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FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
FRANCIS T. BLAIR.
?F MISSOURI;
GENERAL WADE HAMPTON
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It VTIFICATIOX ?IEETIXG
Ctl AttLKSTON, S. C, JULY 24, 1SG8.
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E( f,/otc-ri\irr?< of Charlatan -I thank you
f Vom < the UuC jtn of tny heart lor the kind re
ception, and my chief regret is that, having
nu der cd for two or throe days from a Severe
cold, tny voice will not enable me to express to
you, in kucX a manner as I desire, how deeply
touched I am by this manifestation uf your c?
tociu.
As I recogui'.c the right of the people to
demand from their representatives, at all times,
an account of their stewardship, I liUYC con"1
at your call, to rend--.. UJj ag one of ..
J. ' your
elevates to the V ^uerttlc CoRVeutiOu. This
ieason VvouVi of itself have been sufficient to
bring mc Kero, but there were other reasons of
a personal character which mako the perfor
mance of this duty on this occa?iuu a source of
infinite pleasure.
More than four years?years which have
bccu a nation's death, which have brought to us
sorrow, humiliation and. ruin?have passed
sinco I last stood in your noble and battle
hcarrcd old city. Then proudly erect, flushed
with victory and devotion in her patriotism,
plte held in her heroic hands the key of our
Statcj defying) with indomitable courage, the
Assaults of her cnomios. While a portion of her
bodc here guarded so bravely the portals of the
"State, others were following tho glorious South*
ttfrn Cross wherever it was waving in triumph,
or were sleeping their last sleep on the fields
which their valor had contributed to win. All
Were doing their duty as Carolinians, and tho
great, historic names of the revolution woro
gilded with a new lustre as the deaecndanLs of
Moultric, of Rutledge, of Lowndcs, of Ilriync,
of Pincknoy and Iluger, fought as did their
fathers for this dear old Carolina of ours.
Well, then, might she be proud of the immor
tal record she was making for herself; and as
uno of her sons my heart used to swell with
joy and pride as day after day tidings cnuio i >
our far distant camp fires m Virginia that the
Imave old city, ravaged by fire, torn by shot,
and battered by shell, still stood uncomjuercd
and unconquerable. Thank Cod ! slit stood
so to the last. She heard the first gun of the
wnr, and through all of those four years of
blood and deadly strife that followed, our fla
floated triumphantly from her beleaguered
walls; and not until that flag was f'dded for
ever, to be buried with the Lost Cause, did
hostile feet press her soil. Nobly, then did
she fulfil her arduous trust during those stir
ring years of war. Como what may, her past
is beyond reproach. So long as patriotism,
constancy and valor are esteemed, the won
drous story of her defence will stir the hearts
01' brave men, and noble women will touch
ihoir children to lisp the name of Beauregavd.
So long as old Ocean dashes its waves against
t o ruins of Sumter, hor sous will tell with
pride how those ruins were hold?even after
they hud ceased- to afford- shelter to their gar
risen amid tho incessant storm of shot and
sholl-^by the heroic Klliott.
Thcso arc tho memories bo full of mingled
pride nnd snducss which arc allowed nie lo
Btiiud among my fellow-citizens of Charleston,
und which made me long to leok once 'more
upon the spot that gave nie birth.
I linvo not forgotten how many of your no
blest and bravest eons followed my standard
through all tho eventful days of tho war ; and I
wished to look upon the laces and grasp again
tho hands of these comrades, so tr 'd and so
true. I wished to thank them in the prcsonco
of their kindred for their services, and to ex
press my deep sense of obligation to them. I
desired to take counsel with them upon the
grave issues that are forced upon us, to draw
hope from their courage, nnd to adjure them
by every memory of the glorious past.?by
their immortal dead, who pave their lives to
Mtctr country?by your children, who have the
right to claim of you as their heritage an es
cutcheon untarnished by shame and dishonor?
by every hope of the future to be ti ne to thoni
fcclvcs, and to prove to our friends, as well ;:s
to our enemies, that "there's life in the old
land yet." The ingenuity of hale may seek
to humiliate you?malignity may strive to as
perse your fair fame?tyranny may oppress you
but remember that you cannot be degraded
save by your own acts. He true, be firm, bo
patient, and deliverance will surely come.
Oontlcmun, I hope and believe that tho blessed
day of our deliverance is drawing near. The
signs iu the political skies are full of hopo, and
we bring back to you from the united Demo
cracy of the North tidings of great glee.
