Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

Urant anu Ctuax ulnclaiiy NOtineus
The committee appointed by the Ma
fional Union Republican Convention, I'M
der instructions from that body TO present
to General Grant and Colfax recordsof its
proceedings, and to inform them of their
nomination, performed that duty on the
evening of the 29th ult., between eight and
nine o'clock, at the residence of General
Grant, in Washington. About 200 per-
sons were present, including delegates to
the Convention, several meinbers of Con
gress, General Grants stat, and ladies of
The families of General Grant and Colfax.
These two gentlemen stood side by side,
and the spectators formed in a semi-circle
in front of them, thus aflording full view
of the proceedings General Hawley,
President of the Convention, delivered the
following address:
"GENERAI.-The National Union Re-
publican Convention, assembled in Ma
tional Convention, ON the 10Th Of May, ap-
pointed us, the officers of the Convention,
to wait upon you, and, in obedience to its
instructions, We give you a copy of the
record of its proceedings. You will per-
ccive that it was governed by the most
patriotic motives was harmonious, enthu-
siastic, and determined. We mean, in
your own words, to save in peace what we
won in war. We mean to make it sol
emn, practical reality in the United States
endowed by their Creator with certain in
alienable rights, among which are life,
liberty, and The pursuit of happiness
We contend that there shall never be
cause or opportunity for civil war in this
nation, originated either by those who
would enslave their fellow men, or those
who must fight to regain their freedom.
We believe that there can be no perma-
nent peace save in justice on equal rights,
and the equality of all men before the law.
We hope to see our Government reaching
to the remotest corner, and to the humblest
person, securing to him, by impartial and
irresistible power, his personal safety, the
right to the avails of his labor, and the
right, and the opportunity, for physical,
mental, and moral advancement
The best guarantee for the continue
ton of such a government is to give all
classes impartially share in its manage
ment. We hear much of forgiveness and
fraternity. We do most earnestly desire a
speedy return Of the policy and measures
of peaceful time None long more for a
fully restored Union than those who sus-
tanned their Government during the late
dreadful war but the dead men have left
trust in our hands. We long for peace
and good will, but we have no friends who
Cypress their fellow men; we do not idly
and hopelessly ask for indemnity for the
past; we seek for security for the future.
You will see how the Convention believes
that integrity, simplicity and economy in
Governmental affairs are duties of good
citizens and honorable men. 1t makes he
strictest fulfillment of national obligations
point of honor never to be waived.
1.-THE equal rights Of adopted citizens
are clearly asserted, and al people who
love our Government are Hospitality in
vited to come and enjoy its benefits, and
contribute to its strength.
The Convention spoke in nothing more
warmly than in proffering q hearty well
come to all those who, lately in arms
against the United States, are now frankly
and honestly cooperating in restoring
peace and establishing truly free gov
eminent
During the last year, countless indica-
tions of the peoples choice for the next
President have been converging upon
yourself. Having made its statement of
principles and purposes, the Convention
deliberately and formally, State by State,
Territory by Territory, recorded the will
of their constituents, and unanimously
nominated you for President of the United
States, following the work by tumultuous
and long continued manifestations of Joy,
pride and confidence. We know you will
be faithful to the Constitution and the
laws, and to the sympathies and principles
that you are called to represent. Weknow
that you will not seek to enforce upon the
unwilling representatives of the people
any policy of your own devising, for you
have said that the will Of the people i, the
law Of the land The records of the war,
and of your subsequent fidelity, afford the
evidence that the nation can safely and
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