Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-07-05
speech Of Hon. John COcbraue
Of New York, lndOrsing the
Nomination Of Douglas.

Mr.. President and Gentlemen OfWe Con-
pention. 1t is with no reluctance, but with
considerable difldence, that rise to re-
spond to your call | congratulate you
and the whole country upon the very sue
cessful termination ofyour labors. APP
plause. In view of that success ! have
only to regret that my own individual eff
forts have not been lent to the issue. 1t
is due to the Convention and to frank
ness itself to affirm that with all the effort
Of which | was capable, but still with a
manly openness, | have opposed the course
which at last has landed this Convention
in the order of its desires; but, sir, that
course was adopted under the pressure
of convictions and of affections every
where given to the favorite son of Him
ois. [Applause.
Sir, there ives gentleman from the
far West whose position we of New York
had long contemplated with satisfaction;
aud it might not seem strange to our fell
low citizens of the United States that in
glancing along their borders our eyes had
been permitted to rest with proud salts
| faction at times upon some of our favor
ite sons, but the time has arrived when
these differences of opinion are to be merg-
ed into the authoritative Gecree Of the great
Democratic party, and as that decree is
here announced to the people the United
States, |, for one, lend the feeble volume
of my voice to those winds and those
currents without that are now bearing to
every portion of the Union the honored,
the illustrious, the impregnable name OF
Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. Ire
mendous applause.
Sir, it is the part Of patriotism, when
n sacrifice is required, to make that SER
vice upon the common good of the coun-
trv, and the more so when that sacrifice is
in accordance with the best feelings o
loyalty and devotion to the whole coun.
try. 1t is better than all that it should
be made with a violation that commands
and an alacrity that boasts no relunct
ance, but is disposed to place duty will
its whole might at the command Of the
nomination of the party. Now, sir,
should do myself great wrong, and my
constituents knowing that | should do fol
them great wrong were | to suppress the
declaration, that he who stands forth now
as the standard bearer of the Democratic
party is the one who will command tha
roar of acclamation from the hills anC
the fields, from the streets and the groves
of the great State of New York, loud as
the shout of liberty from the free, sweet
as the best voices uttering plaudits.-
[Cheers.
l can but say this to this Convention
and through this to the assembled world
that he who has united the suffrage o
my full delegation here to-day is the maj
who was demanded by the great body o
his people, Applause Now, sir, tha
the long toll is over-that the controver
sy is at an end, which has been fairly an,
manfully conducted Ivy ALL here, act
ing for myself and 70, those who are il
accord with the feelings which have ex
pressed, declare to you that the reluct
ant past will be compensated by the cor
: dial future. Cheers. And when tn
Observation-Disclosures all our dis
l sentious, distractions and disagreements-
notwithstanding session after session, still
sits here-the National Convention of tn
Democratic party of the United States
has made this choice, it is not for me, sir
} to say with such an authority, and wit
the standard bearer which has been give
to us, the Convention and the man vii
he victorious against all its foes whatso
ever. Applause.
| have risen, sir, only in response t
the call of my fellow delegates-not t
make speech, not to present an argu
ment, but to declare that patriotism, reas
on and honesty require that they VIII
compose this Convention, and they VIII
; have sent their delegates to construct ii
platform and to select its nominees, al
in strict honor bound by its proceeding
Applause.
For the last two years Mr.. Cochran
t has fought Judge DOUGLAS at every turr
Q lie resisted his nomination until the finG
ballot, and then he came up manfully t
= his support because he is the Democrat
nominee.