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We regret that our space precl our publishing the remarks of each ol above-mentioned honored gentlemen. B however we append the speeches of HAMP BDTLER and YO?MANS, and to their able masterly efforts in behalf of the succe thc Democratic party-the only and last 1 for the redemption of this country-we ii the careful attention of our readers. The ceremonies were opened with pr by the Rev. Mr. CORNISH, aft tr which Hon. Mr. FINLEY came forward and spot follows: Fellow Citizens :-Io this eventful cris our country's histor}', itis cheering to k .that in every part of our State, and in ei quarter of the Union, there is heard tramp of the phalanx of brave men, who buckling on their armor iu thc cause of < slilutiunal liberty, and who are making re to take an active part in th . contest ; pending. I reverence the names of Pie Brooks. Hancock, Vallahdighaui, Hill Gordon, whose names will stand as land ms ujion the hills of fame. God forbid that .of us should pluck a leaf Irom the lau which crowu their brow, or take awav. glory which belongs to them. I ara p'n that South Carolina claims her placo in picture ; Ibat our virtuous mother, the Palmetto State, stricken and impoverishei she is, can stiU point to some of her gal] sons in this galaxy of patriots. Of th wbo are re?oWed, come what may, survivt perish lo share ber fortune?, primus inier res-first amorg his equals, is one of wh we, as citizens of South Carolina, without t disparagement of others, but confin?L-g o selves to our own family circle, may now s as our fathers did of Washington, he is " Fi m war, first in peace, and first iu the bea <>f his countrymen."' It is he who is now address us on the questions of the day. Alb me to introduce to you one whom all Soi Carolinians delight to honor-Gen. Wa Hampton. [Cheers.] General Hampton then came forward a was received with loud and long continu cheeriug. He spoke as follows : REMARKS OF GEN. HAMPTON. Ladies and Gentlemen-If any one thii can stir my heart more profoundly thi another, it is the reception which I have in with here and over Ute whole State. Whe n'ter the bitter storm through which we ha' passed, I eorm? back to ni}' own native lan rad see again the men who stood shoulder I .boulder with me in the light, and extendh :o me a welcome whita they tell me that tut telieve that I have striven to do my duty, "eel deeply grateful, as does the tempest mat 1er who, having escaped shipwreck, enters i ast the haven -of safety.. Thc endeavor t Io my duty was the motive that carried tr brough the years pf strife that have passet I believed when the State called her sons t war it was the duty of every oitizen to n ?pond, and I answered promptly to the cal So, likewise, when the State gave'the Orde to shcathethesworJ, I obeyed the coraraanc I am now fljhting for her cau-e and her ir terests in peace, as I fought tor them in wai and, fellow-citizens, in my opinion, grave n wR3 the struggle in which we were then e gaged^and terrific as have been the conw qu?nces to us in many places; the interesl involved in the conteBt in which we are no engaged are even more momentous. I lt ??eve that upon the sncpess ot the cause de pends thc life or death of the constitutioi ?i?d that if we are successful we can reestr.l lish th? government of the constitution an Union. But if we fail, if the Democrati party fails, then, iu my opinion, we shall se the great republic of Washington go dow into that grave which hus closed over so man of its predecessors. I boiieva U)at it is tb dntr of every man to strike again for bis sita: fireside and country. You have all doubtless heard of the Con vention which recently assembled in Nei York. When'the South was invited to tak -part in its deliberations, I -.ade up my mia "that evepy Southern State ought to be reprc 8ented, feeling that we ougbt to meet tb Democracy of the North face to face, to tal with them, and show that we were ?arn?s sod sincere in our protestations. I am gla to say that my expectations, were more tha fulfilled. We were met on nil eidps and b all classes with the most cordial kindness an most generous consideration. They all wei corned us back, encouraged us with the high est hopes, and. a?suTed us that .they woul stand by us, and that they intended to secur the victory. Not on'y were we so met b; she delegates in ibo Democratic Convention but also by the members of another Conven tion, who, if any distinction ?aD be mai where every welcome was so warm, met o even more -cordially thau the others. Tki? Convention was composed of rnen who hat ; ught us for four years, and had met us o? more than ?r.c hundred bloody fields. ' The] .ame to us not as enemies, but ns friends uid extending to us the hand of friendship hey said; "You were fighting for you States as we were fighting for our States You believed.that you were right as we bc .leved that We were Tight. We fought onli fb> the Union and Constitution, and nowt be lieving that our ends are gained, we wisl mee more, standing by the altars of oui country end around our country's flag. t< iight in the-cause of the constitution, liberty rad free.government." They extendpd to u? the right hand pf fellowship ; and I, whe yielded to none in my devbtiou to the L^isl Cause-I who believed that our cause wa? right-accepted for myself and my people that rigtt hand of. fellowship in the saou .pirit in which it wai offered. [Cheers.] I uid them that we were speaking wit? no louble tongue-that when we said ^wnr we meant wnr, aud when we?aid peace we meant ?.?.ac*. [L'jud cheers j This was the way in which we were met in New Yor? : and when all difficulties'were kindly smoothed away, w?? had but to consul: ogether and determine upon the, principles ind platform on which we all might stand And work together wit h unity nf purpose and beling.. As you probably know,-one dejecate ?rom-each State-was appointed to form viwni mitten- for preparing the-platform. When we^-for I had the honor to be one of that committee-met and entered upon the dis cussion, there appeared many point? of differ ence. Though aiming at the ssrae end, there were different means that might bo chpson. Wediscussed the platform one whole night, us men who had tho same interests and thc *ame canse at heart. Wo discussed the mat ters as brethren, and not one harsh word was spoken. There were men of the North, of New England, the West and the South, and ?II, without, ono dissenting voice, announced the noble platform on Which wo stand. This platform was submitted tP tho Convention, and there, too, it was ndopted without a dis senting voice 5 and we now -call upon you, the whole 'South, and tho whole Union, to come-- forward and ratify it with the Rimo unanimity with which it . was ratified in New York. [Cheers.J What, gentlemen, i$ that platform, and ? what Bro 'iio-e principles? Wc dccls j, that the R?