The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-07-22
KEYNOTE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
GREAT SPEECH OF
HON. GEORGE H. PENDLETON,
GRAFTON, WEST VIRGINIA,
On Thursday, July 18th, 1868.

tBy Special Telegraph to the Cincinnati Enquirer.I
INTRODUCTORY.
! Alr. Chairman and GeJ3tICnIeIl: 1t will
be impossible for me TO make myself
! heard in this immense audience un-
| less you keep quiet and l shall ask
| that while 1 am speaking you will
allow me to proceed without inter
| ruptiOn. | thank you, gentlemen, for
the very cordial reception you have
/ Just given ne. Tho Chairman of Your
State Executive Committee, who in
Yited me to attend your meeting to-
! day, told Inc / had no truer friends in
\ the Union than l would meet here IN
! West Virginia. You have proven his
! statement true. j came obedient to
your bidding. I desired to see you
to make your personal acquaintance;
| aud to return to you my thanks for
the warm and constant support of
I your delegates to the National Con-
ventiun. | came to show you that no
personal disappointment fingers in
| my breast or dampens for an instant
the ardor OF ny efforts for the success
\ of our party; that far above all per
Son0l considerations | rate the success
| OF the principles in which l believe,
| and that whoever shall bear the flag
on which those principles are lnscrib-
cd, shall be found close by his side,
in the thicktst of the fight, to cheer
him with my voice & to aid him with
my arm. | came to urge upon you,
| Democrats and Republicans alike, to
! trampie undcr loot every preposeSsiOn
and prejudice, and passion, if it were
! 50 dear Is life itself, and, rising to the
; hcIght of this great struggle, to re-
member that we have only little life
Ia give, and q noble, enduring gov
. t'rIiIuCnt to save
, Tar uEWuCRATIC PARTY. aItL IAErY OF
. IIGERrE AND PROGRESS.
: 7 am party man. / aVow it, but
not, trust, in any narrow or sectari-
/ an sense. l am attached from con-
victiOn to the principles of the Demo-
! cratic party. l have studied its his
| tory from the foundation of the Gov
| ernment. In the States l have found
| il to be the party of liberty and pro-
gress. In the Federal Government l
| have found it to be the exponent of
the fundamental principle of the Con-
stitution that ''aIl powers which are
| not granted are reserved" 1t has
been the consistent opponent of con
sOlidatiOn in the one system, and of
excessive administration in the other.
It has been at once the firm supporter
of the rights of the States and the just
| powers of the Federal Government.
| In every Vicissitude OF our history it
| has appeared to direct us with its wis
dom, and to eXtricate US by its cour-
age, and to-day ii stands as it did in
| 1898 and 1893, under the guidanceS of
Mr.. Jefferson, pointing US the path of
safely, which is now, as it was then
the COnstitution-the path of frater-
nal harmony and peace.
THE NEW YORK CoNyENTIoN-TuE SYM
DoL OF a RESToRED UNION.
The Convention which sat in New
York was an august assembly. 1t
was the true council of our party. 1t
embraced our best, and purest and
wisest men. The roll of the States
was called, and not one was without
a representative. The roll of the dis
! trictS was called, and not one was
! missing. The doctrine of State sui
eide was not recognized. The disso-
luton of the Union was not acknOl-
edged. Evey State was invited to be
present, and every State accepted the
Invitation. Every Stale selected such
ciUiZens as she chose, and thus it hap
| pened North Carolina, and South Car
olina, and Georgia, and Virginia, sat
AS in the days OF the Revolution, in
fraternal council with Massachusetts,
and New York, and Pennsylvania,
and New Jersey; and that Hampton,
and Preston, and Forrest, sat side by
side with Steedman and Morgan
The Convention was the sign and the
| symbol, and the prophecy Ofa restored
| Union, and harmonious people. 1t
rose to the dignity of its high duty.
The eyes of the world were upon its
roceedingS--greater than the Holy
Alliance, which subiugated peoples
and divided empires. lis mission was
to enirunchise the people of our own
race; TO restore the Union of our
States; and to maintain the institu-
ton of civil liberty. For the first
time in their history, the American
people realized that free Government
was in danger, and that the fate Of the
,. Rs.pubIic trembled in the balance
'Tuey had been tanghJ to believe that
freedom was indigenous to our soil,
and, shutting their eyes to the teach
ingS of all history, shutting their eyes
tO the facts connected with our reVO-
luton, they had hugged to themselves
the delusion that whatever the storm
oi faction or passion, or revolutionary
feVuT, liberty at least was safe. They
had awakened from the dream. AS
they sent Representatives to the Con-
venuon, they charged them, as the
Dictator OF old was charged ''See to
it that no detriment happens to the
Republic"
THE PLATFORM.
BY unanimous vote they adopted
declaration of prInciples-''fidehty
to the Constitutions" Fidelity to the
Union;" fidelity to the rights of the
States;' ''felity to the rights of citi-
7 zens;" Fidelity to that policy in mat
tiers of finance and taxation which, by
paying the public debt in egal-tender
notes, will lift from the shoulders of
labor the burthens which oppress it,
and by Tightening the measure of tax
alton will secure it the just rewards Oi
q cheerful and contented industry."-
Applause
THE NOMINEES.
y And the assertion of these princi-
pies was also, by unanimous vote,
, cOnfided TO one who is worthy of the
trust, by his age and experience, and
intellect, and cultivation by his
/ honesty, his patriotism and his uh,
sulIied reputation. By the possession
, of every virtue which adorns a public
or a private life, Horatio Seymour
= stands the first of statesmen; and his
, explicit declaration that he approves
/ every line of those resolutions; thai
, he will stand upon them in the con-
, test, that he will carry them ont in
| luluIcs MllCIGNCI liz DC DAalCGNi
, gives full assurance that he will make
( them effective in his administration
: Tremendous applause.
Mr.. Blair is an accomplished anC
experienced statesman a brave anC
/ liable soldier. His father was the near
. est friend of General Jackson-hii
, brother the confidential adviser of Mr.
Lincoln, and he himself the disciple
and pgotege OF Benton. Applause.
5 TEE REPUBLICAN PARTY-wHATI If Is Re.
I SPONslBLE FOR.
/ If any thing more were needed tC
fire your heart with the enthusiasm
. which marked their nomination, le
it be drawn from the contrasts whicl
our country to-day presents. The Re
publican party has been for eigh
: years in absolute possession of every
department of the Federal Govern