Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-06-27
The gepablifaa.
Our Next President.


enioyed that honor. We have every cor
lfidence that, when the time arrives, the
will not with hold from the Union party {
this State that support it has so generousl
,, given them, when we have all rallied 81
! readily in the suppor; o1 tier dlstIngulshe
citizens. = Wabash (IHd.) Express, Ma
Goth.
J II would afford every h;dianian pleasur
to see one of our citizens in the Whit
House, to have the honor among the ma
tions of the earth of placing one OF ou
statesmen in the presidential chair. Cl
Terre Haute brother mentions the name o.
Oliver p Morton. in connection with the
remarks above quoted, but we think The
argument points in another direction. In
diana has one name which commands .
hearter support at home, and which elicit:
a profounder respect abroad than that oi
the able and distinguished Senator. We
would detract nothing from the we'll earn
ed fame of Gov. Morton, but it certainly
does him no dishoaor to say. what every
man knows that high as IS his position, com
manding rs are his talents. he is not the
only representative man of Indiana. II we
would secure FOR our own State the candi-
date for the Presidency, there is one man
now spoken of throughout the whole coun-
try for that high Office, who can command
support and who will receive The votes of
large numbers in other States, one whose
name is proudly spoken by every Indian
ian as one of the ablest representative men
OF our vigorous commonwealth. That man
is Schuyler Colfax. He, by the unani-
nous assent of representative Republicans
Of all sections Of the Union, from Maine to
! California, occupies and adOrns the second
position in the Government in influence
lie was nominated for the Constitutional
Convention from ST. Joseph County. and
elected; has been eight times nominated for
Congress and three times for Speaker. All
unanimous. never having had vote cast
against him in convention of his party
Each time elected Speaker by largely more
than the party majority in Congress. He
has for thirteen years continuously repre-
sented a holly contested District OF Indiana.
Nor can the American people ever forget
that through all those dark and gloomy
davs when the great and good Lincoln so
marvelously piloted the slip of State amid
the sIirges OF rebellion, his trusted friend
and confident, upon whose advice and
counselh so constantly leaned, was Schuy-
| Ter COlfax. and we know that when. in
/ 1865. Andrew Johnson had apostatized
from The party which elected him, when
| frimmers and time servers among our ma
/ tiOnal politicians were falling. away from
the great doctrines OF liberty. when the
true friends of the country felt that the cri-
sis was terrible. that ruin was inevitable,
then in seTenade speech made at Wash
| ingtOn at the commencement of the 39th
Congress in November, 1865, Mr.. Coifix
raised the key note of that campaign
against the efariOus policy of the Presi-
dent. which Congress carried to such tri-
umphant success at the polls in 1866. and
which now, in the Reconstruction policy
of the party in power. is working out such
grand and bencficcnt results in the States
lately in rebellion.
And we hesitate not IN avow our con-
victiOn that from first to last. through all
the years Of strife forced upon the nation
hv treason. no man has done more to rem
der that treason odiOus and to make love
OF the Union glorious, no man in all the
broad land has been truer 10 liberty. to
human rights, to faithful and impartial jus
lice than Mr.. COlfax.
The nation at large thoroughly appreciate
the purity Of his life. the soundness of his
Judgment and the wisdom ofhis past course;
of this appreciation and their confidence
in him as n statesman, we have evidence
in the fact that he is the only northern man
who has thrice received from the sufrages
Of his peers in Congress, the Speakership.
With such man, backed By such a record,
Indiana may Justly claim that she is enti-
tied TO be heard in the mex: National Con-
vention of the Republican party.
But TO secure the nomination from lndi
ana. there should be unanimity; we should
present that convention a name that will
attract the most hearty support from other
States and unitedly join hands and hearts
around our candidate, resolved that no pet
ty jealousies, no cliques or cabsls, no mere
personal friendships. shall blind US to the
true interests of that great State, which is
the mother of us all. In such a spirit, with
such candidate as Mr.. Colfax TO present
TO the Convention, we can be heard and
our candidate will bear the standard in the
next campaign. But if we divide our own
STATE, we cannot hope for success. Our
exchanges come to US, many of them from
other States. with the name of Schuyler
Colfax fiying IS their candidate for the
| Presidency. The writer of this article has
been among the masses in New York, Ohio,
Illinois and Indiana. and finds everywhere
the feeling that of all the men mentioned
for the Presidency. Mr.. Colfax is the choice
of the people. About one year ago the
young men of the Michigan University.
about one Thousand of them, from all the
States in the Union, gave q very nearly
unanimous vote for Mr.. Colfax as their
choice for the next President. Such testi-
mOny from points SO distant from each
other point Enthusiastically TO Mr.. COlfax as
the peoples choice for our next President.
| We publish below few extracts from
different papers; we might fill our columns
with such testimonials of the wide spread
enthusiasm for Mr.. Colfax which, even at
this early day, shows how the heart of the
people is set. Indiana has only TO do her
duty and her gallant and indefatigable
champion will receive at the hands of the
national Convention that Endorsement which
Twill give the nation for its next President
a man worthy to ill the place made sacred
by the great Lincoln and the good Wash
Iington.
The Marshall 0owa) Times makes
the following sensible remarks in relation
to the next candidate for the Presidency,
every word Of which we endorse.-PeUd
CIowa) Blade.
"The best man in this Government for
the Presidency, is Schuyler Colfax, of IL
diana He i, man whose wise statesman
ship, clearly defined positions, nobility oi
character, sympathy for the people, pru-
dence, firmness, Unborn and incorruptible
integrity have given him a stronger hold
upon the confidence of the Nation than is
possessed by any other living American
He enjoyed the confidence Of Abraham
Lincoln, and he ontertains the views and
principles which have made the Great Mar
tyr immortal, In the face of such a glo-
rious record as his, what is mere reticence
of speech, The nation desires no more
experience in the way of Presidents. 1t
asks for man in that exalted position
whose action may be judged by the princi
Piles which have governed his whole pre-
vious lifc.''
The Baltimore (Maryland) American
says:
> The Annapolis >Maryiand) Gazette