\.-o-.i-: ruction acts are unconsi tindal, revolutionary and void. Unconsi tional, bocause they subverted the free | I ernmcnt under which wn lived, and in I Union, founded on the consent of the { j erned. subjected ten States to the pow? the bayonet ; because they stripped the C Magistrate of his legal authority, and on portant questions had deprived the Supn Court of its rightful jurisdiction, had thr ci ed- to strip the court of all ifs . pot When that court had decided that these i were unconstitutional, Congress interfe: extended its hand, and would not allow decision to be declared until after th' ~v dential election. We of the South hud not done moro tl to cay that their acts were unconstitutio had asked for a decree of the Supreme Co and were prepared to submit in good fa had the decisiou been adverse to our cat We declared the reconstruction acts revc lunary; because they revolutinjiized the g crament of the country, because they 1 placed ten S'utes under a milit-iry despotii because they threatened the subversior the supreme judicial tribunal of theda and because the party now iu power in C cress intended through them to retain force .vu it-they had acquired by fraud. Will no; tue Radical party which propo; to eeize the government meet us with I base and bold imposition of charging us w being i evolutionary ? No later than yest day i saw that the Radical press hld i uounced me as a rebel aud revolutionist account of something I had said. Now I di them to pnt their finger on one Word, oi single place in which I have said anythi thai can be so construed. T said in Charl tou that tiie plank denouncing the Rece siruciion acts ns unconstitutional, revolutk ary aud void, was oue which we had p lhere ; and I say so again. Thi* is not t first instance in history in which a party i tending to seize the government and ovt throw the liberties of the people has charge its opponents with its o ?rn designs. Wea net seekiug revolution. We only ask for o Statis the same rights that Massachuset enjoys. We merely demand the right to re date our own affairs. We do not seek wi We want peace, to build up our deso?a place?, to restore our altars, to regain oi prosperity, to b ing forth our energies, at to re establish upon a finn foundntion thc r public of our fathers. That is what we wan and it is only that which wo aim at. The Kadical party charges us wUh bein revolutionary. They say through their stat? ard bearer, let us have peace. Now. lefio* citizens, wlrat kind of peace? There is ot: kind of peace which eomes from the Got head itself-the peace which pisses all unde standing. There is anothenpeace where til whiie-runed angel, after the din of w.?r ht ceased, broods over the smiling land, aodd? clares that all are brethren once more. BL there is yet another peace : The peace whit the kite gives to the dove, the wolf to th lamb-tho peace of death. Let the Rudie: rule be firmly fixed, let them once grasp th reins of government, and that peace of deal, will prevail forever in tili? f.ir ?and nf our.' Not only here will it prevail, bot from Main to. California, irom tue Atlantic to the Gull The j?eace of death-because that govern ment for which "ur lathers f.,ugbt wuuld gi down m mond, anarchy uno" ?onniSfo?, am upon its ruins would rise the empire of tb despot. It is then in tho interest, nf peaci that I speak to you here. I wish to disabusi the minds of p. opie here, and of my friend at thc North. It wa my good fortune when in New Yorl to di ;, ?n ? mpany with many Federal ant a few . ;i:>: officers. Among then vt-.-. ' f th ni s . distinguished federa Ge cal-Ewing. Steadman, Gt anger am nth TH. After duiner they called on om Southern people and drew them ont in after dinner speeches. I was called on, and I spoki with the sam- frankness with which I nov speak to my own people. I told them that ai the commencement of their difficulties then were sonv? of the leading men of my owi section who thought that L-was lukewarm it the cause. I told them that I believed tha there would be a war, and that when it cam? I intended to do my share of the righting. ] was here interrupted by one of the Federa Generals, who exclaimed in very go d humor a By God ! I think you did do your part.' [Cheers ] T said that I had gone into th< war beciu*? I believed that I was right, ant I now declare that.I waa, in all sincerity, otu of the warmest advocates in-the interests o peace. I desired it from the bottom of my heart. I was not speaking with a false oi double tongue, but in perfect sincerity anc franknoss. There were tho soldiers whom ] had fought. They said they had rather be lieve men who had fought for their Country, and who were now willing to declare past is sues dead, and who were willing to stanc upon a common plat form, than they would the reen who now profess to be more violonl than when the wat vas raging. [A voice u I had a boy who served under you'."] Ve? I had many bravo mea from Barnwell in my command. Th? was one reason why I came hero to-day. There were many of them whe entered the war with me, and with rae sheathed their swords when the war waa over. I wanted to see them and thank them and their kinsmen for all that they bad dene. 1 wanted t i tell them that their old comman der had not forgotten them, and that the ties of battle were as strong as any tie on earth.; that I.wanted them to be good soldiers in thc interests of peace as they had been good sol diers in war ; that I. wanted them to close up their ranks, as they bad often done, and, moving shoulder to shoulder, press on to an assured victory. They will listen to me as they always did, for they know that I always recognized merit, wheiher it was fouud under the braided collar of the officer, or the tat tered jacket of the private soldier. They know that I always treated them as-brethren -as men having tho same interests as my self-ind that I now advise thom candidly an t in all sincerity. [Cheer*.] Fellow-citizens, there are many tonics on which I have mit touched. I only wished to have a family talk with you, to thank my people fo't their kindness, and to adjtite them to be true and firm. m I want yuU now to consider the reconstruc tion of Suntu Carolina, accomplished by three rears of Radical rule. In Columbia you can sec what is called the Legislature of South Carolina. When I served ir. the Legislature, we received three dollars per day, abd we tried-to finish our wbok as soon as possible. Ttje distinguished g?ntlemen who now fill our places find their time so valuable that they can not work for less than six dollars, a day, Tvith double mileage, arid taking four times as long to do the work. That body, which was once characterized by wisdom, honor, patriotism, and all the high virtues, is now on?y known as ignorance, guided by ina lignityi I did not know the degradation, my imagi nation could not depict the humiliation" to ! which our Mate could be reduced, until I Raw ? Siwycr and the renegade Tom Rob?rtson filling the places once occupied by Calhouu, McDuffie and Hayne. 