Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-17
Opening of Convention Week,

Chicago is in a blaze Of enthusiasm, and
her, people havestheir latch strings out
We see by the Chicago Press of this
morning that the mammoth Wigwam was
dedicated on Saturday evening last, and
was jammed full. The first speech was made
BY Judge Goodrich, of minnesota, and the
first Territorial Officer who set foot in Min
nesota. R. NJ. Corwine, of Cincinnati,
followed, then Mr.. Cheeseman, of Califor-
mia, then Mr.. Dickey, Of Pennsylvania,
then Joshua R. Giddings. Among other
good things Mr.. Giddings said:
My friend from Pennsylvania, Mr..
Dickey,) has spoken for that land. Its
my native State: was boru in Pennsyl-
rania, and am always proud to be called
a Pennsylvania. l will add word to
what he has said. "Give US the right man
and we will stand united, we will come
forward to support him-all with united
voice" ucl s-
1 do not agree with my friend from
Pennsylvania. know her voice, know
her people, and l want to reprove my young
friends who come here talking about men
Applause. 1t is a high, holy, and all
permeanting and eternal truth, around
which Pennsylvania will gather, [Ioud
cheers and hope no Pennsylvania will
detract from the honor of my native State,
by undertaking to say that she is looking
to men instead of principles. Great en-
thusiasm. / come to you from the Buck
eye State, and | wish to speak in her be-
half. salute you from Ohio. l bring
with me the salutations and cheers of that
old Western Reserve. We don't care about
the man. would not walk to my lodg-
ings now to say who it is to be. Only
give us man who is the standard bearer
of true Republicanism. Great cheers. |
When Pennsylvania looks after men, as
she did when she looked after James Bu-
chanaE, she will eternally fail. But when
she looks TO truth, that dearest attribute
of the Deity, that attribute of the Great
Jehovah that ever emanates from the eter-
nal Throne, she will stand forward and
nobly redeem her character. For those
old Western Resevers | was going to say
l feel myself authorized to speak.
We have come here with our souls bap-
tised with the love of truth. justice and lib
city. We know we shall have man who
will maintain those doctrines. We have
no fear about it. Who that man is we
don't care a cent Loud applause. 1t is
the principle, the rights of the people, those
great, immutable, unehangabls truths, for
which your forefathers and mine contended
on the hundred battle fields of the revolu-
ton. We are fighting those battles over
again. Great enthusiasm. We stand
by those truths, and we say those who
stand by those principles will never stop to
talk about men. My friends, must con-
fess that although am young man, and
in the full vigor of manhood, laughter
| feel somewhat fatigued. | had no idea
of addressing you to night. l was prom
ised that if l came here, and spoke to you
two minutes, or two minutes and haif, l
might be excused. vl
Mr.. Eggleson, of Cincinnati, then spoke
and was followed by Col. Henry S Lane,
of Indiana, afterwards, Gov. Morrill,, of
Maine, was called oul, and the concluding
speech by N. B. Judd, of Chicago.
The Wide-Awakes were outin full force
and bands of music, cheers and shouts fill
ed up the pauses., Thus was dedicated the
Wigwam built by the liberality of the
Chicago Republicans at an expense of sew
en- thousand dollars and rendered TO the
Convention.