Year: 1868

of jnsrlce and mercy must be kept wide OMEN ana
to The oppressed of every land. American Nationality
must furnish ian example and encouragement to
people struggling for national integrity, constitu-
tonal liberty and individual rights" In this march
Of free government we have nothing to fear. With
justice and right inscribed npon our banner we shall
win admire ii they cannot approve, and the Amer-
shall nost, upon the sea and upon the land to the
remotest confines OF civilization. l have en-
deavored to ioreshadow, fellow-citizens' tne
great work which is before US. We must
dial reunion Of an the @ states We must subord-
nate the military 10 the civil power. we must
insist apon economy and retrenchment In our ex-
which shall relieve the burden OF taxation. And
lastly In the maintenance OF our federal system, we
must mus plant ourselves upon the constitution as our
only guide. Can you rely upon the radical party 10
do what we reqnirep Have they not already brought
you 70 thls alarming condition Of our national
aiIairss Are they not responsb'ef Seymour and
Grant are before us. The one constitutional demo-
crat the other radical republican-one represent
ing the civil the other the military element. The
one statesman, the other q soldier The one with
defined views OF our public policy the other without
platform and, so far as we are informed, without
am not here tonight - detract from the aurels OF
General Grant. do not propose to discuss his past
as q soldier. He is public man and
candidate for the highest civil Office in the
have right to inquire whether he brings with him
the requisite capacity and qualifications to rule this
country in Crisis like this9 anu frank In saying
that do not believe he does. He has made himself
the servant OF a party which has brought ruin upon
the country, and which, II he is successful IN this
contest, viii bring ruin upon him. Without expe-
who have placed him In the position which he occu-
pies. The radical party VIII claim him-they
have right to claim hin-and his studied
reticence will not save him from the whitening
effects OF their embrace. Washburne and Wade
ana Forney and the leaders OF the radical party are
al hls elbow. lie Is no longer General Grant, the
soldier, as we have been accustomed to approach
him but General Grant the candidate OF the ultra,
revolutionary radical party for the Presidency OF the
United states. In this relation he must encounter
the ordeal OF public scrutiny. Let me ask you, then,
fellow citizens, what you are TO expect at his hands
In reforming the abuses 10 which have referred
Are we 10 go on four years longer under radical
rule tramping upon the rights OF the people, gnor-
ing all constitutional restran nt increasing the bur-
dens OF taxation, subord mating the civil to the mill


tayy power and keeping the States divided and
Change. The prospect of military rule for another
Presidential term alarms the country even in its
vaguencss ana improbabllity Such result would
striEe terror into The friends OF constitutional gov
ernment. 1t would give an endorsement to the out
RACES through which we have passed. 1t would
break up, in the recognized supremacy OF Congress
over the other departments, the equilibrium on
which our safety depends, and strike down the gov


eRlment of fathers without the prospect OF its
ever being restored unless by revolution and blood
Shed. General Grant might throw himself into the
breach, but in the triumph OF the radical party the
result would be inevitable. In conclusion permit
me TO call your attention to word Of encourage
ment from two OF our most prominent adversaries.
quote from the NEW YORK HERALD:-


Greeey begins the Presidential canvass in
and failure He


that the labor that TO insure the triumph OF the republican
candidate is to be done " that six many clubs
the Grant have and that before
expect win the clubs gather and CLEAN half


million VOTES from those who Indifferent hostile"
plies such has yet been made in


try For those who fancy the election Of Grant and Coax
certain he far Ia this from the fact that they


this in peril defea and w surely be beaten their
seadfast not speedily aroused TO general and


intense activy Republicans have to poll their last
In half the Satesmany moro than they have yet
poed In the belt of States beginning with Connecticut and
extending through New York; New Jersey Pennsyvana and
Ohio TO Indiana Seymour will be the next President" He
will not be the next President.


/ have said enough, fellow citizens, to convince
you OF my earnesneas in This appeal to your patriot


ism and love OF country. The people want no change
in their form of government They have lived peace
ably under it for more than half century. They
fought the battles Of the Revolution without stand
ing army, ana they want no standing army n0w-nO
military arm to ntimdate and control them In the
exercise Of their constitutional functions. The fed
eral compact recognized no such principle. We have
submitted too long already to the usurpatons Of this
radical party. The power Of the people must now be
| felt through the ballot box. The time is at hand


when the country expects every man to do his duty.


II the democratic candidates succeed, the country
will be redeemed; II they fail we may look for an
other four years OF anarchy and confusion We put
| our trust in the wisdom, intelligence and virtue OF
| the people.