1 did not think that ! the colored pe-que of ?he State themselves would clo tin -, NOT do I now believe that they woul? ?f they had been consulted.' Look now ut the Ben?h, and see thc seat once dignified by Chief Justice Dunkin occupied by a" man who now turns his back upon thc State and the men who through a lone; series of years have given him more honors than he deservod. Look ar your own fellow-citizen (.iodate Aldrir-h.) who would not " crook the preguant hinges of the knee j that thrift might follow fawning," who rel I into private life rather than obey the or i of a military satrap, whose place was ? j by Zephaniah Platt ; and it is one of the ] bright spots in the operations of reconst j lion, that its completion bas removed this < j tore from office. I can make excuses for Radicals wboonly tc*ke tho votes of the col* people that they may thereby obtain 1 money and place. In this they are tm their instincts. Like the birds of prey t pounce down upon tbe carcass that they i satiate their ravenous greed. But wh? think of any South Carolinian, who she have ** . instincts of a Carolinian, who ??*. ii his nourishment from the breast.* Carolina mother, who bas received at hands of the State all that she can g when such a man turns his back upou State, I cannot find words in which to nounce bim. 0?, for a tongue to damn tho slave, Whose treason, likoa-deadly blight, Cornes o'er the counsels of the brave, And blast them in their hour of mig "ir His country's curse, his children's sbami 'Bereft ofvirtuo, p?aco and fame, May ho at last, with lip's of flame, On a parched desert thirsting die. And when from earth his spirit flies, Just prophet! lot the damned ono dwell Pull in the sight of Paradise, .. , Beholding Hoaven and feeling Hell. [Cheers. X now want to say a few words to the c ored people, of whom ? am glad to see mi here. I believe, and I have told them th if the interests of the white man are al sta theirs are even more in jeopardy. 1T1 wurst comes to the worst, the white man c gather his household gods and carry hi? s row and his suffering to another land. B before the black man can go away, he mi make money enough. Even then there is piaee in which he would bo treated as well he in here, fl he goes to -the North or Norl Went ho will be met .as an enemy. I a-se and" I have before expressod ray willi ngn? to grant more rights to the colored peor t?an any Northern State has shown a w lingfiess to grant in the recent elections, feel: that the interests of the black men ai the white men of -tho. South are bound i together.- I -feel that -the black men. a Southern men, that wc wero born upon ti same soil, and that .we hjive lived our pa lives together. I know that as thc white mi prospers so 'will the black man prosper, know that if the while men become poor at broken down; tho black men wrll share tl same fate. The radicals have made them mai promises, but when they had got what lin wanted-they allowed the colored people whistle down the wind and shift for themsel vt I.tall you that if you are so unfortunate ? to draw thc line between the white people i the South and yourselves, you will soon fir that you have no friends at all. The whi men will bring o?ier white men into tl country who will work cheaper than the co ored man. In a few years they will have ci cu pied every foot of ground where you no dwell. They will be hired to the owner? i the land,-and gradually, but peacefully an surely, fhoy will spread over the countryman the colored mun will be driven out, and wi disappear as the Indian has disappeared be fore thc onward march of the wbite mau.. J w_l . !..?." '..f Ci, *. ..n i.mill-T% ? ? ? mt as there is a God io. Heaven. I believe th? the colored man can do gr*ai good in ?hi country. We know bini, and he knows ai We recognize his freedom fully. It. isio ou interest that he shnuM make gnod crops an receive g^od wages. Even if we were nc actuated by old acquaintance and fiiendsbir our interests would compel us to look afte his welfare. And for their welfare, we ad vis* them, io help us io drive away the Radical and scallawags who are in our" midst. M; colored friends, do as was d?nein Mississippi There the colored majority was greater ii proportion than it ia here, but the colore men came to'lhe support cf their only friendi swept over . the State, and voted down th reconstruction constitution by a jiaj irity o 10.000. That is what you will do hero, al though, perhaps not now. You will find tba Radical promises of forty acres of land an< a mule Will como to nothing. They will giv< you a piece of land sis A.et by three feet enough to bury yob in; but you will get tn more except as other people d?, by buyinj and paying for it. [Cheers.] I desire ?*nce moie, my friends and follow citizens, to say that I am glad tobe with you und I desire to ask the fair women whom 1 see around me to help us in the coming fight as they did in the fight now passed, durinj which they gave up all that they had to as sist the soldiers of their country. Maid mother and wile devoted all their energies l< sustaining tho cau*e in which their fathers o sons were engaged- But I would prefer t< speak of your women now in words .whicl paint their deeds mere beautifully than i could hope to do : - ' Tho maid who binds'her warrior's sash, And, smiling, all her pain dissembles, - Tho whjto beneath tho drooping lash, One pearly tear-drop hangs and trembles Though Hoavon alone records tho tear," And fame shall nevor know her story, Her heart has shod a drop as dear As o'er bedewed tho field of glory. The motlier who conceals her grief, As to ber heart her son sho presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief . Kissing tho patriot boy she