The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-06-05


guarantee for the continuance oi sue a govern.
ment Il IN give TO all classes imPertiaily slihrc
in its management We hear much NJ forgiveness
aud fraternity. We do most earnestly desire n
speedy return Of the policy and measures Of peace.
lul tms. None long more for fully restored
Union than those who sustained their Government
during the late dreadful war, but the dead men
have left a trust IN our hants We long Tor peace
aud good will but we have no friends who OPP
press their fellOw-meu. We do not idly aud hope
lcssly ask for indemnity for the past. We do ask
for securty, for the future, You will see that the
Convention believes that integrity, simplicity an
economy In governmental affairs are the duties of
good citizens and honorable men. II makes the
strict fuldimeut Of national obligations a point nf
honor, never 10 be waived While tho civilized
worl Id recognizes full and final payment MS The
only payment, tho Union Republican party will
never consent to tender any other. The equal
rights Of adopted citizens clearly asserted, and
nll people who love our Government ire hospitality
invited To come and enjoy its benefits and contrib
ute ~ its strength. The Convention spoke in nol-
ing more warmly than in profferng huaity well
come 70 all those, who, lately IN arms against the
United States, are now frankly aud honestly CO.
operating in restoring peace and establishing a
| truly free Government, During the last three
| years countless Indications Of the peoples choice
for tho next President have been converging upon
| Yourself Having made its statement OF princl-
pies aud purposes the Convention deliberately and
| formally. State by State, Territory by Territory,
recorded the will uf its constituents, and unani-
mousy nominated you for President Of the United
! States, following the work by tumu'tuous and
! long continued manifestations Of joy. pride and
| confidence. We know you will be faithful to the
! Constitution and tbs laws, and to the sympathes
! and principles that you are called to represent.
! We know that you will not seek TO enfUrce upon
the unwilling representatives Of the people any
| policy of your own dcvsing, for you have said
thai " The will OF the people is the law Of the
land" The records Of thus war, and of your sub
| seauent fidelity, afford the evidence that the ma
tcn can safely and wisely place you in the chair
| Of Washington and Lincoln In behalf OF the
Convention, we tender you its nomination for Pres
| dent, and solicit its acceptance. We can give
! you no higher proof Of our gratitude for your
past or our confidence in your future. We pro-
pose to elect you.
! After the applause with which the above
speech was received had ceased, Gen.
Grant replied as follows;
GENERAL GRANTS ACCEPTANCE.
Mn. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE Ma
TIoNAL UNION CONVENTION: will endeavor In
a very short time, to write you, accepting tho
! trust you have conferred upon me. AppIause.l
| Expressing my gratitude for the confidence you
have placed upon me, | will now say but little
orally, aud that Is to thank you for the unanimity
with which you have selected me as candidate
for the Presidential office. | can say, in addition,
that looked on during the proceedings at Chicago
with great deal Of interest," and am gratilicd
with the harmony and the unity which seemed to
have governed the deliberations OF the Cnnvcn-
uOn AZ CHOSEN 10 MI lnO hlRh once lOr Wllcn you
have selected me- will give to its duties the same
energy, the samo spirit and the same will that
have gwen to the performance of all the duties
| that have devoved on me heretofore. Whether
shall be able to perform these duties to your
| entire satisfaction, time will determine. You
have truly said In the course of y0ur address that
| | shall have no policy of my own to interposc
| against the will Of the people.
ADDRESS TO Speaker ooLFAx.
General l1awlcy then addressed Speaker
COllaX saying
You have heard our declaration Of principles at
| Chicago, and therefore, I need not repeat them.
| You are aware that numerous candidates for the
| Vice Presidency were presented. They were all
| loved and respected, and your selection was
brought about by the good will and friendship en-
tertained for yourself You are known to the
American people by fourteen years Of public ser .
vice. We know you came from the people and
without false pretense, you tdi thiul to lrnci-
| ple The Convention tenders you the nomination
for Vice President, and asks your acceptance.
[Applausc.
REPLY OF SPEAKER CoLFAx.
TO this Mr.. Collax replied:
Mn. PRESIDENT HAwLEY AND GENTLEMEN
History has already proclaimed that the victories
| of the parties you represent during the recent
war always gives increased hope and confidence
to the nation, while its revcrsts and defeats ever
| increased the national peril IL is no light trib.
ute, therefore, to the millions Of Republicans in
the fortytwo Suites and Territories represented in
the Chicago Cont ention that our organization has
been so insepnrably interviewer with the best in
terests of the Republic, that the riumphs and re-
verses Of the one, have been the triumphs and re-
verses Of the other. Since the General OF our
armies aud his heroic followers crushed the re-
beiou, the carrying out of its policy, that loyalty
should govern what loyalty preserved, has been
worthy of its honnred record in the war. Cor
daily agreeing with the form adopted by its Ma
tional Convention aud the resolutions thereto at,
tached, | accept the nomination with which
have been honOrcd, aud will hereafter communi-
cate that acceptance to you in the more formal
manner that usage requires.
There were long aud continued demon
straIions of applause, The gentlemen pres
ent generally advanced and shook General
Grant and Speaker Colfax by the hand, aud
congra tulated them on the choice of the
Convention. The party then withdrew to
an adjoining room, where collation. had
| been provided.