Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-28

/ pledged. Every rOnu, III lelter anu splIll,
must be as sacred as a soldiers grave. We
must win, gentlemen We shall win. 1t
is the old fight of liberty, equality, and fra
ternity, against oppression, caste, and
aristocracy. 1t is the old fight to
make the world better with malice
toward none, with charity for all
We may halt for moment, or change
direction, but the good cause goes Tor
ward
"On the evening of that awful battle Of
the Wilderness where the legions of the
Union army fought in the wild woods and
tangled thickets by faith, and not by sight,
\ it is said that some men asked General
Grant to step backward and reorganize,
and he replied: Gentlemen, we have
done very well at halfpast three in the
morning we move f0rlcdrd'
The list of Vice-Presidents and Secre-
taries was then read, and the report
adopted as follows:
TSce Pesideats.-Alabama. General Willard
Warner; Arkansas, A. Mcdonald; California,
James Coey; Colorado, j. B. Chaiee; i, Connect.
Florida, II, ii. Moody Georgia, Foster Blodgett'
Illinois, Jesse X. Dubois; Indiana, l.. &
Gresham; Iowa, j. A. Hendrick; Kansas, 5. $.
p. Kellogg Maine. II. AID. Fessenden; Maryland,
No nomination; Massachusetts, w. d. Grooeh;
1 a. '
Cleve: Mississippi, r. L. White; Missouri, A. J.
| Harlan: Nebraska, d. Saunders; Nevada, j. NJ
| Walker; New Hampshire, E. Gould New Jersey,
| J. s. Frick; New York; Chauncey NJ. Depew:
North Carolina, A Dockerty; Ohio, n. c. McFar-
| land Oregon, Josiah Parting: Pennsylvania, j.
sn9Ss a9s g. Ham
| ilton; Texas, $. ID. Wood; Vermont, q. J. stan
ward: West Virginia. L. D. Harms; Virginia, j.
| Burke: Wisconsin, Edward Solomon.
Stcreiuies-Thos ID. Pfster. c. b. Higley, b.
| Bent, j. Rhombeur. Jas. p Root, j. ii. Easton,
VIM c. Goodloe, Stephen ID. Lindsey. Geo. G.
| Francis b. Aver, Luther Caldwell Coates Kinney
G.. y. Collins, Robert c. Belleyille, j. w. Holden,
MAY :, Ramsey, Mr.: Pehilter, T. M kinieyi v.
mer, VIM L. Rose, Col 3. ID. Ringrec. Jos I.
| Hoke. Geo. g. WILDER, Cha-. X. Hoga;e, Lewis
Scott, J. c. 5. Colby, VIM. P. Howe, Edgar Allen,
| Chas. Seymour.
On motion, a committee of five was ap-
pointed to escort into the hall the Com
mittee of the Soldiers and Sailors Con-
vention, who were i'm waiting to present
the proceedings of that Convention.
The delegates from the Soldiers and
Sailors Convention were introduced, and
made their report, through Governor
Fairchild, Chairman of said Convention.
A motion was unanimously adopted
that the resolutions of the Soldiers and
Sailors Convention, as reported, be ac-
cepted by the Convention, entered upon
its record, and made part of its pro-
ceedingS.
Ex-Governor Joseph Brown, of Geor-
gia, being loudly called for to address
the Convention, made his appearance
upon the platform, and spoke in sub
stance as follows:
He was an original secessionist; was
born in South Carolina, in Mr.. Calhoun's
| arI oa rlxr in, biha1 tho 1ncf ripa of
State Rights, which he, at the time, rcli-
| giously believed to be correct He be-
lieved he had seen for ten years before the
unfortunate struggle through which we
| have Just passed, that the issues that di-
vided the North and South must ultimate
w be settled by the sword He went into
secession cordially, and stood by it as long
as there was any chance to sustain it.
In the struggle, the South fell, and the
people of the great North were the con-
querors He thought that, at the end of
the struggle, he had sense to know when
he was whipped He concluded his re-
marks as follows:
"When / fought you, l fought you
openly and boldly. When surrendered,
/ surrendered in good faith. When took
the amnesty oath, took it intending reli-
giously to observe it. Upon my theory,
which had been taught was the true one,
of State sovereignty, when had formerly
taken the oath to support the Constitution
of the United States, | understood it to
bind me only while my State remained in
| the Union but if she withdrew, which |
believed she had right to do, from just
cause, of which from the necessity of the
case thought she should be the judge, 1
did not feel that violated my oath when
Invent with my State. But since that time.
when the President of the United States
grated me .his pardon, he required me to
| take different oath. was sworn to sup
port not only the Constitution of the
/ United States, but the Union of the States.
[Applausel When did that abandoned
the doctrine of secession, for / could not
support the Union of the States and en-
courage secession from the Union. Re-
newed cheers The Virginia and Ken
lucky resolutions advocated that doctrine
III understand them, it has always been a
part of the platform on which they have
stood. Hence it is that / feel l am no
longer bound by party allegiance, to stand
by the Democratic party. [Cheers.] If l
cannot stand by them, where do / natur-
ally fall then? The Hamiltonian and
Websterian doctrine has been established
by the sword. My own opinions, and the
action of the Democratic party, naturally
lead me, as think, into the Republican
party. Applause
Il know that this is very unpopular
doctrine in the South, but believe it is
the true doctrine But, let me tell you,
Mr. President and gentlemen, that there
are many white men in the South; there
are a large number of original Democrats
in the South; there are large numbers of
original secessionists in the South, who to-
day stand as firmly by the Republican
party, and will support the great Captain
of the age, General Grant (applauseL as
well as you will Our Democratic friends
there have appealed to the whole country
against negro suffrage, have showered
anathemas upon them, have denounced it
as an outrage upon humanity and upon
society, and yet in the late elections there,
a negro who would vote the Democratic
ticket was really very respectable fellow.
Applause and laughter. They tell us
that you have established negro supremacy
in the South. Not so. Although they de-
nounce those of us who act with the Re-
publican party as being no better than
negroes, / still feel that / belong to the
white race, and that l would advocate and
sustain no policy that put any other race
over my race in the South, or made them
supreme there We will grant to the col
ored people there all their rights. civil and
! political Now we do not expect them to
be our masters. Much as you have seen
in the papers on that subject, it is not so.
In the State of Georgia, for instance when
, those who are included within the Consti.
tutional Amendment, though they have
no right to hold office under our new Con
stitution, go to the ballot box, there are
10000 majority of white men there. What
: little property is left is all in the hands OF
the white men. We have the advantage
in education, we have the advantage in ex.
! perience, and we claim that we have SUI.
; periority of race. Tell me not, then, that
the black people of Georgia can rule