Year: 1867




any man here who would wish tc
put a premium on traitors, and in
crease their representation because
they had raised their arms againsl
the best government on earth Il
overthrow and destroy it? Tha'
was what the Democratic party
wanted to do; that was the position
of the Democratic party in this and
other States. They said that while
slavery prevailed there should be
only certain representation for
slaves-fve of them should count
equal TO three free men. That was
according TO the old Constitution.
That is what it was when its fran.
ers made it--while slavery prevail.
cd in all the seeded States, and in
some of the others. We proposed
to these people that, since we had
freed every slave, if they intended
to have representation like the
Northern States, for every free
man, then they must give these
free men the right of suffrage. II
they are not good enough to vote,
we said. they are not good enough
to have you get votes in Congress
by reason of their numbers. That
was all we said to them. That was
all We asked ofthem.


Coming down TO what asserted
before, say these men, because
they had committed treason, and
had forfeited their right to hold
slaves, should not, therefore, have
n much larger representation in
Congress. We did not believe that
the traitor, instead of being hung
for his crime, should have a great
er influence in the Government he
had just been seeking to destroy.


FALSE AND TRUE DEMOCRACY.


Is there any democracy in those
gentlemen who call themselves
Democrats Never in the history
of tho world was a word so pervert-
ed as that. Real, true democracy is
the polar star of all my political
action, l do not want it mixed
with this stuff they call democracy,
which is nothing under Gods heav-
en- but the sternest and meanest
tyranny that ever existed any
where. These gentlemen were the
advocates of aristocracy every.
where. They agree with the Brit.
ish Tories aud aristocrats every.
where, The last thing on Gods
earth that Democracy will yield, is
the true principles of democracy
that oil men shall be equal before
tho law, and stand on the same
footing, and enjoy the same rights
and privileges, unless they forfeit
them by crime. Pause and consid-
or that, my friend. 1t is an essen
tial element in the approaching
canvass. have no doubt there
are many good men here who have
strong prejudices against the col.
ored people. 1t Is part and parcel
of their education. A man is not
10 blame for it; but he is to blame
it he suffers what his better sense
knows to be prejudice TO prevail
upon him, and to influence him to
commit an act of injustice. He is
then culpable and wrong.


THE LAMENTATIONS OF THURMAN.


l have Thurman's speech here,
and | am tempted 10 read some of
his lamentations; for old Jeremiah,
in his most hypocritical mood, new.
er talked like Thurman. Laugh.
ter. He Gays the most terrible
tyranny the world ever knew has
fallen upon the American people,
and they have nowhere to look for
hope; and he tells you you are in
danger every hour of falling under
the domination of some devil or
other, he don't know what or whom.
He says the Republicans have seiz.
ed upon the Government and made
out of it the most horrid despotism
the world ever saw. Now, my
friends, if this is a dcspotism, it is
a despotism of your own choosing.
The American people made it, and
they can make their way out CT it
when they get tired of it. Judge
Thurman, how comes it that this
Republican party once SO desplsed
by you and your party, to-day are
reigning triumphantly over the
once proud Democratic party and
trampling the principles of that
Democratic party under their feet.
THE CAUSE OF THE DEMOCRATIC


DOWNFALL.


How is that? How did it come
about? Judge Thurman ought to
be a philosopher, and to look at the
cause of those things. l will tell
you the cause. 1t is because God
is just, and because the Republican
party has travelled according to the
dictates and principles laid down
by him,


You and your party have served
the devil, and in the end you didn't
come out triumphant. Now, sir,
that maybe a harsh expression, but
it is bitterly true. From the time
that the great Republican party
was first organized, and they were
weak in their organization, how
happensit that, step by step, in this
great controversy, their numbers
have continually increased and
their principles become more and
more settled, more firmly held by
the American people, to-day, than
at any period previous to this p
Why is itH


SOMETHING ABOUT DEsPoTIsM


Have the people gone mad p