The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-07-29
KEYNOTE OF THE CAMPAIGN.
GREAT SPEECH
hon. G. H. PEADLEToN,
GRAFTON, w. VIRGINIA,
Thursday, July I6, 1s6s.
GREAT SPEECH
GRAFTON, w. VIRGINIA
Thursday. July Is, Is6s.
By special telegraph to the Enquirer.

l Ah0H SumSs Susy AV, ASoos
By special telegraph to the Enquirer.
! saW INTRODUCTORY.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN: /
| will be impossible for me to make mysel
heard in this immense audience unless you
keep quiet; and shall ask that while am
speaking you will allow me to proceed
without interruption. thank you, gentle
men, for the very cordial reception you
have just given me. The Chairman oi
your State Executive Committee, who in
vited me to attend your meeting to-day
told me that had no truer friends in tht
Union than | would meet here in Wes
Virginia. You have proven his statement
true. came obcdient to your bidding
desired to see you; to make your persona
| acquaintance; and to return to you my
thanks ior the warm and constant support
of your delegates to the National Conven
tion. came to show you that no personal
disappointment fingers in my breast or
dampens for an instant the ardor of my ef-
forts for the success of our party; that far
above all personal considerations | rate the
success of the principles in which believe,
and that whoever shall bear the flag on
which those principles are inscribed, shall
be found close BY his side, in TIM thickest
of the fight, to cheer him with my voice
and to aid him with my arm. | came to
urge upon you, Democrats aud Republicans
alike, trampla under foot every PROPOSES
sion, and prejudice, and passion, If it were
as dear as life itself, and, rising to the height
of this great struggle, to remember that we
have only little life to give and snoble,
enduring government to save.
TIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE PARTY OF
LIBERTY AND PROGRESS.
/ am party man, avow it, but | trust,
not in any narrow or sectariansense. am at>
tached from conviction to the principles of
the Democratic party | have studied its
history from the foundation Of the Govern
ment. In the States | have found il to be
th8party of liberty and progress. ln the
Federal Government have found it to be
the exponent of that fundamental principle
of the Constitution that "all powers which
are not granted are reserved" 1t has been
the consistent opronsn mt Of consolidation in
the one system, and OF excessive administra-
ton 10 the other. 1t has been at once the
firm supporter Of the right of the States and
oi the just powers Of the Federal Gover.,-
ment. In every vicissitude of our history
it has appeared to direct us with its wisdom,
and to extricate US by its courage, and to-
day it stands as it did in i79S and 1899,
under the guidance OF Mr.. Jefferson, point
ing us the path of safety, which is now, as
was then-the Constitution-thc path Of
fraterna harmony and peace.
TIE NEW YORK CONVENTION THE SYMBOL
OF A RESTORED UNION.
The Convention which sat in New York
was m august assembly. 1t was the true
council of our party. 1t embraced our best,
and purest, and wiscst men. The roll Of
the States was called, and notone was with
out a representative. The roll of the dis
tricts was called, and not one was missing.
The dissolution of the Union was not ac.
knowledgcd. Every State was invited to
be present, and every State accepted the
invitation. Every State selected such
ritizens as she chose; and thus it happened
North Carolina, and South Carolina, and
Georgia, and Virginia, sat as in the days OF
the Revolution, in iraternal council with
Ma ,sachusetts, and New York, and Pennsy-
lvaDia, and New Jersey; and that Hampton.
and Preston, and Forrest, sat side by side
with Steedman and Morgan. The Conven-
tion was the sign, and the symbol, and the
menious people. 1t rose to the dignity OF
its high duty, The eyes OF the world were
upon its proceeding-greater than the Eoly
Alliance, which subjugated peoples and
divided empires, its mission was to enfran-
chise the people oi our own race; to restore
the union of our States; and to maintain
the institutions of civil liberty. For the
first time in their history, the American
people realized that free government was in
danger, ard that the fate Of the Republic
trembltd in the balance. They had been
taught to believe ttat freedom was indigen-
ous to our soil, and shutting their eyes to
the teachings OF all history, shutting their
eyes to the facts connected with our Revolu-
ton, they Had hagged to themselves the
delusion that whatever the storm OF faction,
or passion, or revolutionary fervor, liberty
at least was safe. They had awakened
from the dream. As they sent Representa-
tives to the Convention, they charged them,
as the Dictator of old was charged See
to it that no detriment happens to the Re-
public"
THE PLATFORM.
BY unanimous vote they adopted a
declaration Of principles" fidelity to the
Constitution" Fidelity to the Union;"
fidelity to the rights Of States" fidelity
to the rights of the citizens" Fidelity to
the principles OF civil libery" fidelity to
that policy in matters OF finance and taxa
ton, which, by paying the public debt in
'iegai-tender notes, will lift from the should
ers of lador the burthens which oppress it.,
ao1 b., ILL l,a v,,nacurn oe fayafian
! viii secure il the jus. rewards of cheerful
and contended industry" Applause
PIE NOMINEES.
And tile assertion of these principles was
also, by o unanimous vote, confded to one
who rs worthy Of the trust, byhis age and
intellect, and cultivation; by bis honesty, his
patriotism and his unsulied reputation. By
the possession of every virtue which adorns
public or private life, Horatio seymour
stands the FIRST Of statesman; and his expli-
cit declaration that he approves every line
Of those resolutions; that he will stand upon
them in the contest. and be will carry them
out in future, wherever he may be placed
gives full assurance that he will make them
effective in his administration. Tremend-
Gus applause. :.
M Blair is an accomplished aid expert
enced statesmen; brave and able soldier
His father was the nearest friend OF Gener.
al Jaekson--his brother the confdaBte and
adviser Of Mr.. Lincoln, and bs himself the
disciple and protege Of Benton lApplau-
sc.
THE REPUBLICAN, pARTY-wHAT RI IS RE
sPoNsrBLE FOR. &
If any thing more we're needed to fire
your heart with the enthusiasm which mark
| cd their nomination. LET il be drawn from
the contrasts which our country to-day