The New York herald., 1868-11-07

that Senator must know and understand tsat ma
oity OF more than twenty thousand OF she people o.
sne S.a.e declare that he Is not their proper repre-,
sen'ative General Grant Is 10 be the President of
the United States In the whole course OF the can
sass Just closed have not spoken one unkind or
disrespectfu word OF him, while have demanded
the party who placed him in nomination and warmly
advocated the election OF our own gallant
standafd bearer. lie has been successful do not
congratulate him, for know the cares which await
him prefer, however to encourage him. He may
oave yet the power to save the country. II he will
to reune all sections and all the people, to restore
our nation to healthy financial condition to
gnse nrs ns ourdens m OF tae people 60 economic the
and to restore constitutional law all the land.
he viii int the democracy ready to sustain him
the people and the Governor of the Empire State
will be at his sid. II he will lift himself above
party and show In this present hour OF national peril
a sne nrmness m he displayed when he commanded the
nanimity he exhibited when he accepted the
der OF the armies OF the Southern Confederacy he
support OF all true patriots II, however, he shall
yield TO the demand OF radical partisans, whose
POLICY Is based @ on sectional hate and neyer.dying
and fall as no man ever fell. But, nay friends, the
compliment You pay me tonight ts personal
one, ana II Is expected shat l shall say
word OF myself. have in New York ana Pennsyl.
vania fought your battle for the national ticket to
lhe best OF my ability. In more than thirty speeches
have endeaySred to set forth the truth and in all
things to conduct myself becomes the Chief Magis-
trate OF your city and your candidate for the Chief
KIND word or opposing candidates; / have In
duiged In no personalities, but l myself have
speeches most bitterly. They have assaiIed my
Official integrity, utterly regardless Of my per-
sonal reputation or the honor AMI good name of my
city. newspapers calling themselves respectable
have made assaults as venom0us as they were Wig
orous. have looked to the people who knew me 20
answer for me, and in my own city a majority OF
more than seventy thousand has hurled back the as
saults. thank them for it, and forgive, though /
shall not forget, my assaiants issued q proela-
nlpefiOn /
II would alienate from me lukewarm friends
and weak supporters, but it was neces.
sary to the preservation OF peace and
order. denounced what / knew to be gross
ontrages, and while my adversaries were talking
ABOUT calling out ten thousand soldiers to preserve
order the few earnest words proclaimed by me SO
cured more order that all the soldering could have
consummated. lhope do not speak In any spirit
OF egotism, but wish the people TO understand that
as have once before in my official life shown that
was not afraid OF rioters l never have ana never
VIII be afraid OF those whose conduct s calculated
TO produce riot, whether intended to do so not
The conduct OF my adversaries, which denOunce,
would have produced riot II il had not been checked
Some OF our opponents talk about cOntesting the
election. They Will not do It, A party In Congress
may deprive Senators and Representatives Of their
feat the Will OF the people of the Empire State eX-
pressed at the polls. They talk about preserving the
purity Of elections M ,o when they expend hundreds Of
into any ONCE ana shall Be glad 70
my N.Y. opponents % to testify the truth M in court Or JUS
tice. But my friends, let all this pass; the election
is overs let the vanqushed be content; let the VIC
tors be satsfed let the people everywhere for
awhile lay aside all bitterness and strife. What we
need is peace, harmony and union, and
not continued strife and dlscord. Let
The mass of the people seek only the good of the
country and they will have rest after great struggle.
THANK you for your services in the cause Of the con-
stituti0n. ! thank the democracy everywhere l
thank the young men OF the State OF New York for
their energy and their work, and will endeavor,
with oil the talent that God has given
me- to discharge the duty OF my new office
honestly and faithfully, and look for my reward to
Mr.. Randolph, Governor elect OF the state OF New
Jersey, followed and a few appropriate remarks
closed the proceeding, the band playing ''Hail Co.
lumbiau as the procession retired.