The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-21

consume the time Of the Convection;
I only wish 20 get at the QtJecUon.
The nomination is already made and
4 sanctioned by the people, and If 1t IS
thought better to call the States, call
the. states. Laughter and applause
/ Mech. Of Indiana-We are not yet
/ fully organized. The Committee on
/ Credentials have not reported the del
/ egates entitled 10 seats here, and to do
/ ANYTHING of this kind now would be
/ improper.
Mr.. Logan think, Mr.. President,
it would be the more appropriate
mode Of proceeding to accept the re-
| port of the committee from the Sol
diers' and Sailors Convention. Then
when the Convention shall be fully
organized and the States are repre-
sented by their delegates who have
been accepted by the Convention, and
after the report Of the Committee on
Credentials, then the order CT bust
ness would he the nomination Of can
didates for President. Applause
| know that Gen. Grant, of whom
we are all proud from one end Of this
land to the other, Is the nominee Of
the loyal soldiers and sailors Of this
grand and glorious country, and
simply desire to make this suggestion
that the Convention. may consider it.
As far as the making of the nominal
ton by a delegate from any particular
State is concerned, we IllinOisans
have no pride whatever. We had as
soon the nomination would come from
one State as another.
Cochrane moved that the resolu-
ton from the Soldiers and Sailors
Convention, as reported be accepted,
entered upon the record and made
part Of the proceedings. Adopted.
While waiting for the report. a
Committee on Cre6 entails was an
noUnce3, and would soon be ready.
Gen. Logan was called for a speech
bus declined TO respond at that time
Conway, of Louisiana, said: l sup
pose that it Is part of a settled policy
Of the Republican party to-day to have
the South come into the Convention
Union end foremost. laughter but
we have another marked event of mo-
meGt-that there Is with US TO day in
full part aud fellowship one Of our
former Governors In days Of the re
bellion, of one Of the rebelli0us
States. who mas since become recon
strucfed, Lapplausel and has proved
himseli Ia fire true as steel, a genuine +.
Republican, and in fUl fellowship
with the Republican party l move /.
that Ex Gov. Joseph E. Brown, of /
Georgia, bejnvited to say a few words. /.
Tremendous applause and cries of /
" Brown" Brown
Chairman-It is hardly necessary to T
put a motion which has such a recep- /
ton; will Governor Brown address /
the Convention?
GOV. Brown-Nr. Chat rrnau: AS H. has /
been announced that the committee VIII (
he ready to report in a lew minutes 1 F
think 1t might be i'm proper that / should /
enter into any discussion of the questions 4
involved at this time, and could not do I
justice to myself or my section II should /
speak Wlthout time, TO review to some I
extent the question involved. don't wish +
70 intrude upon the proceedings of the
convention. am mere, as mas been
well remarked, a constructed rebel. -
Laughter and thunders of applause.l I /
was an original sccessionist, [laug liter /
and that's frank. An open con fessiOn is
good for the soul Cries of Platform,
platform" amid which Blown advanced
Chair Governor Brown of Georgia.
gentlemen. Tremendous applause.
the Convention "a voice. :" Tell rs your
experience" Laughter and appIausel
BrOwu-As remarked before, I left my
s7at, was an original secessiOnist. / was
b IN in South Carolina. Growing up under
the influence and teachings Ofthat master
Intellect Calhoun, then in fun glow of his
meridian, early in bi bed his States Rights
doctrine. and suppose that I sincere
Iy and reIigiOu~ly be- ieved they We're cor
rect, as You believed that your opposite
was sound for years before the unfortu- I
nate struggle we have Just passed throu gh.
foresaw mat the issue which divided the
North and soul must ultimately be set
tied By the sword. There was no common
tribunal of justice on either side which
would reSpect in. II the Supreme Courr de-
clded a question bearing on this great issue.
the party against whom the decision was
made, wCu q refuse TO abide by it. because
70 regarded IL as political. While Mr.. Clay
lye3' that great man, that great
We were able to avert tins great
issue; but Mr.. Clay was called from
Calhoun sept with mis- fathers; and when
the storm again rose. there was no one
who coul1 pour oil upon the troubled
waters, ana stop the deluge. Secession was
the result. I went into il cordially, as q
States rights man, and I stood by 1T as long
a. there was any chance 70 sustain IL. When
tue President of the Confederate states !
abandoned the great state rights doctrine
we commenced and were agreed upon,
differed from him. When ne adopted his
conscrlpt measures, which gave HIM entire
crate States, and of every officer in the ar I
my-an error, sir, you did not commit :
/ took issue with him. But we went
through the struggle. I viii not attempt
now TO renew its history, but we Of the
South, felt that you of the North were ,
cOnquererS, and think had sense
enough, at the end of the struggle, to
know when I was whipped. TCheers.7 / /
The President of the United States after
the surrender of Gen. Johnston, ordered /
my arrest and i'm prisOnment. After my
release, your courts were open, and I was
left free TO act. I fell then that the time l
between this land and this Government
and some other land with some other gov
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