New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-15

RESOLUTIONS
Rssord That the earnest Of ever good citizen that the
recent National Convention the party would bsve
eeped The teachings Of hto a. well as Of PIoydeue within s p
only issue between WOuh be Perons preference for candidates
sgIa pat maintenance those IDEAS
VII they deem essential the basis and Of Democratic
sold That denial the political right class Of
citizens in tins country except M moral disqualification Totally 30
consistent with the theory Of Government also totally inconsistent With
n ue p I we az t 81 Sls tb mon ' p Ss even
anss . ags ana h % @ sS ,s ' S U of of t 5os
ana reduces them from The necessity Of The case condition
be cardinal principle Of our 60 , oSS that 5s SGg not
all men equal political rg6n ana Rges among all men, constitute
Rgsosd That IL hs platform adopted by ,6e NcvYOr Convention
prominently manifest a. the objects Of Democratic attain
mnt namely To punish the North who sustained the Govern
nt money degrade those at the South who sustained
by their personal deyooa sod loyalty By declaring that the obhs,
precated currency they impair the credit aud rduce the Of the
highest patriotism poured without stint their treasure into The Golfers
the Government at es we was doubtful whether Nat Goysia
ouy BY declaring the Reconstruction acts Of Congress unon
been organized by the authority Of these acts and
under which the South have become enchs and
entitled 10 the political privileges which enjoyed by other o
the United States and 40 more On these points we most 9
soemny the credit and faith Of the Government pledged
in the davs Of il, prosperity and farther that although
h$e desire h't unnecessary Pea es shog m S S even u
must not who have forfeited them By in
received them from the Congress United States reward for
Eod That The Kiln Congress although severely eefO19seo
serving Of our approval admiration Its taken whole
s1,S s1P 1 amy ctentse or egSe BODY Freedom which here
Oe has been partial they have made universal and We now " pei
by any uaouof substantially abohug through our National Gov
Brd Republican party. both STATE and
National are scsep.Se to the Eea1eaa 9 hS J t We WI"
Gen. woodford then introduced Mr. Greeley, VINO was
cordially welcomed with cheers and the waving vi multi
fariOus hats, handkerchiefs, and fans.
SPEECH OF HORACE GREELEY.
Mr. Greeley said: Ladies and gentleman-lt you VIII
hear wish to call your attention 70 some strong cor
trass between the candidates and the platforms Wmch
compete for the sutiragcs OF the American people
And StI wish 10 call attention 70 the CIRCUMSTANCE
attending the rival nominations There gathered nc
Chicago few weeks the representatives. of every
state and Territoy-eyery district OF the United oIa,3s
From the farhest West and the arhest South from the
North and the East men came together and although IL
has been unjust reproach that the kepuDhcah party
sectional in its character, IL was IO9hd Wheh lhcy
came together that all sections all states, were
united IN principle, rs tney NeIe ui"ilu,ous
in their preference Of candidate. Cheers There was
Northern Southern Eastern, or Western faction there
but the people of the whole country, speaIng Oe MIL;
united in tue expression of their principles ana presented
candidates who met general acceptance: ApplauseJ l
state this fact first 10y way OF answer 10 current re-
proach and next by way OF contrast TO what mas bee
of candidate by the Repuohcan conventions ihl was
simply recognition OF the fact that the American PEG
pethe loyal people who had heartily sustained the Gov
eminent throughout the war-oy one uieu voice caeu
upon the successful leader in that war TO be our eauef an
the establishment of true and lasting peace lCheers
for Grant, California and Maine Massachusetts anu
South Carolina when they were allowed 10 speak spoke
ii will be south Carolina or Massachusetts that give
the largest majority TO Grant and Cofax. Applausel
suppressed and stiedin part NJ the nation Applause
But whenever the whole people allowed to speak,
ssting of North South, East or West but the genuine
loyal people OF the whole American Republic Applause
Gen. Grant was no mans candidate No man could have
gone away from Chicago saying, nominated Gen.
