Why Ingersoll Is Not A Democrat

I uui oppostd to tho deuiuorutio prty ; aud 1 wilt toll you why. Every btate tliat aaetded froni tho United States wati a democratio state. Evcry ordinance of scoession that was drawn, was drawn by a domocrat. Every man that endeavored to toar down tlie oíd flag from tho hcaven it enrichos was a domocrat. Every ujan that tried to destroy the natioo waa a demoorat. Evcry eneniy tliis groat republio has had tor twonty years h:is been a deuioorat. Efery inan that nhot Uoion soldiers was a democrat. Every man that starvod l'uion soldisrs, and rofusod them in tho extremity of death a crust, was a demoorat. Evcry man that lovod slavcry botter than liberty was a detooorat. 'J'hc man that aseassinatcd Abraham Lincoln was a democrat. Every man that gympathized with the a-ssassin - evcry man glad tliat the noblest president ever elocted was assassinotod - was a demoorat. Every man that wantod the privilege of whippinK anothor man to makc Inm work lor him f'or nothing, and pay hun with lashcs on his nakcd back, was a democrat. Every man that raised bloodhounds to pursue humau boings was a democrat. Every mau that clutchcd from 8hriokiDg, shuddoring, crouchiug mothers, babos from their hreasts, and sold them into slavery, was a domocrat. Every man tlnit impaired the credit of the United States, evcry man that swore wo would ncver pay the bonds, every man that swore we would nover redeem the greonbacks, every malignor of the country's credit, every ealumniator of his country' honor, was a democrat. Evory man that resisted the draft, every man that hid in the boshea and shot at Union men simply becausc they wero endeavoring to enforce the lws of thcir country, was a democrat. Every man that wept over the corpse of slavery was a democrat. Every man that cursed Lincoln because he issued the proclamation or enaauupauon - me granuesi paper kiuco the declaration of independencc - cvery one of them won: demócrata. Kvery man that denounced the soldiers that bared their bosoms to the storms of shot and shell for the honor of Amerioa aud for the sacred rights of man, was a domoorat. Every mau that, wanted nu upiisiiiK in tho north, that wanted to release the rebel prisoners that they might burn down the homes of Union soldiere aboye the beads of their wivcs and children wüile the brave husbands, the heroic fathers, were in the front fighting for the honor of the old flag, every one of theoi was a democrat. 1 am not through yot. Every man that believed thia glorious nation of ours is a confederacy, every man that believed the old ban ner carried by our fathers through the revolution, through the war of 1812, carried by our brothers over the plains of Mexico, carried by our brothers over the fields of' the rebelliou, simply stood for a contraot, was a democrat. Every man that believod that any state could go out of the Union, at tu pleasure ; every man that believed the grand fabric of the American government could be made to orumble inetantly into dust at the touch of treason, was a democrat. Every man that helped to burn orphan asylums in the city of New York was a deinocrat ; every man that tried to fire the oity of New York, although he knew that thousands would perish, and knew that the great serpents of flamo, loaping from the buildings would clutch children from their mothers' arms - every wretch that did it was a democrat. llecollect it I Every man that tried to spread small-pox and yellow fever in the north a? the instrumentalitiea of war was a demoorat. Soldiers, every scar you have got on your heroic bodies was given to you by a democrat. Every scar, every arm that is lackihg, cvery liuib that is gone, every scar is a sourenir of a democrat. I want you to recollect it. Every man that was the eneniy of human liberty in this country was a democrat. Every man that wanted tho fruit of all the heroism of all tho ages to turn to aphes upon the lips- every one a democrat.