Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-08-08

near the stand. His appearance was
greeted with warm applause.
Myfellow citizens, l again thank you
for the honor you have conferred on me.
promise to be with you in the differ
ent counties of the district and discuss
the political issues Ofthe day as they
are presented. You have other busi-
ness before you, and again heartily
thanking you shall add no more. Ap-
plaHse. Ea t -.
Calls were now made for Bingham.
He came upon the stand, and being
presented by the chairman said:
i-1 Mr.. BINGHAM's SPEECH.
My fellow citizens, I need not tell
you that stand before you to-day pre-
cisely in the position l have always
occupied since the people Of Belmont
County and of the other countries of the
18th district have had any knowledge OF
me politically.
/ am Republican by conviction and
follow the fortunes of the organization
knowing as / do it is the party which
represents my country, its constitution
and its laWs-the party which stands
acknowledged before the world as the
liberty amongst men.
I would be simply unjust to myself,
having been rejected by the conven-
tion, and in taking leave of you here to-
day, i'll did not thank, as do, the peo-
pie of Belmont County and ofthe other
counties of the old 10th district, for the
generous support they have hitherto
given me, And in saying this allow
me to say further that under no circum-
stances did ever expect a nomination
to the Congress- OF the United States in
the'new district az organized, save as
the act voluntarily, unpurchased and
unpurchasable of the freemen of the
district. Applaiise;l
Z desire to say further, my tellow-eit-
izens, and to put it on record in these
proceedings, that am very grateful to
the people Of Jefferson county-a county
that called me originally from the
walks of private life-a county that
first gave me a vote for the Congress of
the United States without parallel
during the days of my life or in the
vote Of any candidate whatever-for
the generous support the cohnty has
given me in the primary election and
farithe generous support the county
has given me in this convention
its delegates. no .''',i +
Itis not for nee to raise any question
about the action of the convention.
There is no, question to be raised by me
about il, stand for the organization of
that party which is the party of my
country. Applause / / stand for its
nominees. fApplause.] / turn neither
to the right nor to the left. If my
record may be considered now closed
as q representative of this people, i
trust that hereafter you will fad moth
ing in that record that will cause any
one to blush. Never Whit I cheer
fully accept the situation. No man
will find me. while reason has a place
in my brain, following the standard of
that party of disorganization which
,onSpired against the life of my country
md attempted to destroy the unity of
Dlause: And especially does it become
Ill American citizens who have regard
TO principle in the administration of
American affairs, who have regard to
principle in the exercise of the elective
franchiss by American citizens, to see
10 it that a man who has gone back on
al that's praiseworthy, upon all that
was right, in his past life for the sake OF
l nomination, and has struck hands
with the common enemy of his princi-
pies, should not receive the vote Ofany
nan who has any seifrespect or charac-
ter.l fGheers.1 I noticed this day-and
[ refer TO it now as aconfession from
very high sourceAthe letter of Mr..
9roeSbeck addressed to the respective
,hairmen of the committees Of what is
known as the Liberal Republican party
md what is. known of the Democratic
party in these modern times, informing
hem he could not accept the honor ex-
ended to him to preside over their
coming Convention at Columbus, noti-
wing them and notifying the whole
world that in the event of the election
Of Mr.. Greeley to the Presidency
which God forbid I'VE cannot expect
/ Democratic administration GAp-
olause. Who ever before heard of
party of free men attempt to lift to the
chief magistracy of this or any other
country whatever, man who is not
10 have an administration in accordance
with their own convictions? Does Mr..
droesbeek mean by this the Democrat
&c party has no principles? Does he
mean by this that it has no principles
hat ought to be administered? Or
ioes he mean by it that its standard
bearer has principles that are neither
Democratic nor Republican, nor Amer
can. That is precisely the position in
which he stands this day in the pres
ence iOf the American people--with a
Democratic non1inee1for the Office of
President of the United States, whose
they dare not emblaZon on
heir banners or accept if administered
oy him as Democratic principles at all.
Myfellew citizens, don't think since
the day when ] zee surrendered with
his broken batallioIs of treason to the
legions' Of the Republic,
there has been any political eontestibe-
fore the American people of more su-
preme Importance to the present and
the future people Of theaUnited States
than that contest on which we now
enter. / therefore pray yeu, gentle
men, one and all as you love liberty, as
you love justice, as you love the equal
ity of all men before the law, as you
love the unity of the Republic, as you
love the success Of this great expert
ment of representative government
amongst men, to go through this con-
fiict faithful and vigilant and Sleep
lessly,i until final victory shall crown
your efforts in the reelection of the
hero of the century, Ulysses S. Grant,
the President of the United States, well
tried, faithful and true.
- u DIR. UpDEGRAFF's SPEECH.
DIR. Updegraff said it was something
new, he believed, to make a man talk
at his own funeral, and he should have
very little to say at this late hour. He
simply desired to express to those who
had stood by him his most profound
and grateful Acknowledgements; and to
say further that he most cheerfully
in the decision of the Con-
vention. He had never been follower
of this 0reat RaDnhlican marty for the