The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-16
AFTER the nomination of Capt. j. c.

AFTER the nomination ol OaP'' - W
Burrows, by the Congressional COnven'
ton az Decatur on the 9TH inst, the |
committee, appointed for the purpose
escorted the nominee into the hall, and
after being introduced by the chairman
Of the convention 10 delegates and citi'
zens there assembled, spoke as follows
Mn. PREs. DENT AND GENTLEMEN OF
r,,r CoyyExTIoN:-Through tie courtesy
of your committee have been advised
of Your action, and 10 accepting the nom.
nation which sou have this day so gen.
erously rendered me, return you my
most profound and sincere thanks. 10
be selected as standard bearer OF the
great Republican party in this District
IS position which any man might cherish
and be Justly proud Of. While | am
sensible of the honor, am not inditfer.
ent to the duties and responsibilities
which this position imposes. We are
upon the Threshold of one of the most
important political campaigns in which
this people ever engaged. We are TO
determine by our'own free ballots wheth-
er the future greatness OF this republic
is TO he forever lost TO our grasp and
the principles of our party buried III
oblivion, or whether loyalty and princl-
ple shall rule in this republic until the
grand principles for which it has fought
and she'd its blood. shall be established
throughout the length and breadth OF
our domain Great applauSe) | am
here as Republican, as member OF
that grand old party, that is loyal IN ele'
ment a. we'll as in its results; the party
that stood by the government and the
flag. never faltering in standing by It's
defenders in Is hour Of peril. The his
tory Of this great Republican party Is
now known the world over. Starting
with the principle that the territories IN
our domain should be free for ever, 1t
grew until no man can claim another as
chattle Applause. In ISL, when
this republic was threatened with dis
ruption. this grand party rose as one
man. We were told no power on earth
could put down rebellion but this great
party pat its head AID heart into the
light and it did % down. Tremendous
applause
In 1864, when We were bleeding on
the field and dying il prison pens, we
were told that we never could put down
this gigantic rebellion that we must
surrender. Then It was that this great
party could be relied on. II it took the
asst dollar in the treasury the rebellion
must and shall 90 down. This was the
warming of the Republican party and
it never faltered in that resolve until the
last remnant of the Republics foes sui.
leny surrendered to our inyincib!e COM
mander. General [. :. Grant. IRE
mend1us cheering
IT, work was not done Loyalty
must and shall rule throughout thls re.
public. We were told that the national
debt could never be discharged, it must
be repudated. Then it was that this
party received that DEBT as a national
legacy, a sacred trust, and il should be
paid to the last farthing, in England, in
france, and Europe, wherever this Re-
public is known. The world knows that
50 long as this grand party remains in
power, Just so long will the credit Of this
republic be good. We are told that our
mission is filed who has decreed 1t :
let ne tell you that its mission IS not
ended as long as the democrat party
lives and breathes in any shape Wheth.
er it shows itself in national union men
Or peace men, or whether it hides under
the shameless coat Of Horace Greeley
lGrest laughter Its mission is not
ended until that party is buried forever
in oblivion. If it be true that the mis-
sion of this party is ended, into whose
hands shall we surrender p? VIII the
national credit be guaranteed by the very
men who sought to destroy 1t? VII
the flag of our country be protected by
the men who betrayed it Will th(
pensions be paid to the widows and sold
ier'r orphans Of this land? VIII the
four million Of men liberated by Thu
party have their liberties secured to then
by the men that enslaved them? tel
YOU ny fellow citizens, so long as Their
is u Union to maintain, SO long as Their
is flag to protect, and nation or cred
it to maintain, just SO long we need tn
protection of this party of loyalty AM
liberty. Mr.. Trumbull recently sal
that we must forgive our southern breth
rem we will forgive them-forget then
never. We shall remember them as W
remember the graves of those who main
tanned the Union. | do not understan
how Lyman Trumbull dare look upo
the face of this injured people how b
dare stand up before the two hundre
thousand widows, and three hundre
thousand orphan children, and ask us
forget aud forgive. But those widow
and orphans have friends in this part.
and ia November next it will speak
Lyman Trumbull in tones of thunder