blesses; With.no one but her secret God, To know tho pain that weighs upon hor, Sheds holy blood as e'or the sod Keceived.upon tho field of honor; The wife who girds her husband's" sword, Mid little ones who weep and wonder, Then bravely speaks hor parting word, Although ber heart be torn asunder; Doomed nightly, in her dreams to bear The b -Its of war around him rattle, Has shed.as sacred blood as olee, Was poured upon the field of battle. [Tremendous cheering.] Gentlewomen of South Carolina | I again thank you for all that you have done, and beg of you to give us still your encourage ment and help. Tell all your kinsmen to go earnestly into the fight. Adjure them by all they hold dear, never to falter or tire. Re mind them that in Carolina, Maryland and Virginia, they were ministered to, as I was, by the women of the South-, and tell them that upon tho manner in which they do their duty how depends the future fortunes of their mothers, theil1 sisters and the whole suffering South. Hon. Mr. HILLAKD, of Georgia, and Jadge ALDRICH, then addressed the assembled mul titude. Mr. FINLEY put the following resolutions seriatim, and they were unanimously adopted, several Federal soldiers voting in the affir mative. The resolutions are as follows ; Resolved, That tho citizens of South Caro lina, now assembled in mass meeting, do hereby most cheerfully assent to the nomina i dons made by the Democratic Convention, held in the City of New York, on the 4th of i July lost, for the offices of President and ; vice-President of the United States : and j that on the platform promulgated by said . Convention, we Very cordially accept the j Hon. Horatio Seyn-our and Gen. Francis P. j Blair ns the chosen leaders of the Democracy ! of the Union in the approaching contest, and pledge ourselves to co-operate, heart and band, by all the means in our power, strenu ously exerted in their behalf, to achieve the victory. Resolved, That we consider the overthrow of Radicalism and the triumph of the Demo cracfev at the W8oinsr.e?ccri<)n8. as essen s i tp tfe preservation bf Constitu? ionaPLiber . in tBUeeuuTry, .?nd that we confidently, a pealjto all-the coBservatjwe ejementsibooug out our land to uajte in effecting tbis.gloi ous consummation: RW?lB?d\ That we entirely approve, of tl coutte pursued in the New York Consentie bv tie delegation from South Carolina. Ldads'calla ware then made for Gener BuftBR, who spoke aa follows ; *' . l?ECH 0F.6ENE.RAL BUTLER. XtWf3v.itd G?kthniea-.l have been in po itieswice in my^ li fe. Tirai when I*tricd i takfflT?ohth Carolina out 'of tba-Union an failifc*n't 'Reeorjd!y,.wrienT tried to rcstoi ber * Ih'e Unlrxn . ana also failed; R?T?O? stituj?mn, sa it is called, is idle farce y it i WoraW-tbe excess of.orimiiiaUtp It ia ' farce to say South Carolina is restprefl 'wbd fromtone end. to another there rs no securit for liav liberty and property^ Three yeai "~*f?t Greensboro, Igjrvo:rpy pkrtflc of bi mr as av&eldler, and Jbat. parole has -been ot serV? in guo? faitA by me as it bas been jj you. ? We bad alight to expect, good fakb i' returjp, but. we li?d not received il. 'Ara?frj the ^ppoTtew of the Radic?is tlr?r? are bu few Fao-were se?d?eis in the fiel3. We iver called trakors'aod rebels a little' while ' agr and 'iaow' Hancock, . McClellan, Buell' am Granjgex are called tbenTaitore-men wit! whom. we. could have settled our troubles ii ten minutes. The Radical leaders, Butter Cd?t?-and Stevens, wore. never in thy.-fcob. of bait k' j .rbay. skulked,br ftc rear, and bur ried io the din of war men who were* nobb* and ?oro*- w*rfb? than -they,, Tr?? cbjeftaii of tb? party .fa' CL. S. Grant- Against, him as a soldier, I haw tuKhinc to say,, arid I be Heye that if he.had been left to hmiself ?ht terms^ grauted the Oonflederatea would ba,v< been;faithfully carriedout! '. But'fb? Ra?ica ?bounds* have-placed him in a f5ls> po'sttron He knows nothing now of justiee,or-'o? policy or of--8tatesmanship. He *only knows now thc rule ot.;the bayonet and the two-word military. law-r "orders and obedieoce..n He can as well rulo this country as a doctor car tca^.Jaw or a.la.wyer teacb engineering.. Hi bas placed him?nlf. in afaf$e position,and bat sacrificed himself Uv a love of power.. Q^tefat Btriipr then explained tho iniqui ties bf a'so-?allfd majority mle, abd spoke ol the contrast between rb? Radical" abd Demo cratic tickets, in which latter Seamour, the civilian, was first and Blair, the Moldier, se cond. He'?-aid : I and you have abandoned the canse for which land you struggled-, and in the great struggle before us no roan should relaxlfis efforts.. AH that is left of our once lovely land.io at stake,-for if theRadicals-are victorious, we must - gather np our domestic treasures-and bid.farewell- to the rand that gave us birth. When liberty goes.down we raust'seck some "happier scene. In^bur great fight the tr?e and manly Uni. ted'Stuiesi soldiers will co-ojwrete with us-. Every true soldier will set the constitution at the side of tb? Democratic bann?r;and with tbfitiaid we have no right to despair of the republic. In conclusion,-General But er e*x pressed^bis- confid'-nce, thct the righteous cause; would prevail, and >at dvw-n nnudmucb cheong, ,. , . - NC.)1. LKROY VF. youaAXo was then ctrlied Jto^fl?di.+rtirt, frentlenmn spoke Jgjollo^s-^ COL. YOUMANS' SPEECH. Ladits and Gerd lernen-A. political assem bly "? siiuvi numbers nod rcapectabili ty, grabed hy female loveliness, is a sight to which South Carolinians have lori- been unaccusti-raed. During the long and trying years of the war, and-during thc lotitr-r and more trying years ot arbitrary ru'c -brough which we have since passed, there ha- been no such demon stration within the limits of our beloved State. What, then, means this assembly ? Why is the whole country herc gathered to gether? What means this music that stirs the heart? What means those pruud ban ners flaunting in the breeze/ They mean I ha' w> have received ,lgiad tidings of great joy." The ".'.ean that tue Democratic p-irij, that grand old parly of the constitution, bas risen lrom its slumbers lik;* a bridegroom to run ii? race, bke a giant refreshed with wine to fulfil us own mighty behests. It meat.a that t he unfaithful stewards who have so long held the sword and pur?.e shall be held lo a reckoning tor their short comings. It means that tbe.pany represcr-tj' g the true gctiiusof the American pcnpl? shall b-: restored to rhe high place? from which by commotion and discord it has been 'inj oat ly ousted. Frtnu ibo time of Jefferson, the greatest ?ratt-bmau that this country ever produced, until the ?