New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-06-06

ISHb Oh the past. .ooiilctHnSS great ny
will be extingmshed. Sometimes those t.
look up to win fall by the wayside. The
people will drop tear, and we may regret it
but it will pass away. [Applause.l Remem
Der that the Republican party is greater
than any man. 1t is much greater than al
its leaders combined. Cheers. But among
the greatest of our statesmen and politicians
great many errors are committed.
1t has been said that General Grant has
committed errors. L do. not deny it. But
am happy to say that most OF them are trivial
They do not go to the essence and substance
of his Administration. Any man who sup
poses that he has strength enough to break
up the Republican party will commit very
grave bllmder. Applause Let no man
suppose that he can run the Republican party
into the ranks of the Democratic party by
means Of any back-door or back-stairs for the
sake of plumber. [Applause.] Several men
who have been distinguished in the Republic
can party, whom we have been looking up to
as leaders and pioneers, have committed this
mistake but when they have made this mis-
take they have been dropped and have passed
away forever. [Applause.l A pebble dropped
into pool produces ripple for a little while,
but the pool soon becomes placid. And so
the greatest man in the Republican party, if
he shall be unfaithful to its principles because
OF personal disappointment or irritation, shall
still be unable to destroy its organization
or destroy ii, and he shall sink out of sight,
to disturb the surface of the political world as
little as the pebble when dropped into the
pool. tApplausc.]
Then stand by your principles. You will
on tomorrow nominate General Grant. ZAP
plause.] General Grant has told the Amer
lean people that he had no policy to urge
against their wishes. That pledge has been
faithfully redeemed. He endeavOrs to carry
ont the national wish whenever he finds out
what that wish is. The Judgment of all men
is better than the judgment of any one man.
The common sense of the country is better
than the Judgment of any man, however lofty
or angelic may be his abilities, and the faith
full public servant endeavors to find out what
is the popular wll--what is the wish of the
nation, and then to carry it out understand
ingly. The great object Of government is to
subserve, to carry out the wishes of the ma
ton rather than to carryout the policy or the
rule of any individual.
General Grants career has been a great
success in all essential and substantial mat
tiers. 1t has been continued triumph. He
has fostered and protected the interests of
the people. | believe they are intelligent
enough to understand it, and that we intend
to lndOrse those interests and him for another
four years. lApplause.l Whenever General
Grant shall betray the principles of the Re-
publican party upon which he was elected !;
whenever he shall become recreant to his
high duties, he will pass away as some other
men have passed away he will be condemned
by the popular breath as other men are con-
demned [Applause.]
Speeches were then made by ex-GOv. Orr,
of South Carolina Gen. Oglesby, of Illinois;
VIM. III. Gray, (colored,) of Arkansas; Rep
resentative Elliott, of South Carolina, and
Mr.. Harris, colored delegate from South
Carolina.
Gen. Albright, of Pennsylvania, the chair
man Of the committee on permanent organ
ization, then reported the following perma-
nent officers:
Thomas Settle, of North Carolina, perma-
nent President.
Vice Observation-Disclosures, Paul Strobach;
Arkansas, Elisha Baxter; California, M. S.
Sergeant; Connecticut, Sabin l.. Sage Della
ware, Isaac Jump; Georgia, Hon. b. F. Con-
ley; Illinois, Emery II. IIaws; Indiana,
Gen. Sol. ID. Meredith Iowa, Hon. w. H.
Serves Kansas, John c. Carpenter; Ken
lucky, II. M. Kelley; Louisiana, Louis Fra
ger; Maine, Z. F. Rahey Maryland, Thos.
kelso; Massachusetts, Alexander H. Rice !;
y. L.
Benedict; Mississippi, r. w. Flannery Ne
braska, John S. Bowen; New Hampshire,
Hon. VIM. III. Y. Hackctt New Jersey,
dudley ). Gregory; New York, III. Il. Olaf
lin; North Carolina, Edward Cantwell; Ohio,
Lieutenant Governor Jacob Mueller; Oregon,
John p. Booth; Pennsylvania, III. w. Oliver;
Rhode Island, General a. Il. Burnside; South
Carolina, A. J. Renseer; Tennessee, Hon.
VIM. II. Wisncr; Texas, Hon. A. Il. Nor
ton; Vermont, j. Fairbanks; Virginia, Chas.
Il. Malord; West Virginia, Chas. Horton !;
Wisconsin, Hon. Lucien Fairchild; Florida,
Dennis Eagan; California, George NJ. Chill
colt; District of Columbia, John +. Cook :;
Idaho, Hon. John r. Mcbride Wyoming
General John +. Benjamin..
Alabama, VIM. V. Turner
Arkansas, l.. G. Wheeler; California, Mar
Gus ID. Boruck; Connecticut, Daniel Chad
wick; Delaware, Henry +. Pickles; Florida,
j. N. Butler; Georgia, p. NJ. Shirley; Hi
nois, Daniel Sheppard; Indiana, o. NJ. Will
son; Iowa, A. J. Felt; Kansas, Henry
Buckingham; Kentucky, II. c. Buris !;
Louisiana, Il. l.. Weber; Maine, L. G.
Brett; Maryland, W. G. Tuck Massachu-
sets, c. +. Whiting; Michigan, c. S. Dra-
per; Minnesota, Otto Wallmark; Missis-
sippi, b. X. Bruce; Missouri, Theo. Brewer
Nebraska, j. b. Neaton; Nevada, c. c.
Stevenson New Hampshire, Charles S.
Whitehouse; New Jersey, John w. Newlin;
New York, ID. Ogden Bradley; North Caro-
lima, Q. A. Sykes; Ohio, James w. Sands !;
Oregon, II. II. kincade; Pennsylvania, II.
III. Bingham; Rhode Island, Wilson A. AL
drich; South Carolina, II. G.. Maxwell /; Ten
nessce, Thomas Waters; Texas, G. W. Ru-
hey; Vermont, w. Harris, Jr., John Waltz
West Virginia, j. II. Hale; Wisconsin, l.. F.
Frisby; Colorado, Jerome i. Chailee Dis
trct Of Columbia, Alexander II. Shepherd; ;
Idaho, Z. J. Curtis; wyoming, George w.
The report was unanimously adopted.
MIR. Spencer, of New York. l move, as
the opening speech Of the permanent Presi-
dent will probably take considerable time,
and inasmuch rs we have had very long
session, that we now take a recess until s
O'Clock this evening.
Cries of "No!" "Now
Chairman McMichaeI. 1t cannot be done,
as the Academy is engaged for another pur-
pose tonight.
Mr.. Spencer. Then l move we adjourn
until Tomorrow at 10. A great many men
are tired out, and we all need rest now,
that we may come fresh to the labors of to-
morrow. .-a
Gen. Albright. Mr.. Chairmun, the COM
mlttee on organization desire to present the
name of Gen. Ii. III. Bingham, of this city,
for the permanent secretary ofthe convention.