Nebraska advertiser., 1868-10-22
sFbraska adtFttist1.


man; I cannot go against you. I ant
D Grant man" (" II thought 81 NV
duty" said he, "to tell YOU what j
thought Of il, :" and he left. TApz
plause.] I think that is almost as good
O. declining a nomination. and then
accepting 1t. iShouts Of laughter ana
applause ] believe Gen. Grant pre-
eminently man Of administration Il
believe not only that he has laid the
country under obligations which We
shall never repay for the service lIe
rendered in our great and trviHr fFaF
but believe he Is destined vet Is l0r
the country under greater OBLIGATIONS
and give US sra administration So tenn
perate, so Invested OF passion, So free
from malign influence, Sc wise In the
selection of men, so fOrbeariug ih the
carrying out Of necessary nleasuers.
tnaJ we shall see, dated from his Hrls
mlnlsJfatlOu, the rcoOutinuafion Of
the administration of Washington
hlIaselI-l Great aPplause1 q man who
"a 1lit1uF iill Is)Fl.llIt Eesp6cts ne 10.
semOles, and IN none more than thi5
WIsdOn OF taking counsel Of wise men. 4
ana making his personal decision re-
neet the wisdom Of all the counseITora
ne can gathCT round about him. An
plause.I If Gen. Grant sits at the head
OF Government there is not one SINGLE
working man in this nation. there -
not one poor emigrant who comes
mere, there Is not one dusky creaturs
tnaJ by ms pine knot candle reads his
spcIIlng book that wiz not feel that
ne IS safe, that ne is secure. For Gen.
Grant Is the President that ReunHTf-
can party which is the party of the
common people, the party Of universal
suHrage-he IS the President of that
party, and every creature in these
years viii know that the power of the
Government and the power OF an en-
hghtened Christian public sentiment
VIII be IN favor Of the greatest liberty
and the greatest security to all. AN b
plause.J W no IS his antagonists ? fn
private life gentleuRn, not sfmnTv
most respectable but most qniabIs
most estImGble man OfpOlished ami
winning manners; q man spginst
whose private character no Dersou-
that / ever heard of brOughta q sbadow
Of TeprOach ; q man whose fqu1fs liza
wholly in his public administration
Gov. Seymour is not q man of fdsaa, =
he IS not man of victorious viii .G4e
Is not man in who, in dark and dif-
hcuit days, sees the right path, and
then, though all men try 90 lead him
follows il alone to the victorious etd
lie Is neither a leader nor n .peneral.
tie Is q man who Will be manaUed nv
themen who are gathered around him.
Without a record in the war. OF a bslfI p
record, stained as having hung q bur
den upon the Government. he euVhtr
not 70 De the man to sacrifice the fruits
Of an era Of liberty. THE General r1rfat
be the man for these times Of Tiberfts
and promise. The wsrrfor is tho hest
statesman, the General is the best ei-
william. The man OF deeds is the man
under whose administration this ma
ton VIII rest most securely and heat.
Now If With such platforms before this
American people, one radical with All
the elements Of true liberty: and the
other retrOgTessive. looking back to-
ward Babylon and Egvpt-rif with
these Two men rs candidates, the 0uB
representing all that IS young. an Tint
Is advancing, all that is true and noble
and the other retrogressive ff1uid.
une-serving-if, with these eandiL
dates before tire American peODle-tneT q
same people that carried the eOuntrv
through the u-ar-if YOU choose the
WRONG one, I had almost said i sbo11iri
lose ialth IN democracy. But i lose
no faith IN the common people. This
people are going to cOmplete the work
they. have begun [Applause.1 They
are discerning, they Know both mca-
sures and men, and whatever NAV
take place in the city of New York or
III the city Of Brooklyn, ] believe that
ere four more weeks shall have rolled.
away, the vote Of this nation, speak
ing scarcely less sublime than tie
thunder or that voice that sounded
from Sinai; no whit less sublime than
that voice which sounds on either
shore Of this continent-the voice Of
the multitude Of the waters-wilI de-
clare for liberty impartial, universal
t,or Liberty and for Grant, TTremen-
dOus cheerinC.7