Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-23
Serenade to the Hon. Hannibal
.Hamlin..-HiS ReSDOnge.

On Saturday evening last, the Republi-
cans of Washington City complimented
Mr.. Hamiin, our candidate for Vice-Presi-
dent, with serenade, on which occasion
he delivered the following speech:
FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS Concur
ring with you fully in the great principles
which have united us in political nssocia-
tion. ] am pleased to meet you on this oc :.
cason, and | unite my voice with yours
most cordially in tribute to common
cause. You have assembled to congratu-
late each other upon the doings of our re-
cent Convention at Chicago, the result of
which has come to us over the telegraph.
wires. OF that position which has been
assigned to me, you will allow me to say,
that while / feel profoundly grateful For
the honor it conters, and am duly sensible
of the obligations it imposes, it was neith-
er sought, expected, or even desired. But
as it has come unsolicited, it leaves me no
alternative bnt to accept the responsible
ties which attach 10 it, with an earnest
hope and endeavor, that canse more i'm
portant than any man, will receive no det-
riment at my hands. But you have come
to pay q tribute to our standard-bearcr,
who has beeen taken from the Great West,
where the star of empire is eliminating, if
comprehensive and vigorous intellect, and
fully equal to the position designated
The architect of his own fortune, lie comes
to US most emphatically representative
man; not only representative man as All
able and earnest exponent of Republican
principles, but as identified with the labor
ing ngandindustrialc class. Having from early
life, to the maturity of manhood, devoted
himself to physical labor, he can, as he
does, but feel keener sense of the rights
fR6oi! R6 oiaR%aFtn R%atn Hfh glands bffaEsS ths
which even a suspicion was never breath
ed, and with political integrity above
repronch. The objects desired by the Re
pnblcaus in the pending elections, and
the obligations imposed upon our candt-.
dates, are, to bring back the Government
to the principles and practices of its faith
ers and founders, and to administer it in
the light of their wisdom and example; to
aid our commerce, to send it out upon dis
tant seas. and to prepare foI it havens in
its distress and on its return; to intuse
new life and energy into all the produc-
tive and industrial pursuits of the whole
country, for we must not forget that the
prosperity of every country must repose
upon productive industry-labor it is, and
labor alone, that builds and navigHtes our
ships, delvcs in our mines, makes muscle in
the workshops, clears away the forest. and
makes the hillside blossom as the rose. 1t
maiutuius our Government and uphods the
world in its prosperity and advancement.
Surely, then, it should ldchallengeandd demand
its rights ofthe eGovcrnmentitthus sustains.
To preserve the integrity of the Union,
with the full and just rights of all the
States, the States themselves not interfe-
ring with the principles of Liberty and
Humanity in the Territories of the United
States, outside of their own jurisdiction,
and to preserve our original territorial do
main for the homesteads of the free-these
are the great principles which we have
united TO sustain and advance. That done,
our Government will remain blessing to
all, and our country refuge in which the
man of every cline may enjoy the securl-
ties and privileges of institutions of Free
dom, regulated only by law. .,s
Mr.. Campbell, member from Pennsylva-
mia, followed, giving in his adhesion cor
daily, and pledging the support of the
Keystone State. He was gratified that the
Chicago Convention had asserted the great
principle oftprotection to American indus
/ try, by which free labor was to be elevated
and rewarded, and the prosperity of the
country promoted.
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