Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-08

York and Connecticut. IN 1850 ~ lenders In
the South were TOOmbs, Jefferson Davis, Ben
liill and Wade Hampton. In 1880 itg lenders
IN tho South are Wade Hampton, Ben liilli
Jefferson Davis and To9mbs. lLaughterl
Seymour, Baynrd, Tom Hendricks, English, Of
Indiana, Dan Voorhees, and Senator Thurman.
And In 1890 It's leaders IN the North are Sen.
ntors Thurman, Dan Voorhees,, Mr.. English,
Sam rilden, HoratlO Seymour and Ben But
Ter. tGreat laughter In 1850 ~ maioriucs
were drawn from the worst quarters Of large
cities, aud In 1880 It's mniOrlties are I'm the
large cities aud worst quarters Laughter
and applause In 1893 all the gentlemen en-.
gnged IN the draft riots IN the City Of New .
York, because the laws were euucOnsiitutional, /
were Democrats and in 1880 all those who |
have not persisted by delrium tremens and |
other casualties are Democrats still. lGrcat |
langhtcr.l lleave IL 20 You gentlemen In San /
Francisco If all the rank and hle Is not about |
the same. l saw It's rank and file in process, |
sion in 1860. There was the same scarcity Of |
cars and the same dislocatiOn of noses rs |
there Is now. In 1854 looked upon their pro. |
cession to their great convention in Chicago. !
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 it was, and
they told me Il was delegation going to the
Democratic Convention from Christian COun-
| ty. There we're gentlemen there very piOus
and religious in those professions Mr.. Ryn-
| ders headed one Of them. Some of them
were opposed to Abraham Lincoln because he
was not a religious man, ana they couldn't
/ tell whether Christ was crucihed on Calvary
/ or shot on Bunker liill lGreat laughter.l We
! have not been able 10 discover a very marked
/ difference between the Democratic party of
| 1860 and the Democratic party Of to-day 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-
/ markable language: I'VE pledge ourselves
! anew TO the constitutional doctrines and ira.
| ditions of the Democratic party" Now, in
1855, the Democratic party declared its doc.
| ttine in its platform, and this doctrine was
| opposition to national banks and the indorse.
ment of the secession resolutions of 1888, and
in $780, 1--WE pledge ourselves anew to the
| constitutional doctrines and traditions of the
| Democratic party" In 1860 the Democratic
party reatlirmed the Democratic platform of
| 1856, and in 1850 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 an experiment, and that the expert
! ment was "a failure. In 1880 they say; " We
! pledge ourselves anew to the constitutional
! doctrines and traditions OF the Democratic
! party" [Laughter.l In all that period of
| time between 1861 and 1864 yOuremember that
the Democratic party put on show of loyal
| ty. It was in favor Of Il vigorous prosecution
| of the war. l remember how curiOusly It was
| in favor OF it; it insisted that the war should
be waged on
PURELY CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES.
It had at the head Of our army for a long
time purely constitutional General, man
who would wage II campaign more strictly ac-
cordlng to the Constitution and Chitty,s
pleadings than any other man on the cOnti-
nent-a man who would fight battle so
peacefully and quietly that there would be no
breach inthe peacewhere the battle occurred
Laughter These Democrats were in favor
of the prosecution of the war, but they We're
opposed to the creation of the greenback by
which its expenses were paid. They 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 in favor OF the prosecution OF tine 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
~
posed to the substance. They were i'm favor
of filling our armies, but were opposed to any
| measure by which our armies could be filled.
When a mob of Democrats in New York City
were shooting down people and numbering
negroes in the street because oil the attempt
to enforce the draft, the Democratic leader
and Governor of the State HOratiO Seymour,
, came before them, called them his friends,
and proposed to Abraham Lincoln that he
should stop the draft until a case could be
tried in the United States Supreme Court, to
decide whether the draft law was constitu.
, tional or not. President Lincoln replied: II
Z have no objections to tryingsuch case in the
Supreme Court but I'm the meantime the litt-
! cation and the draft will proceed on parallel
lines" Laughter and applause.l The wal
went on until the rebellion was crushed and
surrendered TO the
GRAND SILENT SOLDIER,
under the historic tree at AppOmattOX, years
; before Horatio Seymours test case could pos.
/ sibly have been reached on the calendar oi
: the United States Supreme Court lAppluuSe.
) The speaker continued at length in this
vein to recount the impediments interposed
I by the Democratic partyto the Reconstruction
y measures of Congress after 1864. The Four
! teenth Amendment was opposed by every
single Democrat in the Senate and House, and
: in 1880 1--WE pledge ourselves anew to the
I, constitutional doctrines and traditions of the
J Democratic party" The Fifteenth Amend.
! ment guaranteed equal suffrage to allwthout
: regard to race, color or previous condition oi
. servitude In the National Congress every
Democrat opposed It, and in 1880 "We pledge
r ourselves anew to the constitutionai doc
: trines and traditions of the Democratic par
y | ty." In 1858 it opposed the public credit bill
u demanded the taxation of Government bonds
. and the practical reputation of the Nationa
l debt by its payment in greenbaclIs; and IN
1880, 1--WE pledge ourselves anew to the con
stitutional doctrines and traditions of the
| Democratic party" The same Convention
declared the reconstruction measures usur
!. patton, revolutionary, unconstitutional anC
7 void, and in lsSO they pledged themsselye,
|, history since 1860 one single great measure
n 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, durint
+ the long twenty years-not one in which tn,
= | Democratic party has had "A hand not one
{. There Is not one such measure which tn,
h Democratic party has not Indignantly, dia
8 bolically and
j. PERsIsTENTLY OPPOSED.
T You can't name IA Democratic State in thu
e Union where, If there was really anything e
Q have not repealed It. There is not line IL
y the statute looking to the security of the bal
|
8 ballot that that party has not opposed. There
u is not Il single measure looking to the return
y of an honest dollar for an honest days wOrl
/ that that party has not opposed since 1860
y Have we made any mistake in beating 1t
4 Where would we have been If they had beateI
n us in 1860? Free labor driven from one. hal
n of the Nation, the territories dedicated to
T. seTvile labor and free labor driven from them
J. credit prostrated, public faith dishonored
n secession the accepted doctrine of the Nation
d That Is where we would have been had thel
u succeeded in 1860. Where would we hay'
c been in 1854 If they had had their way, wheI
10 they were bawling for pence asking that hos
3 tilities cease at oncel Our nag brought bacl
9 in disgrace, our conquering heroes called
% home with the inehaceable ignominy o
II sble. Where would We have landed haC
y they beaten us in 1868? Our National deb
% paid I'm greenbacks, q hmitless imitation
l. of the currency, our Government bond
u taxed, our reputation and our credit destroy
~ ed, the reconstruction measures swept iron
N the statute books, the constitutional amend
Y ments falling with them, chaos and confusion
D come again, and the splendid victories OF ou
y soldiers in the field basey, meanly and alb
y jectly surrendered after the tolls and terror
,, we would have landed had they beaten u
VI In 1868. The Democratic party has not mad
u prediction since 1860 that history has no
talsitied.
r., The speaker gave numerous instances of tn
IA declaration of the failure of the in 1854 Il
- support of his statements. He then continued
20 II has never indulged in its platform II
~ enunciating any honest principle that was no
,p a hypooritica pretense. In the platform o
y right preservative of all rights and must ant
u shall be maintained IN all the States" Gen
y Hancock says in his letter of acceptance
~ 1.-THE bayonet is not the fit instrument fol
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