Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-08-19
SPEECH OF
HON, s, GALLOWAY! F!
DELIVERED AT THE
REPUBLICAN STATE C0NVEN-
TiON, AUG. 10, 1870.

DELIVERED
REPUBLICAN STATE C0NVEN-
TON, AUG. 10, 1870.
Mr.. Galloway, on being introduced
to the Convention, by Gen. Potts,
as permanent Chairman, spoke as
follows:
Lam thankful, my fellow citizens
and fellow members of this Conven
tioE, to meet you on the present oc-
casion. l have met you in Conven-
ton before, and have become famil-
lar with your faces, and still more
familiar with the glorious principles
which have given celebrity to the
name and fame of the Union party
of Ohio. [Applause. I consider
that it is one of the proudest dis
tinctlons of my life that have been
permitted to be identified with the
party that has made itself so illus
trious Sv it's advancement in free
d m and civilization. The truth is,
my fellow citizens. this country be-
longs to the Republican party. APP
plause. We have redeemed it from
rebellion, and it is ours. That flag
10 ours that Congress of the United
States is ours; Ohio is ours; the
white loyal men are ours; and the
freedmen emancipated in the Provi-
dence God by the Republican party
are ours. Applause. And to-day,
notwithstanding all the errors and
mistakes that have been made, this
same party occupies as proud a po
sition as it has ever done IN its his
tory. We occupy to day a more
prominent position than we did ten
years ago for then we could only
bear the milk of the doctrine of hu-
man rights now we are vigorous
and sustained by the strong meat of
the principles of liberty and equali-
ty.
/ shall not attempt, my fellow
citizens, to recount what has been
accomplished by this Union party,
not merely Of Ohio, but of the Amer
ican Union. 1t is a volumn to full
to be read by the present generation
and one that challenges the admira-
ton of freemen.
have only time at present to
briefly advert to what has occurred
during the past year since last We
met together. l congratulate you
on the fact that the administration
elected last year have, so far as we
know, honestly and conscientiously
discharged their duty. They are
bright examples of the power and
purity OF the Republican party.
Our legislature, the fullest expo
uent of the sentiments of the party,
commands our confidence and our
commentator. The last legislature
forms striking contrast with the
preceding Legislature in the econo-
mical administration of the finances
of the State of Ohio; and it rises
far above it in the significant fact
that to the last Legislature we owe
the ratification of the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States. [Applause The
preceding Democratic Legislature
consigned it, as they supposed to
the grave, but in the Providence of
God the people of Ohio bid it come
forth, and at the last Legislature it
came forth with its resurrection
dress on, in the beauty of the &C
complished principles of the Repub-
lican party. Then l say so far as
our Representatives are concerned
in the State of Ohio, we have great
reason to be grateful that we have
been uermitted to elect men who
have so fully and faithful represen-
ted the principle of our party.
So far as the national administra-
ton is concerned, Notwithstanding
all its errors and mistakes, it com
mands and ought to command the
confidence of the Republican party
President Grant has not done what
1 would have done, but yet he may
think he is wiser man than ever l
was. Laughter Considering the
situation in which he is placed he
has done what he considered the
best, and he has acted in accordance
with the pledge he gave in his in
augural. AS respects the Congress
Of the United States, it has been
severely criticised it has not suited
some portion of our Union men yet
l say Notwithstanding all its errors
and blunders, the House of Repre-
sentatives 6emads the confidence ald
the commendation of the Union
party. What have they done? One
year ago there were four of the in
surrectionary States yet unrestored,
now they have been restored, and
every star upon our banner repre-
sents State in the Union. To the
Republicans yon owe this achieve
ment. Congress has reduced the
National debt. President Grant
compares brilliantly in this respect
with his predecessor. In the first
sixteen months of Grants Admins
tration he collected some thirty mil
lions more of internal revenue than
was collected by Mr.. johnson in his
admins ration. About nineteen
millions more were collected in the
first six months of Grants admins
tration than in the last six months
of Johnson's. During Johnson's ad-
ministration but two millions were
paid in reduction of the public debt
In the sixteen months of Grants adj
ministration s140,000,O00 of the
public debt were paid, and in the
same time no increase of the sub
jects for which tax was levied.