Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-22
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or
HON. WIN. ALLEN
BEFORE TIE
CHICAGO CONVENTIO

After the nomination of General McCel-
Ian by The Chicago Convention, and after
Governor Horatio Seymour, Hon. G.. L.
Vallandigham, Mr. McKeon, Hon. L. w.
Powell, and Mr.. Salisbury, had spoken,
the President rose and said:
Gentlemen Of the Convention, We are hon
ored with the presence here to-day Of one
whose reputation has ever stood high with
the American people, and whose reputation
is the more endeared to us from its connec-
ton with the memory of Andrew Jackson
Loud cheers. call upon Senator Allen,
of Ohio, to address the Convention.
Mr.. Allen, who was received with enthu-
sastic applause, spoke as follows
SPEECH OF HON. WILLIAM ALLEN, OF OHIO.
GENTLEMEN OF TIE CONVENTION: Men
of America, during the last four years our
rulers have been SO unfortunate as to make
political and military mistakes, which have
exposed this nation to the complicated dan
gers OF dlSntcgration, despotism and an
archy. lChoers. The people of the ma
ton at large, irrespective of party badges
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 rescung them
from these dangers to which they are expos
ed, and by which they are environed. They
have found but one power, and that is the
old Democracy Of the United States.
Great cheering. In obedience to the call
Of this endangered country, you have come
forward here and rendered your services to
aid the balance of your countrymen in the
salvation of your country Cries of good
and cheers. Your deliberations are about
to be brought to a 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 your ranks and act unitedly, as the only
means of savingit. Cheers. Hence it is
that, Notwithstanding the necessity and un-
avoidable diversity Of sentiment with regard
! to unimportant and irrelevant issues, and
with regard to the individuals named for
the great Office of President, in the end we
behold what we are about to enjoy-the
grand consumation of the union of the
Demoratic party first, and then the union
Of the States. Loud cheers. Whilst
there is a Democrat in this land whose
reason is not obscured by error and whose
heart is undaunted by danger, there need
be no despair Of the Union or Of the liber
ties Of the people. The people have done
wisely III CalllnS lne democracy 10 make
this great effort for the country | think
they have done wisely, because our party
the great Democracy, can say-what no po-
litical party on earth can say--that before
the breaking out of our troubles and the
commencement of the war it acquired all
the territory Of the Union, carried thecoun-
try successfully through two foreign wars,
and so administered the government as to
leave the people, at the end Of its lengthen.
ed term of office, happy, prosperous and
contented. [Cheers. The States were
then all in their proper places within the
Union; and under the Constitution, and
that Constitution four years ago remained
as uncontaminated and unbroken as when it
received the signature Of the Father of his
I 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 admin
istration we prospered and were happy
Under it we put down Hartford nullifca-
tion and South Carolina nullifcation without
drawing drop of blood Cheers. We
never drew drop of blood, and we can say
what no government on earth could say be-
fore, that under our administration peace
and harmony prevailed, though the coun-
try extended over thirty y-four States, space