New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-05-26
The secretary-The State Of Nebraska

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six votes for Ulysses S. Grant.
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gives six votes
for Ulysses S. Grant.
The Secretary-The State Of Nevada.
The Chairman of the Nevada Delegation
The Silver State has but six votes but pro-
poses to give si5 more in the fall. Nevada
gives six votes for Ulysses s. Grant.
The Observation-Disclosures gives six votes for
Ulysses S. Grant.
The secretary-The State of New Hamp.
shire. r-.E sa
The Chairman of 1.-The New Hampshire
delegation-New Han4J siltre give ten votes
for Ulysses S. Grant.
The President-New Hampshire gives ten
votes for Ulysses s. Grant,
The secretary-The TerritorT Of New
Mexico.
New Mexico did not respond.
The SecretaIy-The State of New Jersey.
The Chairman of the New Jersey delega.
tion-Mr. President: The New Jersey dele
CATION instructed by her conyention-and
in giving those instructions she spoke the
voice of every an Ct the Republican party
within her borders now deliver their four
teen votes for Ulyss 8. Grant, not only
victorious soldier, bu5 conspicuous for calm
ness of judgment, sincerity OF patriotism,
and personal honesty.
The President-The State of New York.
The Chairman-The State of New York
gives sixty-six votes for Ulysses S. Grant.
The PresideDt-The State OF New York
gives sixty.siX votes for Ulysses S. Grant.
The Secretary The State of North Caro-
lima.
The Chairman-North Carolina, known
as the land of the tar heels" (great laugh.
| teri, gives eighteen votes for Ulysses S.
| Grant, and will give twice eightecn-thirty-
six thousand votes, all of which will stick.
! Great applause.l
The Chairman = North Carolina gives
| eighteen votes for Ulysses s. Grant.
The Secretary-The State of Ohio.
The Chairman-Ohio has the honor of
being the mother of our great leader Ohio
is on the line, and on that line Ohio pro.
poses, under that Captain who never knew
defeat to fight it out through the summer
and in the autumn, when a great victory
will be secured. The people OF that State
! have directed the delegates TO cast their
votes for Ulysses S. Grant.
The Presidcnt-Oh casts fortg.two votes
| for Ulysses S. Grant.
The State of Pennsylvania
! The Chairmsn-The State OF Pennsylva-
ala casts ffty.two votes for Ulysses S.
| Grant.
Rhode Island.
The Chairman-Little Rhody, small in
stature but patriotic, gives her eight votes
for General Ulysses S. Grant and wishes she
had more. (Applause.l
| AAAS L ASoAANAb ~ t1hessN VI 'JyNbA NthAS0
lima.
The Chairman-The State of South Caro-.
lima, the birthplace and home Of John c.
! Calhoun and the doctrine of State rights,
first to withdraw herself from the Union,
! directs me through her representatives sent
here, by a Republican majority Of l3,47O,
! (applause), returning as we do to the Coun-
ellis of those who desired only to preserve
the Union, arm lin arm and heart to heart
| with Massachusetts, (great cheers, gives
| he r twelve votes for General Ulysses S.
Grant. (Immense applause.)
The President nt-South Carolina gives
twelve votes for Ulysses S, Grant
The State of Tennessee.
The Chairman-Mr. President: Tennessee
being one of the Southern States that was
forced into the rebellion, Tennessee being
the first to reconstruct and be readmttted
into the Union and to-day being in the en-
joyment Of a most liberal republican gov
ernment in the United States, casts her
| twenty votes for Ulysses S. Grant (cheers),
and with the solemn pledge never again to
present the name for President or Vice.
President of such traitor as Andrew John
son. cloud Cheers.l
The Tennessee gives twenty
votes for Ulysses S. Grant
The State of Texas.
The Chairman Judge PascLal-Toxas,
through her delegates here assembled, have
instructed me to cast twelve votes for
Ulysses S. Grant, from the empire State
of the South, containing 27j 900 square
miles, and capable of sustaining 10000, 900
of people. (Applsuse.)
The President-Texas gives twelve votes
for Grant.
The State of Vermont.
The Chsirman-Mr President The Re-
publicans of Vermont through their dele
cation, give their ten votes for Ulysses S.
Grant.
The Prcsident-Yermont gives ten votes
for Ulysses s. Grant.
The State of Virginia.
The Chairman-hr. President: The State
of New Virginia, rising from the grave that
General Grant dug for her In the AppOmatoX
and enllsts under mis- banner, and they pro.
pose in next November to move on the
enemys works. loud applause.)
The President : Virginia casts twenty
votes for Ulysses S. Grant.
West Virginia.
The Chairman-Mr. President West Yir-
ginia. a corner OF the rebellion which never
gave Democratic majority, gives freely and
willingly her ten votes for Ulysses S. Grant
for President. (Applause.l
The President-West Virginia gives ten
votes for Ulysses S. Grant.
The State of Wisconsin.
The Chairman-Mr. President: Wisconsin,
!
to that of her sister States, and gives her six.
teen votes for Ulysses s. Grant. (Applause.) }
The observation-disclosures gives sixteen
votes for Ulysses s. Grant, and the roll is
completed. Gentlemen of the Convention.
you have $50 votes. You have given $50
votes for General Ulysses s. Grant. (Tre-
mendous applause.)
The audience gave three enthusiastic
cheers for General Grant.
EnthusIasna.
The band played g Yankee Doodle
Delegate--I move that we try our
throats with three times three, with swing
ing hats and waving handkerchiefs, for Gen.
eral Grant.
Nine tremendous cheers we're given.
The cheers were given with tremendous
enthusiasm, and ere they had been con-
cluded the Union flag which had covered
the background Of the stage was raised, dis.
playing a beautiful painting, representing
General Grant seated on pedestal at the
entrance of the temple of liberty, while a
beautiful female figure, representing Column
bia, points proudly to the chieftain-the
whole surmounted by the legend Match
him. This exhibition was the signal for
more cheers.
After the subsidence of the cheers, a
quartette of gentlemen, composed of
Chaplain McCabe and three others, appeared
at the chairmans table and sang spontane-
ously, and with fine voices, song with the
following refrain:
"WeTl rally again, we'll rally again
With the soldier and sailor and hummer;
And well fight ii out here on this same Union line
No odds II 1t takes US all summorri
Each repetition of the chorus thrilled the
assembly with new enthusiasm and elected
new bursts of applause.
The band played ''The Battle Cry Of Free
| DOM and the whole Convention ioined In