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A urtllUT CUAtOTIlUCTIOM Ob' TI1M COJKTITU riUM—A* IIDKIOT till UUOVOHIO.VI. AOMIMMTIIATION OK TUB OOVERNMKJNT.
Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors.
COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1872.
Volume XLIV.-No. 26
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOnN H. MARTIN..
THURSDAY
..JUNE 20, 1872.
On** Yr*r iu h«!v»
From th*' Adam
Speech of Hon. B. H. Hill.
J.ndic* and Gentlemen :
Iu my early youth 1 impressed upon
my muni the vital thought that passum
was the greatest foe of good sense and
right reason. The criminality of thu in
dulgence of passion iu thu investigation
of any truth is in exact proportion to the
great mterest upon thu correct solution
of that truth. Tnere are wise men in the
> nation, and many of them, who believe
that upon the results of the pending can
vass tor President the whole coutiuuuuco
of thu original theory ot Auierioau Gov
ernment depends. There nro wise men
iu the Soutli, and man}' of them, who be
lieve that upon the results of this contest
bang the absolute, imiteiu), moral uml
political destinies of especially the South
ern States. Whether these States shall
contiuue to be oppressed, to be insulted ;
whether they shad continue to be mere
vussals to the Federal Government, or
whether they shall be loosed from their
fetters and allowed to restore their own
prosperity in their own way, are the ques
tions which many believe to l>u depend
ent upon this canvass. It does seem to
ino that, in view of t i. fact, duty to utir-
aclves. duty to our children, duty to the
1 high t!U>l committed to ui by th mo who
( buvo gone before us, requires that wo
should cuter upon inu investigation ot
i the questions involved with coolness,
I with calmness, with di-p.ts ionute rein on.
• I am not here to-night to address ene
mies, 1 am hero to address friends, room
doubtless differing with Us, but still
[ fit lids, and 1 ahull not employ towards
them the language which they have justly
provoked and the punishment they justly
deserve. [AppDti'O J
That you may understand clearly and
distinctly the present political situation,
you will ullow mo hrictly to review a lew
of the events in the preceding months,
which have wrought tin* situation. The
termination of the war left botn sections,
to a largo extent, under ti
of passions engendered b;
That wur itself, having her
along, heutid sectional ci
cessarily engendered possn
beat and uni mot iy during its progress,
mid unfortunate circumstances occurred
at its close which were greatly calculated
to intlamo the passions so engendered.
The result whs that tin 1 administration of
the government was absolutely taken pos
session of by the passions of the hour,
and statesmanship itself sceuiid to be (ho
tucro child uud creature of those passions.
Tho Slates whiih hud entered that war
and cauio out of it atiMiuoossful, being
prostrate, being pafu^zed, weio to nn
unusual extent the actions ol these pie -
nions and prejudices, and il would ini b<-
^Very extravagant to any that they m.:. .•;■*■ !
^during the lour years that succeed' I the
termination of the war, wrongs and in -
anils exceeding in infamy, if ubt equaling
iu losses, all the calamities of the wur it
self. This thing could not hot always,
nnd two yenis ago this shite of things be
came patent to the wise men of the conn-
, ‘7. niflu who, getting rid.of tlm domiiui-
| lion of passion, began to retleot. 'Hie
party iu power seemed to tind no end of
what might be justly termed war iiiuam-
urefl, especially us applicable to what they
worn pleased to term the “Rebel States."
They not only passed what worn called
the reconstruction nets,by which the gov-
ernmeutsaf ten of theu States worn ab
solutely subverted,and other governments
crowed by Congre- iom:l power, organ
ized iu their stead. They m*t only passed
was a solution of tlio matter. The Deiu- come into the Democratic party, but only got to the land of Guuonu at one l*ound,
ocratio party and the Democrats engaged on condition that the Dcm cratin party and Homo hesitate because the Red Sou
iu this move wero not required to admit could manifest suilicient s renglli t*> win and the wilderness are to be Mossed,
that either the amendments or the recou- the light upon tlsal principle, and if the j 1 am willing to traverse tho wilderness,
si motion policy, iu substance or in form, attempt was made and t . ' -.l by tcanon of and trend oven n winding way, if it only
were cither wise, just or right. Bnt they . the extreme opinions to which 1 have nl- can lead me back to Canaan. Hilt some
did agree to admit that they wero uccotu- bulet, the Republic .us could not be ex- declare they never Intended to leave thu
plished fuels. Right or wrong, the thing peel'd to j*»m a divided Democracy, boml.’ge of Egypt unless they can reach
had been done, nud \vright or wrong the Well, \\!.t was to bo done? K nuclliing the promised laud at n bound. Well, my
thing hud to lomniu done until iho people was to be done. Was tho v hole emo to opinion is that they will die and be bu
ilt the exerciso of their own sovereign bo rum-ialeivd V Was centralism to go nod in Egypt. | Laughter oml applause.J
should recover sufficient virtue i on? Was the Gom-ral Government still ; That is my opinion
llsent ion, exile, martyrdom -but oonsout lost session of Congress a bill whs intro-
to fhat infamy nevov! [ApphinRe.] Now, dueed to give tho President authority to
Mr. Greeley comes to our relief upon that take possession of every elootiou precinct
point. Though acting with the Ropnbli- J iu the United Htatos. How was that move
w»n pirly, he, from the beginning, pro- dolealed i* It was not altogether do font-
tested against these fontnre-t of the policy. | cd, a hard struggle clamed. It was modi-
Therefore, I don't, nor do you, vinlaio lied, and tho most of its odiua features
to undo thorn in tho pc.ireablo constitu- J to contiuuo its eppres-ion? l).»y by day
tional way. This wav tho only concession i these uutr.ig* * Continued to be multiplied,
on earth any number of the Democratic ! They p. veil what was called the bayonet
puity ever proposed to make. To con- J bill iu its second edition. Theu
u (iomiiiatn u
th it w.
i. lij-
idrovorsy, lie
ns «.f unusual
► ftiuendmtnts to thu Constitution
serve the fruits of tlm war, as they said,
but they continued, idler these amend
ments were adopted, to tx -iciso congres
sional powers unknown to tl.o Coiihtitu-
tiou, and absolutely Hurtling iu their
character, and exclusively of a war na
ture. Force was tho power employed to
govern this country in a very large de
gree. Not only had tliof.o amendments
been passed, but the dominant party who
passed them and incorporate d them by
force into the Ooutiituri >J», pul u con
struction upon thorn ts whit h
gave absolute power • the <* : « r.d G*v-
ornmont, a construe. i< *■* ntr d ...ig the
government to the a' t of oblit* •* .ting
State constitutions. V* ..nro the * n l w«-
to be no m.-tti could teli. This at.ilo of
things alarmed -1 use the proper term—
this stale of tilings alutiuid, and justly
alarmed, many of the bust and wi-».-.t men
of tho Republican party. They aiw that
measurrs which they hud adopt* d, iu n
moment of passion, und which they
thought wero necessary after tho war end
ed, wero to bo repeated and repented, un
til it seemed thu party in p»*w*-r absolute
ly intended to subvert Republican gov
ernment aud institute centralism, despo
tism in its stend. It was believed that
there was a snflkien* number of patriotic
men in the Unite 1 States to correct Ibis
evil, if by uuy means they combine to
gether.
