New-York tribune., 1868-05-28
NEW-YORK, THURSDAY, MAY %. 1865.

knows the whole country loves You do not have 20
tel anyD.dy who our men are. Laughter and ongcon-
Ignorant az when the flashed to him. turned to
his neghbo and said "who ia this Grant who they put
asked that, nor there any Republican heart on this
Continent that does not thrill at the mention OF the name
OF schuyler Cofax. l"G Good" and cheersJ lie
IS New-YOrk boy, graduate from our
citys common schools when they were not so good as
tney are Uday, laughter,l and making his nome WIN
his widowed mother in poverty and obscurity IN the
West ne has although not yet an old man. achieved tor
himself anane that known TO the nations name that
Is assurance that no Rebel regicide Rebel murderer
Will undTtake to destroy the life OF Ulysses 3 Grant
HIND hind nm ready to take his place Applause 3,
our cSo,en s President 'G M the Sr Character S ' Of
ro our equally beloved S o ana trusted
There are around who wish it would not be so.
Iaughterl There is no man among us who believes it
Will not he So Laughter and cheers. There are those
around us who cavil at the Republican platform There
is no Republican who not proud OF the Republican plat
form ("Good," and cheers.l They talk of progress
some OF consistency. point 10 the four Republican plat
forms Of 49, 6O, 64 and 68 consistent progress, begin
nngwh the assertion principles and carrying out these
principles triumphantly have been enlightened
by the torch OF civil war; by the flashes OF cannon by
the last years. and the proof that she has improved
by her education found In these successive Republican
plat)rms-[Cheers leach OF them fair exposition Of
the sentiment of the most intelligent and conscientious
pobn Of the people at the time that that platform was
adoped There may be further progress yet but shall
all be In the direction, all toward universal liberty
universal justice, and the developement Of a higher
| and nObicr humanity. l"GoOP and CheersJ
Fellowcitizens you all know how have been re-
preached as n sectional party This party they said has
followers but end Of the Union They talked to
Of states wherein dared not set mp our standard
II We did IL very cut down. Very well, what
Terrtory and from every corner Of the Union from far
thest Texas and arhest Oregon from Maine on the one
| hand and California on the other, one unanimous
| voice going up from great triumphant party
for, the Republican platform for freedom freedom
II we ever sectional party they cannot dy that
today We are emineniIy not merely national but the
party Of the nation lCheers We are the party OF lts
loyalty its devotion TO liberty Of The traditions Of our
Revolutionary fathers are the party OF s hope ana
s confidence that future shall be better aud purer
than the past Cheers SO then, felOwcitiLens. we al
vance contest In which we are sure to triumph we
led by who first taught our troops 10 conquer
I'm the West whose victories Of D0nelson aud Shiloh ana
vcksburg and Chattanooga or Mission Ridge were the
cause Of his transfer the less successful Union armies
In the East whom he also led to victory We had sent
several Generals against Richmond; at last we sent
Grant and Richmond came. Chcers SO IL shall DC III
e contest before us He has never yet been defeated
and he will not he defeated now lCheers IL was hOt
IN the power OF the Rebellion 10 stop him. and It shau
and sustain the traditions aud sympathies 0f inc he
beliOn-it shall not be In their power 10 defeat MN
Felow-czens the Rebellion had just one principle IL
IA the right 0f the white men 10 own and control 0ther
races OF That Ia foundation lts Vleeffesl-
dent so asserted in a very famous speech In Georgia,
wherein he declared that Jefferson was mistaken that
the founders OF the Union were mistaken ana that
fDers was the first Government based on the great
philosophical truth that set OF men, that one race OF
men We have vanquisled the who came against
us in the spirit OF that doctrine with 10000 musdets ana
swords We ska recoil before their defeated sue
cessors before the heirs OF the Rebellion LoOk ~ tho
doctrines declared yesterday IN Congress ny tne
Representative from the With District OF TINS clty,
and You mud they the identical principles
ON which the Rebellion staked and lost ltseif
Those principles not destined 10 triumph on the nelu
where too We now invite and precede our foes Ihey
are destined to be defeated there as they were a 1st
tyshurg and AppOmattON Court House Mell lilelus,
tey sv that on the last day Of this week the Grand
Army OF the Republic proceeds IN procession rom Jus
several posts 10 decorate the graves oi the latlc men
defenders Of the Union. lAppause We rejoice that
they to do so II h honoraDle seelny at PT1I t
ots shall honor those who died for their country bu.
