Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-06-15
NO. Il.

NO. l4s
of the Convention and Of the people. saw
some old men rising in their seats to renew
their cheers, after the voices Of the multitude
had subsidized. With quivering lips and
streaming eyes, and hearts so full of JOY they
could not check their emotion, they recon-
menced the scene; and on it swept and swept
| anew.
THE DOUBTFUL STATES
Well you may know, Mr.. President, in that
moment of triumph and hope, when the voice
and vote Of Illinois, Of Indiana, and Of Penn
sylvania, which had recorded themselves, mid
been counted by us as of tho doubtful States,
| by the absolute unanimity Of all the delegates
had been concentrated upon Abraham Lin.
coin, assuring us that II we could but give
them votes enough to secure for him =
majority Of the whole--and approving their
faith by their works-their States would be
no longer doEbtful--that when New Jersey
had added her testimony to the belief that
Abraham Lincoln was the unconquerable
candidatc--wcll may you know that tho
weight was lifted from all our hearts, and
that was the hour when all men might bs
boys once more.
| WHAT A CONTRAST.
| Now, gentlemen, bear with me moment.
What contrast was that, as we return with
this platform and these two glorious candi-
dates, representative men of Rcpnblicanism,
and representative Of the aspiration Of Amer
lean liberty-what a contrast Is there with
the Convention at Baltimore, which returned
to its constituency with two candidates and
no platform laughter riding upon nothing
and bound nowhere! Renewed laughtcr.J
It was said by the apostle to the Gcntilcs,
that among the Jews he became az jew,
that he might gain tho Jews; that among
the Greeks he became rs Greek, that ho
might gain the Greeks; among those who
were without the law, as those without tho
law, and among those who were under tho
law, as those who were under the law--so
that by nll these means he might save some.
But tho venerable doctors Of the American
Constitution, who assembled themselves III
concavc at Baltimore, reversing the doctrihe
and the maxim Of the apostle, decided TO be-
come "nothing to nobody" lest by somc
means they should offend any one. [Grcat
laughter. And what contrast WIS that
Mr.. President md fcllow-citizcns, with tho
Convention at Charleston, who on the otner
hand returned from the scene Of their laborS
After fortn;ght,s bottle IN which : nnrt
of tho Icoders yerc L;lIed nrJ All tho rest of
H. Io.Jars s,,oro Ill, ,,,o,,,Sna .ha r",,l.
and ti,e in ntter conf,:;on werc IN IN full
retreat for that same Baltimore. in hopes that
the venerable and nursing arms which had
been stretched out to receive the orphans Of
the Union Convention might build there .
hospital where the wounded of the Democ.
racy might rcpOse SoOthcd by Opiatc drallrhts,
and find eternal rest beneath the shade OF the
poppics planted alongside the Constitution.
Laughter.J
THE POPULAR INSTINCTS.
Gont,.mon Tho no,,u,or ;n.t;,,cto o,c .lw.vs
r;,ht. !. tho shomts pf that nonni.r antbms;.:,n
ha;l;ny tho rom;rot;on NJ ;ncoir .nJ Ham
lin Tannlansel wh;ch caught Arc on the nro;r.
les have swent the GOLDEN Acids NJ tho West.
and nre echoed from the monntoirs ~ Nev
Hampshire. from tho woods Of Maine aiid thc
waters of the Atlantic, and nre bounding and
reveherat;ng over the hockv Mo,,nta;ns: ana
viii cease not until thew ,,ic awsv on tho
shores Of the Pacific Sea. [Applause.l And
the people arc right. know, because I
know the men; | have known for years ing
man VINO stanas secona upon our tickes, ana
you KNOW him ieilow-citixens OF Faneuii Hall'
clarion notes ci nus eloquence. ana the WORDS
oI WISDOM NV wnlcn nov from nus ncaEt ana nv
mmd; lou know MN - tne VIE oenesoss
tne aoIe pubic servant, tne devoseo ana paw
riotlc cluzen' lAppiause'J
70 sPRIxov1EID.
And. sirs. It having been assigned 10 me,
as part of the duty with which was hon.
ored. ms tho Chairman of the Massnchusetta
DELEGATION. to accompany nv associatcs. the
cl,airmen Of MI the Other DELEGATIONS and thc
President Of the Convention. 70 Springfield.
the residence Of Abrsi,a,t lincoln. / made
nv nilcritnHre th;ther. nv the courtesv and
Kindness of the cornoration. 81 which yout
own recent fellow citizen Col Fostcr Of Non
son. is one of the active and efficient mana
gers. a special train was nut at the disposal Of
that committee and We departed. on Saturday
morning on n iournev M far a. from Boston
to Albany, returning again. leaving Chicago
on Saturday night at twelve o'clock. 30 that
we did not let Sunday intervene before we
had carried the peoples win to the peoples
man. [Applause.l
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