Hero, then, w.-s the Htunfion. Hero
was the Democratic parly a unit Agiti’.st
all these measuron. Here was a large
portion of the Republican party, d *i y in
creasing, becoming more and more id ai m
ed, that condemned these continued en
croachments upon the Constitution and
the rights of tho States, and those udded
togother, it was believed, would be suffi
cient to correct this evil und turn o it of
power tho party who wero disposed to
continno the encroachments. Rat the
question was, bow could this combination
bo effected? Could any purpo. o- gen
tlemen, I submit it to v >n- eonld any
purpose have boon higher, noM ror in *ro
patiintie? How could these different «I -
meats, agreeing in pnrposo, agreeing in
principle, equally alarmed, equally patri
otic—Low could they to combined ii to
ono solid, compact urginizdion for the
purpose of making opposition to this par
ty? The Democratic party had saul i i its
platform of 18(58, that all the reconstruc
tion policy of Congress was revolutionary,
unconstitutional and void '1 hoy had pro
claimed their purpose, if they acquired
power i% the government, to declare this
whole reconstruction policy a nullity. On
that position it was utterly impossible to
get the dissatisfied Republicans, the Lib
eral—what I call the patriotic Republi
cans—to nnite with the Democracy. And
why? Because upon that theory they
would be required to put a party in pow
er who proclaimed before hand, that it
was their purpose to undo everything
that had been done, nud even though they
might deprecate much that Ind been done,
mnch thvt they hud done themselves, yet
kathr irocess of undoing they lcared might
' L . 1 .. t II...
code that u fact exists, by no means ini-
plies or couccdes that it ought to exist.
It does not make you responsible for its
existence. Rat what was the concession
b* be uiudo by the Republicans who wero
dissatisfied with their own party?
Why. they were absolutely willing to
quit their party—to abandon it iu tho
zenith ot its power, to a bttndou it iu the
contiol of the government aud unite their
fortunes with tho Democratic party for
the purpoRe of turning out their former
comrades [applause, ] uiul they were per
fectly willing to unite with thu Democra
cy on this basis ; simply ignore all issues
upon the recount motion policy, put it
buck where yon put the wur secession, as
thing* of the past; unite together in tho
liviug present to make a glorious futuic.
1 Applause.J Well, these gentlemen ot
the Republican party were perfectly will
ing to do this, amt to unite with the
Democratic party for the se purposes, on
condition only that the Democratic party
should show it* it it was capable of organ
izing upon that position, for, if the Dem
ocratic party in attempting to organize
upon that position should go to pieces, or
rail, of course there could be lio indiicc-
■ r tin Liberal Republicans to unite
"ito a divided Deimcrucy. 1 believe,
an i 1 will s.\y i: to their credit, that oveiy
single prominent leading member of the
Democratic party in the Northern States
b« liuved that tho Democratic patty would
come to this position. Mr. ValDndtghniu
imulo thu initiative move. Why? Ru-
canso of all men in the North, he was sup
posed to be the hist one who would be
hi spooled of possible infidelity to the
Doiuociulie paity. Horn a Democrat,
ruisod u Democrat, incapable of auy infi
delity to the pnuciples or purposes of tho
Democratic party, but a pstnot os he was
lie nimo forward to make this movement,
which l confidently believe will succeed
! grout applause, J with tho sole pm pose of
saving the country. Now, fellow citizen*,
I call your attention to tho fact that this
movement made not the slightest cone*"-
sioii of principle on tlm part of the Deino-
cr.ilfi; party. Jt made nothing in the
world but the concession of n historical
tact. It based that concession upon two
ideas. One was, that thn central govern
ment, iu every department, would recog
nize alld administer these amendments,
right or wrong; that there was no right
to appeal to any higher power; that the
Supremo Court of the United States
would fail to give any relief nguimd them,
upon the ground tlmt tiny m te constitu
tional, dci iiru-g them political measures
t v be decided by Congress, and beyond
lb* 'power of the Court to review. That
being the ease, tlicio Was no oilier ill
ternutiVe bit by which to fight that poli
ey, except to ap|M>al to the people, und
tho people lit this time, it was believed,
were not in condition to hear tl.a appeal,
therefore they were simply allowed to
puss by and be treated as histoiical facts,
and 1 call your attention to ono distinct
fact. 1 wish you to understand there was
no inctubor of the Demoeratio party,
North or South, ever dreamed, under any
circumstances, of conceding tho justice
or the righteouanem of the reconstruction
policy. Every assertion to the contrary
h u slander which ought to bring the
blush <•! shame to all who have uttered
it. 1 Applause. | There was no purpose
in tlm movement to collude with what Is
railed the Radical party in power. On,
the contrary, the avowed underlying pur
pose was to organize the patrio s of the
c Miiitiy, in order to turn thot party out of
power. 1 Applause. | Higher, Holder,
mere patriotic impulses never entered the
bosoms of any inou of this country in liny
period of its history. | Applause. J Con
vention after convention of the Demo
cratic party was called at tho North, and
it, only because, unfortunately, opposi
tion in tho party itself was tuado to such
an extent ns to defeat any capacity in the
Democratic party to organize with all its
? -rues upon that platform, and tho sad
dest view of the fact is that flint oppoai-
tion came in bitter terms, nnd chiefly from
tl •» Southern Stati.s, which wero to bo
hi D) bent fitted by iho movement. That
great and good nm* that man whom I
shall go t*> my grave loving—that trno pa
triot and noble htn'ennan, iu nu hour of
thoughtIctMiicKs, and with no expectation
of being misunderstood, or to take tho
position ascribed to him—onr former
President, Jefferson Davis, [applause, J—
in the Htato of Georgia, at this juncture,
unfortunately said that be accepted noth
ing imfortuuately said to the people of
the South that their eanse would yet tri
umph. These remarks were canght up
by the miserable creatures hanging
around him for the pnrjmsft of misrepro-
Kti-KInx bill, then cau.o the nnthoiity to
suspend thu wiit of habeas corpus iu
time of peace. Wlut was to be done ?
It was now, for tlu* tiist time, suggested
that that poition of the Republican parly
which was d.*^uli>ticd with thu adminis
tration of the government to nmuifest
their aiueeiity aud their faitli to piiuciplu
and by first themselves separating from
tho party to which they beh*nged and or
ganize a new i Mr.y of flu.ii* own. ii Wur
now reiiunuhcud lha it was just Died in
Missouri. 1 •» tmit El ite »he Democrats
were oppressed, uud tUi> extixuic wing of
tlu* Republican paity was iu power.
Gr.it/. Rrowii, (.'ail behui/. and General
Frank Rluir nm>le what you call the coali
tion. the Kuptihiicuii paity in Mi*»-ouii
organized upon eubstautiuby tho saiuo
position to wl i.'h 1 ti-ivuailinlud, and tiny
dethroned the Ridic.il party of Missouri.
Tiny found the State in feltoisniid unfet
tered it, aud ci*franchised the DemocratH
and made '.Ussuini tlm nm ,t hoinoeratie
Statu iu the Uni >n. Ill • t ,• th.li thuu
. ih.it ti
l the
i public
i I hi;
idd i.rgn
Mlpp.
to tlu
the R* i
• li *
that
let tlm people settle tin* question to suit
theuiHulvi N This removed the difib ulty,
and Mr. Greoluy, a tiundy supporter, was
aiomiimted, and Gmtz Rrowii, one of the
original movers, who at nick the shackles
from the Democrats of Missonii, was put
as the k< cond man. | Applause. |
With this m •v<‘in ml at ('uiciminli the
Deiuocratie party bad no a live eonlicc-
tion. It is true that u groat many ayin-
work anotLcr revolunou, uml where tl.
process of undoing would end, nobody
could tell. It whs no possible, therefore,
for the Republicans to unite with the
Dcmoi'i.tlo i. 3on this point, and bolides
to oak them to do it was to auk them to
at alt if y themselves. ()n tho other hand,
it waa impossible for tho Dcuiocralio pnv-
ty ever to say that these amendments nnd
reconstruction acta were wise, wore just,
wero right. They did not believe it.
