Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-05-29

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SPEECHES AT THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
SPEECH OF GENERAL KIMBALL, OF IN
DIANA.
Gentlemen: ! appear before you Tonight
to thank you with all my heart for the In.
dorsement this State and the United
States of America have given this day to
our glorious son, Schuyler Colfax.
come to you as Colfax man from In
diana. But we bring Colfax as man be-
loved all over this land, while your noble
State Of Illinois gives us Grant, who con.
quered the rebels in the South. (Appause
aud cries OF "good.") | know Grant
and know Colfsx, and with these true
men as our leaders the glorious Republic
can party Of this nation will go before the
world-not only before this Union-but
before the ,corid, with their principles ins
scribed upon their banners, before which
traitors aud the sngodly shall fall down
in the dust, while our mighty hosts Of
liberty shall march on In triumph. (Great
spplause.) The right will triumph; and
when that glorious son Of Illinois, backed
by our noble son Of Indiana and the loyal
people Of this great nation, shall march
against the traitorous Democracy, as they
did against the traitors in the South, that
God that caused victory to perch upon
their banners then, will lead them to
victory again, and all the hosts Of hell
will be driven into dismay. (Renewed
and vociferous appluse.)
While Grant, with you, my country
men. was fighting rebels in the South,
Colfax was lighting against treason in the
ball OF legislation; aud when Grant asked
for more men and more money. Colfax
said, there is your money and here are
your men TO whip the rebels with"
(Cheers.) The same traitors that We had
to tight then, We have to fight now.
Gentlemen, | am not a speaker, never
made speech in my life worth cent
daughter aud voices, "go on, you are
doing very well pow.') But whether
lndianians can speak or not, / have seen
them fight like the devil. (Renewed
And one thing | remember, while you
aud | were fighting in the South, certain
men in the North opposed US, aud when
we asked for men, they said, not a man;
and when we asked for money. they said,
not dollar. They gave us neither men
or money, and tried to depreciate the
money of our Government, our green
backs.
But, thank God, the American soldiery
has made good the grcenbacks. And now
does it not beat Satan himself, that q
Democrat should announce himself in ia
vor Of greenbacks? (Laughter.) Who
made greenbacks worth anything2 Ii
was the soldiers Of the Union who made
them valuable, aud, by the grace Of God,
the soldiery and American people intend
to make them as good as gold. Cheers
We intend to stand by the plighted faith
of the nation. We intend to stand by our
greenbacks and our bonds. For one,
never intend, as long as live, to say
am a dishonest man. never intend to so
disgrace myself, as not to be willing to
fight for the flag of my country. / never
intend to SO dishonor myself as to be
bowed down by the chains Of traitors and
refuse TO sustain the integrity Of the
Union. (Applause.) If l desired to do
this, if wanted traitors to have the power
in our Government, would put the affairs
Of this Nation into the hands Of the Dem.
ocracy. (Laughter) If there is o man
here tonight that would not be willing
to muster under Grant and Colfax, and is
IN favor Of the principles advocated by
the Democratic party, he ought to have
been in tho rebel army. daughter and
voices, certainly that's 500 But curse
their internal cowardly hearts, they never
would rally 10 the stars ana stripes, but
prayed for the. success of the stars and
bars. But that God, who was the God Of
the lsraelites was the God Of the Amcri-
can people. lilo accompanied our hosts,
and in the hour Of battle was with US and
we conquered. (Applause.) Our trust is
in that God who is still with us TO day,
and we will conquer. lilo Is marching
now the hosts of this people who are in
favor Of the right. lie aud We American
people have this day chosen Grant and
Coliax to be our Joshua aud our Moses.
cloud aud long continued applause I'm.
der their lead we will bring the host Of
God from bondage TO liberty, and will
lead them into the Canaan Of prosperity
and happiness. But we mean to remcm.
Der that uafaidyM Moses, cloud laughter
and voice, HE is in Bull.rush now"
and uproarious laughtcr)
He promised TO be the Moses Of the
blacks, but when he marched to the bor-
ders of the sea aud the waters became
troubled, that man became nervous, and
deserted them. So, when the oowardly
hosts. who may fight us, come to the
waters edge, in November next, they will
find that the hosts under Grant aud Coll
fax will pass over dry shod; but when they
attempt to pass through, the waters will
close together and engulf them. (Laugh.
ter and eheers.)
Now, my counirymen. | want you to
another thing. Whether ma.
tive born or foreign born, IL matters not TO
me, you have taken an oath TO support the
end laws Of the United States
An attempt has been made to destroy
that Constitution aud those laws. Who
did il? Not the Republicans. No, you
Gun not find n Republican. black or
white, in America, but would bare his
breast and resolve to die In defense OF
the Constitution aud laws. According to
our Constitution, the President Is to exc
cute the laws made by the representatives