The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-06-11

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SPEECH OF. GEN. JOSEPH K. HAW-
LEY. OF"CONNIsCTIcUT. ant
Permanent Chairman OF the National
Union Republican Convention: j.
Gentlemen. of the convention, I ten
der you my most grateful thanks for
the high honor you have conferred up
on me. Deeply impressed; by. a sense
Of the responsibilities Of the position,
I earnestly solicit your indulgence and
your aid. We come together charged
with the momentous duty of selecting
the chiet rulers Of the nation which
leads the world in the promotion of
freedom aud equal rights. The indi-
cations Of your purposes and spirit; al
ready given assure US that you; will
maintain the noble character Of the Re-
publican party We unavoidabiy recall
the convention Of 1860, with its pro-
found anxieties, its Q fresh, pure and
glowing devotions to.llbcrty, and itsscn-
thusiastic acceptance OF the, wager, of
tattle rendered, BY slavery and secession.
1t now seems to US that God ruled our
counsels. He made our declaration Of
principles manly and sincere. He gave
US Abraham Lincoln for President
God sends US like wisdom and success
to-day. He tes ed us in manner and
to an extra extent which the liye!icst i'm
ayination could not have anticipated. : :
Postcrity, we hope, will decide that we
met that test with the spirit worthy .ot
free people. Countless treasure and
three hundred thousand lives offered,
were The evidence that we. were solemn
ly in earnest We offered our.lives and
our property, but it was not enough -
We laid our prcjudices Of race and class
upon the altar, and the consciousness
that We at least deserved success, re-
doubled our nerve: The same high re-
solve rules today, and the honest men
Of this country are ready for equal, and
even greater sacrifices ,fthey be. t.ludis
pensablc to the dedication: Of this CONT
nent to liberty and toright. We learn
cd the first. lesson when NO found that
we must. make all men. free and equal
on the battlefield. We learned the Sec
ond lesson when We found that We must
still move on and sgive;impartia]ity to all
men share in the governments awae IRE
and fearless expression on the essential
and Important QUESTION at issue which
Athe:people''wetl udderstand-ahd'6o ip;
,gcnious ,aesise, mo words. cap obscure
or avoid. Passing by ell personal and
temporary controversies, working in per.
feet confidence that the American peos
pie mean TO do right, and will, do IT, in
the end, we. may feel, sure of triumph.
The power of . nation Of forty. millions
must bc behind the just Claims Of the
poorest working man, Of whatever race,
to recover even aud j:'st awsgcs. Its
majesty must be. felt wherever The hum,
blest loyal man d appeals against personal
violence and oppression. 2Every dollar
Of the national debt,the bloodloft a sol:
,dier is zpledacdI .ter94 Every i boad, in
letter and ia spirit, must be a. sacred
as soldiers grave. No must win,
gentlemen, and we shalt win: 1t is the
old fight liberty, equality, and frater-
nifty, against oppression, caste, and 2aris-
tocracy. Ii IS the old fight to make
the world bctterr-"with malice towards
none, and charity for alp We may
halt fora moment; or change direction,
but the good cause always goes steadily
forward. e It is related, and whether
true or not, tho incident is we'll Invent,
eli, that on the, evening Of that j, awful
battle Of tbs, ,Wilderuess, when lie lie.
gions of the Union army had fought 81
day rather ~ faith thar BY sigit,' ii ii
tho Wild woods ind tangled, brush; i thu,
some man asked Gen. = Grant, to.astef
backward Il, slittleeand re-organizc,, and
that he replied, "Wo have done well
gentlemen. Al half past three ia I'll.
'morning tvoe ttnoyo forward We |ap
ccpt bis spirit and hisrworde, perhaps
au not. anticipating il saying that "
! accent him ia person again d our lead
III THINKING you aedihl for theshonol
conferred, lam at..ho plcasureasof th,
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