Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-08-09
SPEECH OF HON. JESSE D. BRIGHT.

Mr.. President and fellow citizens. 1t has
been announced by those engaged in the work
of defamanation in this State, by those engaged
in attempting to destroy the character of those
they differ with, with view of deterring them
from doing their duty in these troubled times,
that l would not be allowed to speak here to-
day. have come to make that experiment be-
fore this Convention; and 1 intend 10 make ii
through the State of Indiana, (applause) in ia
vor Of the honored names of Breckenridge and
Lane. Voices, "good" "that is good,'' and
cheers.) do not know that 1 can protect my
self against mobs wherever l go. Physically
feel almost equal to any one man, (voices
good" and applause.) But trust wherever
l go, holding up the flag with the names of
these men inscribed upon it, will find around
me the same lIon-hearted Democracy that l see
here to-day, (applause,) standing on the rock of
principle as | feel l am standing. With such
faces and such hearts TO shield me as Ihaye here
to-day have go fear of success.
If were to say that l felt embarrassed 1
would speak the naked truth. I am not embar-
rassed so much rs TO the topics l ought TO Sc
leet to discuss as l am how they should be dis
cussed. THERE'S no man, rising in these times
undertaking 10 explain the position of the Dem
cratic party, and how it has been brought where
it is, but what must feel embarrassed as TO the
to-day, fellow citizens. anything like an ex-
tended argument in the open air. l know
that my voice, Just entering as l am upon the
canvass, would not allow me to do it. l know
there are others TO follow me whose privilege,
as much my own, it is to be heard, but l shall
claim your indulgence shall claim your pa
tient attention while 1. in my humble way, at
tempt to review the causes that have led the
Democratic partyto where if is, and l shall at
tempt to find my justification for being here to-
day, advocating the cause of the true distin-
guished individual have named to the Presi-
dency. ] hope to demonstrate to you all, that
the Democratic party, for the first time since
1892, is without any regular nominated candi-
dates for the Offices of President or Vice Presi-
dent.
do not claim that Breckenridge and Lane
are the nominees of the Democratic party. If
| were to claim that, I should claim what is
| falsIfied by the record, and he who claims that
| Douglas and johnson are the regular nOTlnecs
according TO the forms and usages of the DEM
ocratic party, claims that which is not sustained
by the record, (much applause) and not justified
by any law regulating the actions of the Dem
ocratlc party from the day Of its organization t"
the present time. "a voice "that's SOY The
names OF Douglas and johnson are forced upon
I the Democratic party by n fragment of n packed
National Convention. (Voices-'thnt is so,
"good," and cheers"
| There are three points that intend my coun-
trymen, to call your attention to. First, that
there has been no regular nomination by the
Democratic party. Second, that the nominal
ton of BrtekenrIdgeand Lane, has more of the
support of Democratic organization and Demo-
cratic men than Douglas and johnson. Anoth-
er point as 1 hope to be able to satisfy you is,
that the President of the United States, that
the seven picked men of his cabinet, that thir-
| ty-six out of thirty eight Democratic United
States Senators, that nineteen out of twenty
members of Congress Democratic members OF
| Congress, that the late President of the United
States, Franklin Pierce; that General William,
0. Butler, and Daniel S. Dickinson, and host
of other names equally honored and distin-
guished in the ranks of the Democratic party,
are not all boilers, and that Mr.. Douglas and