Year: 1868

wounds of the country bound up, who
wants to return to the paths of prosper


ity, growth, power and development in
every respect, he must avoid voting for
that ticket. Frank Blair was put in
nomination because of that letter. He
was put in nomination by the rebel
General Preston. His nomination was
seconded by rebel officer from South
Carolina, Wade Hampton. He was
nominated by the rebel element of the
South. and accepted by the rebel SYM
pathizing element CT the North. and
now stands as the Democratic candi-
date for the Vice Presidency. That let
ter, is tue Democratic platform. 1t eX-
presses fully and directly what is con-
tanned in the general platform in more
general and.perhaps imperfect manner


And now my friends, let me consider
for Il few moments the character that
Convention. One thing is to be OBJ
served, that is, the Southern men went
into that Convention and took possess
sion of it, and with the same ease and
assurance that they did any former
Democratic Convention. and the DEM
ocrtic party of that Convention sub
mitted to them with the same facility
they had always done. Now / ask you,
my friends, who were the democrats
from the South? They were the men
who had been in the rebel army during
the war; men who had occupied posi-
tions in the rebel Congress as Repre-


sentatives and Senators; they came to
represent the Democratic party and
make the nominations.


Now, my friends, allow me to call
your attention very briefly to what
would be the inevitable consequences
of the success of the Democratic party


Il
first consequences would be the eleva-
ton of the rebel soldiers to the same


platform occupied by the Union SOL
diers. | repeat, the first consequence
would be the elevation of the rebel
soldiers to the same platform occupied
by the Union soldiers. In this Con-
vent:on rebels and Northern Demo-
Gratis stand upon the same level. We
find men, the influential in that Con-
vention, to have been rebel officers.and
none was more influential, more potent
and powerful than Gen. Forrest, of
phis-the butcher who had colored
soldiers and even children murdered
in cold blood after they had surren-
dered. Yet he was received into full
fellowship, and no voice was more po-
tent than his. five bring this party
F into power, the rebel soldiers must be
pensloned just as the Union soldiers,
and their W idows and orphans the same
as ours. They must be placed upon the
same level. For | ask you, if the reb-
els should come into power through
this medium, will they tax themselves
to pay pensions to Union soldiers, and
the widows and orphans of Union SOL
diers, while theirs are not provided
| for? Never. That is against human
nature. The first thing they will do. if
| they come into power by the election
of Seymour and the Democratic ticket,


will be to place the rebel soldier, in ev-


cry respect, upon the same level with
i the Union soldier and their widows
and orphans, the same as all who are


now pensioned..g .. .---.
| Another, inevitable consequence of


the success of the Democratic party,


will be the reputation of the national
debt. The Democratic party has no


position or status before the subject of
the national debt except reputation.
Why? First. because the Democratic


party has no position or status before
| th e subject of the national debt except
reputation. Why? First, because
| the Democratic party of the North was
| opposed to the creation of the debt for
the purpose of putting down the rebel
| lion. Every act of Congress authoriz-
| ing the issue of bonds OF borrowing





tional. The several acts of Congress
authorizing the issue of legal tender
notes were declared to be a shameless
and wanton violation of the Constitu-
ton. The Democratic party did all in
its power, by its politicians and news
papers, to prevent the bonds from be-
ing sold and the people from lending
money to carry on the war; and now
the great mass of the Democratict party
hate the bondholders; hate them be-
cause they lent the money to carry on
the war, and whatever may be the feel
1ngs of Seymour as to bondholders, OF
as the Representative of the city and


State of New York, yet the great body


of the Democratic party hate the bond
| holders because they lent money to
carry on the war and they will meyer
| pay dollar of the principal or interest
| if they can help it. Again. the Demo-
cratic party is in open fraternity and
solid atfiiation with the rebels of the
South who lost everything in the war.
l want to know if there is man stupid
enough to believe that these Southern


rebels, if they could come into power
| through the medium of the Democratic
party. would tax themselves to pay our
| debt, either interest OR principal, While
| theirs should remain unpaid. Never
Therefore, say, that it is the inevita-
| BILE logical result of the situation, and
Of the very constitution of the Demo-
cratic party, that it can not and will
not pay that debt, but if it is brought
| into power reputation win be the GER
tain result. The great body of the par
lty in the North, batting those who lent
| the money to carry on the war. The
rebels having lost everything, their
capital and stock, having been defeat
ed in battle, it VIII be incredible to sup


pose they will voluntarily tax them
selves when they come into power to
pay that debt. The only way they
would do it, would be to assume their
debt also. and put it on the same basis.
That would be Reputation. because it
would make the debt so large it never


could be paid. l.-


Another Consequence of the coming
into power of the Democratic party, and
the oyerturning of these loyal State


Governments that have been built up
| in the South, will be the restoration of
slavery. l did not think so a year ago.
thought come what might. they never
could restore slavery. [ don't think so


now. l think if we give them the pow
er. they will return the coloreG people
to slavery. They are all armed til en-
selves, and with the sanction of Sey-
mour and the Democratic politicians of
power, reduce the colored people to sla-
very.
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Indictment of HoratiO Seymour
--Guilt Confessed.