They were not wise, they were not just,
they wore not right, and it wan impossi
ble for that portion of tho Democratic par
ty living in the Southern States ever to
dishonor themselves bv Mich a concession
ma that. ["Applause.] How now, was it
iinpoasible to bring these elements, for a
common purpose, together? Gentlemen,
when man really wish to acoompliah a
a good, common purpose, the old adage
“wtera there is a will there is a way," is
inting him. They wore circulated
throughout the North and heralded as
as evidence to the people of tho North
that the Democratic peoplo of the South
would never come into this inovcuu-ut,
not even recognizing the amendments ns
historical facts, or make any concussions,
at all, but wero simply rebellions
Hi ill. Unfortunately other distinguished
gentlemen indulged in vory ex
treme utterances iijkmi thin Hubjoot.—
Some, I lmvo no idea, ever intended wlmt
was attributed to them, but they were un
derstood us meaning that the Southern
peoplo wanted another war. Unfortu
nately then another great nud good man,
Mr. Stephens, commenced editing a pa-
p -r, and his paper wr.a full of Htatcni'iutH
ihut these amendments ahould bo treated
■ i nullities, and when the Democratic
h bite was elected, that ho was to pro-
iii them as such. Why ! these infill
were represented oh tho representative
/ti of tho South—oh controlling the
filth — and without the South the Demo-
die patiy was powerless, and, therefore,
the leaders id the North, feeling that tho
at the South was unjust to them,
they lost spi lt, they became indifferent
uud said if the South will aoeept no move
ment which w ill relieve them, if they will
not net on patriotic grounds, why let the
South go. That indifference at the North
thus produced caused this move to fail.—
The Df inocrccy was defeated in nearly all
the State elect ions last fall. Gentlemen,
i'. is otic of the suddost portions of the
history f f this country that those who
brought forward this movement wero
slandorcd as unworthy of your trust and
confidence. That great nnd noh]«* man,
Yallandighnm, was declared to he no
Democrat, was declared to be a traitor to
his party. Ho waa held up by men who
were neoplytes in their party oh false and
untrue. UnfoiInnately the man was uot
allowed to Hoe his vindication. He wont
to hi* grave, doubileas his proud and no
ble spirit more pniuod by the slanders of
men who were not worthy to loose the
latchets of his shoes, theu was his body
by the crnel bullet which took away his
life. [Applause.]
Hut I must hasten on. What now was
to be done ? Hut beforo I pass from this
point I desiro to call your attention dis
tinctly to ono thought. It hoa been
charged, as an outrage, that a few hund
red thousand Republicans, at most, should
require the whole Democratic party, with
its reported three m Uions of votes, to
come over to them, instead of the few
huudred thousand Republicans going to
them, and that it compared to a tag boat
carrying a big steamer into the harbor.
Well, let me toll yon. Tho original be-
• ulei laiiui.g Ibis purp'i: c
and wi.ling :• ml l.iose t.-om tin* ruling
dynasty, Gun.Id me* t at Umciiuiati on llio
1st »1 M :y ami orgsiuua upon that basis.
Gnu «»t (lie most distiuglll-d.cd or.itois of
thu Union took tho lu.nl, and going into
different pm Is of Iho Wist, and coining
as far South us Nashville, made speeches
favor of the move, aud they wero
grand orations lull of patriotism. Rut
move Kufiuid to W'uUO, ami those
who looked lo.it with hope, as the moans
pf redemption from ter oppression then
existing, begun to grow faint, and just at
this entieal potiod of tin* move, a large
f the Republic ;iih of Now Yoik,
with lb*
•ut
plum,.*.)
»d jo
•d the
the head, <
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'til I *
bull. i.
posit mu wi
lliug dui
portions.
the
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Ills'
lit** imrting Waa
ii st i imo .Senator
• dv op* ii ami firm
i. it wont on
.• into large pro-
oG put i inn* eon-
i - auilbh d lit ('itl-
lai„
ii.niti the first of M
gufiix.cd, und th*' p!at
adopt* >1 eiub i.V-, lit n
Iplcs ot the 1 >cm*'i
put in a t* w word that
1*1*1
They or-
\vhit*]i tbr>
tie J ally. Tl
Nobodyi
d 11;
Mr.
> t!;..
plank, and it w t eon u.li i. ! m
iilo barrier tq dr. G
wIhq and patrio
at will not h*t small thim
the
prop.
tlmt ibis (pieHiion of tariff
Hhoultl be referred back to the people and
puthized w.tfi it.
portion ot the Du:n
iho Couvcutioii ut i
i adopting u i
*t * d* elan d that if
iiiiiati ahould sue-
ol lo pl.itloim they
■ ould recomiio ml tin ir parly to make no
oiuinatioo, but uiutu with them ill de
ft almg a common enemy.
Now, fellow citizens, you have in ft few
wordk tho oiigiu, thu meaning, thn pur-
poso and the philosophy ol what rome
have Htyhd thu New I luparluro. [ A j»-
platiHo. | And it iu brim-full of pat riot j mi
from its original inception to this hour.
Now the question is, wh.u will the !>•
slum l
Th.y,
joined
That
to discuss with von I . ni.d
ir Uadi I. tl orotig • *. In
trali/.iug paity have since : •«iiiil.|cd
I’hilmb-Ipliia, made u phttiorm in diri
Antagonism with the platform ut 1'iuri
null, have nominated then
ask your support. Tlm i
between these luo | .llli*‘S.
ting ready tor the battle. It is to I
contest for liberty, it is to bo a contest
Agaiust empire. It is to be a content
against tho suspension of tho glorious
writ of habeas corpus. [Applause.) It
ia to bn a contest against Federal bayonet
supervision of btate elect ions. It is lo
be a contest for thn equality of the hontli-
ern States uud tlm Houthern peoplo.
[Great applause. | The wager of battle
tins boon given ; thn tocsin of conflict hns
beon aonudod, and Hicm- galk.nl men— I
ttiu courageous enough to call them gal
lant—these nu n who qint their party in
tho/.unitli ot us power, who surrendered
tho ollluen that wi re in lli. ir gift, und or
ganized a n'.w party for ih:s groat battle,
invite your co-operatioii. | Apphiusu.J
That's all. Ivnv the Dymoeratie parly has
to do one ol two thirfj i. It must olthvr
noiuinate at Raliimoro a ticket of its own,
or it must support tlio Cincinnati move
ment. 1 need not answer another alter
native propounded by Jud - Stephens last
night, lie said: Huppoxo the ('**nvoiition
at H'dtimore abouid nomim le Grunt ? I
don't suppose any such u ioolitli thing.
| Laughter uud npplauho. ] AV lint 1 Mippi so
is that the I)< moeratie ji.iily wi I ritlicr
nominate a ticke t r f its own, on a plat-
form «*f its own, or it will ro-epor.ite with
th<; Ginciunati movt one < I i othen
and whatever it nhall d*», it is g*-in»» to do
as a party ; it going to do by Us organ
ization ; audit is not going to disband
and turn y* u all loom to ntr. y anywhere
yon wnut to go. Now I admit this is n
question upon which D'.moi i.its may hon
estly differ, whether you hlntil go in favor
of uu independent nomination, or whether
under the circumstances you will be most
useful to the country by co-oporatiug with
ilia Cincinnati movement, it is a ques
tion on which the Dcmor-rnts can h<*i-estly
differ, and on which they ought to be
allowed to differ, ami on which they do
differ. Thn matter is becoming warm,
and I exceedingly doprce.ito the feeling
that is being engendered in f ume quar
ters. We are all friends, we all dcanc tho
aainc end.
No enemy is engaged in this move. I
tell fi*y friend, w ho spoke l .st night so
eloquently, no man is engaged in this
move who ir opposed toblate rights. The
only difference l etv.eon us D, what is the
most effective policy to recover tho lost
rights of tho Stctes. | ApplntiMc.J Some
think our mm t • tleetive «•»*u-** w«,u’d be
by going with Cincinnati. Well, it you
tbiuk ho, you ought to go then*. Some
think wo can succeed nioro effectively by
nominating a straight ticket at Haitimore.
