New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-07-11

Dy tne crowd in the first floor, but the throno
JOIN 6psJ There yp4yklaoSbl1 NJ n IN.
th9slasm amongst the entire ga{hering. ' F'x
MT. fremont finished his speech by re-
signing N podtionsas Chimaz If thesNa-
uo hai Democratic Executive Committee. He
'hen proposed for temporary President
HQN. THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH.
OF Virginia, who was ii6ani,no,isls Chosen
Mr.. Randolph is fine looking old gentle
man, with decided resemblance to Thomas
jefferson, and was received with weak and
scattering cheers. The band played "Dixie. :"
SPEECH OF THE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
Mr.. Randolph said.'~.e
1 am aware that the very great honor con.
ierred on me by this body is due 10 no per-
sonai interest of@nIy own, but is'a token of
respect to the State from which came, and
recognition of other circumstances, possibly
adventitious. / am, perhaps, the oldest
member Of this body, and a life of eighty
years spent in the Democratic Republican
party constitutes, me a senior member. L
remember freshly every Presidential contest
from the first election of Jefferson to the
present time, and I can say with truth that
remember none which invoked higher qucs-
tons OF personal liberty, local self-govern-
ment, honest administration, and constitu-
tlOnal freedom than the present, or one
which demanded Of o,lr party and our people
calmer Or more earnest recourse to pruden-
tial principles. .....- t.... 81. ~. u.s..
1t strikes me as the duty of this hour and
OF this body to wrest the Government from
the hands of its present despotic and corrupt
holders, and to place it in honest hands; to
restore to the citizens everywhere the proud
consciousness OF personal right, and to all
the States perfect integrity OF local seli-gov-
srnment. This, with the recognition OF the
supremacy OF the civil constitution and the
law VIII in my Judgment, discharge all our
present duty
PRAYER OF REV. HENRY sLICER.
Tho Ra,- JIonr,. s,;car ,,os ,hon ;n,ro1ro,
and nrgnet tho ,i;,,,s ~, nra,,o
foiIo,rs. - r. - 80 w" P'"'c' 10
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-, nsn n Uoa, MaSeI .. an uihss, ne
deemef, teserver, and Judge OF all men, we
. .',1 pe!6re ihee Win hearts iull OF grat,
.uue iol llie mercies Whlch nave peen iavished
III us - ."e pas. s,na az l.le Presenl, ana
s G,.n toPs any Sor,,uehse IN I l,n Ior the
aIuYi w tp,n ans tot ~ ny 'iitl.ies
), y ou TX * EiuIivuSfy ~, the
Jai y. 'not nuloilau nhstoty An2u
Ja.a 1870 S a ny" Pi:iai W oi1'.
~, =. nv, ~ a't u'ps'
' T., ~ nuSe Guy seaaMe, W aenieVe
and .when peace had come Thou didst favor
Them with wisdom and patriotism to lay
b and deep the foundations of the great
T,,,. III VIII mas neen preserved Dy
- iuV.nEnce 70 ne Dressing 10 tnen ana
.is 81. Los,eIity.
:, "ei0oK % thee uo-day lor 1he guidance OF
",
o. Hernont anu from the ,savannas on the
rom INC West ana from the East
. .sh 'ose.ner III counsi' 70 nevise ways ana
'.ore ~ rrft ue .hM y now
upon .he country. grant that my pies
slng HMy cong aoEns upon QUIZ: Wnoie
so1nsry anu unto Us, FAST anu West, Nofth
a. any '.Hntu, ~ one eAlnnS NY oro.nerIooo, ana
.,'as ilie .nhe may sps.rly come Mnen !hefe
snaii NE 40 sectionat ainerences IN TINS proad
, Hu ana wnen tne .Amerlcan people shaii
oe iree un'eu. pftlSperous, ana happy peo-
PIE; :" We pray i0r my blessing upon all IN
1ulnorlty In tne uenerai 'oVerhmeht ana the
we pray That the civil and religious h'ier-
ties OF this nation and the Constitution-its
organic iaw-may endure as long as the sun
and moon shall endure. :. = u" > IA
Hear us in heaven with merciful accept
ance, and give us a share in Thine infinite
riches OF mercy and grace, through Christ, the
Mediator, amen. - ''' '''''- '''' 80 u
Sneecl, of fine, Permanent prcsi.
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!, GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENTioS:
thank you ior tMs great honor. words can
to mass at once from What Is pe rms to !
speak of the yreilf occasion, the tllty and the
purpose which bring us here. Two wears
ago, nearly, FIVE Years after che bloody period
Of the civil war closed. the Liberal Republi-
cans of Missouri. faynaa,,se. Ifeelipo keeply
all the evils of the proscription test-oath. the
hates and the strifes and the passions Of the
war had left upon them long after the war
had ceased and feeling keeniy the executive
federal power in their loyal elections, deter
mined 10 eoraanize "a movement to restore
equal rights TO ali citizens. rapplause. I white
as tel rs BLACK. faunhuse n to restore local
and arrest the further GEN.
tralization Of federal power. '[Applause.
They then said, .'This thing has gone
far enough, if not already too far" The time
has come when all honest and patriotic Re-
publicans must say halt" and reasscrt the
vital doctrines of republican government.
that under the Constitution the powers of the
Federal Government are defined unlimited,
tat the people Of the States have the right to-
govern themselves in our own domestic affairs
upon the basis of The equality of all the