The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-08-21
GREAT SPEECH OF SENATOR CoSK,
LING.

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Presiienf Grant was, held in Cooper
Institute, New York. on Tuesday
evening, July %. The large Hal
was densely packed with prominent
men representing the capital and bus
iness interests Of the city. Among the
Vice Presidents on the platform were
Hon. f. D. Morgan DR. Francis
Lieber. Hons. Noah Davis and
I George 0pdyke. Gen p. II jones
Peter Cooper, Gen. Lloyd Aspinwall
Hon. Wm. Orton
Senator Conkling made the leading
speech Of the evening, a magnificent
effort. Ii was very elaborate and fills
from I2 TO Is columns Of the New
York papers. 4 brief summary Is ali
that We can give
IHE ATTAcKs on GRANT.
Mr.. Conkling commenced by saw
ing For twenty years il has been
nv privilege to address nv neigh
bors upon political issues, and too
much ardor has perhaps been among
nv faults, vet no canvass has ever
stirred me % deeply a this No elee-
ton has appealed 30 strongly 10 nav
sense u far play; no canvass within
nv memory has ever been - full Of
+ foul plav. injustice and malice none
has ever more strongly tested the
( common sense aRd generosity OF the
American people Eleven wears ser
vice in Congress, continued Mr. Conk-
ling. has made me elose observer OF
four Presidents. aRd Of public men,
and if among them all there is one liF-
ing or dead who never knowingly
failed in his duty. that one is UlysseS
SYDNEY Grant II there mas been a
high Official ever ready 10 admit and
correct an error: ifthere has been one
who did wisely, firmly and well the
the things given him in charge. that
one j. the soldier In war and the quiet
patriot in peace Yet this man, hon.
est. brave and modest. and proved by
his transcendent deeds TO De endowed
with genius. common sense. and NOR
al qualities adequate to the greatest
affairs this man who saved his coun-
trv. under whose administration our
country has HOurished e no one
dared predict: TO whom q nations
gratitude and benedietion are due, i
made the mark for ribald jibes and
oaiOus. crOundiess slanderS, simply
E because he stands in the way Of greed
and ambition Of politicians and sehe-
mers- Many men join in the cry or
hear Il without indignation. They
are deceived By the cloud Of ealunnv
which darkens tic Sky, but the inven-
tors are men distempered with griefs.
OF else the sordid and the vile, who
follow politics - the shark follows the
ship.
IHE SOURCE ca ATTACKS
The President. his family and all
nearly associated with him have been
/ bespauered. and truth and decency
have been far awar Every thief
and csrnlorant and drone who has
been put out every bafiei monster
for place or plunder :1everv man with
grievance or grudge, all who have
something 20 make br the change.
seem to wag an unbridied tongue or
to drive foul pen The President
cannot enter the lists Of controversy
and defend himself The proprieIies
Of his station forbid it His chief
competitor, managing behind the cur
tain & newspaper from which be pre-
tends TO have retired. is free 10 defend
and puff himself. and is free 10 fll his
paper with base and scurriIous false
hood in the hope Of blackenine q
name which i one of the treasures OF
the nation, and which viii be the pride
Of posterity Allthis pollution VIII in
The end disgrace only its suthors it
viii not disgrace Grant or the nation.
because the nation Willresent il. Mr..
Conkling after ststiDg the opposition
bad blundered IN arrairning the Pres
ident for ignorance, dishonesty and
vice. spoke of the self-eoBstitu,ed
crowd At Cincinnati. that motley
group, made up Of few respectable
men. who have since repadiated Il.
and Of the mos; piebaid. disneputable
collection to be scrapei from the gut
tiers and sewers Of politics These
political laZzaroni. pretending TO rep
resent States, laid d0wHth platform
on which Greeley thinks be Is run
ming.
THE REAL issue
Quotations were here made from
the Cincinnati platform and John
Coehrane's address. srraigning the
President for personal crimes Mr.,
Conkling then characterized the tariff
resolution AZ Cincinnati IS a mere
jumble and a shallow evasion and the
amnesty resolution as needless, be-
cause General Amnesty bal passed
weeks ago. and Civil Service reform
as not in Issue. for the President rec
.ommended and inaugura,ed il. and
the Philadelphia Convention special
~ declared for IL The coalition pre-
sents nothing Of substance on which
parties or individuals are divided IN
principle. but only assaults upon
the President The Is narrowed
to q single inquiry-Which is the SAT
est, httest man for the Presidency {.
The platform and Romination of our
opponents beat out and renounee the
time-h0nored creed Of the Democratic
party. The Democracy eoAfesses its
defeat upon the great issues Of the
century, and coafesses lis errors also,
as If 10 abjare al its principles and In
II commits itself 10 the
support OF q man who has been their
violent and abusive opponent
GRANTS RECORD.
Mr.. Ccnkiing proceeded to demon
strate that Grant is not, as some Gree
lev orators, say. illiterate, quoting
letters within 10 his mother and
father when at West Point, and then