Well, if that bo bo, thank God ! no limn
is more willing to take that cour.-.o than
tho qdo who addresses you. I admit that
it fs a question tlmt lias two aides. It is
a question that ought to bo calmly aud
dtH|»a88iouutely discussed, und 1 protest
against that spirit which denounces all
who will not go iu a certain direction us
traitors. [Applouso. | AVo nil are Demo
crats in this move, and wo all want to get
book to tbe Canaan of local btato govern
ment and constitutional limitations upon
Federal power. [Applause. J The only
Well, now who in to aottlo thin ques
tion ? Who is to determine whether the
Dotuoeratio parly will go with Cincinnati
or go by itself ? Who is to determine it ?
When friends differ there ought to bo an
umpire. We have got no court to np|>eiil
to ; who can determine it. I nay Demo
crats assembled in Rnltimore will deter
mine it, nnd veil aud nnd 1 ought to go
with them, whutover they determine.— .
[Great applause.] ‘
Well, said my distinguished friend last
night, 1 will ngree to nlddu by Hultiniore,
provided ltaltiiuore will decide according
to my ideas. | Luigliter. J AVoll, every
body lias a light to agioo provided Haiti-
more will decide tho principle as lie un
derstands it, uud every uuxu is a parly by
himself. Wlmt is to become of us? I put
it to your candor, 1 put it to your reason,
is it reasonable for one man, for two men,
for three ittou, for l believe tlmt is about
all | great laughter | to stand up before thu
Democracy of this country and say they
wilt agree with the party, provided the
party will agree with them first? Well, if
ihat is reasonable, then there is no use of
going t*> Ridtinioro nt nil. Just lot tbe
three call vou together and toll you w lmt
t" do. | Euigliti r and applause. | Wo
line either g.,l t.» do it, or else wo him* |
g"t to bo traitors, ami cowards, nnd i
thieves nnd Radicals. [Luugliti r. | Ij
li iuonstioic against ail such arguments.— j
H \ wrio bring shot ut an enemy, 1 would ,
make hi.u feel it on this point, but I mil
firing only nt erring 11lends and from tlio
bottom *>t my heart, 1 cull to them come
back and h i us go to Hultiuioro. | Laugh
ter tu.d applause. ] Let us all go togother
and let us all cn-opcrulo together, and if
there is any lighting to be done, let us nil
fight together, nud if there is any dying
to be done, Ictus all die together. [Ap
plause.] Now this is just wlmt I wuut to
that principle of honor that we should
over bold dear, by supporting Mr. Gree
ley. Tlmt 1 put foremost as the first rea
son why I nm willing to veto fur him.
There is another reason why J like Mr.
Greeley. lie has never been what is
called a partisan; and an independent
thinker, I think lias (lie greatest honesty.
I pity any limn when 1 see a man gel up
before nu nudicucc and hdk about build
ing up a party. You must use party to
accomplish a good purpose. You must
uct harmoniously with your i*arty, but
wliou it come* to thought, bo independ
ent. Independence of thought nud har
mony in action is the business of all who
Now, to
wore stricken out, nnd now, the President
instead of the right to arrest nnd impris
on Vbtors, without the privilege of habeas
corpus, till tho oleotiou is over, has no
right, but simply to allow ineu to go und
look on an.l make report. How was that
accomplished ? Ry n coalition—by a com
bination of the Democracy nnd the Liber
al Republicans. That victory was won
and that iniquity wsh defeated, [ap
plause, ] and that I consider oue of tho
greutosi victories won. Fellow citizens,
I congratulate yon. Ilia chief muehiuory,
do.
Fellow-citizens, if it were not for a cer
tain reason, which perhaps you will see iu
the progress of tile argument, 1 would end
lids address right nmv. i would not.enter
up»*n the discussion of that question still
behind, as to what nomination Rnltimore
ought to make. Whatever may be my
individual opinion upon that subject, I
want you to umlerataiid that if Raliimoro
differs with me, 1 admit my opinion is
wrong, and 1 am going with Raltimore.
| Applause. | 1 shall not set my judgment
up as against the whole party. AVlicn 1
set out with this move eighteen mouths
ago, God knows there was not the small
est crevice iu 1113’ heart, that could harbor
11 purpose to do anything but contribute
ail my humble powers would permit lo
devise some scheme by which tho Demo
cratic paity, under its own colors, under
it . own standard bearers, could go to vic-
t-iy. (Applause. | 1 may remark lure,
in passing, tlmt I anticipated Mr. Yullaii-
c.igtniH.'s movement, by some month-., for
a ic.'wui applicable alone to Georgia.
Knowing tlmt steps would be taken by
curtain parties to endeavor to secure an
other reconstruction of the State, by set
ting aside the election if it should go Dem
ocratic I simply pul myself iu position
to counteract that movement, aud ns far
as this State lias been concerned, the re
sult has been entirely satisfactory. Gen
tlemen, everywhere the people are send
ing up shouts tlmt wo have the Govern
ment in our hands. This truly is 1111 occa
sion for rejoicing, but lot it bo remem
bered tlmt this result is uot uttrilmluhlo,
iu the least degree, lo our ultra friends.
Gn tin* contrary, these results have been
accomplished, not only w ithout their aid,
but in spite of their unfortunate folly. If
these gentIciuell who t*»ok extreme posi
tions hud been concurred with, you would,
to-night, while I speak, be under the nd-
minislrulioti of a Radical Legislature, with
I tu I lock for Governor, uud bonds issuing
like thumb-papers.
Rut, 1 say, wlmt shall Raliimoro do?
Shall she nominate a ticket? Fellow-citi
zens, 1 confess to you 4'rankly, that this
question bus given me great trouble. 1
ilo not disguise it. 1 do not know that
any question for solution 1ms been sub
mitted to my mind, to which 1 have given
more serious and earnest consideration.
1 have endeavor* *1 lo look ut it in every
light possible. 1 have endeavored to ex
ercise upon it clour, cool, dispassionate
na.on; suppressing my lenliugs, for 1
eolilc a to you if J allowed my prejudices
and my feelings to take possession of my
judgment, 1 would every hour of my life
pray God lo spare me to tbe day that 1
could gather this whole record of recon
struction infamy into one pile and make
one grand bonfire of it. Hut hush! hush!
You uud i have been taught by bitter ex
perience to submit to many things tlmt
were not agreeable, and we limy have lo
submit to many more. AVe must obey the
law. Wo must obey wlmt the courts de
clare to be the luw. AVe have no light to
s**t up onr judgment as the only standard
*•1 our action, whether we approve or not.
'J hereforo 1 11111 perfectly willing to gather
secession, the war aud reconstruction into
olio triune bundle of infamy uml bury
them out of sight forever. Hut 1113' rea
son briugs nu*. to tho conclusion that tin!
Rdtiinoro Convention ought and will
accomplish most good by co-operating
with tb*! Cincinnati movement. [Ap
plause. J If 1 could h ivo hud the construc
tion ol thu plat form, I would huvo mudu
it in mono respects different. If Jacoulti
have had the nomination of the cuudidute.-i
l certainly would have made them differ
ent. If the Democratic party could mus
ter all its forces, I might be willing to sue
them make an ind* pendent nomination.
I wi. h it could be done, and done success-
fully, und if it shall turn out tlmt it can
be doin , no man will rejoice more earn-
*• tly H ull 11.3’solf. lhit i will proceed to
give my reasons why i think wo had better
co-npcralu with Liuciuuati.
Mr. Greeley him said uml dono many
things which 1 rood uot toll you 1 do not
approve— 3*011 «io not upprovo, but Mr.
Greeley 1ms always been in favor of one
policy which relieves me of the most vital
objection to his support. He never lias
at any time approved of those odious fou-
tures of tho reconstruction policy which
disfranchised the virtue and intelligence
of tho South aud eutrunchiaed the ignor
ance und vice of tho South. [Applause.]
