The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-05-28
unt,l the States can be ealsea'in1 their

order.
Nfr. Lane--Certainly7; have no
desire to consume the time of the
Convention. + only wish to get at
the object. The nomination is al
ready made and sanctioned by the
people, and if tits thought better to
call tha States, call, the States. 80.
Mr.. Meech, Of lndiana--We arc
not yet fully organized. The Com
rnittee on Credentials have not re
ported the delegates entitled to seats
here, and todo anything of this kind
now would be Improper.
Mr.. Logan think, Mr.. Presi
dent, it would be q more apprcpri-
ate mode of proceeding to accept
the report of the committee from
the soldiers and sailors Convention
and that, when this Convention will
he fully organized, and the States
are represented by their delegates,
who have been accepted by the Con.
vention, after the report of the com
Iaittee on Credentials, then the or.
der of business would be the nomin-
alton Of candidates tor President
That Gen. Grant, of whom we are all
proud, from one end of this land to
the other, is the nominee of the 10y
al soldiers and sailors of this grand
and glorious country, and I simply
desire to make this suggestion that
the Convention may consider it as
far as the making of nomination
by delegate from any particular
State is conceded. We Illinoisians
have no pride whatever. We had
AS lief the nomination would conc
from one State as another. ,'@l
MIR. Cochrane moved that the reso-
luton from the Soldiers and Sail
ors' Convention as reported, be. ac-
cepted, entered on the record, and
made part Of the proceedings. -
Adopted ss25p iiF s"'s7s
While waiting for the report oi
the committee on Credentials, which
it was announced would soon be
ready, Gen. Logan was called on for
a speech, but declined to respond At
that time. oG2 -
Mr.. Conway, Of louisiana, said
suppose that it is part of the set
tied policy of the Republican party,
to-day, to have the South come into
the Convention Union end foremost
but we have another marked event
of moment. There is with us to-
day, in full part and full fellowship,
one of the former Governors, in the
days Of rebellion, of one of the re
bellious States, who has since be
come reconstructed, and has proved
himself in fire true as steel, a genu-
inc republican, and in full fellowship
with the Republican party. I move
that Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown,
of Georgia, be invited to say a few
words. Tremendous applause, and
cries of Brown, Bro wn.
The Chair-It is hardly necessary
to put a motion which has such q
reception. VIII Gov. Brown ad-
dress the Convention 2
v. ~
Gov. Brown.-Mr Chairman AS
it has been announced that the com
mittee will be ready to report in g
few minutes, think it might be i'm
proper that l should enter into any
discussion Of the questions involved
and 1 could not do justice to myself
or my section if / should speak
without time to review to some
extent the question involved. I do
not wish to intrude upon the pro
ceedings of the convention / am
here, as has been we'll remarked, a
rebel Laughter and thunders of APP
plause l. / was an original seces-
sionist [laughter] and that's a frank
open confession, and is good for the
soul. cries of platform, platform"
amid which Brown advanced to the
stage. 30
The Chair.-"Gov. Brown, of
Georgia, gentlemen" Tremendous
applause. '7'f 9'a+s
Mr.. Brown.-Mr President and
gentleman of the convention.
A voice-"Tell your experience. !"
lapplause.] ~
Mr. Brown-As I remarked, be
fore Ileft my seat, was an origi
nal secessionest. I was born in
South Carolina. Growing up under
the influence and teachings of that
master Off tellect, Calhoun, then in
the full glow Of his meridian, l ear
ly embraced his States Rights doc.
trim, and suppose that as s;nc.r-
lily believed that they were correct
q, you believed that the opposie e
was sound. For years before the
unfortunate struggle we have just
passed through / foresaw that the
issue which divided the North aud
South must ultimately he settled by
the sword. There was no common
tribunal Of judgment which either
side would respect If the Supreme
Court decided the question bearing
ON this great Issue, the party against
whom the decision was made refused
TO abide by it, because it regarded il
as political While Mr.. Clay lived
that great man, that great pacifca-
tor, (Cheers and great applause,
we were able to avert this great
issue. But MIR. Clay was called
from the field of his influence
Webster and Calhoun, slept with
their fathers, and when the storm
again rose there was none who
could pour Oil upon the troubled
waters and stop the deluge. Seces-
sion was the result. / went into il
cordially as States rights man
and Istood by. it as long as there
was any chance to sustain it. Wher
the President Of the Confederate
States abandoned the great States
Rights doctrin that we commenced
nm and aoron1 ,por ! diffarnd frOu