<:. cession movement in Charoston in ltiGO.'rv Democratic party had remained true to its principles and to the constitution. During three fourths of that time it had controll.-.d the government,, and under that contr?lai ? had gone prosperously uud well, and in ac cordance with the traditions and geuiu-? of the fathers. And now, gentlemen. wVen this pan y ha put forth a platform, a broad pla?form, a platform of. even and exact justice on which gentlemen from every State can ?jtand, is it any wonder that the'news cr?ai es rejoicing from one end of the country to the other, and particularly In the down-trodden and op pressed South ? At the commencement of the war and in the din-of battle, liberty was stricken down. At the close of the war he, wtio was the ac knowledged representative of the power of the United States in peace and iu war, assured us that we should be restored to the Union ou certain conditions. One of these was that we should take the amnesty .oath, auotner that we should recognize in tfae^-olemn forms of law tbe abolition of slavery. No matter what were the views and ideas ot tue majori ty of our people on these subjects, most of them took the amnesty oath, and the aboli tion'of slavery was formally ->rdained. We were then quietly informed that we were no nearer, rn tact not as uear restoration to tho Union as when Lee surrendered at Appomat tox. We had repealed the ordinances- of se cession, we had recognized the freedom of our termer slaves, we had taWb ail the-re quired oaths ; but because our leaders bad advised us to.do it, because it bad been done so manfully and openly, it was to be nn inju ry to us father than a benefit. Wo were, therefore, next required by the same solemn forms of law to declare that almost every prowii.v:>t man among us, eve'] man who had .aken an oath to support the Constitu tion of the United States, as an executive or judicial officer, and aller wards fought for our independence, should be perpetually disqual-' i tied from holding office ; that almost every mau in whom we had reposed trust and con fidence io peuce and war should bo di-quali fled. This we regarded os a dishonorable ; wrong" ai;d au inexplicable shume. For we felt that it was not the leaders, but the great heart of the people, right or wrong, that j forced on the contest. We could not and j would not degrade or disgrace the men who had refused to leave the country, and had re- 1 mained to share with us our fortune, good or evil, as it might chance to be. The Recon struction acts were.then passed, and they have been carried out, and the elections havo been held under, them. But now, just at this time, when the Reconstruction scheme of j Congress seems about completed, a great : party has arisen, formed of gentlemen from i all parts of the country, and they have in ' vi ted us to stand upon the Democratic plat form. As for the candidates of the Democratic party, they are the choice of the North, the East and the West. One of them, the candi date for the Presidency, is known wherever thc Engjisb tpngue ?8 spokeh.; .His li; .been cunnistent in its purity, both in I vate ar.d ?uMic relations. . He is cont His, whole lite han. been gurun to Uie- . crane party. -He ia-tao trickster, uo < ou the'?dge of mites. . The candidate "Jbr the Vier fremden < opposed to .secession on principle. H true and1 acted np lo his convictions, now he ? reniai ns t rue to the other part, t Detno?r,ati? platform,-'and etiiers-the c ?r coubtir.uiioiiaJ'^ver'imient. .It'bas'been -trtSty ?nia bj t::e speaker pr?ced-d tue fhut ?'this is'a' serious slr Tifo-Radical p irty byi struggled, as* nb party ever ul^-srr-uggle, tor power-fr. time wiien they "malle their first llomrt for trie Presidency until the election of ham Lincoln: 'Ween Lincoln w'a*s ?tal?e ?e^raed td ha vi the game in their own.h but it. wa? suddenly blocked by the;sec< of the ?outher'n SateV' Blood fc^ed't fceu> j-^a'natirHi'al do b' was pi led up mu'?i bigh.. Afiiaiu a? the ( elose of "the war tf-^med x^'sf c-n'd 'time tb have won ga-u.e ; the cup was again dav-ed from expectant lips ' 'Bj; it '.my&Wi?as-- ?%u tion- of Prowiden?e iheir ' sU'Khrfcd'bearei removed, und a Southerner placed tri Presidential ehaH^ und from. that time * be has-stood a grand COD s ti tu'nina i 1>P-a ter;-protecting os'fr'.m ?he angry wavr Radical malignity. - Their only hope"has to iorpeach'-and hang him.' ? ' . Abd bow iib* Radical party'?rplaying the samoatak?'whfch tbejr'thougbt they won eight years'ago, btft Vh,bjb by some chance they haye' been continually prevje from pocketing.' ' And ib$yc"j&e thia {fir* termiued tb move nil the Gods of Her and, if tee?f be. all the" Gods o? heft to ? success.' T-hey a*es-]p^aylngTor 'power, plunder, for revenge)" foi morfey/ " They playing fer ^5?0,0(J?,?0i)'h' yeeti tne grei Cooney stake that men ever contended fjrom the 'first "coctest between' Cain Abel te .he ptBHeftt timei 'And; ?bey int feu or nefas, ' right or wrong,"1 to ?seise stakes. ' ' ' ' ' <- ?- .' v * The' Northern'po.-pfc are tt?w fighting cc^stitutiobal.1?bert.y^'fori;)ie gjahd priuc?j traditions and glory of taek forefathers the principles of freedom, and tor a w thatra government. They are fighting for principles which render sacred.Jvhe memor Jefferoon. the i m mond. They are figh; fi?: the principles that. gare birth to the ble public 'pirit whtoh actuated "Pendieto) yielding all ?J ia own weil founded claims the^ia?hgem??m'an ??d wise' statesma Now York. Th?y-are ' %lr?ng fot that bt?rVt, declaration, of jiriucip?es-the Dei crai?fc platform, which, commues-every gt; and hobie principle that was ?ver,enjuicia by Henry Clay, pr thupdered forth by Bal Wehst -r ; in the 'Senats bf the nation. Tl are fighting.for^every glorious sentiment, t clustered ' around Ashland, ' or nestled ?be shades of ' Marshfield. They are fight for every principle; .which raak?w.as r?vera I memory of him who was first in peace, ? in tba hearts of his countrymen." They fighting to? every principle th nt make? coi try dear, nome sweet and life pleasant. And if this is what the Northern peo ure fighting for, what ate we fighting f< We are fighting^ to pe released from nppr sion, bondage and tyranny. And I, as < AmencaiLcBizeo, hopo that. the ^blexaina the goVDrnmenTwTU not hereafter be den us Because we happen to reside south of I Potomac. 