He has stood up like a man from thu be
ginning and protested against every ono
of these odious features of tho reconstruc
tion policy. You know that the main rea
son why 1 never could, 1 never can und
never will, while God gives mo grucu to
remember tlmt I am a Southern man aud
u white mail, approve theso measures, is
bemuse they effect my honor, because
they uak the Southern people to give that
p.ilK'3* validity by thuir own consent, asks
1 h*-m to con cat to u policy which degra
ded the white men of the South by con
senting tlmt the masters should bo iu
( hums, while their slaves should he unfet
lured lo rob them. [ Appluuso.J That is
why I never could and never can endorse
that policy. As I said before, in 18(57 nnd
iu IhliM, when all of you concurred with
me, 1 do not uml did not propose to resist
the United States, nor any thing they
might do. I said tlmt all tlmt then and
tried to prove if, but I said tlmt when
Congress passed outside of tho Constitu
tion to oppress the Southern people, when
SM injMUUmmin etbor Hung*. Hot US vm Out UMW ikplUOMM XV*MJOCnmm Ii w»*»f our frivoOa wut |o(^I would t«ko mythiug-doMt, «on-
the members of that bodv tromnled upon
to gratify their feelings
associate iu parly movements,
the history ot Mr. Greeley
AVhy, 1 remember befo’r.
find his part3* in the very hour of it;, faimt
cism, mid boldly declared that if tho
Southern people desired to secede, lli<-y
had tbe right to do so. Rut. said the
gentleman, utter the war begun be prose
cuted tho war. Tlmt i-> true. Can you
object to tlmt? Mr. Greeley honestly
thought that the Southern States hud a
light to accede. Rut when the North
waged war anyhow, and thu South wuged
war also, WI13 Mr. Greeley joined his own
side. Well, I opposed secession, and a
great many other gentlemen opposed so-
cession, but when our States acceded we
went with tlm States through th** war.
| Applause. ] Now, if 3*111 quarrel with
Mr. Groek^v forgoing with his Slate, you
must proscribe me lor Iho sum* icason.
1 would go with it ng.iiii under the same
eircum stances. [Applause.] I linvo
nothing to t.die hactv nor to apologize for
upon tlmt subject. Tho only difference
between us is, flint he happened lo be on
that side and I on this. Tlmt is all. Rut
Mr. Groeh^v was against the whole party
upon the subject ol pence. There was no
day of die war that ho was not willing to
negotiate upon the subject of peace, on
terms honorable to both parties. Koine
represent Greeley us a vindictive mall;
but it is not true.
1 call to mind that ut one time, when
tho (Junfmluruto Government soul Coui-
missionors around to Guiiuda, to open ne
gotiations with Wist ern Democrat'. Our
OoiiimisHiom is wore there, and, so far us
1 know, or believe, or remember, Horace
l*iveley was the only man in the North —
Democrat or Republieuu tlmt had tho
courage lo go to Uutmda, mid have fiiend-
I3’ communication with our people. | Ap
plause. | Even Iho ib'liumrats even the
Democrats of the North iefus"d lt» enter
tain propositions from us, 01 t«> treat with
Jloruco Greeley was the only man
that defied his purgv and acted upon his
conscience ns a patriot, and wont there
ready to enter into terms of peace con
sistent with the honor of both sections ou
the basis of preserving the Union. | Ap-
plim-i,. |
Alter tlie wnf tennin.itul, met ..ur || .j.
WITH trill, <1 Uiul „lll lint. 1,1 ell,el, III.,11 wle i'.i
no people < ver hud nobler, wash prison
er in chains, nnd the bloodhounds of thu
North were after his blood, lm exhibited
th« highest moral courage. As I walked
through thu streets of New York, iny. ulf
n prisoner, the first time I ever saw thu
oily, I saw st reaming from all thuir pub
lic buildings liumiliuling pictures of Jef
ferson Davis, in women's clothes and iu
chains. 1 heard their maniac cries for his
blond. The first sound tlmt sululul my
oars, when I entered the dungeon, was
tho miserable jailor, saying: “You
ought to feel honored because 3*011 occupy
a dungeon in which I hud propuied lo
hiiin Jeff Davis." I replied to him : “1
do feel honored, and if you had chained
him, a criminal would lmvo chained a pa
triot." | Applause | Moon after Mr. Lin
coln's iiufoi'tiin ito assassination, when
passions were infl lined ns 1 never Haw
thorn among any people, it was then that
this limn Horace Gn* icy d< Imd his party
alone and went to Richmond und do* *1
to become the sillily of lliii man, an I <1 *1
do it. |Great applause. | Rocause ol tl.**
manhood, beennsu of the moral courage
it. exhibits, that is why 1 admire it.
“Why, 'says the gentleman, “he deserves
no morn credit than Gen. Grant, who
threatened, if Gen. Loe w.< * molested, lm
would rc ign his coinmiss oii." NVby, my
friends, don’t you son tin* vast diffcrctico
between the two? Grant did that as a
roldicr. '1 Ii it wih (Ik* eoi.dition on which
Lee surrendered that he Was let to bo
disturbed. Grant v.-.»s under 11 solemn
pledge to pi elect (in. Lot*. Ilow.mil
have been false to bi t honor as a soldier
if he. Imd not done iti Rut Mr. Gre. l y
hud given no pledge to Jeff Davis, lli.-, net
was a voluntary act. Him act w* s not drum
for the pupose of redeeming a pledge, but
to illustrate a principle. [ Applatnu. |
I am nut auyiug tie so things t*> pro
nounce a eulogy on Mr. Greeley; but 1
like independence nnd moral courage. In
Homo matters J like a man that is yielding,
Hint defers to thu opiniotis of others, but
when it coiuch to seta of msnhood, then it
is that 1 like to sue a man ad ss becomes
a limit. Tlmt Horace Grouley Ims done in
his whole histo^v. There is no political
principle in this, I admit; Imt I urn ju t
giving the reason why a Southern man is
incouhistenl lo vote for linruco Greeley.
I am willing to co-operate with tins
Uinciiindi movement for si.oilier reason,
which is, I* r the good tlmt I believe it
will accomplish, its evidenced 1*3* tlio gaud
it Ims already accomplished. Now, lei-
low citizens, I want to cull your attention
lotto fad that Ibis very move lias al
ready nocetuplislH d throe important
things. In the first pla< e, it bus m e >iu-
plishud a largo amnesty. Tho Republican
party had refused to pars the hill remov
ing the distebiti'lOS Rom the .Southern
people at all. It had come up over nnd
over again. They had managed lo vote
it down. Greeley had alwaxs advocated
it. \\ hen this ('im ininti Convention unit
iiiel pars' d resolutions demanding it, and
Grant's parly saw lli.it thu issue would be
joined upon tlmt subject, they promptly
passed the bill, and thus disabilities were
teuioved from uli but a few of our Kouth-
orn pc*.pie.
My distinguish' d friend said last night
tlmt lie was uu outluw, <tu*l that it was an
outrage. Aud ho it is. Horace Greeloy
aays it is an oulrago. Horace Greeley bus
always said so. j Appluuso.J Thu uomi-
tutiou bus Hlrickuu the fullers from my
limbs. The clectiou of Horace Greeley
will strike the fettera from yours, (point
ing to Ueuorul Toombs.) [ Appluimc. J
Another good thing that this move bus
accomplished in this. Tho most danger
ous hill, 111 my opinion, ever nttempted,
for the purpose ol centralizing thu Ameri
can Government, is known as what is
called tho “Force bill”— tho “Ruyoiiut
bill,'' l>3* which thu Federal Government,
through its own officers, takes charge of
tbo election precincts of tho country
throughout thu nuliou. I saw tho infamy
of thiH meusuro. 1 made a visit to New
York expressly to beg the people, the uu-
thoriti* s of New York, when tlio experi
ment was first uUeiuptud ujsm tlu* Stale,
to resist it, ami it was tho pa-sage <•!' that
muusiirc, us one of tlm outiago.,, that pre
ceded nnd gave rise to this new departure.
When that measure was passed, it then
only applied to u few large towns. Gin.