When the Democratic Convention was culled
together, and the Southern States were invited
to participate iu iu deliberations, mv opinion
was decided that wc should uceept the itiVitn
tation promptly; and my conviction is cluar
, that iu doing so we have not only acted wisely,
but we have done great good to the South and
to the Democratic party. Auer a free and lull
consultation with delegates in the Convention,
representing all the Northern Stoics, I nm
thoroughly convinced that the groat heart of
iihj?^pjtJii?
in pmlouud sympathy with the suffering South;
that it is fully alive to the dangers which
threaten to destroy the constitution and the gov
ernment, and that it is unalterably fixed in its
purpose to rescue that Constitution from de
struction, to restore that government to its le
gitimise functions, and to bring buck the
Soutk>..; States to their place in the Union,
with all their rights, dignity and equality un
impaired, j
Those are the objects for which the Demo
cratic party are fighting ; and. planting them
selves on the Appiaii W*? ? &o const it n? ? 1
Srfts^.-.g once more vr iVmndship the hands, of
'...wit DrclhVeh of the South, setting up again
the broken altars of the country, they have
sworn never to cease lighting until their objects
arc accomplished. And, gentlemen, I believe
they are honest und sincere in the professions
they make. I believe they will be true to us
if we arc but true to ourselves. I believe they
not only have tho will, but the power to relieve
us from this odious tyranny under which we
have groaued for throe years.
Nor were these patriotic sentiments confined
to the members of the Democratic party alone,
fur they animated in nu equal degree the hearts
of tho'dclegates to that other great Conven
tion in New York composed of Federal sol
diers and sailors?those men who believing
that, they were right?as we believed that, wc
were right?fought honestly lor their States us
we did for ours; who fought only for the re
storation of f he Union aud tho supremacy of
tho constitution, aud who, thinking their ends
gained when we laid down our arms, meet us
as brave and honorable men should be met;
who recognize in us no longer foe*, lint breth
ren j aud who, burying ail past differences in
one common grave, extend to us the right band
of fellowship. . 1, for one, accept the hand so
frankly extended. The man who fought
bravely lor his Slate and cause as 1 did for
mine, and who, telling me now that his sole
object was to preserve the Union under the
constitution?-who, greeting me on the broad
ami noble platform of the Democracy, extends
in that hand which so lately grasped the sword
tho olive brauch of peace?1 greet him as a
comrade in that battle whieb we are now fight
ing for constitutional government and liberty,
[Trouicudous applause.]
I yield to none iu devotion to that "Lost
Cause" for which wc fought Never shall I
admit that the cause itself failed, and that the
principles which gave it life WCl'O therefore
wrong. Never shall I brand tin; men who .Up
held it so nobly as "rebels" or "traitors." Nev
er shall 1 ignomiuiously seek safety or base
promotion by a dastardly denial or treacherous
betrayal of it. Hut. siill I can accord to those
who conscientiously differ with mo what I
claim for myself?perfect and entire syieerity
iu following the dictates of duly.
My recent intercourse with many Federal
soldiers has convinced me that there are thou
bunds aud- tens of thousands of thorn who oo-?
cupy this ground?\?ho are fully determined
that tho rights of all the States shall be pre
served inviolate, and who arc prepared to do
fend tho constitution and iU guarantees at all
hazards. They will not allow unconstitutional
legislation to fix, by means of military tyranny,
negro dominion in tho South. [Applause.]
They will not consent to see ten Stales, in time
6f profound peace, kept under the rule of the
bayonet, and they will detnnnd, us the South
ern States have in good faith accepted and
kept the terms offered them, that they shall
take their placo in the Union as equal part
ners in the great family of States. [Continued
cheering.]
It it) due to those soldiors who met us in
New Verl; to declare?and I do so with great
pleasure?that while all classes received us of
the South with the greatest kindness and cor
diality, our greeting by them who had lately
been arrayed in battle -igainst us was marked
by the utmost consideration and delicacy ; and
I think I express the unanimous feeling of the
Southern delegates when I say we were nof
only gratified, but profoundly touched by tho
reception, wc met with from the Northern De
mocracy, and I know that for this they deserve
and receive the grateful thanks not only of our
delegates, but of the whole people of the South.
