The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-10-17
THE PEOPLE SPEAKING.
General Grant Nominated by
the Union Club of Columbus.


the Union Club of Columbus.
A large meeting of the Union
Club was held in Columbus last
Saturday evening. Wecopy below
the corcluding portion of speech
delivered on the occasion by WM
II. WEST, Attorney General of Ohio,
with a resolution introduced by
him, nominating General GRANT
for the Presidency, which was
adopted with great enthusiasm.
The Columbus Journal says:
Attorney General West was call
ed out and after some remarks up.
on the bad consequences of the late
reaction, said:
On, the other hand our reverse
will correct the tendency to ex.
travagance, arrest the development
Of factions, and dispel the apathy
Of confidence and repose, SO Incl
dent and SO fatal to overgrown ma
jorities 1t Will consolidate and
crystalizc public opinion about the
vital issues and representative he
rocs of the country. 1t opens the
way TO u direct and sqlare contest
between the patriot and the dis
loyal sentiment Of the nation. 1t
presents for solution the single
problem whether the foiled wolf,
from whose jaws the bleeding flock
lis rescued, shall be preferred as the
guardian of the fold, over the vigi.
liant and faithful shepherd who
rescued it.
With view to this, the eyes of
the nation have long been turned
to one, whose love Of country and
devotion 10 its cause, have shonc
alike conspicuous, whether beating
back the storm OF treason in the
field, or breasting the tide of treach.
cry in the Cabinet. AS the up.
heaval of the volcano sometimes
throws to the surface some rough
unpolished gem of peerless value,
so the upheaval of national convuE
sion has exposed to the worldH
admiration. among others, the
matchless Captain and the peerless
patriot Ulysses Grant. Some there
are Of moro massive intellect, 9th
ors Of wider experience and deeper
political philosophy, and yet others
of profounder learning and more
cultivated attainments; but in Ulys
ses Grant are combined that strong
sense, sterling integrity, pure pat
riotism, unprctending modcsty, in,
flexible purpose and singular faith
in his country's destiny, only infc.
rior TO that which so much distin.
guished the other son of illinois,
the greatest of freedoms martyrs
the immortal Lincoln. Under Di.
vine Providence, | believe that to.
him, moro than to any other man,
this people are indebted for the
degree OF civil o:der they enjoy,
and the measure Of reconstruction
on loyal basis they have secuIed.
IL were unwise to complicatc his
relations-a'ready too delicate and
critically declaring all he has
done. Suffice it to say, that by and
through him, the South has been
saved to loyalty from the legal
suppleness OF plant attorney,
and The obstinate rage of u treach- |
erous Executive. If he had no
other claims, the head that con-
coivod, and the heart that dictated |
the remonstrance against the re-
moval and attempted disgrace of
General Sheridan, arc worthy the
highest honors in the nations gift.
1t is fitting, then, in the inevitable
contest approaching between pat.
riolism and disloyalty for tho mas.
terry OF the nation, tho great cap.
lain who preserved should bear
llolt its standard. But why dis.
'uss its propricty? Tho position
IS already decreed to him by the
irresistible fiat of public opinion,
md it is only loft for assembIagcs
ike this to proclaim and ratify il.
That noble body of Maryland pa
riots, who have stood firm and
rue against the rage and violence
'f Maryland's treason, have placed
Grant ut the head of thoir column,
md appeal to the Union sentiment
u the country to proclaim its con.
,urrcnco. | know not tho opinion
If half Il dozen in.this large assem-
,lagc, but JUG, ing from tho senti.
nent everywhere, and feeling that
ndocision can only ongondcr fac
ion, and defeat the effectiveness of
our organization, | will conclude
With offering the folio wing resolu- {
ion: I
ReS0lred, That the Union Club I
i Columbus concurs with and ro. |
ponds to tho Unionists of Mary. /
and in the recommendation of {
len. U. S Grant as their candidate
Or next President. 1
aspect OF Political Affairs Mt >
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