Grant" Every came there to declare tSe fact that
zen Grn i aua Is o one b r
proa of pGr liEm
Justly chaTgeabe TO them They had In their Convention
an Eastern party, Western pary-Eastern candidates
ana Western candidates in fierce collision, Two days
passed before they could agree to report platform and
two days passed before they could agree upon
candidate That is q specimen Of their boosted nation
atty. Well, they made, IN my Judgment, the most
characteristic and proper candidate they could have
they man Who least d1stnctfyeiv and plainly embodied
the principles Of their party. lRenewed merriInent II
they could have thrown away their they might have
possibly won partial triumph for their principles Hhey
men, they would have stood pretty good chance Roars
sy OF putting al the old dark eete matter aside and
standing w on new pSorin transferring the canvass
think that the only chance that they had. and
G aGy Ga ana HSaS lsymoa repPesehtng the two
parties II is an admirable opportunity for the people
the Rebel army there in Tammany Han lApplause
and laughter. large portion Of the Rebel government
Forrest was there-Rebels on ever side.
yoice-And Wade Hampton too .-...,.......
Nj Greeley-Thesc men they who were the repre-
sentatives Of the spirit and tho purpose Of the Rebellion
Did they 60 there to say they were ,oy Tor having peen
longer what they had been did not hear H. Laugh
teri Ny sometime friend ALEX H. stephens sent on q
adhere the Union Of the United states IN the fnture as
We have in the past Great laugneEi c S n eS
in me mast Ih6pe he will do il good deal better than
he ala ln the past. Laughter / trust that We
are 70 conduct this election IN such shape as 10 make
The hoTe certain that they will adhere 10 IT, Applause
We know Gen. Grant well enough. lApplausc.I mere
necessity for me 10 tax about MN you Know NIat
he dd and what tried 10 do They say he cannot make
a speech and HOratiO Seymour can make speech Well
should say that II HOratO Seymour had never made
gpeech he wonld get great many more votes than ne
v under the present circumstances Great laughter
and applauseI Mr. Seymour has been making speeches
ali his life, and very able speeches. He Is
a MIA 1slble strong speaker. Now, then, let me
ask you who favorable 70 MT seymour point me 10
one speech he ever made wherein he said that rebellion
H. All Vron and ought to be put down. Where Is that
speechi have not heard II or heard OF ~ spoke Aol
him IN several places in tins state IN g. Wheh ne "as
ports speeches and men who told me nat ne nhu s"u
IN place after place, but u ne ever Inaue one
those speeches which any Rebel army would NOT nave
eheered from beginning 70 ena haSe not et af "
Iincoln's election, and when Secession was lnSt
breaking out the speech at Iwedale Hali
ia Albany, in February, 1861 80 ms sentiment wac
let us see whether successful coercion by inc Norh ~
less revolutionary than Triumphant secession AZ uUn
as 70 say II is just as unconstitutional Jus. as
10 put down Secession az II IL to lnauguIae anu uoi4
Secession Now If he ever changed O ,' hdgnnna
don't know when and where u Was-IIolh inc
10 the end of the great struggle Know ne was Shoen
Governor and sent two messages 10 the IcEIs,t NV
Now n those nessaces declared most heartily IN favor
uniting down Rebellion, then they can be quoted The
sneech he made In the Academy OF Music, new lOIh on
re Oh Of Tuiv lsG3- that earnest loyal speech
il is in print and his friends can duo,,e e
A. UauRhterl do not hear them queue
n No: he went into the Academy OF
Muse and said Show those victories That hSye neeh
promised I" Where ar: theyp lIanghter.I " We were
r. have had Vicksburg we were 10 have had PennHyi
vania1 He did not know then, because the telegraph
ala not connect that Gen Grant ma NlchpuIR anu was
marching In TO take charge Of 10000 Rebel prisoners
Applause He argued there as II the puplc enemy 70
he watched 10 be resisted be defeated 10 De put GoW
was not Jefferson DAVIS but Abraham LineCh tne &
dent Of the United States. Cries OF Ihat 20 liaV
dtItaf tyag