And let the people of the North rest assured
that if they wish to sec the restoration of that
Union for which they fought?if they hope to
sen the South a willing member of it?the on
ly means to secure these ends is to manifest
everywhere the same spirit of conciliation, the
same magnanimity, the same kindness, and the
same sense of justice that governed the delibe
rations of the gr^al Conventions which have
just been held in New York.
The Grand Army of Democracy, assembled
in Tammany Hall, have offered to us honora
ble terms and a lasting peace. [Applause.]
The Radicals insist on our dishonor. They
make a desolation, and call it. peace. Can wc
hesitate between the two parties? Is there one
true man in the South who would not prefer to
meet defeat on the Democratic platform rather
than to secure success by placing himself on
4k^-pUtftnnr*rrr?>ac itaalcals"? [Cheering.]
No Southern man can stand on the latter with
out dishonoring himself and disgracing the
country which gave him birth. Look at the
other, and see how broad and just, and com
prehensive are its principles, and saj* if it is not
such ii platform as we can all stand upon with
safety and with honor V [Continued applause.]
As it was my good fortune to be on the com
mittee which framed tins instrument, it may
be interest ing^o you, perhaps to Icaru the de
tails by which it was perfect*^ ,.u\ (*nc views
of those. |ntt(jc u
?'V~ "tou are aware tlm Committee on Rosolu- j
lions consisted of one member from each State, j
Qu assembling it was found that a very great I
difference of opinion existed. Among othet
resolutions o'rui'ed were some declaring that
the right of suffrago belonged to the States,
and this was announced to be good Democratic I
doctrine. I agreed to the propositions, but at j
the same time said, that it seemed to me they
had omitted one very vital point, which was
to declare to what States, the doctrine applied.
I thought it was necessary to guard and limit
that declaration, and to the end that wo might
know at. what time we could go back and say
who were the citizens of the States, I asked
that they would declare that these questions
belonged to the States under their constitu
tions up to tin year 1805. Gentlemen worn j
there from North, South, East and West, and
by all we were met with extreme cordiality.
They said they were willing to give us every
thing *wc desired ; but wo of tho South must
remember that they had a great fight to make,
and it would not be policy to place upon that
platform that which would engend?.: prejudice !
at the North. They, however, pledged them
selves to do all in their power to relieve the
Southern Slates, and restore tons the constitu
tion as it- had existed. As we wem r.iet in
such it kindly spirit. I could not but recipro
cate it I knew that i was representing the
feelings of my people when I did so, and 1
told them that 1 would withdraw all the resu
lutions I had offered, and no ih ubt other
Southern delegates would do the same, and
would accept the resolutions offered by the
Hon. Mr. Bayard, the senator from Delaware,
which declared that thu right of suffrage be
longed to the States. I said I would take the
resolutions if they would allow me to add but
three words, which you will find embodied in
the platform. 1 added this: "Audwe declare
thut the Reconstruction acts arc revolutionary,
unconstitutional and void.'' [Immense cheer
ing.] When I proposed that, every single
momber of the committee?and the wannest
men in it wcro tho men of the North? came
forward ami said they would cari'J it out to the
end. Having thus pledged themselves, I feel
assured that when the Democratic only come
to triumph they will show us a reined) for our
misfortunes iu their own good time, for which
I ,tm perfectly willing to wait.
Stich is the history of our pi tform, and
hucIi were tho-motives which governed the
niii.in.tt...? i"- if? foam ti..-.
Ab the representative of South Carolina on
thftt committee, I present that platform to you
in the earnest hopo that it will meet your cor
dial approval. As to my own share of the
work performed in the committee, T can nssure
inv; fellow-citizens that the only objects for
which T labored were to make it a strong and
honest plat form, one that w mid secure the
rigots of the South nnd protoct tho honor of
my'State. It is for yon to ray how these ob
jects have been fulfilled, [hong nnd repeated
ehcoM for Wade IIninpionv]
Now, gentlemen, the platform embodying
the priuciploe of tho Deuiooratio party has,
been givon to tho country. Upon that plat-1
form wo have placed as our candidates, for the ;
l'rejuioncy and Vice-Presidency, Ilorr.tio Sey
mour and Frank P. Blair. [Great applause.]
And wo accept the gage of battle olferod by
the Radicals. [Great cliucriug. A voice?
