Year: 1867




desist. Said he, when you let up
we will let up"


Looking further into the history Of
our government, L find that as late as
the war Of 1872 they hadn't got over
treating Us as rebels, and they threat
ened to execute some Of our men, espe-
cially the Irish that fell into their
hands. We passed a law for retalia-
ton, and it very soon brought them to
terms. and had the desired effect.


So l wanted to do in the late war,
If we had done it am confident the
result would been to have everted an
immense deal Of misery among our
own men. But I could not get my reso-
luton passed. am sorry. regret
did not get it through, for | have no
doubt it would have saved the lives of
thousands and tens Of thousands Of
tEose men who were tortured 70 death
under the most terrible. eruelties. It
would have saved me that aecursed
spectacle that haunts me now of what
l saw in those hospitals.


BoYs IN BLUE, WILL THEY GET YOUR
VoTEs2


have alluded to this to show you
that the men who have inflicted these
outrages upon our brave boys in the
field, and treated them in this way,
had the sympathies, all along, Of the
men who have now the impotence to
come before the people of Ohio to ask
them for their votes. Boys in blue.
will they get your votes lCries Of
mo" No, sir, they won't get one CT
them if you ore true to yourselves and
to the cause you fought for. He would


be sorry soldier who would go on that
side after knowing what they have
done-but there is no danger Of that.


The boys in blue are all right. Brave
men, who went forth and took their
lives in their hands to defend the ooun-
try,.are not the men to foist the sup


porters and abettors Of the rebellion
into power with their votes. APP


plause.)


DEMOCRACY NIBBLING AT NEGROES HEELS


We have almost got to the end


We have almost placed the weak, the


helpless, and those who were trampled
down, upon the rock of eternal justice


and security. VIII you fslter IN the


last step? Will you hold back when


you have but one more effort to make!


Is there any man here who contem-


plates taking q step Backward when
by so doing he will forfeit his right to


glory in the futuref You may have


preiudices against these men, but your


glorious good reason for once must be


brou Qht TO triumph over any such feel


ing to enable you'to endure to the end.
For the great promise IS made not to


him that begins and takes hold of the


plow and looks back, but unto him that
In the good and glorious work perse-
Yeres to the end. fApplause. I kAow
YOU viii do it. It is the last account
that the Democracy are to have with
US. You know that they have been


nibbling at the heels Of the negroes


for twenty years. 1t has been their


only capital in trade.


What have they saidI What have


they tried to build upf Any great


principles that they want TO see estab-
lished In the Government i ask any
Democrat, when you inTeigh against
US at every turn Of the corner, and
brand US with names, and abuse US for


every measure we have attempted, what
is your planY Did you ever hear OF
one? Did they ever have anyH Ask


Judge Thurman, who tells US We are


tyrannizing over these sOceded States,


that we won't let them vote, and that


we have trampled the Constitution un-


der foot-ask Judge Thurman what Is
his plan. Suppose, Judge Thurman,
that the people should foist you into
the eubernatorial chair, and Vsllan-
dighan into the Senate, what will you
) do when you get into power2 AL he
saws in his speech is to read you e lot


of slander against negroes to prove that
a negro is lower than he is. Well, slT,
l want better witnesses. Applause ].


WHAT IS rHEDENoeRATIc rLANg


Butsoberly, what do these men meant
They claim to be statesmens they IN


weigh against every measure OF the


Republican party TO put down this


terrible rebellion. We have not done
a single thing right. When we raised


armies they inveighed against 1t. II


would be a terrible expense, and 1t was.
unconstitutional. Also, when we had
TO raise money to pqy the army and
sustain it, thew told the people not 10
put a dollar into the Treasury OF the
United States, as they would never get


il out again. That was their story all
over. And now ask Judge Thurman,


Vallandigham & Co., what is your plan
, to save the Union You pretend you
want to save it from the grip of these
nefaEious Radicals-What do you want
to dog It Is very queer. These men
claim to be statesmen, and they go all
over the State, inveighing against our
measures, but what Is their planI-
What do they propose to do about III
All that these Radicals have done IS
r wrong, they say, and we are all a set OF
, scoundrels, but what do they propose
to do? Well, they will say when you
: ask them, that Niger amt as good


as white man, and that this Is a white
mans government, Laughter.


That Is all you will be able to get out
of them. All the craftsmanship have
| heard from that side for the last TWEEN
ty-iye wears amounts to this-that a
, Niger amt as good as a white man.
r The negro must not be free they used
, to saw. and an Abolitionist that said he
was entitled to his freedom was, IN
/ their estimation. the greatest monster
. Won could imagine, with head and
; horns on him. It was the most oppro-


brious epithet you could heap on


mans head. But now it has grown


pretty respectable and | don't hear any


more about it. Have you heard any
, BODY called an Abolitionist for the last
I three years, since we abolished slavery
5 We are all good Abolitionists now.
, THE DoINGs OF oNNTPorENcE.
81 But they say to you that you must
{ not 90 any further. You have freed
the negro, they say, and you must
leave him free. You can't do II, lot a
: nation that will ostraclse from political
] power four or Eve millions OF its pee
3 Die. who haYe committed no crime
D whatever. is not a republican govern
, meut. Such departure from reP10li-
D can government will ultimately ruin
and destroy our Government, because
: the Almighty has so ordered 1t tnat
YOU cannot do q wrong that won't re-
; dound on your own head and burt
Yourself in the long run.


wish all men could understand this
as / do. have endeaTored to watch
; the dealings Of Omnipotenee with man
kind. and am not more sure that 1
? have a soul than that no human being
? can commit an injury upon his neigh
, Dor. but it will rebound 10 his own dis