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"^1 HE 1" - - 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, < |Ap- I till! 'til I * bull. i. posit mu wi lliug dui portions. the I Of 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.”] stake.' trim! bu rotuiu.uced, »nd lb* Jury town *•!•***& j •