"Alfil we'll whip 'cm too.'*]
Mvjtat nre the issues involved in this momen
tous struggle, I need not tell you, for you
knaW* they involve life or death. Success
will bring to you deliverance from a tyranny
that galls and oppresses you everywhere and
at nil times. It will drive from your borders,
and consign to the infamy they so richly have (
earned, the base brood of satraps who have
tlomimjured over the South. The men who |
degrade, the profession of arms by waging war j
on upnmicd citizens; who disgrace their uni
forms by becoming the sycophantic tools of a
proscSptive political party, and who use. the
arbitrary power placed in their hands only
to humiliate 'dm white race by seeking
to osttthlifih the supremacy of tie- black.
(Vneiftrons applause.] Victory will bring
even snore than this to us. lor it will give us.
along with constitutional liberty, the right to
nanage?yid control our own State government
in airflfrllanee with the time-honored pro
vision.-- of the Constitution of the United States.
Thon Atiay we hopo to see the restoration of
honor -and decency iu the conduct of uflairs j
wc in^ib-jpo to see our rulers as of old, intelli
g^^^Hgg^, natiyc-born-and while [Great
weW^r^Weno carpet-bag or military gover
nors ; tlie bureau agents will move to more
congenial climes than ours j our State legislat
ors quitting the Holds of p ilitieal science, can
lind more appropriate if not more remunera
tive employment in the cotton and riee fields
they have so recently abandoned ; ami our
I mcuibera of Congress, thot-c patriots I
"Who, bg ii uwAtraioo j.
Loft tUvir country for their >'<(,n,.yH ?.\?
to cwi*so r?'^~ vy (i ..;r presence, can turn their
nllcntion as chevaliers il'industrit to other more
alluring lands, or retiring in disgust from the
midsts of an ungrateful people, can lind suitable
occupation ami accommodation in the penitcn- j
tiarics of their own States. [Laughter and;
applause.] The filth greater than that of the j
Augean stables, left on our soil by these vul
turcs, who i'oi throe years have been tearing at
the heart of our bound and prostrate Stnte,
can then bo swept away ?long with those who
produced it. Our balls can then be cleansed
of the vermin now infesting Jhcm, and once
again, disenthralled and free, our State can
?da nil as of yore, primus infer pures. G?d, j
speed the day, when, liftiug our hands from
which the shackles have been sticken by j
Heaven, wc can exclaim with grateful heart.-:
All my land ia free.
From Knsl to West, from' North to South,
She garrisons hsrself,
And tyrants rule no more
[Overwhelming applause.J
These, gentlemen, uro the inestimable bless
ings which will follow victory. I dare uot
contemplate the consequences of defeat. I
have snid it will be death to us ; it will be tar
worso than deatli ; it will be a living death,
crushing out, by .-i.>w lingering torture, the
strength, the prosperity, the very hopes of nur
people. All that we have been taught to I
value?truth, honor, virtue, manhood?-will
sink lorcver in the seething cesspool of Rad-1
ical corruption, ?ud in tho grand nnd pathetic j
?lamriiiiiie of Scripture, ''Our sun shall go
down while it is yet day," uud when that sun
which si ild be shilling in all its meridian
splendor docs d< wn in storm and darkness,
there will be hen denial night Constituti mal
liberty ami republican institutions will dis
appear forever iu America, r?nd this people j
will enter oh that down-ward career ? hieb litis
led formet republics, through anarchy,
corruption, .misrule and blood, to their graves
These arc the broad and vital issues present
ed to you und you should meet them like inert.
The past is irrevocable, and it does not bo
conic brave men to weep idly over its buried
hopo. A noble work, and 1 uu>t a higher
destiny, nre before us. Let u> seize tho op
port unity ] resented to u>. and by courage,
persuvcrenco md zeal, chain victory to our
banners. I honestly believe that we can do so.
Let ?8 determine that though 'ti.? not in mor
tal loi'oniltiand success, we'll do more, we'll de
serve it
I conjure our people to dedicate all their
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every locality ; Bond speakers through
a'H^ihc land to arouse the people. Try to oori
vihec the negro that wc are his ronl friends;,
but if he will not be convinced, and is still
joined to bis idols, convince him, at least,
that he must look to those idols whom he
serves ns bis gods to feed and clothe him.
[Immense cheering ")
Agree among yourselves, and net firmly on
this agreomei.t, that, you will not employ nny
one who votes the Radical ticket. Use all
the means that are placed in your hands to
control thus element by which tho Radical
party sock to degrade us while they secure
success, and wo can turn thoir butteries against
themselves.
