Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-22
1BE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.
IT'S PLATFORM AND IT'S NOM
INEE0.

1T0 PLATFORM AND IT'S NOM.
INEE0.
A0se shs Rspssbllcass Party hal
"Rsslosed'' fhe linton.
Its CORRUPTION AND EXTRAvA.
~ GANCR.
The Financial Qaessien.--Pay'
aeas eGshe Flve.rwenG1es.
How the Democratic Plan will Operate.
&e.. &C.. &c,
Grafton, West Virginia, July ISM, Dispa'ch
10 the Cincinnati Enquirer
INTRODUCTORY.
Ma. Grammar aHp GsSrLHNRS.--it Wiii
be impossible for me 10 mako myself neafo
Ia this immense audience unless yen Keep
quiet. and I shall ask that, while am
Speaking, you will allow me 10
WITHOUT interruption. ] thsnA you, gen
tlsmsu. for the very cordiai reception you
hsv. ius, given me. The chairman Of your
state Executive Committee. Who invited me
10 attend your meeting to-day, told ms that
had no iruer ffieads 10 the Union than
would meet here in West Wsst Virginia.
You have proven bis statement true. I
came ohsdient 10 your bidding. ] desired
70 ace YOU; TO make your psrsonsl &C.
auaintancs and 10 retutn - you my
thanks for the warm and constant support
Of your delegates to the National Convsn-
zion. came TO show you that no psssosal
disappointment fingers in my breast OF
dsmpens for an instant the asdor Of NY sf-
fssts for tho success Of TIE principles In
which l believe, and that whoever shall bear
the Dag on which those principles are In
scribsd, I shall BE- found close by his side,
in the th,ckest Of tho eight. 70 cheer him
With my voice and to aid him with my arm.
I came to urge upon you. Democrats aud
Republicans alike, 70 trampls under foot
every prepossession. and psejudioe. and
passion, If IL were ~ dear - life itself, and
rising TO the height Of this great struggle,
20 remember that No have only little life
TO give and noble. enduring government
60 save. e a.
TnH pgnocRAT,c PARTY, sHE PARTY ON LIE
Enry AND PRooEsss.
am party man. Lavow II, but not,
trust, IN any narrow or scctarian sense.
am attached from conviction 20 the prinsi
pies II tho Democratic party. l have
stsdisd IL history from the fs0odatien 81
III. government In tho States have found
IL % - the party Of liberty and progress
Ia the federal government have found Z,
10 be Abe exponent Of that Fundamental
pr,noipie Of the Constitution that "all
psvsee which are not granted are rescrv-
cd" II has bscn the cons istsnt opponent
Of consolidation in the one systesn, and OF
excessive administration in the other. IL
has been II once the firm supporter Of The
nights II the States and OF the inst powers
oi the federal government. In every vicis-
sltade Of our history il has appeared 10 di
rect us With its wisdom, and TO cxtricatc n,
by it's courage, aud to-day II stands as i,
did in 1898 and 1893, under the guidanc,
Of Mr.. Jefferson. pointing us tho path o
safcsy, which is now, A. It was then III,
cOnstitut,on--the path Of frsternal barmo
ny and peace.
ruE Srw YORK CONVENTION THE SYMBOL OF
RESTORED VHsoN. f
rhs convention, which sat in New York
Gas M august assembly. IL was the tru,
council Of eur party. IL embraced 60 bss
and purest, aud wissst men. Tho roll q
the states was called, and not enc val
without . representative. The rell Of ~
d.atricss was called, and mot enc Was mise
ing. Tho doctrine Of State suicide was no,
recognized. The dissolution Of the Union
vas not acknowledged. Every State wal
WAS invited TO he present. and every State
accepted tho invitation. Every state -
lscted such citizens m she chose and thut
II happened North Carolina. and South
Carolina, aud Georgia, and Virginia, sat .,
ia the days Of the revolution, in fraterna
council with Massachusetts, and New York
aud Pennsylvania, and New Jersey and
chat Hampton, aud Preston, and Forrest sal
side by side with Steadman aud Morgan
The convention vas Tho sign, aud tho sy TN.
e'l. and tho prophecy Of restored Union
and harmonious people. 1t rose to thu
dignity Of its high duty. The eyes Of III,
wsrli we're upon it's proccedings--grsats tot
than the holy alliance, which subjugated
peoples, and divided empires, its mission
vas TO eniranchise the people of our own
race, - restore the Union OF our States
sni to maintain the institutions Of civil lib.
erty. For the first time in their history.
the American people realized that free gov
eminent was IN danger. aud that the fate Of
the Republic tremblcd in the balance. They
had been taught TO believe that freedom
Vas indigenous 10 our soil and, shutting
their eyes u the teachings Of all history,
shatt,ng their eyes TO tho facts connected
With our revolution, they have Rugged to
themselves the delus,on that, whatever the
storm Of faction, or passion, or revolution
sry iervcr. liberty at least was safe. They
had awakened from the dream. As they
cent representatives to tho convention
they charged them. ~ the dictator of old
was charged: "Sec TO il that no detrimenl
happens to tho Republic"
rnR rLArsoSx.
BY unanimous vote they edoptsd a dec
iaration Of principles ndslity TO tho con
ssituticp !" Fidelity 70 The Union ;""6d-l
,tv 10 the rights OF States i" s'fldslity to III,
rights Of the citizens !" ssddslity 10 the prin
cirles Of civil liberty j" ''Bdslity to that pei
ICY in matters Of finaacs and taxation
waich. By paying the public debt in legal
tender notes, VII lift from the shoulders o
labor The burthsns which Cypress H.; and
BY hghtenisg the measure Of taxation, vii
sssass it the just rewards Of chssrful an,
conssntsd industry" fApplsase.
raB Nosswuas.
And The assertion Of these principles ~,
alse. b unanimous vote, confided to on,
Who ts verify Of the trust, BY his age, ane
sxpustenes. aad intsllsss, and cultivation
By his honesty, his patriotism, and his nm
sullisd reputation. BY ~ Doesession q
every virtue which adorns public or pri
vase life. Horatio Seymour stands the 6rsl
Of statesmen; add bic explicit declaration
that he approves every line Of those resolu
s'cns; that be will stasd on them in future
whsfssee hs may BE- placed; gives full a..
suranes that he will make them effective in
ms ADMINISTRATION. Tremendous applauss.
NJ. Blair 10 An accomplished and sxps.
rienced Statesmen; . brave and able sol-
disr. His iathsv MA the nearset friend Of
Gen. Jackson--his brother, the osofAanss
and adviser Of Mr.. Lincoln, and he himsejf
the disciple and protees Of Benton. fAp.
pls1ss.l
sss sLcANPAAry-waAr II Il RRsPoN-
AMIR ron.
Ifaaything more were needed 60 Ar,
your heart With enthusiasm which marked
thar nominal tim La II ~ 1->~s r.. ~ :