The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-30
LETTER TRom cHIcAco.
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pae..., oAuo, may 81, 1858.
tern = leaving this really marvellous IVES.
ceesl;nos some words upon the nro
ConveSt;o =. tue National Union Republican
closaS :. which has Just ausp,cionsl,,
I,eseo ats proceedings in the non,;pa t;ous'y
ysses 2. Grant, of Illinois. for Pres;San "
p. .u schuyler Colfax, of Indiana for W.
~ will not be uninterest;n,, 70 t lSe
aeIs oil the Washington Ckronicls JUG
Ano nrst as to the personal IF th;s
n,s.,,hss an olympiad. Comparatively few
. .s.oefs OF Congress took mart in Tho ~
tngs out'every delegation was renresa,,
~ 49, ~ the soldiers to whose gallantrv uo : -
.;S ior the preservation of free ;nst;sn
- - nat element contributed Immense
E,s.; s emciency and enthusiasm. Tho
Crnns uenerai Joseph r. Hawley. of
: s;nrsss VINO attained that position bv
rha fss vote over General Daniel E. Sickles
70 vote for him. was a marked f,n.o .'ls
lng the whole of to, day, and his fine nro.
ence, clear voice, and easy manner aitaas
S% . 20 the regularity of business Everv
.5s .ass, worth and South, had appointed soI.
u'efs among its delegates, and of the ahI..a.
nen OF the body were those who had fo,,,ht
.or the Old nag. The two prominent 70 s.
Ives were Logan, OF Illinois, and Siclxles ne
NeM FORK, and the way in which the former
ainated General Grant will never be for.
go1een oy delegates and spectators. The r.
.ssPlessloie enthusiasm of the audience when
.nsse .Wo men appeared indicated that the
american people will ALWAYS hold in e,ra ~
Iui remembrance their brave defenders -
gan with his olive complexion, black hair
ana sparkling eye, and Sickles rendered
mofe intellectual and interesting bv his mr.,
1iiauon, were types not alone of Amer;car
ceivairy, but of the progressive idea. Roth
oi snem leaders In the Democratic party and
Dotn having occupied high positions in the
congress OF the United States, thew give tn
by their great ability as statesmen and t6e;r
Iuii appreciation of the issues of the da
Genera Palmer, the Republican cana kte,
10. governor OF Illinois, and Gen lssrr-
cniid, the one. armed Governor Of Wisconsin.
Qelong-Ae the same class and when the first
In his remarkable speech, declared that tho
convention owed it TO the American people
not TO nominate candidate for Vice Presi
Gent whose doubtful opinions might invite
the assassin3s dagger against General Grant
ne struck key note which thrilled every
Patflotic breast. If every State could point
to soldier delegates, Sd every State conId
point to delegates who had once been Demo
cratic leaders. Thus Andrew J. Hamilton
OF Texas, Thomas j. Mackey, of South Car
oilna-a distinguished officer in the Confed
crate straightforward, of Arkansas, Martin
and Keffer, of Alabama, Ores veil, of Mary
land, Holden, of North Carolina, had all
served faithfully in the Democratic ranks.
while Chandler, of New Hampshire, Loring,
OF Massachusetts,, Cochrane and Tremaine
OF New York, Byerson, of New jersey, and
Cessna, of Pennsylvania, completed the par
allel in the adhering States. The Irish ele
ment was largely represented in the Soldiers
and Sailors convention. which Yesterday be-
came component part of the civil conven-
ton itself; and it was very gratifying to me
to meet many brave men, not only Irishmen
by birth but Catholics by conviction, who
enthusiastically expressed their determine
ton to stand by the Republican party. The
Germans, with that capital type of philos-
phic statesman, Carl Schurz, of Missouri,
who as the temporary chairman opened the
in speech every word of which
seemed to have been weighed in the severest
scales of a careful and reflective judgment,
and who was fifty succeeded this afternoon
by Mr.. Hassaurek, of Ohio, late Minister to
Ecuador, in an address which will be read
and preserved among the classics of these
really wonderful times, gave earnest assu-
rance of their devotion to the great pro-
gressive party. There seemed, indeed, to be |
u singular determination of many elements
in this remarkable assemblage !; for as
turned away from the soldiers on the one
hand, the Irishmen and Germans on the
other, and the representatives of mixed pop
ulations, could not forget the colored citi- |
Zens who sat in the midst of the Southern |
and who were everywhere kind |
ly greeted. Repeatedly called upon to speak, |
they modestly refused to take part in the de-
although there were men of un- |
common ability among them.
The platform is piece of consummate sa-
gacity and intellectual mechanism, and when |
read by the sIlver-tongued orator of Indiana, |
Hon. Richard W. Thompson, who will long |
he recolected as favorite and eloquent |
from his State in other days, |
ard who still preserves those fortunate per
sonal attributes of tone and manner which |
give so much effect to the public speaker,
even while it conquered criti-
cism. To construct a part creed IN these
DAYS of philosophic inquiry is task OF real
magnitude Words are things, especially to
a people who have so frequently been cheat
ed by mere professions; and, as general Pal
mer we'll expressed it, when he came upon
the stand in response to the loud acclaim OF
the delegates, issues that have been adjusted
on the bloody arena of the battle field can
not be obscured by inordinate and endless
speech. AS Mr.. Thompson reeited the ex-
pressive sentences carefully adjusted by the
Committee on the Platform, it was easy to
perceive that his associates and himself
understood that the American
people would judge their utteranoes with
starn and Jealous impartiality. l leave you
70 weigh every word of this close and care
fully connected creed for yourselves. wish
you had been present to see how 1t was re-
,eiyed by the convention. Some apprehen-
,ions were entertained upon two subjects
that of the payment of the interest up
On the national debt, and that OF
universal suffrage-and there were those in
IN this body who would not have tolerated
upon either. The best proof
If their acceptability, even to the most cap
.ious, was the irrepressible enthusiasm with
which the resolutions relating to them were
,eceiyed. We had been told that the West
vas ccrrimitted to the Pendleton scheme OF
-epudiation, but this cannot be. when no
me voice was raised in opposition to the
bold and manly denunciation of that great
.rime I'M the new Republican platform and
We had also been told that the Southern
Inicnists could not be content unless the
]octrine of universal suffrage was asserted IN
uch terms rs would commit the Republlcan
,artv to all the misrepresentation OF the
- ..-l,a,<l ooycsitions Neither can this