Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-05-02
Tho Cincipnati Liberal Radical
Convention.

morning the delegates began tp drift in and take
their seat,.
The small arm chair sent for the Convention
President. which was occupied by John Adams
when he signed the Declaration Of independence
is quite pain.
by noon the floor OF the hall was nearly filled
by delegates. There is bu, meagre attendance |
OF spectators, at whom there are not 400 in the
galleries, which would accommodate 300.
Colonel GroSNenor, OF st. LOUIS called the con- |
ventlon to order i'll bret speech He stated the |
great Importance Of this convention, which was |
the largest IN number of deles ites and truest rep
resentatives Of puhlic sentiment ever assembled
that sentiment which always does and always |
shall rule the country. The wisdom OF this con
ventlon and the wisdom and will OF the people at
the next tai election. Will make 1t successful H.,
| need not make the usual appeal for harmony to
men who abandoned connecticn with II successful
party TO stake their political future upon thi.
| movement for reform. lie then nominated for
| temporary chairman Judge Stanley Matthews of
| Ohio.
Carried unanimously.
Mr. liat.hew said 1t is no idle atfectatioi
| when | say 1t Is impossible 10 express the deej,
| senslbility with which l receive and accept tn.
| unexpected, honor conferred upon me. [ am IN
| prepared to preface the assumption OF the duties
| of the chal with such remarks rs are appropriate
| 70 the occasion. No one could get the people
| say what would By the result OF this convention.
| nut the mH in thing, that which he set above all
else, was t. AT the time had come when 1t Is the
voice Of arge and. influential portion OF the peo-
pie that they would no longer I've dogs to ear the
collar Of p; rty Cheers.
| We here 'oforc h'v" been members OF the Re-
publican trtv, Are not ashamed to nave wo,.
that name. The past Of the Marty was commen-
liable in it work Of sustainin., the Union agnin,t
secession. Its work had become part OF the fun
iamental iw, and with 1t the pt,nciple OF equal
itv of all before the law had been established. H.,
considered this ventlon, their rebellion against
the Repub lean party the highest eulogy IF tn.
princ,pies of that party, Tor 1t shows that tho
party has hgh courage to set about the work OF
reforming itself. Applause
Parties cannot live on past reputation. 1t was
because th ,se who control the Republican Mach,
merry and principles have diverted them from thel
true purposes that this movement was initiated
The war has ended, and peace has come, ought
TO end military rule cheersl, and everything tha
keeps alive and tans the embers of diving, an,
ought to be dead past
1t Is said "Let us have peace but have no
~ had peace. He referred to the condition OF affair
III the South, where the Government used
not for the people, but corruptv to enrich the lie
who tud in office only IA means Of personal az
crindl1ement. He charged corrupt on IN the Ma
10 tonai Government from head to foot Republl
cans feel that they can NJ longer afford partner
ship in such wrong, hence we lead out sin tn
movement for reform to secure good, sound an
honest government He referred to the diftcu
ties before the convention. Its first duty t
thoroughly organize, and to that work he urge
~ them, concluding by suggesting the appOlutmeI
OF secretaries. APPLAUSE
Colonel Gr lsyeuor moved Tor Secretaries Gee
% W. Nichols, OF OHIO, Gen. Geo w. Palmer.
New York, aud Joseph Pulitzer. of Wisconsin.
20 Mr. Grosyenor offered a resolution tina
"a, when the convention adjourn, it BE- to 10 t,
morrow morning. and that in the meantin
=" the delegations from the several States Sha
>. y: elect delegates TO this convention, equal
~, ~. number to double the vote to which the Sta
~ respectively i, entitled in the Electoral C0
lege. Adopted.
A motion wa, made to adjourn to 10 A. \
on Thursday.
Before the motion could be- put there we
RI loud Gals for Carl Schurz, who came forwal
lie amid loud applause, and expressed gratitu'
i'll for the cordial manner in which he had be.
,e- called out. He did not want to make spee'
Of now, but would take another occasion in wh
II. to say something which he had to say, |
-, concluded by seconding the motion to al Jour
=; The chairman then declared the cOnyenti'
y" adjourned until 10 O'Clock Thursday mornin
u" The Re-l'ni0n and Reform Convention W
ny called to order at Mozart Hall IA few mnut
ac- after 10 O'Clock, and Judge l.. b. stallo "
not elected temporary President Before TAXI
on his seat lie spoke at some length in definite
= of the position occupied by those with who
ub Eha was acting, and alluding to the Convent
m Of Liberal Republicans said that before Il
he Convention ad ourned he hoped il would St
- them greeting and tell them that its arr
"a iwere open and ready always to receive the
oe lsNllether in the enclosure selected by them.
" "e', In the more open ground of the Union
emu formers. His speech was received with :
hat thtsiastic approval manifested by prolopg
the applause and cheering. At the afterno
gle. session Committee on Permanent Organ
It's ton was appointed and several ,pcechr,
cen lyered as to the object of the Convent
led VAN special al.slon 70 ,I'e coui..",i VI ana
thy h .me 5ou..i al;e' ~; Mnin w. y,
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