Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-05-29

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other, risefour majestic galleries sweep
ingfrorn side side around the simmense
chamber, and each thickly Eined with
an array Of human faces. Within the
circle Of vision are men from every
quarter Of this broad land from Della
ware to Golden Gate, from Maine to
Texas and from Oregon to Florida, Il
/ is the great Union in miniature once
more knit together in friendship and
action, knit by the blood Of patriots and
martyrs, and standing in harmony on
/ the immutabl8 basis Of freedom and
! seIf-government, the fatheFhOOd Of God
l and the brotherhood of man. Behold
/ the scene and say whether the fiVe hum
dred thousand dead have died in vain,
and whether the dark and bloody
ground pIowed with cannon shot and
sown with powder hath not brought
forth a fruitage worthy OF all the tur-
mol and agony, the suffering and sor-
row
peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war,
and q nation gathered here to worship
at the shrine Of freedom and knit her
Union once more in the bonds OF justice
is a scene sublimer than the ield Of con-
hict.
But our reveris is suddenly broken
by q sharp rap on the chairman's table
and Governor Ward, Of New Jersey,
Chairman Of the National Committee,
calls the convention to order. In q few
/ appropriate sentences he states why the
1 assemblage has come together and
the work before it. t.YOu are here, +" he
says, ssto bear witRezs that the war so
galIantly and goriously waged for
| the life Of the nation was not a failure.
You are here to point to a republic,
boundIess in extent and resources,
| guarded and protected by one common
dag, and upheld by patriotic and 10y
al people. An emaneipated race has
been lifted from the debasement Of
slavery, and to-day, with the Union
men of the South, reOrganize in the
name Of liberty, the government and
! institutions Of the rebeIlious States"
a'The nation, y he continues, "under-
stands that neither armed treason nor
! political treachery can arrest the tri-
umph of our cause and the success Of
our candidates. If, as indicated by the
unanimity Of feeling which prevails,
| you shall designate rs your leader the
/ great Captain Of the age [cheers and the
display OF the Stars and Stripesl, whose
| brilliant achievements in the field have
been equaIled by his wisdom in the
/ Cabinet Tloud cheersJ the nation viii re-
ceiveit as the precursor for victory to our
cause and of peace of the Republic
| CGreat applaUse.l Bishop Simpson will
now offer prayer"
! The convention rises and silence per-
vades the great throng during the sol
emn invocation until it's conclusion
with the Lords prayer when there is a
/ hum Of voices Joined in repeating the
words. The prayer concluded a tenn
porary chairman Of the convention is
nominated, and General Carl Schurz, Of
Missouri, is designated for the honor
One of the most polished gentlemen
and brilliant minds on the continent is
Carl Sehurz, and his remarkable ad-
ventures in the struggle for liberty in
the old world and his steadfast and
able championship Of that cause in the
new, give a thrilling interest to his
name. A polished writer and graceful
speaker his keen intellect goes straight
to the marrow of his subject and with-
out a particle of eoarseness in manner
or matter he never fails to surprise his
auditors by the originality and force Of
his utterances. He is an affable gen.
t1eyoau too modest as the world goes
and perhaps for his own profit, tall in
stature and rather spare of form, of
sandy complexion and possessing face
on which the traces Of n keen and eul-
tured mind are delicately yet plainly
drawn. The convention listened with
a charmed ear to the clear and cleanly
cut sentences that fell from his lips and
the orator was often interrupted with
spontaneous and emphatic applause.
Many of them contain a breadth Of
stafesmanship and depth of political
philosophy which stamp their author
as one of the foremost thinkers Of his
time. Take for example this;
''Are not the principles which we adj
voeate Just as greatnow as they ever were
Is not the necessity of their realization
Just as apparent as ever? Is not Justice
still justice, right still right, and truth
still truth Victory
viii be true to the Republican party as
long as the Republican party is true to
itseIf.'
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