Grunt tried tho experiment of enforcing
that lucuHuro upon New York. My own
opinion was, ami the opinion of the lead
ing Democrats was, that if Now York sub-
milled to that interference with State
oluetions, that tho Republican pnrty would
nnlariiA i*u lumiipu mill I.V 1S7*J tVdlllll
the great engine which was to l>o put ux
the hands of General Grant during tho
pending election, by which ho would bo
enabled to control it, has bocu defeated
by the management, by thu combination,
thu wav he do- by tho ooulllion, if 3*011 please, of tho
Greeley men and DcmocrutH. Oh, iu the
luce of such a patent, such u glorious
truth, how 1 counl look with utter con
tempt upuu tho poor eroaturo that, hyutm
like, could go back into tho far records
of this patriot and dig up some liltlo
things to object to. I tool that this move
lias accomplished much for you und mo.
Now 1 don't believe the Democratic purty
could have done that, hucaiisu Grunt wus
willing to resist to tho last that party
alone, but Gonoral Grunt and his party
could not 1 cHiht Greoluy aud tho Cincin
nati Couvcutioii united iu this work.
The third thing to which 1 alluded ns
accomplished by this move is this. You
remember that nt thu last session of Con
gress a bill was passed authorizing tho
HUMpoUhiou of hubojH corpus, ami tho bill
was t»* bo in force till tlio adjournment
of tho present session. 1‘rior to tho ad
journment, that party, iho Republican
party, brought forward a move for the
purpose of continuing that nut iu l'orcu,
and it wus a most dangerous blow ut thu
liberties of thu people.
Even the bayonet bill would bo Hhorn
of some of its power by the defeat of tho
siiHpousiou of habeas corpus; but when
thu President had the right to arrest a
voter, right at tho polls, and itnprisou
him nutil aftor tlio election, you ncu what
thu consequences would ho. AVoll, tny
friends, when thu Republicans brought
forward thu bill to prolong this power,
again tho Democrats und Greeley men
united and defeated it, and thus to this
move it is owing that you and i to-day—
to-night—need no longer dioud martial
law. Martial law* Iiiih been threatened
upon this Statu several times, as it has
been actually enforced in North Carolina
aud iu South Carolina. Their citizens
have boon in chains in time of peace
with this writ suspended, nud marched off
to Non he re prisons for imprisonment.
Thank God this cun no longed he. Grant
has no more power to take away the liber-
tic.'. of tin* peoplo by the suspension of
the writ of habeas corpus limit yon and I
have, and that glorious result is attributu-
l>!<* to of tlm Democrats
and tbe Givnloy Republicans. | Applause. |
Now, this** nro the throe tilings -amnes
ty, tin? iiiod iioatioti of tin* bayonet bill
uiul Hie rci.I oration of the writ of habeas
cm pm. These three IhingH alone are
worth the Cincinnati movement, and are
enough to inspire the great aud noble
with gratitude lor the accomplishment of
it. | Applause. | Therefore, us this much
good Inis already been done, 1 argue from
that that much other good may lie dono,
uud will be done.
There is another reanon why 1 mil wil
ling to support thu Cincinnati movement
if tin* Raltimore Convention shall bo or
der it, and that is this: That Mr. Gree
ley had no expectation of being elected
without the Democrat in voters, uml if
Greeley should bo elected, that hiiiio elec
tion will carry into Hie House of Repie-
fluntativos a majority of Democrats, uud
when you have got in tlmt body 11 major
ity *»f Democrats, the ('resident is power-
h ss In do harm. | Toombs—That's u
strong point |
M> Li* ml justly says it is a strong point.
I i-. niic; mid that alone is worth tho ex-
their own oaths 1
of vengeance agninHt tho Southern people
and asked tho Southern peoplo to give Va
lidity U> that action by their eminent l
said to General Grant and I said to Gen.
Pope, and I thank God that I said it, that
oularge its powers, und by 1872 would
have a bill puHsud which would authorize
General Grant to tako control of all tho
preoineta and declare tho election as ho
pleased. Bure enough, iu 1870 and 1871
an amendatory bill was introduced aud
paaaed enlarging the powers of the I»re«i
pen
« nt.
Again, the indications from Democratic
turn already had, show’ vor3* dourly tlmt
tlu* groat body of tlio parly is decidedly
in favor of co-ojtending with tlio Cincin
nati movement, it mm tors but liltlo now
wind you and I 11 igld iiuvo preferred,
•nnnot, if wo would, erred, this cur-
()f lliiiloen Status, which have, up
t*»thi« lime,held conventions and appoint
ees to R.dtiiiioro, only ono him
instill.'.i* ,| her delegates to insist 011 wlmt
is called a stiaigld Doiuooridio ticket.
I Imt one exception is Delaware, which
has three voles in the Electoral College.
You cannot forget y«mr friends who bo
greatly outuiiiuber you. You but help
thn cuomy by quurrdiug with your
friends. There can bo licit her safety, nor
policy, nor priuciplc, except iu going with
Hultiuioro.
Tho distinguished gentleman who ad
dressed you lost night,(General Toombs,)
said hu was glad this test of party fidolity
liud cornu. He was now going to winnow
the Grouley chuff from tho trno Demo-
eratio wheat, and 1m was going to chalk
tho trno Democrats on tho luck and kick
tin* others out! AVoll, 1 will not quarrel
with thin trim und valiant gentleman, but
1 will suggest a bargain for his own caso
and benefit. If ho v.ill postpouo the
chalking division of his labors for sixty
I tbiuk h*! will find in Georgia only
thieo bucks to chalk, and they will |>« so
si.k as to be utterly indifferent. | Uo-
pcatod rounds of laughter und applause.]
If he will only Labour to begin the kick
ing process f**r over a jnuch -itaeuAriod,
h * will find the undertaking so hffgo hu
w ill roconsidur his rash ru.-olvo and aban
don tho job. If hu will not ho abandon
it, lie will illustrate tho wisdom and cour
age of a certain wisu mutual, who seeing
the engine nud train coming towards him
under full Kpocd, bravely planted himself
on tbo track, throw his tail in tlm nir,
unwed tho {'round wi.h his two fi-ut, nud
loudly bellowed out, “if that traitorous
and cowardly Greeley engine rim against,
him ho wouid butt if off tho truck.”
| Great laughter. J
The lost 1 saw of tlmt animal hu was
badly chalked. [ Renewed laughter. ] In
the sumo breath our friend aaid “ho
would, with groat pleasure, vote for the
Devil or Joliu Brown's ghost beforo ho
would vote for eilhor Greeley or Grant."
How harmoniously men's ideas with their
feeliugs unconsciously flow! On his lino
of passion aud lmto I think the Dovil for
FruKidunt and Joim Hrowu's ghost for
Vico ProHidcnt would bo tho vory best
ticket ho could nominate! [Vociferous
applause. ] On tlmt liuo our poor delud
ed South ims boon carried lower nud low
er and still lower, until I now kuow of no
lower place save the dominions of our
fiiund's favorite candidate. (Sensation
mul nppl.uiso ] if tho goutloinuu’H can
didate should lm cloclod, I piuy tlmt 1m
limy not find place in tlmt administration.
Kick out, indeed! Kick out Now* A’ork,
IVnnsylvaum, Indiana—all the States hut
Deluw'ure! Kick out Hendricks, unn Pen
dleton, aud Seymour, aud lloirman, ami
Adams, mul all the great life-long IcudetH
of the Democratic party, exuopt three lat-
tcr-buru iu Georgia!
J iidgo Stcplious, last night, begged you
in most excited, pathetic strains to repu
diate Mr. Greeley for tho sake of down
trodden South Curoiina, while South Car
olina herself, with tlm unanimous voice
of her convention, implores you in tones
louder than tlm clunk of hor chains to
elect Mr. Greeloy as tho only hope for her
roliof. [Enthusiastic applause.] Mr.
