these methods won't answer in tn
North, the Democratic party has been stliv
! ing Tor years to secure their repeal, so tina
they may carry by fraud the cities of Ne'
York, Albany, Brooklyn, Trenton and New
: ark, In New Jersey, aud Hartford, in Con
necticut Look at IL In the South for mo
> nent. IN Alabama, IN 1877, tne NepuDnch
} vote was 92 600; In lsIS IL was nothing In lsI,
, in Arkansas, the Republican vote was II ,37S
+ IN 1873 It was ll6. In ls12 Mississippi had
Republican vote OF 49,, III; In 1878 It had liz
I The right of free ballot is the right preserva
tive in all parts of the United States Laugh
, ter and applause.l What has produced thi
result? Can it have been rlldens literar
! bureau that has converted all the negIOesY
/ hardly think so. Because Tilden's literar
bureau could have hardly increased the pOI
l ulation. In Alabama they had an election th
! other day and the Democratic party had anna
7 jority of 92 OOO. This Democratic majority
about - 600 more than the Democratic Vot'
/ But this Democratic party does deprive ever
/ laboring man OF his right to think, co spea
4 and TO vote as he pleases in just one half {
the Union. The Democratic party degrade
labor and made IL seryilc in one hall the Unioi
/ and owned the labOrer. They sought To ioi'
i the same scheme upon the territories inhat
I tied now by prosperous laboring men. Th
Z Democratic party pretends to be the friend {
: the foreigner. Tho old Know nothing part
> originated in democratic state, Maryland
6 The Republican party has made eanOtherknoH
. nothing party impossible by the fitteent
Amendment, which makes it impossible fC
i any State Legislature ever TO deny men tl
| riHnt A harunag af fhnir color 4