Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-06

plause.l Upon the protection OF the
| lives and liberty of American
| citizens in foreign lands, shall il be said
that all insist on their protection in every
land save our own2 Applause aud cries
No, MOL MIR, Morton proceeded to vindi-
cate the Ku-Klux law, claimed that the
President had executed and not abused it,
and that it had effected greater good and in
the least space of time of any law ever en-
acted. We only want honest, fair elections,
that all men of all parties and creeds may
have unrestrained enjoyment Of their politi-
cal rights and the Hu-Elux law looks to the
securement of that. He also eulogized the
Republican party as the one which had
saved the country in the past and by which
it must be preserved in the future. Break it
down and what security have you that any
other will carry out and complete its work.
Sometimes q great llaht il extinguisbed;
some one whom we have Trusted falls by
the wayside, but we should not falter or
pause. The principles of the party are
| greater than any of its leaders. Il is said
Grant has committed errots Admit It,
and we say bis eFrOfs have been trivial, and
any man who thinks that for that, or any
reason, he ran break up the Republican
| a
ter and cheers.l The man that tries will
utterly fail, and win bass awsg uJinotieed
and forgotten. Stand fast by your princi-
pies. You will tomorrow nominate Gen.
Grant, He has told you he had no policy
save the win Of the people. He has re-
deemed that pledge. [Cheers.l The gen
eral judgment Is better titan Che opinion of
! any one man, and the Executive who fol-
lows the general judgment will be wisest,
and viii best serve the viii of the people.
| If Grant ever becomes recreant to public
principles, he will pass away under public
condemnation, Just as others have passed
away who hecaIae reereent and Unworthy
of trust.
Loring, of Massachusetts, said the Com
mittee on Permanent Organization were
ready to report. He asked that they report
as soon as ready without waiting as usual
until the Credentials Committee have re-
ported, as the latter had mere formal du-
ty to perform. Agreed;
| 4 Sottth Carolina delegate EXPRESSED tie
qualification with which he had heard Ger
ritt Smith, and now asked that the South
be heard through
Gov. Orr, of SOuth Carolina.
Gov. Orr took The platform to pledge his
State for the ticket. pe reftrred TO the
SANDERS to which the Government had been
subjected, and compared his experience in
this respect with that of Washington and
Jackson. BE eulOgized the President
whose reelection he considered necessary
If Grant had failed as President, Orr. liked
such failures. He dilated at sons length
on The operations Of hu-hluxlsm n
|, the South, sustained ku-Klux legislation,
| a. 4I,o h,I fol irlu nd
: firmly sustained.
GOV. Gglesby
was called upon next. The Governor Of
Illinois advanced to the platform, and paid
a graceful compliment to Gerritt Smith,
who, he said, had stood before the conven-
, ! ton the impersonation of American dignity
and benevolence. He referred to him also
, as the great agitatOr, who, long before the
: Republican party was born, had champion
ed the rights of the down-trodden at a time
f when most of US all were young and use
. less. tCheers The speaker elOQuently
eulogised Grant. expressed his griet when
n ! aSenatOr from the noble State that rockt
!, the early cradle of liberty pronounced
against Grant the insulting sentence thai
! he had been once tanner. He elOquently
sketched the Presidents history as a cadet
as a laboring man, as a soldier, as q Gen
4 eral, the saviour Of his country and it
1 President. He was frequently interrupted
by immense applause.l Grant has beeu al
enigma from his birth, and to-day he il
II purer, greater and nobler still than we havt
; ever thought him. Speaking for lllinoi
:, which gave the immortal Lincoln, 1Grea
= cheers,l he (Oglesby) desired to express
: the utmost confidence in Grants higl
! NI
# have perfect confidence in him and WI
/. trust him four years longer without Z gus
piciOn or doubt. Great applause.
Il Gov. HaWley.
If Great cries for Gov. HaWley, Of COnneC
ticut, who was brought forward and too
n the platform amid the widest cheering. II
: thanked the convention for the kindness
but begged to be excused at this time froI
+ making any remarks and be permitted t
call for the report of the Committee 0
IT Permanent Organization. TConsiderabl
L confusion, calls for various speakers
4. Negro Orators.
Bonuck, of California, asked that the co
d ored race might be heard through one {
'e its own members. VIM. II. Grey, Of A
;. kansas, came to the platform, a mediul
); sized colored Uan, and genteel. lie sal
"a this was probably the first ins ance i
which had appeared efOre a national COZ
vention representative of that Oppresse
race which had lived among us 25O yea
7e wears, and had so recently been Gfte
u through the grace of God by the hand
Id man out of their political degradation. i
rs proceeded with some well timed remarb
n. in clear and educated phraze delivered
e. good style, was gracefully Complmental
ed to Garritt Smith, who he had seen for Il
u first time to-day, and the sight Of who
er had revived his faith in that humanity whi(
er is divine. lie advocated the nomination
u. Grant, whose name was tower OF streng
in the South, and the only name which I
pentant rebels respect. Great cheers
RI The great problem to be worked by Il
bo Republican party was not yet solved nor
duties ended in the South. The cOmmC
Or civilities of life were withheld from t
70 colored people. They demanded that ci
es rights and proper respect. There we
10 two classes of men whom t
~ colored people feared. They were the pc
IIo pie who hated them and the people W
Cd loved them too we'll [Laus shter]. T
M colored people of the South are a unit
~ Grant. TCheersl. sHe was afraid that
20 Horace Greeley, like Abraham of old, to
he Sarah Instead of RaSar,
IN, the colored people could not afford to go
ad him. TLaughter and cheers]. He W
afraid tbs old lady would have to hunt
water in the wilderness. Laughterl.
wv The colored people knew that there v
Inn no chance for them outside of the Repub
"a. can party. With ell their ignorance th
mt are Grant men to-day from Arkansas to
,v. Gulf of Mexico. [Applausel. He pray
bt to God that the Republican party VOL
We keep their organization intact, and that '
To- tory would perch upon their standar
[Applausel.
Elliott, colored, of South Carolina, me
ber of Congress, was next called out.
~ stood here with the colleagues of his r;
IoC as an illustration of the accomplishment
ne emancipation and as a living example
% the Justice Of the American people,
iIy' pledge of the earnest cooperation and 81
S lIS port of nine hundred thousand color
uly votes to the work of this Conventir
.l ip TApplause.] The colored race intended
Ine assist in securing to all citizens the eq
protection of the law, not only abroad,
at home. [Applause.l
me Harris, (colored) of North Carolina,
re- sponded to a call, but said he had no
IL, tI,y, ool-v Intifro