The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-10-06

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agap! sion Of The .pfsffl'
satates. T.AeA tI|e
shoulder tc shonlslef 70 sayS.sIle Ill.
t6n, andput down the war and stop
secession. q
The Republicans tell you that the
Republican party fought the war.
That is not-trne; and Twill show il
to you in d moment. Does any sane
Inan believe that if, the Democratic
.partyshad undertaken to break up
this Union they could not have done
i% Would it have been saved Iy
the Republican stay-at-hot6es who
now takes advantage Of the war;
Clearly not! am told that the Re.
;pablican .soldisrs fought this war.
Many Republicans, good and true,
wsnt1intp tfe'war, but more Demo
,cfats than Republicans went into
the war. Cheers. isia'
" | speak from knowledge. In the
frs. place. | will give you what
.knoV myself. In 1861, before there
were many bounties offered, when
the na'npfthe army was only s13 d
mahtlf told Mr.. Lincoln / could
raise,six thousand men in New Eng,
land-an Democrats-to 90 down
with mAto New Orleansto prosecute
the war@long. the Gulf of Mexico,
but ! told him inorder to do.that
must haye'the power Of appointing
my officers He asked me why. j
said: ~ see you are carrying on this
war upon wrong principles: All
yoursGovernors Of the Northern
States are Republicans. They ap,
point all their friends necessarily Il
office, and therefore YOU sare sgetting
a great many Republican offiesrs.intc
the army, butlnot a sumcientnuhbe,
of soldiers" He gave me the power!
went to New England and raised SIX
Thousand men, and when I marcket
those men to New Orleans there were
3notfhree hundred of them that eyer
voted the Republican ticket ls..
es Now they say, ,in answer tost this.24,
sob, General Butler is mistaken. -
Those men voted for Lincoln the
second term" Yes, andI yotedYitl
them. 1t was not good time. L
.sgap horses when crossing a streapi
The.war was going on. IT was. no,
a good time to make.terns. =
Now, let me give you another in
stance. won't take Republican
States. IA disturbance here occur
red BY some ward delegation passing
with torches and banners anda band
and the speaker, turning to the
President, said: 81 never saw such a
meeting as this"
General Butler continued: I said
when we were interrupted. | would
tell you about the soldiers that went
to the war. / won't take Republi,
can States: / take five slave States
and | give you the figures as you will
find them in the War Department
| give you the States of Delaware
Maryland, West Virginia, Missouri
and Kentucky. The total vote Of
those States in 1860 was 464, 49,
The total Republican vote in those
States was 24,0o0. Now how many
soldiers do you suppose they sent tc
the war? They sent 2S2, ,26S soldiers
to the war, showing that almost eve
ry other voter, all of whom were
Democrats, went tothe war.
Now, let me give you another in
stance. SO over here to Dayton
where ! came from yesterday, to your
Soldiers Home which is filled with
four thousand veterans Of the war
war-worn and shattered with shot
and shell and sickness-and two oul
Of every three will vote for HancocE
when they have chance to VOTE
Why, think Of that, my friends!
Let us take the officers, and III
give you now in the little time i
have, a list Of Democratic officers
men who voted the Democratic tick
ct before the war: Meade, Grant
Sheridan, Shields, Corcoran, Logan
Farragut; and one other, our 6wr
Hancock, all Democrats. And dc
you believe that if these men hat
not drawn their swords and Tough
loyalty and faithfully for the Union
with many others | might name if
had time, the Union would have beer
saved2 Clearly not. All men of al
parties went forward to save The I'm
ion, and the Union is safe, better
firmer, stronger than ever before
more worthy of the love and admira
tion Of its people, because ever,
thing has been blotted out Of thu
Constitution and every thing wipet
| from its escutcheon, except the grea
principles Of freedom to all men an,
equal rights to all men.
The Union in danger9 Oh. no, Sc
cession has perished with the sword
and there is nobody scared about tn,
Union but our stay.at. home friend
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