The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-23

| lUul VIC ubuTlilf cuQOr6C the tustTuc
tions given TO the several TOWNSHIP
and ward delegations Of the county
10 favor Of his claims for tho nomin
tuon as Representative In Congress
before the Convontiou to be hcld A
| Clyde on the Both lust. That Gen
Gibson is the first choice Of thi
Convention for the position. anc
that the delegates to the Congress
ionnl Convention from this county
are requested TO vote as unit fa
his nominations, aud if nominated W,
! pledge him the hearty support oil
the Republicans Of Seneca county.
On motion tho resolutions wer,
unoaim ously adopted by the Conyon
ton. %
IL was suggested th+t Genera
GIBSON bo called to the stand. A
committee was selected by the chair
TO wait on General GIBsoN and con,
duct him to the Convention. Th,
committee soon returned with IN,
speaker aud being shown to tn,
Presidents stand Gen. GtBsou adj
dressed the Conyeation as follows:
GEN, GIpsoN's SPEECH.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of
the Convention | have been adyis-
ed Of your proceedings here to day,
aud | am here to thank you heartily
for your Communications; and | am
here to say this further thing that
If there ever was a timo, 10 the histo-
ry of American politics, whom tho
people Of this country should look
carefully aud act boldly, it is now
for the same elcmonts that were mr.
raycd against the integrity of the
country seven years since, are
now arrayed against its peace, pros
pcrity aud perpetuity by tho pro-
ceediugs aud result Of the New York
Ganvanijon, There. WAS a conven
ton which after SIX or seven DAYS
labcr, raking earth and he'll for q
candidate great lnughtor1 brought
to light tho most conspicuous Cop
perhead who held position during
the progress ofthe war; man who
stood in the streets Of New York,
on the 4th day Of July, 1863. and
denounced his gov0rumo ut, while the
guns Of General Meade were thun
dering on the bIoudy slopes Of Get
tysburg---a man who lately was
inviting rebel Invasion TO the very
heart of tho American loyal States.
lie heads the ticket; aud at the tail
---and such tail.-swings Frank p
Blair, and the burden of his plat
form is, that the Prcsident-Hora tio
Seymour If eloctod--must declare the
acts of Congress, dono for tho rosto-
ration OF the revolted States, null
and void--must compel the army TO
undo what has been dono-muSt
stand withan army at his back, re-
CARELESS Of the Supreme Court aud
House of Representatives,, and drive
from the Senate of the Unitod States
the Son nItors introduced thero from
the reconstructed States. In short,
It is a proclamation Of revolution
against the goyernme Mt; il is a proc
Iamation on the part Of that party to
drive the loyal governments of phe
South, inaugurated by tho vie torious
nation, out ofpower and substitute
IA their places governments that
shall be founded upon tho adviea of
a man whose hands are vet red with
the blood of our children. Against
this We protest in the namo Of God
aud justice, and We will rdsht It out
on that line FGreat applause I
Who noginutel these gentlemen r
Why the PendleteH eseort that went
down 900 strotg To New York. The
price Of linen coats had been up two
wgeks sgo in Cincinnati when thay
went TO New York, and to my Ger
tam knowledge they all came back a
gain with grey coats on, for [ wes on
the train myself aud not one was
willing tosay that no belonged to that
escort Pondleton the "young Eagle
Of the West had Subsidcd. aud Sey
mour, on the nominatiun of MeCook
OF Ohio, was mllea candidate, aud
when he refused to accent tho crown,
Clement l., Yallspdigham--ho that
watched aud waited oa the border
while your children we're, fghtins
bloody battles fjr tho uatioa's lifa,S
got az aud said that Horatio must
stand il, and SO no was nominated.--
They had to have Vice President.
Now how pertinent il was that the
Vice Pro'ident should be nominated
by Wm, Preston OF keutueky,Bh 10
ls6@ | saw with NY ogp eyes ia reb
el unliogm at the head of rebel troops
10 a fort in kcn,uoky, aud Coz. Kir-
by aud | shelied him out, aDd | will
help to she'll him ou, again this fall.
lApplapse, His nomination was sec,
easd by Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, Smith of Texas, aud that
chlvalrous aud brave (91
Ned Forrest, of Tennessee. who mas.
sacred our soldiers at Fort Pillow
Aud nov they have The impndenee
to ask the fathers of boys who lie
mouIderlpg in unmarked graves, to
vote for candidates thattheso unhung
'eoandrels have named. Fellow cit,
IIens, | have said this much in re-
'ponse to your call, II is very warm
ind | will no, dstaia you. 1 thank
you feE The reception and endorse