Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-08-04
MIR. SMITHS SPEECH

-, SOllcllule. 4 our acNOll lO-udY was
in Judgment upon the humble rec
ord ! had made. have no claims
upon this people, and would not
have complained had you with.
drawn the trust you had bestowed
upon me. But am pleased and
gratiGed with the result, and it is
no idle word | speak when ] say |
thank you. ] shall make no polit-
ical speech ] shall some day ex-
plain my Congressional record (;
but gave no vote for which ! am
ashamed. Congress was in accord
with the President, and both work,
ed harmoniously together You
can be proud Of the Republican
party 1t saved the country, and
those few words are enough. 1t
has restored a broken union, 1t
has destroyed evil institutions, and
worked ont results that astonished
itself 1t has reduced the debt
since the war closed 1t has done
this while materially reducing the
burden of taxation. Thus has it
shown itself worthy to govern both
in war and peace. How any man
can contemplate an abandonment
Of this party to pass over to the
Democratic, is a mystery ! cannot
understand ! hope all good eiti-
zens will stand firm to its colors
and Ihope especially you will ratify
in this district what has been done
to-day, unless some good reason
should be given why it should not
be ratified, and then ], for one, will
not stand in the way Of our sue
cess f
At tile conclusion Of the speech
three cheers we're given fos Mr..
Smith anl the Convention adj
jogrned.
The Committee that had waited
on Mr.. Smith had also been in
stfucted to invite Col. Loudon to /
address the convention, but that
gentleman declined
A Belligerent Demonstration.
The friends Of the nomination off
Col. Loudon, Of the independent
State Of Brown County, smarting
under disappointment in conse-
qaence ofthelr falling to secure
his nomination, determined to hold |
Il meeting at the Court House, in
HilIsboro, the evening after tie
Convention. We thought we wo'd |
step in and hear what was 10 b.
said, The speakcrs,cxpressed great
dissatisfaction with the result Of
tho nomination of Han John A
Smith The report Of the speeches
made on this occasion, which we
clip from the Cincinnati Gazette,
are correct, We believe, as far as
they go, OF course much more
was said than what is printed, We
give the report Of the speeches for
the benefit Of the spoakef8
The meeting ORGANIZED by choos
ino MR. R,cker, of Clermont,C Chair
man. and a.. b. Dreamer, OF Fay
cite. Secretary.
.a Mo p,crrp'a q epsfcu
A., biuta,.Jra,, .,Lt,,, tho o,,,i.
,oid a itbh+ eortoi1 tSinog 6ad 1oon
going on TOO long. You can not
lriye US ont Of the Republican par
IT, TAppausc You may drive
is to repndiate the nomination here
% day, Silence. | am a Repub-
ican ana want the Republican
Jarty to take advanced ground and
lot always stick to fossils. We
presented Col Loudon to the con-
'ention to day We thought he +
,ueht to he nominated. We be.
tGve that had we been fairly treat /
a he would have been Mr.. /
smiths name ought to have been |
Had it been, then Col, I
.oddon's would also have beGn-- i
,ut If Mr.. Smith now keeps the +
rack, it may, and | fear will, result i
i the defeat of RebubHconism, if /
OF in its ruin, in the Sixth Dis /
,ict .
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