The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-16
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Speech of Senator Allen, of Ohio, Deliv-
cred Before the Convention at Chicago.

bpeecn OF senator Allen, OF Onl0, UellV-
cred Before the Convention at Chicago.
After the nomination of George B. Nc
Clellan had been made unanimous, seve-
raj distinguished gentlemen made speech-
es. Ex-senator Allen, of Ohio, was thus
introduced by the President of the Con-
vention:
The President: Gentlemen of the Con-
veution, we are honored with the presence
here to-day of one whose reputation has
ever stood high with the American PEG.
pie, and whose reputation is the more en-
deared to us from its connection with the
memory of Andrew Jackson. Loud
cheers. Icall upon Senator Alien, of
Ohio, to address the Convention
Mr.. Allen, who was received with en-
thusiastic applause, spoke as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Con0entiion Men of
America during the last four years our
rulers have been so unfortunate as to make
political aud military mistakes, which have
exposed this nation to the complicated
dangers of disintegration, despotism and
anarchy. [Cheers,] The people of the
nation at large, irrespective of party badg.
es and distinctions, have become appalled,
at the dangers which threaten it in the
near future, and have looked around to
find on earth some power capable of res
cuing them from these dangers to which
they are exposed and by which they are
environed They have found but one pow
er, and tina: is the old Democracy of the
United States. [Great cheeriug.l
In obedience to the call of this endan-
gered country, you have come forward
here and rendered your services to aid the
balance of your eountrymen in the saliva
tion of your country, [Cries of "good,"
and cheers. Your deliberations are
about to be brought to conclusion and,
fully aware that it was the unhappy split
in our ranks four years ago which opened
the way for the ingress of this destructive
power, you are now bound by your own
allegiance to the Constitution of your
country, to close up yolr ranks, and act
unitedly, as the onl y means of saving it.
[Cheers.] Hence it is that, potwithstand-
Ing the necessity and unavoidable diversi-
ty OF sentiment with regard to unimpor-
tant and irrelevant issues, aud with reg gard
to the individual named for the great of
ice of President, in the end we behold
what We are about to enjoy-the grand
consummatlon of the union of the demo-
cratic party first, and then the Union of
the States. Loud cheers While there
is democrat IN this land whose reason is
not obscurcd BY error, and whose heart is
not undaunted by danger, there need be
no despair of the Union or of the liber-
ties of the people. ....
The people have done wisely in calling
the democracy to make this great effort
tor the country. | think they have done
wisely, because our party, the great dem
ocracy, can say--what no political party
on earth eau say--that before the break.
ing out Of our troubles and the commence
ment OF the war acquired all the terri
tory of the Uuion, carried the country
successfully through two foreign wars, and
80 administered the government as to leave
the people, at the eud If its heightened
tera'.of office, happy, prosperous and con-
tented. [Cheers.1 The States were then
all in their proper places within the Union
and under the Constitution, ard that Con-
st'tution four years ago remained as un-
contaminated and unbrOken as when it
received the signature of the Father of
his Country. With such record for the
party in the past, what could the nation
do, than to See for itself that that body
has never betrayed us, and that under its
Wise administration We prospered aud were
happy.
Under it we put down Hartford nullif-
cation and South Carolina notification,
without drawing drop Of blood. TCheers. |
We never drew drop of blood, and we
can say what no government on earth
could say before, thai under our admins
tratlon peace and harmony prevailed,
though the country extended over thirty.
four States, space well nigh as large as
the whole Of Europe; occupied by popu.
latlon made up from all parts Of the world,
speaking nearly all languages and enter
tanning all manner of religious sentiments,
and spread over land with diversity of
climate and having variety of local in
terests.
We maintained happiness aud prosperi-
ty as long as the Democratic party had
control of the government. Loud cheers. I
We administered the government without
tavlng drawn drop Of blond for polti.