1 have only one other remark to make, a that is, that even under the present form State government, in no election held can a one be prevented from voting for any di.squ ification other than that of felony. Under t constitutional amendment, every man is < titled to vote, and it is the bour.de;. duty every man to vote in the cause of liberty a constitutional government. Now, gentlemen, a great deal bas been sa about war, and it has been often declared th some men in the South are even now prepar for and contemplating war. This is all sii ply ridiculous tu face of the well known fa that men have heen brutally ??raeged fro their homes and subjected to pU'i'shment : ter moek trials heft-rr* militar? comtuiaftinr in the very presence of Confederate ?f?cei wiiope blas upon > h? Ungle wm d he we-r evfii now a"bousacd men,} N-J; gentlemen Jf the Sames of war are ever kindled -jn th cpuuiry ag:tin, they will rise far beyond 01 ken. It will come from the party who ha^ dictated power, and wliu have power to retai it. by force .>s lltoj bava gained it by frau. ?..1st as Ctw?-?rcii.d Cromwell, and every tyrat aun usurper Iwifi-re them- na.s done. Or will ?otu? from th ? backbrmejuf the Norther Democracy, who entered into the war at'tc ...bf. couutry was cpgaged iii if, as they RUJ posed, for t?Jc constitution ai'd the fl-i?.j wL fought, with the view th it by a short, shat' und decisive conflict they uiiglil preserve ihn constitution awl t?a?;-rjiioi who having w<> the eniflict wiil not -dbmit to be .ajoi'-d o? ol ti-e fi uits of jhetr victory. If ?here is ?ir war it tiiusr. come !'r.)m ??? nf ;:--se two j?ai ties. The way to prevent war is to elept the me who rep|qsent the true interVsrs and geniu of the people. To vote for the party whi? combines all that was ri ble a?a good in th ..ld Democratic and Whig parties. H thi party is not soccc-ssfnl, the sun of constitu donal.liberty wilt go down .before boon, it wil go do A n in blood, it will go down like stnr which Net to rise no more. This cry of war is a mere Radical -Crick There is uoibing.they wonldiike better tba: frequent repetitions of tho New Orleans riot That would, give them political capital, tb: the !%ek of which they are now bankrupt. W< must avoid this danger. Let us remain firn but cool, and tbe red streak- along the ski will herald the gloniuns suu of con*iitutiona liberty. ? ?? Negro Supremacy Bound to Go Down. the New York Herald, a Radical paper, ir an article ander the capit?n of " The Terrible Couuter-Revolution Approaching," exhibits alarm at the drift of the popular current, and is undoubtedly preparing to nbondon Grant. The following extract is the conclusion of this article, and shows' clearly that poor Sam bo has got to go under : *No good has yet been done in-the relation" of the two races by the interference of Con gress. At the same time the state of things which has been produced, pojitic?lly, ts'der Storable. A rac? of adventurers from tlie forth, of the worst type of politicians, np propriately dubbed in th-3 political slang of thea ay as carpet-baggers," are assuming the most important offices of those Slates and are swarming into Congress as representative pf the Sobth&n people; while the.Legisla tures of the new negro -governments uro com Eosed of the least intelligent, the least-capar le, and the least honest of rhe white race, with an intermixture of hincks, most of whom cannot read orwfite. Thu. new go'vernmentfl^ too. are started with the. fundamental condi tion, imposed by their constitutions and en forced by the terms of their admission into the Union, that the universal suffrage shall never be changed. What; a future, then, is before those States ! Bound for ever-if the scheme is capable of lasting-to an irrever sible and unchangeable condition of society, that condition being that gro.?s ignorance and absolute poverty shall bold more political power than intelligence md property ; that laws shall not be made by those who are best but shall be made by those who are least qualified to make them ; and that nb marj' shall hold office or cast a vote who does not first take an oath that he behoves in the. po Utica] and social- cqnality of racej>'Qn;w4i Ibo hand of Heaven bas stamped indeli ; marks'of,"relative inferiority'. and-sij-pepoi 1 which' bnv?.always'bfen.??velpp?d si?d.ci w 1 opera?edrwhen/jyer t?cy have been brou, j iu contact. Thc prospect is melancholy enough. C thing, however, appears to us clear, whet? tho one party or tba other prevails ia the proach'iDg Presidential election. It iar,i this candii\oi> of things fef/tc South can ?itnthiue. It is a kind of legislation tba.1 ?U)pt>ctiejibl? f.?r any hilt A temporary n ffctitious purpuse. It. is a scWeme which m .p cs?fily give th'e electoral'votes of the reo structed* States to tbe-'?rVpublic?ncap?'dati .' but as the oasiS of tho Suture polity and.ci 'ditton- Of civilized S:ates, rt is' loo nknrfes" a violation of the ordinawoes of ?coviden tn remain long in onera'tion. Daniel Webs' ojice ^ahf- speaking or* t*he 'impossibility intrude i ug African-slavery into a r?gies wht it was ex j (tided by-the icresistibj? forces climate- artd.soil-t-hat it ?ras ?seles-, to rs < act the raws of God. Il is jv?w'e tbaa uaejt to legislativ against His law? ; anti that it one of His Jaw-s fhat educated iuteiligei.* experience and virtue shall govern, the s& 6f this world ?8 certain. A people who shape their laws aa. to-re verse, th is cundill of pac nature .y?H-find t?at .tk^e jp a li above them, stronger than they can fr&me. --r-?-* V~-. . t ; (governor Seymour's JLelter of Accep ance. Z. tftlCi, 5,itr.|iAofrjwt.4, ?f/jL Rentrai -ft. W. Morgan and others, -Comm tee, dbe :. - CrENTLEirtiK-:-When in the eHyof -Ni York, on the iihh t4'' Jarty> in the presence a vast multitude., on behalf of tte-'Nirtiou Democratic Convention, you tendered to ii i ; s unanimous liomin alto u as iheir" candida for tb.e'officd.of Pre-?d?ntd?7tDed^r.iffldStat< I stated ? bad-no words- adequate to exprc my gratitude (br tho good will and "kindut which that body had shown to njer* its' noi ?nation was unsought and na?specred. W';A rey ambition to take ap* active pai-t from which-1 am DOW excluded-iii the gre struggle going on for the restoration.bf jroi Government, of peace and prosperity 'to ot couutry. But I have beeu caoghi: op by ll overwhelming tide which is bearing tie cou try on to a great.political change, and I fir myself unable te "resist, its -press are, ? . - Yob have algp given ? copy of the Resol t ?ons put forth by thc Convention,'showing.! position upon-arf the great questions whk now agitate tt e c juntry. A's the* presidie .of?cer'of that Convention, I am lam? liar wi: then:-stope and-import. -As one of as-meg bars, lama party to their terms. They ai in-accord with my views, and I stand apo them in the CMvaas upon which we are no entering, and I shall strive to (tarry them ot in the future, wherever I tony be placed? i pol ?treal or private life. I have stated that I would semi youtthec words of acceptance in a letter, as ls the eu tourary form- I ae? no reason, upon* refle. tion, to change or qualify th? tennis of m'y ?] JJ ?