Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-08-06

manded peace on the battlefield,
and he will, in the executive chair,
command peace in this Republic of
ours Applause. From ocean to
ocean, and from the frozen lakes to
where the flowers bloom in the per-
petual spring, upon the borders of
the Southern Gulf, he will have
peace by protecting every man
within our limits, Poor though he
may be, down trodden though he
may have been, humble though he
may be, friendless and obscure tho
he may be, Ulysses S. Grant will
give him protection. Applause,
A voice, "Three cheers for Col
fax"
Mr.. Colfax-That ought to have
been a cheer for Grant, for ] was
speaking of him, not Of myself. l
have nothing to say about myself
as a candidate, for / suppose, to
tell the truth, that if General Grant
should be elected, probably sho'd
be also. Laughter and applause. !
They say he cant make speeches
A voice, "We don't want him to. +"
You see l am saying nothing about
the principles or platform or the
candidates of our opponents, but |
have right to speak of him who
led those for whom l speak, that
stood round him defending these
Republican principles in the past
He made one speech when the Com
mittee of the Chicago Convention
announced his nomination to him
at his residence in Washington; it
was a speech of only eight lines,
but there were two lines in it that
were as weighty, that we're as valu-
able, as if they had filled the many
volumes that gave you the history
of the works Of Confucius. They
were these words "IF ELECTED |
SHALL HAVE NO POLICY TO ENFORCE
AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE,
Great applause. That is a decla-
ration worthy Of the man; that is a
declaration worthy of the cause
And he said, you remember, to
President Johnson "TuE WILL OF
TIE PEOPLE MUST BE THE LAW OF THE
LAND" and so say we all, The
wW Of the people enforced, and the
law Of the land o6eyed, we shall
have peace, and with peace, prog
ress, and a development unknown
in the history of our country be
fore With peace, your country of
immense resources, washed by the
water of the two great oceans of the
globe, checked in its advancing
course by the horrors of war, for
moment, with peace it will step for
ward with gigantic strides in wealth
md population until it attains
prouder position in the record of
nations than it has to-day. We
have within our own limits all that
makes nation great; we have
a people brave, as they have shown
themselves to be, selfsacrificing,
devoted and practical; with bound
less resources, mineral, commercial
and manufacturing, in the temperate
zone, which is the governing zone
Of the world, and beyond the limits
Of which there are 10 great nations.
We have within ourselves all the cl-
9ments of greatness, and with an
administration which shall be the
will of the people, and which shall
enforce the law of the land, we are
destined to a prosperity which, in
glory, shall eclipse in the future all
he brilliant records of the past.
One word more about home. |
come back, in the conclusion, as ]
spoke in the commencement, in re-
gard to home; home which, as
Dryden tells us, is the sacred refuge
of our life-home, with its sacred
les home, with all those sensibili-
les which are excited by the very
of the word-here, in this
city, a village when | first
Jaw it and lived in it, now advanc-
NO, with its motto, Onward" with
speed unparalleled by any other
,ity in our State; with its vast
manufacturing advantages, making
t the very Manchester Of Indiana;
With its beautiful st. Joseph valley,
he garden-spot of the West; with
is noble prairie on each side, des-
ined to an agricultural wealth that
hall almost be to us incredible,
when it is fully realized by its de-
yelopment. You haveyourlot cast
n the most pleasant spot in this
Republic of ours, / congratulate
'ou upon it, and / congratulate
myself that / am with you here asa
,art and parcel of this growing city
# South Bend and wherever /
nay be cast in life, whether separa-
ed from you as Representative or
till with you as a citizen, my inter
.sts, my hopes, my aspirations shall
,ver be for this noble city, which
las proved to me through so many
ears the fidelity Of its friendship.
Nay you all live the measure of
ears that God has allotted to you,
n happiness and in comfort, May
,ou be blessed in your children,
md your children's children; may
,ou be blessed in your basket and
n your store; may you be blessed
n your association; and if | ever
orget you because the people may
all me to some other sphere Of ac-
ion, may God do so to me, and
more also, for my ingratitude wo'd
,e beyond all comparison, and de-
ervinQ of all rebuke, Loud and