It will not do to say that the negro has no
right to vote ; lor t ight or wrong, he will vote
in this next election, alid his vote may turn
the scale. Let'tts meet this as u practical
question, and seek, cut of this great evil that
has beqn inflict od upon us, to work good fer
? urselvc Secure victory to 'lie Democratic
party, and we have an easy and prompt solu
tion in thai party of all questions which be
long of right to the Slates themselves, as docs
the question of sulfrage.
It u hot my purpose, however, to enter into
a di: enssion of those grave topics of Slate pol
icy at present, for I have had neither time
nor opportunity to prepare myself for the task.
My only object in coming here was to give an
account of my stewardship to you, my f'cllow
eitizcus of Charleston, once more. Aud
though this visit has awakened soino sad
memories, it has. 1 assure you, given me far
more ol pleasure than ? f pain. It has offered
au opportunity of thanking you for your re
peated acts of kindness to me, of telling you
huw deeply I appreciate them, and how
earnestly I hope to prove myself worthy of
your regard. [Applause.]
Whatever fortune's fate may have in store
for me I shall always cherish in the moat grate
ful remembrance the many proofs which the
pcny^^^Cai oliioi. huve given me of their res
pj-c^Tiid . esteem : and. whereever my future
4--? ji-ff"-o ;,,..??.?ivmuik'r-ktim rorrune p?r-1
mits#mo to spend the rest of my days in this
fair land 1 have loved so well, or adverse for
tune forces me to wage the battle of life under
other skies?whorbvbr I may be, should this
dear old mother of ours call her sons together
to defend her altars, if life and volition arc
left to nrm^ will respond more ch.c^Juiiy
and promptly than, myself; and at all times,
under n!l circumstances, cverywht re my prayer
shell go up lo Heaven, invoking, as I do now,
on my State and people the richest blessings
that a merciful (iud caif bestow. [Long and
continued cheering.]
Goiicrnl Frank Blair1? Loiter Accepting
this Nomination for Vice-President*
Omaha, Nebraska, July 13, 18G8.
General George TV Morgan, Chairman Com
mittee National Dnmocratic Convention:
general :?1 take the earliest opportunity
of replying to your letter, notifying nie of my
nomination for Viee-Prcsidcnt of the United
i
\Stntcs by the National Democratic Convention,
recently held in the City of New York.
I accept without, hesitation the nomination
tendered in a manner so gratifying, and give
you and the committee my thanks for tho very
kind and complimentary language in which
! you have conveyed to me the decision of the
convention.
I havo carefully road the resolutions adopted
by the convention, and most cordially concur
in every principle and sentiment they au
nounco.
My opinion upon ail of the questions which
discriminate tho great contending parties hnve
been freely expressed on all suitable occasions,
and I d i !i"t deem it necctsary at this time to
' reiterate thorn.
The issues upon which the contest turns arc
clear and, and cannot be obscuit tl or distorted
by the sophistries of our adversaries. They
ail resolve themselves into the old and ever
rouewiug struggle of a few men to absorb the.
political power of the nation. This effort un
der every conceivable name and disguise, has
always characterized tho opponents of the
Democratic party, but at no time has tho nt
j tempt assumed a shape so open and daring as
! in this contest. The adversaries of free and
constitutional government, in defiance of the
express language >f the constitution, have
erected a military despotism in ten of the
States of the Union, have taken from the
President the powers vested in hint by the
supremo law. and have deprived the Supreme
Court of its jurisdiction. The right of trial
by jury, and the great writ, of rights, the
habeas corpus-?shields of safety for every citi
zen, and which have descended to us from the
earliest, tradition.'- of our ancestors, and which
our Revolutionary fathers sought to secure
their posterity forever in the fundamental
charter of our liberties?have been ruthlessly
trampled under foot by the fragment of a Con
plo of our own rnee liaVe bc?n attainted, con
vict od, condemned, and deprived of thoir righffi
ns citizens, without presentment, or trial, or
witnesses, but by Congressional" enactment of
??x post facto laws, and in defiance of tho con-,
ttitutional prohibition denying oven to ?'f?lf
nnd lcgnl (Jongrcfs tho authority Co pass inj
bill of attainder or c.r post facto law. The Benin
usurping authority has substituted bb. elector^'
in plncy of tho mon nf our own race, tbcts if-4*
legally attainted and disfranchised, ft host oi^
ignorant negroes, who ore supported'iri*idlc?eed
with tho public siouey, and goio biueu iogeiuef
to strip the white raoe of their' birthfighA;
through the ninnageraont of Frecdmen's B&
roaus and the e misaries of conspirators in other
States; and, to complete the oppression, the
military power of the nation has been placed*
at their disposal, in order to mnko this bar*"
barism supreme.