Toombs has been alluded to as advising
for a straight Democratic tiokot. But
Mr. Voorheea' Btate (Indiana) haaapokeu,
through her Convention, in the inoet em
phatic manner, for Uincinnoti* indorse-
abide tho decision at Baltimore, and ho orn states and peoplo in tho Union, con-
la, and ever hns btou, nu honest umn, a utilities a man a traitor, a fool and a roll,
true man, and a patriot. [Applause. [— her, then tho greatest traitor, tho biggest
Tho truth is, the decision tor Raltimore f ot »l and tho worst robber in America
has been rendered by tlm Domncrntic p«
pie before Haitimore meets, and whet lit
you like it or not, it is your duly to con
dMtapou tUt «Bbj*ct, wd dwriBg lb«|m#nt. tad Ur. Yowbw* IdawU vUl
So then oven if the Democratic party
as a unit could elect a straight. Democratic
ticket with thu divisions now manifest,
success ou that line would be impossible.
And lit re I wish I could impress upon thu
South ono truth our peoplo ought lo learn.
It is this: There urn thousands of thu
host Democrats iu tlm North who belie vo
nutl alii 1111 that one chief roasou why the
Democratic parly is kept in a minority iu
tlm nation aud iu thu Northern States is
becaii'.o of certain ultraisins ut tlm South
which they have been aud are required to
bear in season and out of season. They
applaud you lor refusing to give vitality
to tlm reconstruction policy by 3*011 r con
sent. This was uoues.sary to save 3*0111'
honor. Hut without your consent, aud
by force, reconstruction has bceoma uu
accomplished fact. Every department of
tho government recognizes ami enforces
thu amendments. All thu people submit
to tlu-iu. Now, lor 11s of thu South lo 111- >
sist that tho Democratic part3* shall go
before tlm people ou u platlorm and with
candidates pledged to treat the amend
ments as nullities, is Himply to insist that
tlm Democratic party shall subject itself
to tlm charge of defying the government,
of disobeying thu courts, aud of suckiug
to gut power only to undo nil tho results
of the war, evuu to tho extent of rc-us-
t/.blishiug slavery. If every law resulting
from foieo ui.d successful usurpation i.«
but a nullity, then everything done since
secession is a 1111.11(3 ; aud to require tho
Democratic party to approve or refute
this logic is a liurdeu they cannot hoar
boforo the Northern people in their pres
ent temper, and must constantly insure
their defeat and make the wrongs and
usurpations ot whitdi we uoiuplaiu per
petual. They, therefore, do not ask us
to approve, but only to hiwy reconstruc
tion with thu surrender, and accession
with the dead past, and obu3* tlm laws us
tlm courts and authorities decide them, us
tho only why to stop tho ever increasing
evils ol a revolution which secession
madly began, uud which rceuiistruction,
with greater madness, huuiiis determined
shall uever end. And I tell you, uiy
Boutlmru friends, abuse what you call th**
new depnrtmo as you may, you will got
no other platform at Haliimoiv. Tuo
Democracy, whether with or without I'm-
ciutmli, will not go into tho canvass with
Southern uitruisiu.%—such ns you heard
here last night—as their recognized ami
represented*** sentiments. Whether
Greeley nnd Drown, or straight-out nomi
nees lm the candidates, they will stand ou
whut you call tho New Departure plat
form. They will pledge you to abitlo and
obey, in good faith, all thu amuuduicnlH
und all tho laws as verities, until the peo
plo, in u legal way, shall choose to change
them. Gttr Northern friends complain,
aud justly coiupluiu, of those ultra South
ern men who allow dmiuHehcs lo utter
contrary sentiments us tlm only true De
mocracy. To get lid ot these ultiuimts
uml tho charges to which they subject the
Democratic purl3' before tin* Noilhcni
people, is one of tlm chief reasons which
creates th** necessity, as they think, nt
adopting tlm Cincinnati platform und
nominees.
Still another reason for co-operating
with Cincinnati results from tlm one just
stated. If tho Democratic party were to
outer the race on thu platlorm of 18(58,
nud under their own nominees, nnd wore
to get an actual majority of tho votes, it
is believed they wouid still not securo the
offices. As against Democracy on the
platform that tlm amendments are nulli
ties, it is believed the ruling parly would
and could bold I ho Government 1*3* force,
aud would bo Hitstaiiiod by thn Northern
people; while as against tlm platlorm aud
candidates of tlm Liberal Republicans,
so Hceiirin,* a majority of tlm votes, they
would not dare lo iiiuko such an attempt.
An.l behold here another illustration of
tlm duttguiH of * \tromo views ami intole
rant tump rs. Ilow long, Soullmrn peo-
plu, 111 list you HiifiVtr Tmter experiences
before you iuarff tlm great Ionhou fhat in
discreet zealots, controlled 1*3* passion,
may do more t<* destroy tho cuisu they
udvocalo thuu all the power ol tho most
ulignuiit enemy could do ? What have
you not ulrumly lost and suffered from
this very evil? 1 do not desire to stir
any unplmisaut feeling, but wo must nut
rut use t«» learn wisdom from onr errors.
1 spook wlmt history must record as trim
when 1 suy that thu ro-opoiiiug of the sla
very agitation, by thu repeal of tho Mis
souri Compromise, did more to destroy
slavery than all th** abolition socictios of
thu world. A’et tlmt repeal was made in
tho avowed interest of the rights of slav
ery, uiul every Houthern man who did not
upprovo it, and support tlm party that
sustained it, was deiiounc*'d u« unsound
on slavery, and not lit to lm trusted by
the peoplo !
History w»il a*lj i ! .*n that when wo hur
ried UDprcpuicd and in passiou into su-
cession, we made tlm iu avenmnt which
destroyed thn purtisuu power of the Koutli
in tho government. And yet that move
ment wus uduiiruhly made to secure
Southern independence and promote
Southern power, uud every man who
could not approve it was denounced as a
trailer to Ins suction. History will de
clare, when all the facts are Known, that
the internal dissections created 1*3* tlm
quarrel kept up with llmir own sulo by
distinguish**! emit in the Confederacy,
did more to bring ou Southern dulcat and
humiliation thuu all tho armies of Grant
snd Sherman. Yet that wur was tundu by
Confederates on the Confederate govern
ment uvo.vedly in the name of liberty,
uud every man who united iu giving earn
est and unmurmuring support to our
leaders in thu fittld aud iu the Cabinet,
wore duiiouncud as thoeueuiiua of liberty,
seeking to establish a military despotism.
In the naum of slavery, slavery was.
destroyed, in the naum of independence,
Southern independence was destroyed.
In tlm imiuu of liberty and right. South
ern humiliation uud riufcat was wrought.
Aud this buiiiu fell spirit of extreme un
reasoning, unyielding, iutolcrnnt, self-
sufficient aud self-ini maculate egotism und
zuul, for twelve months has boon bimliug
iuto its exclusive dead embrace tbe Dem
ocratic purty, aud in the name of the
“ouly true Democracy" will destroy Do-
mooracy itself forever, if not now 1 clinked
and repudiated by the people. [ Applause]
It will then havo but ono more work of
destruction to perforin, nnd (but will he
sure—that now being done. Dinning
forever, iu placo uud out of plnce, into
thu earH of tho people, their own self-
patented exclusive right to define and
protect Stute YightH. indiscreet zealots
seem determined never to cease their ill-
timed claiunriug until, iu tlm name of
Statu rights, they shall destroy thu States
themselves ! | Applause.)
Those tireless outrugers of everything
they advocate, arc always known by the
fluent facility with which they denounce
everybody as a traitor, or robber or fool
who will uot be us indiscreet und dealrct-
ivo us themselves. AY hut a catalogue wo
ha*l last night of thieves, nnd robbers uud
Radicals, made up of all oIbbhuh, and
trades and profession! of ineu who wero
willing to support Mr. Greeley.