- u Val of thu resolutions of 'the -Con ve'ii tim 1 have delayed the mere formal act of con uniting to you in writing what I" thus pubJi. ly saia, for tho purpose of seeing what iig.l the action ol Congress would throw- upon tfc ??DHro?< of Ula ?utlT?trj. It~ ??jta sinnfl tb? IM joumment of the. Convention' show au alan lest a change of political power will give t the people what they ought to have-a clea statement of what has been done With th monoy drawn from them during tbe past eigfa years. Thoughtful mea will see that ther have been wrongs in the financial manage ment which have been kept from the pnbli k nowledge. The Congressional party has no only allied itself with military power, whio is to be brought to bear directly upen th elections in many States, but it also bolds it sell in perpetual session, with the avowed pm pose of making euch laws ais it shall see fit. ti view of the elections which will take plac wittim a few weeks. It did not, therefore adjourn, but took a recess to meet again, i ils-partisan interests should demand its reas ncmbiiug. Never before in the history of on Country nus Congress thus taken a meuacinj attitude toward us electors, tinder its infla enoe, some ot the States organized by itt aleuts ore proposing to deprive the people o tue right to vote for i residential electors,-am the axil bold steps are taken to destroy th r i jr tit s ot su tirage. It is not fltrange, therefore, that thoughtfu men see ju such action tte proof that the? is,, with those, who shape the policy of toe Re publican party, motives stronger and deepe tuan the mere wish to hold political power that there is a dread of some exposure, whicl drives them on to acts so desperate and im politic. Many of the ablest leaders and jour pals of the Republican party have openly de pre ca ted the violence of Congressional, action and Us endeavor to keep up discord, in ou; country. The great interests of the Unioi d'-ro and peace, order, .and a. return to th os? industrial pursuits without which wecannoi maintain tue honor ol our Government. Thi minds of business men*are perplexed by un certainties.. The hours of toil of our laboren are lengthened by the cost of living -, mad? excessive by the direct and indirect ex*crioni of Government. Our.people are harassed by the heavy and frequent demands of the tax gatherers. Wiihout distinction of party, there is a strong feeliugin favor of ihat line of action wlii?h shalr-restore order and confidence, and shaii lift up the burdens which now hinder and vex the industry. Yet at this momeof those in power hare thrown into the Senate Chamber aud ( 'ongressi?nal ball new element? of discord and violence. Men have been ad mitted as representatives of some of the Southern States, with the declaration apon their lips that they can-not, without military 'protection, live in the States they claim to rb present. These men ?re to make. laws for tho North, as well as the Scut h. These men who, a few-days since, 'were seeking-.as sup pliants that Congress weald give* them pjrfwer within their respective States, ar? to-day tbe masters and con trol lers of the actions. of th<->se bodies. Entering there with mrod^firted wifB prejudice, and hearts -with passion, their first demands have boon that Congress shall look upon the States from which*-1 hey come-as in a oondltian'O? civil war ; thaj; th?-majority of tEeir^p?pulatioiis.'cmB^ Bnatr.b? treated as public ?enemies ;.that ut?\ it?ry forces shall be: kept at the cost of - the people of the North, and that there shall Be no peace a'n*fl order1 at f^*?onth. save that which i? mi?de hy arbitrary; power. Every intelligent man knows that these) men owe their neats in Congress to the "dis order in the South. Every man knows that they not only owe their present positions to, disorder; but that every motive springing from the love of power, of gain, of *a. desire for vengeance, prompts them to keep the .South in anarchy. While that exists; tb?y are independent of the will or wishes ot their ?fellow-citizeus. While cotifriai?n'r?ig^.they are the dispensers-?f-?ie profil!? and the .'-hon ors which grow out of a gdVefnment of mere force. These men are now placed in position where they can enforce them. When others shall be admitted in this manner from the" re maining Southern States, although they will have interests to conciliate, they-will have more power in. the Senate than a majority of the' people.Ofthis - Union? l?vingJn> nine of the great States. Tn vain." the other members of th? Republican party protested against the policy that led to this result. V/h ile the chir-fs of the late rebellion have aubm i tied to the resalta of the war, and are now quietly engaged in useful pursuit* tor th? support of [ themselves and tn?ir lamtpes, ana are -trying i bf the force of tjfe?r ??i?ple yfcjgtf'baek j the; people cf i he Sont h lo.tbe cider, and' in dustry 'nut uuly essential to t^eir .Well being but tu the greatness.and -prosperity'of.our common country, we 't>eo (bat (hose ."who, ' wk Lout-ability Jr influence, have, been throw., by t.hVaguations cf civil.co.nvulhlons.into-pu svnons of-honor-and pjpfit, are staving tr f fcc'ep alive the passions, 'to which .tney ow? their elevation, and they clamorously inuiM .that they are the only friends of our ? Soion r-a-Uriion that pan <0Aiy.fiIVir]a.8UieYojntaja tiori.i? i^ter?j? regard and a cOmebpn dearrr to promote, the peace,, the order, and-ihe-hap pines? of all sections of our land. 'E^pnls-io Congress, since thu adj-roi-nqrent of tlie Convention, have vastly increased tho importance of a pal it ic^I victory .by tbose ?40 are seeking, to bring backslapping, simpkw t'y, and just-iee rn the i?din?? nitration of ?ar national affairs- Many Republicans who have Iceretoforu cl ung t ot hei r pi rty have regretted thc lix tremes ot' vir lenee to wfach it has- rata. The;' have cheri-bed a l*e|b, that while the jcaeuoBS of their political party friends "have bee-o mistaken, their motives have Keen good. These faoat now see that the Bopubfivan party ie ia that condition ?bit il taintfft ear cy otk i wise aftd pejw?f? p?teiy, whatever Hfl mo? ve may be\ it is a mistortuo?, ant only 'to a co do try, -but to. a governing party itself, when its action- & trnchecked by. kay ?'form cf apposition. It Ls? been Che misfcr .frte. cf tb? Ibgohfiear; jaar*/ that the ?venta qf tho past few years bari g Ten.lt so ?citen ?wex thct'-it has ' boen able ts) cackle tb* focutiio, to tranunol tba jq&i?