Tho militury leader under whoso prestige'
this usurping Congress has taken refnge since1
tho condemnation of their schemes by the freo
people of the North, in the elections of the last
year, and whom they have selected as their*
candidate to shield themselves from th'o result
of their own ^wickedness and crime, rtaB^' tftl-"
nounced his acceptance of the :.initiation, nriil'
his willingness to maintniu their usurpations
over eight millions of white people at' tho"
South, fixed to the cttrth with his bayonets.-?
He exclaims: "Let us have peace." "Pence
reigns in Warsaw," was the unnotliiccni?W
which heralded the doom of the liberties"'oT* a j
nation. "The Empire ib peace/' exclaimed1
Bonaparte, when freedom and its defenders
expired under the sharp edge of Iiis .sword."
The peace to which Grunt irivliw Iis jK. tire''
peace of despotism and death!
Those who seek to restore' the constitution'
by executing the will of the people condemn
ing the Reconstruction acts, already pronoun
ced in the elections of last year, and "which will
I am convinced, be still move empirically ex
pressed by the election of the' Democratic can-"
didatc as the ]'resident of the (j^(v^v States^1
are denouncing as rovo|^Jonisl?|Yv...|tKe,-'nar'tL*.
Bans ot Tins vindictive CongrcssTNlgro buT-~
frage, which the popular vote of New' Ybrk'J"
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio," ^Iicnig&'ii,1'
Connecticut, nnd other' States have con-." <
demiied' as expressly against the letter* of?
the constitution, must stand,' bccauseJ,fhpir
Senators and Representatives have willed'iL
If the pcoplusliall again condemn these atrocious
measures by the election of the Democratic can-"
didatc for President, they must not be dis
turbed, although decided to be unconstitutional'
by the Supreme Court, and' although' tiro
President is sworn to maintain and support
the constitution. The will of a fraction of a
Congress, reinforced with its partisan' emissa
ries .reut to the. South and supported there by
the soldiery, must stand against the will of tho
people and the decision of the Supremo Courlj'
and the solemn oath of the President to main
tain and support the constitution.
It is revolutionary to oxecuto the will oi*tlfo'
people! It is revolutionary to oxeoute tho
judgment of tho Supremo Court 1 It ia revolu
tionary in the President to keep inviolate
his oath to sustain tho constitution 1 This
false construction of the vital principle
of our government is the last report '^f
those who would have their arbitrary
reconstruction sway and supersede' oar time
honoured institutions. Th? nation will say*
the constitution must bo restored, and tho,"
will of the peoplo again prevail Tho appeftl
to the pcacoful ballot to attain this end is not.
war, is not revolution. Thoy make war an?
rovolution who attompt to arrest this qolrt*
mod" of putting asido military despotiimi' arut
tho usurpations of & fragment of a Congress,'
asserting absolute powor ovor that bonign oy?
tcm of regulated liberty left us by' our fn tri er/?.'
This must be allowed to take its course. This
is the only road to peace, it will come wiiri?
the election of the Democratic candidate, aritt1
not with the election of that mailed wamo^'
whose bayonets are now at the throats of eigiiv
millions id' people iu the South, to compel'
them to support him ns a candidate for the.'
Presidency, and to submit to the domination''
of an alien race of semi-barbarous men! No'
perversion of truth or audacity of misreprcsen*
tut ton can exceed that which hails this candi
date, in arms as nn angel of peace.
1 am, very respectfully, your most obedient'
servant, FKANK P. BLAlttY
Men, like books, have at each'end a blank
leaf?childhood and old ago.
"Give the devil his duo"?but bo careful
that there ain't much due him.
No wonder that tho femalo sex is - obstinate.'
Tho Latin word for woman is mm//?V
Love, tho toothache, u cough' and tight
boots, are things which cannot b; long kept
secret.
A Western editor, in one 6f his papore, says:
"For tho effects of intemperance sco our in
side." '
Child murder?Making 1 boy or sirfof'jievo
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