1 tell tlmso gentlemen there nro thou
sands in Georgia just as honest, as true
and wise os themselves and who iutoud to
vote for Mr. Greoloy if Haitimore shall ao
decide. Nay, I toll tlmm more, if to be
willing to oboy tho lawa of the land; if to
be huxious to co-oporate with all who are
willing to restore local State government
and Constitutional limitations upon Fed
eral power, end above ell, if to be willing
to adopt auy honorable means of arrest
ing tbe wrongs under which we suffer,
wd to mm *iwtl right* to toy Itooto-
tends beforo you to-night! | Very groat
eppiftuso.j
Now, iu Iho beginning of this canvass
I entoi* my remonstrance against tois in
tolerant oratory, and if the gentlemen
who indulge in it have no respect for
themselves, they should at least respect
the character ol our peoplo und Iho grav
ity of tho issue, and uhuudou tho ugly if
not criminal habit.
Another reason why I nm willing to
support Mr. Greeley, if tho Haitimore
Couvcutioii Khali so decido, is because we
of tho Smith, by Ruch support, offer to
tho North the highest possible evidence
of onr sincere desiro to end soctioual dis
cord nud havo n cordial rc-uuion. It lias,
heretofore, boon difficult for tho Northern
peoplo to holiovo wo wero sincere in lay
ing down onr arms, ami that wo agreed
cheerfully to tho emancipation of tho ne
gro. It has boon impossible for the Dem
ocratic party to inspire this needed confi
dence, bocuuso that part3' was charged
with bringing about hccuuBiou, and with
’dsiro to nullify all the results of tho
*, and tho extrcnio and thoughtless ut
terances of u few Southern men havo
aided tho Radicals iu thuir impeachment
of Democratic sincerity ou theso ques
tions. i have alrondy explained to you
tlm origin and moaning and purpose of
what is called tho now dej allure. That
movement hud the warm approval of all
tho most prominent Northern Democrats,
and was endorsed by all tho Northern
Slate Conventions. it had no purposo
Imt lo prepare tho Democrat^* to make
this Presidential race under their own
trig, burno 63* their own at mduril-bonrcc,
and 11 largo number of Liberal Republi
cans wero willing to co-operate with tho
Democracy on this line, if tho parly
eould organize on it. Tlicro was no con
cession of a Kinglo principlo. There was
only tlio admission of tin* facts which,
right or wrong, had occurred. Thorn
was no trouble with tlio democrats at tho
North. But, uuf«>rtnuntol3’, au linoxpoct-
od bitterness against this movement was
xhibited nt tho South, and it is painful
to add, chiclly iu Georgia.
All Ihoso uttcraucon were engerty caught
up by the extreme Radicals of the North
and paraded as evidence that the Demo
cratic party was not sincere in tho pro
posed movement to combino with tho
Liberals to boat tho Extremes ami save
tho country. Thu charges wore false *. tho
movement was sincoro and patriotic, ns
you now sen ; but thorn uro ninny at tho
North as unreasoning as many ut tlio
South—incro creatures of the wur pas
sions. Tho result was Iho Democratic
p-rty was defeated, and thus rendered
unable, 1*3’ theso Southern iitterancos, to
organize tho party on this movement and
uiuko tlio race under their own Hog, aided
by thu Republicans.
The extreme demagogues of tho North
will uot bo able to make tho peoplo be
hove that Mr. Greoloy will nullify all tho
i« suits of tho wuf and restore slavery.
I ho people of tho South exhibit a mag
nanimity which must excite tho admiral ion
•I tho world, and offer conclusive evidence
»f their willingness to givo up slavery, to
{ivo tho negro his political and civil
tights under thu law*, uud to have penna
nt peace and concord oil a basis of
ivoraal equality between tho States of
flic I>111011, and of civil supremacy and
hual freedom, by supporting tho Cincin
nati candidates. If tho Northern people
do not respond to this magnanimous and
patriotic fooling of tbo South, then let
them blame only themselves if discord
reign until empiro come.
Tho last ruamm I H|>oeif3 ; to-night for
bring willing to support Mr. Greeley, if
tho Haltiinoro Convention shall so decido,
is that us his election is luoro probable
than that of a Demur vatic ticket, so tho
j>r.*poct for our deliverance from Federal
inloiforenco in onr local affairs through
llud. election on tho Cincinnati platform
is more hopeful and will bo more speudy.
Ami, after all, my Southern countrymen,
this is tho greatest reason of all. AA'o
havo but littlo interest iu what becomes
of the Federal Government, if wo cannot
t and koep control of *iur own Ktato
governments. For rovoii 3*ears wo havo
buffered under disadvantages which no
otlior people over had to con tend with.
AVo havo beon insulted ami robbed, iu our
poverty nnd weak hubs, by strangers, vag
abonds and nogrous, under tho protection
of tho Federal bayou ot. Our laws havo
b* on deranged, our industry paralyzed,
and society demoralized, and our intollec
luul nud virtuous men forbidden under
tbo penalties of felony to employ their
qualifications to bring about order, secu
rity and prosperity. For tivo years thou
sands of our in st poople havo slept with
out oaso and waked without hope. Our
hinds hnvo continued todocrcuuo iu value,
tbo fruits of our toil havo boon taken b3'
law-mukiugnnd law-rulingrobbors. Thou
sands hnvo boon arrostod without warrant,
tiiod without law, and condemned with
out guilt, only to contiuuo in power tho
stra* igors and tbioves who rulod without
authority and plundered without com
punction. Evon now wliilo I speak they
are carrying citizons of a neighboring
State by tho score from thuir dosolato but
still sunny homes to Northern prisons!
Oh, my countrymen, let us beiiovo tho
dry <»f our deliverance is dawning. Lot
us lope the time for us to begin to im-
provo is near. AVoury watchers for re
turning right to tho wur-ridden plains of
the South, take eourage ! It s* urns to mo
I uni catching tho rays of a now star iu
the East, guiding you to a now political
Bethlehem, whore is born, not a man, but
that Divine conception, a now hopo for
local State government nml constitutional
limitations upon Federal power, which
im aiih redemption for you, peace for the
nation, nud good will to mankind!
A gentleman having n distinguished
nnuin said, but 3*estorda3', he was glad to
hear I was willing to nocept tho Cincin
nati movement, as it wus good evidenco
tho peoplo would not uucopt it, as they
had uovor followed mo. It is difficult to
lot ermine whether tho truth ortho stu
pidity of this remark preponderates. It
is true 1 havo not led our pooplo to tlioir
present condition. Hut when you sec
whither tho3’ havo beon led, is. it not
strangely Httipid for any man to rofer to
snub leadership as an achievement for
bon^tiug? No, my friends, I havo uovor
lod yon. During the wholo time of my
connection with politics you have boon
rushing wildly down a declivity, and 1
have done nothing hut labor to avert your
full. No man can liavo an humber esti
mate of my abilities than myself. AVheu
1 have so ofton seen so clearly ovil after
evil coining upon 3*011, nnd remoiubor how
unublo 1 have been to avert it, I feel
bun.Mo and insignificant. Hut your fall
is complote. Lot it be nt nu uud. AVe
must win agniu. Aud if God would com
mission mo with an iulolleet worthy to bo
a leader, I would ask no other or higher
auibit lou than to loud you from poverty
back to wealth, from defeat back to
power, and from humiliation and sorrow
back lo happiness aud prosperity 1 [ Groat
upplnuso. J
[Note ux the Rkpouteh.—This address
was most enthusiastically received aud
opplnuded. Gen. Toombs several times
manifested approval during its delivery,
and at tbe oondusiou, beiug called for,
arose and said:
“You havo heard ono of the most ofi*-
qnont, ono of tho grandest addressos that
yoa will over hear iu favor of Mr. Gree
ley. He is entitled to tho thanks of this
country. Go home aud consider it. R
waa clear, oloquout and impressive. I * m
against Greeloy, but at the aaiue »•£*•
you have got the host of tho case on bis
oi.ra nii.i I n.11 frtr Hutto cheers for 011.
side, aud I call for three cheers
HU1.”]
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