^y, -and to carr;, eut tba views of toe ti tit uVr^sWaad vtuieut of its nremhecs. When- trna ?taie of f-tKlngs exists in any party, rt. ha? ever, thoa (quad that thc sober judgment of its ablest leadere do not control. There ?a hudiy aa abie maa Who helped^o buildup the-Bepnb -'Hean organization-, who bas within tire past three' years warned ii "against its . excesses, .w??. hetmot boen bowe down bcd* -forced Co give up his conviction a of what .the. ?Bterostt of t ha country called -for ; Or, if too patric tlc to du tbio, ?bo has .noa been, driven fronr its ranks. If this, bas bee a the cate heretofore, woa't'will-be' ita action now. with this pew in fusion of men who. wi th ou ta dee esl respect for the views of those who have josi givm them their portions, ' b?giii their jfe&tfatjve course with cal ia for nrms-with demanda that their Stoteef shaifbe .regarded asl tsi a c.'miiticm of civil war, and whh the ?ac??ra ticm that tiley are ready and aux roos to .de grade the Prc.-ident of the Vnf^d Bratet W desirer they eau j> eran tide or force G?n gross tb* brirrg forward new articles of im peachment. The Republican .party, as wall al* we, are interested m * patting fen* check ii pon this violence. It must be i^ear tb eye?., ry thinking man that a-di vision ol polrttccl power ?ods tq check the violence oV pa'fty action, and to assure the peace ac d god fir - der of society. The elec?ou of a .Democratic Executive anda majority pf Democratic meta "bess to t be Boase of '"Repre sen Utive'a ifonffd hot give to that party organisation- tbe pow er to-make sudden ar violent changes"; built would serve <u check those extrema meas tffes which bave been deplored by 'tho best mea of these^politieal organizations. The -re sult would most certa-mi j lead to that peaee ful restoration of the Union tod re-establish ment "nf fraternal rsflatie?s which tho country desires. I am sore that the bm men of the Republican party deploro aa deeply as T do the spirit of violence shown by those recent ly admitted to seats in Congress from tl? South. Tba 'condition of civil war which they contemplate most be obvious to" right thinking men. I bave no mere personal wishes which mislead nay judgment in' regard to tho pending election. No man who bas weighed and measured the duties jf the of fice of President of tlc United States caa fail to be impressed with the earea and toils of him who is to meet its demand. It is' not merely to float wUhihe popular current, with out a policy or a purpose-; on. tbe contrary, while onr Constitution gives just weight to the public will, its distinguished feature is that it seeks to protect the rights of minmi ties ; its greatest glory is that it puta re straints upon powers ; ft gives force and form to those maxims and' principles of civil liber ty for which the martyrs of freedom have struggled through ages ; it declares the right of the'pcople " to be secure in their persons, houses-, papers, and effects against unreason able searches and seizures';" that " Congress shall make no law respecting an establish ment of religion, or prohibiting the free ex ercise thereof, or abridging tbe freedom of speech or of tbe press, or the right of ti e people tc petition the Government for an* dress of grievances." It secures " the rigbt Of a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury." No man cou rightfully enter upon- the du ties of the Presidential office unless he is not only willing to carry ont the withes of the people expressed in a constitutional .way, but is also prepared to -stand np Tor the rights of minorities. He must be ready to -uphold the free exercise of religion. He most de nounce measures which would wrong person HJ t r private rights, or the religious conscience of tbe citizen of the land. He most protect? without distinction of creed or nationality, all the privileges of ?merican citizenship. The experience of ever? public man who ha* boen failbf?r to his trust teaches him trat no one can perform . the duties of the office of President unless he is ready not only ?o un dergo ?he falsehoods and abase of. the bad, but to suffer from the censure of tbe good, who are moved by prejudices and misrepre sentations. There are-ne attractions m such a position. When I say that a great change is going on in the public mind, I mean that tho mass of tba Republican party aro more thoughtful, impartial, and justthar.they were during the excitements which attended the progress and close of the civil- war. As the energy of the Democratic party spring? fVora their devotion to their cause, and not to their I candidates, I may, with propriety, speak cf I the fact. Never in thc political society cf our. co an try, has the action of any like body been hailed'with stich universal!and wida 'Spread ea thu-i asm as that which has hs& .shown, in relation to the position til' the Na trouai Democratic Convention. With ..thill Ithe candidat, had ..otbing. ro do. Had any otheH>f those named heen*selected, this*pif|t would have been, perhaps, more marte.). Tho ?fflf?pd energy of the Gpns?rvatiVe' mass?s spring from a 'desire to make a ?hange of pe. Gti'cjti policy, andVfrom the confluence^ that tEey can carry out tbouv purpose. In ?S?i .fact they are strengthened by the co-opera tion-of the great body^pf those who se'rvftH^ and; wishes, ?Eey demand the .Hdtb whic^t^fdugli?. TBe l?t^st^me^? thes?^l?aht'solSiera. which ever a?s ' waa-held in:New York, and endorsed ti'ohJ9f*th'e National* .Contention ia W?L_ ar?ct wtth nfeabin^. They called, upon v~ 43^rffl?eht to stop irr ia polifey ?f -discora and ijs'uriion, ahdinterms-offervid'elotftfence theyMJeniandedvfhe restoration .of --the i n?Kb aud liberties of tho American .people. * When tteereSs- sdeb^ accord -bel^eenitn^Be -wb.o???w .ed themselves, brav? *;?nd- Self sitrhiemg.' in" war-auS tbftse whb' ere lho"i?htft?l ami pa triotic in council,' I- cannot' "doubt Vo^ra?fii .^??"a political triumph %btch*'will>re8lip% Wt UuionVb'ring back peaco^aud prosperity to our land, and give us once iriore-th'e bless ?ingj?f^a wise, economical, and ^oneStfjfor ernment. 1 am, gentlemen, truly yooie^Cy. ', HORATIO SsTMo'ua.