the true that Will be gwen to those ded sOe vi
the Republic will De that which advances the hst Oh het
living soldiers 20 the highest place III lhe Ianu. @
applausel Yes, felow-czens. ~, wheh our s0ldlel
brethren sha proceed, on the last day OF ths week on
their holy aud pous errand To decorate WIN hO"s d
graves Uf their fallen brethren, II those brethren e9u
speak and be heard you would near ron me i1r nK VI
the Rcd River IA Louisiana, from Tue p'oodg HiI f on
aed p Teas iEom the and SInegTsSa SroSsa wSsh
ington-frOm every place Wheto men "tou ,o
buried who their lives TO the 1hop; you
much owers for our graves a. votes for defend
ers Of the nation. Applause our triumph VIII be
first soldier OF republic who has proved himself as
loyal peace he was brave and effective IN war Whsn
the first living soldier OF the republic advances 10 take
Inc oath as Chief Magistrate of the American people
Won viii do your part ~ shall hope do mine, III this
great struggle which cOrsumdtcs ana COnsecrdles WIN
1Lis stamp Of popular approval what has been nobly
nT fSr ",r cduntry FOR liberty. and for humanity,
enteat you 10 forward to The work IN confidence ana
that victory Will surely be yonfa l"ieat applause
during which Nr Greeley leurodJ
Mr.. SPENCER announced that dispatch had been re
ceycd announcing tine arrival oi Gen sekles AT MS no
tel and De would bc present soon "a possible ia the
meantime he would Introduce the late Secretary "l o'''e
the Hon G. NJ. Depew.
srEEcH OF THE nos. C.. ". DEPEw.
Mr. DEPEw said that II a source Of the profoundes
con graduation that they were met 10 rdtiy So gfand
ticket and 50 majestic decara'ion ol pilnSlpea, AP
pause Scarcely ever aid fan to thc oi oil any people
10 have presented TO them such names for the highest Of
fec IN the gft OF the people ana sneh dCeIryT W con
fAppau,e he alluded to the National repre- senatoh
in the Chicago Convention, hunOrOusly contrasting II
with the ArIIn. Arm Convention at Ihlldepnl s3uth
Carolina. he said, wOudjoin IN the advocacy o equal po
tca rights ALL aud IN the equality of All men, without
regard TO color. Great applause and, aiter 81
lence was restored solitary hlss.I
Mr. DJpEw-No Let him remain. We are here to call
not the righteous hut sinners 20 repentance Applause
aud aughterl The day Is not distant when that man
who lssed VIII be ashamed that Tonight he was AFRAID
that ia equal race he hiSht DC surpasSeu py the
negro. Applausel
Mr.. DEPEw-No; won't hit him again, because he's
got no friends. Great laughter aud cheers Mr. Depew
continued 10 indoIse the various planks ia the Ohenso
platform. Gen. Grant he said had Deen already nOni-
mated before Convention met and the duty OF the
Convention simply TO inscribe by Official authority
the name OF Grant and ColiaN upon their BANNERS
chaiienged Tammany Han TO, match hlm.
He not only great soldier Dnt an
single sentence into the interior OF subject, aud
take from u hemeat, leaving the rnd behind Langhtel
and appausc lie gave to Sheridan In the held that
most concise and most acOnc order ever gwen by
captain n leutenan-it was returned by sheridan 10
was returned by lieutenant to captain GO m lAp-
plause Aud at AppomatoN he proved that he
of the soldier 10 fhe fallen foe lAppause Ana never
ssnce that surreder at AppomattON had amy announce
nent like that OF nomination Of Grant thrilled the
Oyal masses this nation tAPplause No other event
had so dsneartened the Democratic party. lApphuse
Tne Democratic party looking around for somebody
o match tbe matchess leader Franklin Pierce aughteTl
ns ready TO take the nomination If nobody else would
IIanehterI. and there were many other dead
incn whose ghosts would like TO serve in
that capacity. ll.lughterl The Greenback ch am
mon of tne West PendletOn Of DINO, finds his sun
ubscurrd and the pretty little programme In progress for
him delight the Democratic eyes and please tls intel
ngent community by his marching up Broadway with
Mike McCoole on side aud Joe Coburn on the other
nughter followed by 800 salwart htlees-al thls Is
nni.d y mi. nomination. for muscle don't tell IN this