Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-07-16
COUNTRY.
V|lIonlSaycrS in Council,
IRN0EY AND ENTHUSIASM.
.NEw YonK. July 4. 1868.


darInxthe filling. The seats set apart
for |tdiee were all filed. The hall
was most beautifully decorated with
fI4As, oanners, flowers aud evergreens
i3tcr|aceJssinto patriotic embems, in.
dicAtlQq of the great event 10 be ini.
uatcd within its spacious walls. On
the outside the street was alive
with the music of bands, the march
ing Of processions, and the active ex-
ertioas of the police who found it i'm
poesiole 70 keep the streets clear, with
their greatest exertions. At times il
was physical impossiblity to make
hea4Way through the dense masses
that sufrounded the building.
OPEN AIR MEETING
At clbgen o'clock this morning. a
large meeting Of Democrats was held
~ me s4nare opposite Masonic Hall,
y <&aH< Ihirteenth street. The Hon.
Luke r. Cozans and others made ad-
dressesin which they declared that
the people would support and elect
the n0ninee of the Democratic Con-
vention now in session.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Attwo minutes past twelve o'clock
the XAvol OF the Chairman Of the Dem
ocratic NATIONAL Executive Commit
tee Was heard calling order. AT once
there rose The cry from all sides, 'sit
down, sit down, take your SEATS" &e.
Some little time elapsed while dele
gates hurried to their places, but
when order was again estored the
chairman again rose and proceeded to
address The Convention:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: It
u my privilege to-day to welcome you
here n this hall, constructed with so
much artistic taste and rendered TO
you by. the timc.honored society of
Tammauy. welcome you to this
magnificent temple, erected to the
Goddess of Liberty by her staunchest
defenders and most fervent worship- |
pers. welcome you to this good ci |
ty Of New York, the bulwark of
Democracy, which has rolled back the
surklng waves of Radicalism through
oil tho storms of the last eight wears.
and Welcome you, gentlemen, to
your Empire State, which last fall re-
deemed berself from Republican mis-
rule ny o majority of nearly $4,000
votes, and which claims the right to
lead the vanguard of victory in the
great battle to befought next Novem.
Der FOR the preservation of our insti-
tuition, Qur laws and our liberties.
ltlsn most auspicious omen, that
we mect under such circumstances,
and are surrounded by such associa.
tions, and | share your own confident
hope Of the overwhelming success of
the ticket and the platform which will
DC the result OF your deliberations.
For II Is 70 the American people that
our appeal lies. Their final Judgment
will ba just. The American people {
will no longer remain deaf TO The I
tenchlngs OF the past. They will re
member that it was under successive
DomocFatic administrations, based
upon our national principles, the prln- {
clples ot constitutional liberty, that
our country rose to a prosperity and !
greatness unsurpassed ia the annals
Of history; they will remember the /
days when North and South marched |
toBether IN the conquest of Mexico, /
which gave us our golden Empire on
the facitic; our California and our I
Oregon, now the stronghold of tri- S
nmphapt Democracy; they will re- d
member the days when peace and a
plenty reigned over the whole Union. c
when We had no national debt TO n
rush the energies of the people. when r
'he Federal tax-gatherer was unknown
throughout the vast extent of the I
md, md when the credit of the Uni O
ed states stood as high in the money s
naftsof the world rs that of any 9th n
n government; and they will remem o
,er with wise sorrow, that with the a
ioWntall Of the Democratic party in a
800 tume that fearful civil war which "
ne brougbt mourning and dcsolation a
nto every household; has cost the c
oSs Of a million American citizens, f
md has lett us with II national debt G.
be burden of which drains the resonr- d
cs. cripples the industry, and impov. u
rishes the labor Of the country. They I,
viii rcmember that, after the fratrici- /,
NJ civil strife was over, when tho Il
rAvefy CT our army aad navy and =,
he sacrifces of the people had restor y
q the Union and vindieated the su. Y
'remacy of the law when the victor Il
nd the vanquished were equally rea- {
y 70 barry the past aud hold out the n
nnd Of Brotherhood aud good will
cross the graves Of their fallen com
ades, II was again the defeat of the T
)euocratic candidate in 1864, which a,
rc>cnfed the consummation SO de- al
outly wished for by all. Instead of
the Southern States to their r,
onsiIluional rights-instead of try fy
a 70 wipe out the miseries of the d
ast tY \ magnanimo us policy, dieta- "
u alike by humanity aud sound Il
latcemoprhip, and so ardently pray III
4 for rs the generous heart OF the le
'fnerIean people--the Radicals in IA
'one' pels elected in an evil hour, have v,
'actd ne iron heel of the conquerer Il
pom tho South. Austria did not dare in
, Ins;5n upon vaneuished Hungary, p'
e l'ae<ie to impose upon conquered lii
'olAnd tbe ruthless tyranny now in al
icfet " Congress upon the Southern Q,
tates Military satrups are invested +
''th oicfatorial power, overriding the p,
Of the courts, and assuming re
% fnnctions of the civil authorities al
70 white populations are disfranchis- p
! OF Ielced 20 submit 70 tea. onihs al