The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-24
DEMOCRATIC PARTY DIssECTED.
Speech or Hon. w. III. WadsWOPth, at
FIemIngsbuFg, KY, June 10.

portion Of the great Union people of
The United States, we have met here
to-day to choose our leaders, declare
our faith, and give our reasons. The
duty of speaking has devolved upon
me. However much may have
wished to avoid that duty, have not
been able to do so, and am here to-day
to discharge it to the best of my
ability.
RATIFICATION OF THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEES AND PLATFORM.
We are here to ratify, with great
cheerfulness, shut up in measure
less content" the nomination of Grant
and Colfax for President and Vice
President of the United States.
Applause To ratify their nomina-
ton, With the resolutions upon which
they stand, promulgated by the Con-
Vention that presented their names to
the people. To ratify their nomina-
ton as testimony in some small de-
gree of our gratitude to them for their
distinguished services in the field and
IN the legislature, In the great strug-
gle with rebellion. We are here to
ratify their nomination upon their
we'll known public lives and history,
because the names Of Grant aud Col
fax are familiar as household words.
One the General of all the armies of
the Union, the other the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and
for many years of his ife-thoueh
still young man--holding seat in
the national Legislature.
GENERAL GRANT. F,
/ need not speak of Gen. Grant, to
you, my fellow citizens The events
in which he has been conspicuous
actor, are known throughout the
world, are surely known to all of you,1
placing him beyond the reach of
feeble calumny. Suffice it to say that
coming up from the ranks of the peo-
.eg pie, his whole life has been one of
honesty, fidelity to duty, and patriot
ism to our common country, signal
lied in two wars--the war with Next
co and the great war just terminated.
In the providence of God, it fell to
his lotto play the foremost part In the
suppression of the rebelli0n-excel-
ling where all did weil-leading the
heroes to whom our gratitude is fer
ever due.
REASONS FOR RATIFICATION. ~
We ratify these nominations be-
cause of the future service we expect
at the hand of the nominees. aoA
We do not regard this great contest
between liberty and union on the one
hand, and rebellion and slavery on
the other, as yet. at an end. And
whether Unionism. with all the ideas
it represents, and with all the hopes
it holds out to the world, shall speed
PEI lily triumph or not, Is yet to be deter
q mined by the events of the next four
years.
1t is, then, because we expect great
public services in the future from
these gentlemen that we present their
names and ratify their nomination
We are not yet done with them as
public servants We have still a great
work for them TO do in securing the
peaceful development of the measures
born out of the civil war. We ratify
their nomination, because hitherto
they have always been successful. and
the world demands success of its
leaders, Merit. however great, is al
ways topped by success. -4dsf
And we cherish hopes that the for.
tunate star which hitherto. has snone
upon the pathwayoof Grantiin all his
great employments will light us on to
complete victory in this contest, waged
under his auspices between the cause
of the Union and the cause of the re-
bellion. s3
GRANTS sCHooLMATES.
But while their names and history
are familiar to you all, some of us
know them personally; some of us
are proud to remember that we were
schoolmates Of General Grant in the
good old town of Maysville, KY, and
that we served In the public council
Of the country with the distinguished
gentleman whose name stands second
on the ticket, aud if needed could
bear testimony to the purity of their
private lives, the honesty and fidelity
with which they have always addressed
themselves to the task set before them,
and the ability with which they have
discharged these tasks, not only with
credit to themselves, but profit to the
country. adt
SCHUYLER CoLFAX. Vf
might say word, Just word. for
Schuyler Coifax, because when 7 was
Representative in the Legislature
of the country / did not agree with
him In many things, and because he Is
less known to you than his great
leader on the ticket. d7IW +
There is not any man 10 publielife
who has served so long, whose private
life Is purer than his, or who has more
ably, honestly and faithfully address
ed himself to the public business COM
mitted to his charge Although a
strong party man, he has always com.
manded the respect and friendly re-