Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-07-07
nominee of the conven-

unanimous nominee OF the conven-
ton.
II was then moved that a COM
mittee OF three be appointed to no-
tify Gen. Packard OF his nomination
and to escort him to the stand.
The motion prevailed. and J ames
Davis, Of ST. Joseph, county, Col,
Shyroek, of Fulton county, and DIR.
Dakin, Of Laporte county, were ap
pointed as that committee Cpon
heing brought to the stand; Gen.
Packard was loudly eheered. He
then addressed the convention as
follows:
To say that thank you Is most lame
an impoient expires lion of my feelings AT
this moment COY 4 not expect. dared
not hope, that the people would rally 10
ne ss you have Cone. i have siriven
earnestly and honestly to perform the
work la which two years ago you assigned
me: and | have hoped during all these
months that ] should ut least not meet
! our condemnation: but this enthusiastic
| approval quite unmans me. Almost
stand mute before you. have been tried.
and your verdict is not guilty. Thanks,
thanks be unto you for the joy of this glad
day.
| Aud now forget myself. and stand b.
fore You only as the Representative of
the Republican party ofthe II th Dist.
shut out the past. tread personalities
under my feel. / raise NJ the standard
OF Republican truth. and write on our
banner the single word Victory And
| by this sign shall conquer
IL Was not 10 make speech hat came
here today, and 8 .all make none: but
1 shall see you at your homes during the
progress o! this campaign, and shall labor
with you To convince our Democratic
friends that we are right, and they are
wrong. We shall show them that the
republican faith is luminous with truth;
that we have caught and famed 10 fame
the spark which animated our fathers
when they founded the nation in The
grand American idea human right
and that by the 18th, 4ih and l5tb Con-
st:i utinnal Amendments we have INSIDE
this nation free, free in fact as well as in
name have burst the thongs thai bound
US To the accursed car of human bondage.
and have given civil and political rights
ike 10 every defender oi the flag.
Do they complain of Grants Admins
traiIonr We shall show them that he has
redeemed every promise made 10 the pco-
pie that he has faithfully collected The
revenues; and that the public debt oil the
United States is less to-day by SlV0.oVO,
UuU than IL was when Andrew johnson
retired TO the pleasant walks of private
lie,
Do they complain of Congress? We
shall he able To show them that Congress
has taken of taxes That amounted last
year To more than S75.u9U, OJ, il has
made provision for funding the national
deOt al a Fate Of interest that will effect
a saving vi from thirty TO furty millions
oil dollars per annun that IL has he aIed
the breach made by the war OF the Iebel-
lion, aud has given US al last Union
thai is lone and iLdiv.sible - that il has
placed our grand old craft with Freedom
boiled plates, with Constitutional Amend
menis. aud ciinched The riveis with
Bill lor their enforcement, striking mesn-
while blow at Polygamy which will
send that twin relic of baTbarism" 10
joil the other one lately deceased.
And If they further Complain That Con-
gress makes land grants 10 railroads, We
shall show them that the system was
originally invented by Democrat, and,
that the only vote the largest of these
grsots received in the 4.st Congress-. from
the stale OF Indiana, was cast by Dem
ocrat.
II we turn to :he past, We are secure.
for The Republican party has made for
itselI brighter record than any other
that ever had an existence. during those
four years oil the nations mig hty. trial,
our grand Young pail, stood forth a ter
ror to The evil duer. but Ia the nation the
Shadow OF great rock IN a weary
land NOtrail0r Was found in our ranks
not one To lurn his back on his native or
adopted land, all loyal. patriotic. and
true. (Cheers)
Ii We stand in the present, we are Sc
cure, iur administering On the numerous
es,a te> .eit Us 10y the rebellion, aud nil
men know that lney w.o caused Ine cnl-
lapse of the couederacy are the proper
parties To take Care or the pieces. That
has been and il is now our work. From
those states thai attempted to throw OFF
We needed security Tor the future, and
We have blamed IT, We have obtained
il in the only way il could ever Toe reached
by simply doing justice 10 all men,
Loving the right, We have performed a
series vi great arts OF justice; nd loving
honesty. we have determined that the
nation shall never be guilty of the dis
graceful calamny OF rcpudiating The debts
INIT
The debt Vas incurred Tor u righteous
cause, and il ;nust be paid To the utter
most Tart ming. IL is now in ,he course oil
exilnclwn, too rapidly perhaps Tor the
best good of the people aud We shall 50
Change the law iu..t il will be less Rapidly
paid, enabling Us 10 remove many ol Tie
burdens OF taxation tCheers).
Aud for this Course o! Justice and lair
dealt x. line Democracy offer Us oEis u
virtual repudisi ION oil The deot, aud oppo-
slllou To lie Constitution itself in lis 10Th
Amendment. On the one side Is the
RepuUiIcau Ebsi, crowning the iand With
blessings; On the other The Democratic
GerIzim hurting bolts ol cursiDg down.
The people are To choose between them,
aud they will choose Dressings rather
tnan cursings; they prefer light 10 dark
HCcos ttdih W IuSiie~ ~
tice The oil OF joy 10 the spirit of heav-
ness.
Eellow citizens, let US enter on this
campaign with ioins girded an.w for the
coudict. We cxnnot escape the resp0n
siOiiItIes that rest upon US. We owe
ourselves, and every power within US To
the great cause OF Republicanism. Our
parry Is -elniueDtiy national IN its acts.
aud all lis aims IL has upheld the gov
eminent oil these States Is nU other party
has ever done. In darkness and adver
sity. in sunshine and prosperity, the re-
publican parry has always been The
ssuie great party OF she nation. Through
al. the War the nation WAS sustained Ny
its powerful ar ns. Founded ON the idea
which gave the nation existence. welded
b., the red storm of war 10 the very lie
OF the Union, its overthrow would be a
calamity second only 10 the downlali of
the government itself stimulated by
| our Dzst achievements. ecIipslng in gran