Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-29
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least ten thousand persons failed.t TO gain ad
riittance to the Old Cradle of Liberty. Gov.
Banks presided, aud made most capital
speech, which was enthusiastically cheered.
In conclusion he said: .tItIEt EN
Allow me to say, gentlemen, that from the
depths OF my heart and from knowledge Of
the men, approve ofthe selection Of Lincoln
and Hamlin as the standard-bearers worthy
and honorable, and l trust TO be successful,
of the Republican cause in 1860. prolonged
cheering. OF Mr.. HRmlin let me say, that
be is our friend and our neighbor; that we
have known him we'll from his youth up;
that we have traced his career with satisfac-
ton and with pride, from his early unto his
mature manhood; and in him we may say
that we have representative of New England
and New England interests and principles, to
whom we may give our entire, united and
hearty support in whatever and to whatever
position he may be called, Loud cheers.
And in regard to the representative Of the
Republican cause, the candidate for the high
est place, from the gallant young State Of Il
inois, we take the united, enthusiastic and
undivided affection with which be is cherished
by ell classes Of the people in his own coun-
try as proof conclusive of his worth, and we
will give him, day and night, in season and
out of season, our hearty support, until, as
the representative of the American people and
Of the Republican party, be is seated in the
Presidential chair Of the United States; loud
cheers1 and if in this contest we are true to
ourselves, we shall leave our opponents,
whether on the one side or the other, on the
right or the left, Gin unfenced desolation,
naked as the vulgar air." Loud applause
The Hon. Peleg W. Chandler, one of the
veteran leaders of the old Wing line, made
powerful speech, and stirring letter was
read from Hon. George Ashmun John A.
Andrew, Chairman of the Massachusetts dele
cation at Chicago, was received with three
rousing cheers, and gave an eloquent account
of the great Republican Convention. After
pOrtraying the patriotic scenes along the road,
the enthusiastic reception at Chicago, the or
ganizatiOn in the Wigwam, the adoption of
the Platform, and the announcement of can
didates, Mr. Andrew with the loud and clear
ring of the genuine metal said:
Mr.. President, have not words with which
to do justice to the occasion. As the votes
were recorded, up through the roof of the
Wigwam they sped on the silent-winged mes
senger, with lightning speed, almost to the
whole continent first going to the 10000
Republicans assembled about those walls, till
there ascended chorus of exultation which
has not been equalled since the morning stars
first sang together, and the sons of God shouted
for joy. loud applause. They saw the
sun of a new day rising with healing on its
wings. There was perfect storm Of applause
to the man who had served an apprenticeship
at a business which now qualified him 50
successfully to maui bastard democracy.
mean the splitting of Indiana rails. Laugh
ter and cheers.
Grave and venerable men were rejuYenated
as by the spring of another youth when Abra-
ham Lincoln, six feet and four inches high,
stood confessed before them as the Republican
candidate of $780, Hats were swung and
handkerchief streamed like banners, and there
was an enthusiasm of perfect triumph.
The whole Convention caught the impulse,
and rolled up wave after wave of tumultuous
applause. The joy of a life time seemed
crowded into moment. Applause- All
differences subsidized, and the joyous strain
was taken up by every heart. Amid the
tears streaming from old mems eyes arose the
plaudits of the rest. When all had approved
of the choice, you may know what a weight
was removed from our minds. The Chair
mau of the Delegation Of seventy from the I'M
perial State then ascendcd the rostrum, and
in calm voice moved that the nomination
be made unanimous And that was done
with one acclaim. 1t was done, and well
done, too. [Cheers. -...
Aher the Convention had taken recess,
the selection of the second name was unani-
mously assigned to New York. But she had
no man within her borders to stand forward
as her candidate on the day when William
h Seward receded before the face of any
other man in that Convention. The propri-
ETY. and decorum which dictated the assign
ment to New York, equally dictated to her
the duty to reject it; but by the instructive
spirit of harmony which pervaded that vast
Convention, the slightest intimation Of her
wish was the law; and Hannibal Hamlin
was selected on the second ballot, to be the
candidate for the Vice Presidency. fGheers.
We were then prepared to return to our con-
stituencies with popular candidates and plat
form, the ideas of which had been affirmed by
the truest and best men of all parties; it was
conservative, yet progressive, and looked to
the welfare of ali sections.
In this connection l ask you to remember
the tariff resolve, drawn and reported by the
venerable Judge Jsesup of Pennsylvania, and
which excited hearty and glad response from
the Pennsylvania delegation, because it gave
to the hard hand of industry in the Key
stone State hope of ofredemption and reward.
What acontrast was there to the Convention
at Baltimore which returned with two can
didates and no platform (laughter) riding
upon nothing, and bound nowhere (Laugh-
ter.)
The apostle to the Gentiles said that among
the Jews he became as a Jew, that be might
gain Jews; among the Greeks he became as
a Greek, that he might gain Greeks; that
under the law, he became as those who were
under the law, and out of the law as those
who were out of the law; so that by all
means he might save some. But the vener-
able Doctors ofthe Constitution reversed this
law, deciding to become nothing to nobody,
least by some means they should offend any
one. 1Tumultuous applause.
And what contrast was that with the
Convention ct Charleston, which returned
with two platforms and nary candidate
daughter and loud cheers. After q fort
nights battle, in which some of the leaders
were killed Daughter and cheers) and nearly
all the rest badly wounded, the rank and file
were left in full retreat for the same Balri-
more, hoping that the nursing arms which
had been stretched out for the orphans of the
Union Convention, might build there hos
pital, where the wounded Democracy might
be soothed with opiate draughts, and find re-
pose beneath the peoples planted alongside the
Constitution. GOng cheering.) ~
Gentlemen, the popular instincts are al
Ways right. The shouts of that popular en- 4