Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-26

our opinion of him who, for nearly four years
past has liz cd aIEong Us as the chief magistrate
At FIRST biust, fellow citizens, Ii would seem
% pas, belief that such vehement opposition
should be made against Ulysses 5. Grant, Yet,
~ IL is now so vas Il when armed hosts met in
deadly conflict - decide the fate of the Federal
CFfon. Even then men were found TO rsise
seuselsSs ctarrors against the successful general
Of Tire war. UnhesdiDg them, however, he
pressed onward until the last of the rebel forces
laid down their arms. fCheers.l Now, when he
mas VIE sucn slgnsl aoliity administered the
IN war he was the great soldier, SO In peace he il
the great statesman, we hear against him cry as
prolonged and malignant as that by which he
was essaIled during the rebellion by men who,
protesting to be their country's friends, uphold
their coGItry's enemies. Their clsmor, h0w-
feet uTS s the @ tSe b a Of d sa
can have upon the moon.
/ thtnlv, feliow.citizens, that yen win agree
with ne that he who does we'll should be re-
warded. Nobly, indeed, has President Grant
fulfilled each and all of his pledges. The pub
Tic debt has been largely reduced, and bids fair
20 he Eguidated before our children shall fiji the
places which We row occupy The difference
II value between currency and coin is merely
nrminal, and within brief space Of time we
may loCH for the resumption OF specie paw
ments. Taxation has been reducedS and the
public revenues have been economically col
iected and honestly disbursed. An unfaithful
public servant has here and there been diseoy-
cred, only TO be at once stripped Of Office and
Consigned TO retributive justice. How striking
TIE contrast between such conduct and that
which has marked the course OF our Democrats
ri, nds in the great commercial center of the
nation! There, irstead of Furnishing the great
criminal, they reelected hin to The Senate OF
their StCtc-a proper representative OF their
and s'Tiat's so.'5l
IN every portion of the Union the laws have
been faithfully and impartauy administered.
Each citizen has been protected IN all his rights
oil pre- Judices and aninosities are rapidly dis
appearing; trade has never been more brisk nor
n inf
home, we are now engaged in On honest effort
satisfactorily to adjust, without resort TO arms,
TIE difficulties between Great Britain and our
selves, which had their origin in Our civil war
The pr aspect is fair that through the wisdom OF
the President this result will happily be at
tanned, and that we viii show 70 the world that
disputes between nations may be adjusted with
out an appeal TO the arbitrarnent OF arms no
other President has ever had the courage to ex-
tend such a helping hand to this neglected ward
OF the nation or 70 exhibit such an earnest in.
teres. in our welfare. During his term of Off &c
new form of government has been conferred
uroD rs, under which new rights have been ae-
CURED and our material progress increased be
yond the hopes of the most sanguine. I believe
that ere long we will exhibit to tho country a
perfect municipal system-oDe which will mate
rally aid the solution OF the mueh-vexed cues
ton as TO the proper mode Of governing cur
large cities
As their candidate for Vice President the re-
publican party have placed before the people
Henry Wilson, an honored son of NJ assaehusetts.
who, through his own unaided efforts, has risen
lIDIl III EulNblS pOS'llOD IN lie 10 seat in the
Senate Otthe United states. [Cheers for Wilson
The selection was one eminently fit TO be made
y faithful, untiring legislator, an incOrruptible
public servant, an untaltering patriot friend
of the laboring man, and an earnest and cor
sistent advocate of freedom, lie il an excellent
embodiment of ,ae idea that here there is no
royal road 10 fortune. but that worth, ability,
and into gritty bring within the reach of even the
humblest the most exalted positions in the state
The nomination of such man is ia happy &C.
cord with the principles OF our great party ard
better cOull been RI fba
place OF Schuyler Colfax, whom the country
viii ever hold in grateful remembrance for his
patriotic services. [Cheers.
The platform upon which our candidates stand
is as broad and comprehensive as the interests
Of the = nion itself. No true republican can ask
more than il embraces, and every patriot can
proudly indorse and abide BY the PRINCIPLES
which 1t ,roclaims.
With stch candidates and such platform,
who can doubt our triumph in N6gember next?
[Cries of "No one.'] 1t is true that there is
another ticket in the field and another platform
before the people. But such has been the case
democracy have been uniformly pursuing the
phantom of success, in the hope that it might
some tiIe prove reality. They have at last
disguised themselves In an old white hat and
an old white coat, and hope thus to gain an
entrance within the portals OF yonder Executive
Mansion.
They have begun their vagrant tramp in
search of q candidate; they have become polti-
ca, Japhets; they have an uncomfortable lust
after the iesh-pots Of Egypt, which brings for
maid. Laughter and applause.l la her great
anxiety tor sharer OF her lot through life she
entered the forest, and under a great tree
s eSe ws rS@ ssoo 10
Lord; anybody'" was her eager response as the
owl that had fooled her looked wisely doyya.
office is secured and the spoiIs ma de sure. They
represent, it is true, once powerful party
which so long held political sway as to imagine
that they IN reality owned the government.
Pol M +hpm=Hf hnr ifo tai,
20 abuse their trust, and after many years OF
wrong, seeing that the people were about to
overwhelm them: they eonspired against the
ing sir , and il will weigh them down to earth as
long as time shall last. Power can never again
be theirs and it would almost seem that, in ac-
cepting the leadership OF him who has desplsed
and prosecuted them most, they are fulfilling
the cuTse pronounced in the garden OF Eden
against their prototype: /" On thy belly shalt
thou go all the days of thy iife." Loud and
continued eheering.I
were read from Senator Morton, Representa-.
tive Dawes, Senator ConkliDg, Fred. Douglass
Senator Sherman, zen. Spinner Representative
Myers, and Senator Harlan.
The following characteristic
LETTER PROM GgRRIT SMITH
was among those read
PRTERsBoRo, June ~, 1s72-Rtsss A. s. Solo.
mons, Chairman Conn ttee Of ArrI11eBsRts--
an invitation 10 address the national ratification
meeting. 25th instant. Deeply do | regret that
my voice is so impaired that cannot comply
with your invitation.
Be assured tha. shall do what little L can to
keep ont Of power the bad party, which sym
pathized With our enemy in time of war, aud
which lie doing worse now In shielding those in
feTnal associations that whip and hang the in
nccent negro and the whites who stand by them
Respectfully yours, GGREIT SMITH.
Judge O'Conner, OF Iowa, and Judge Mackey
addressed the meeting at the main stand, and
Major Rosencrsnz sang stirring campaign
seng.
AT THE EAST STAND
DR.. Bliss presided, and addresses were made hy
Mr.. A Il. Shepherd, DR.. Cox, Hon. Mr. Ella. Mr..
). X. Bond, and Mr.. Peter Campbell.
SPEECH OF Gen. CHAPMAN.
At the west stand MIR. NJ Il. Kelly intro
duced General Chapman, who ia commencing
his remarks said there IN his mind a
peculiar fitness in the people OF Washington
ratifyiDg the nomination of President Grant
ana Senator Wilson. Here is where their
great services are best known. From here
Issued the commissions and orders of 1861 which
brought Gen. Grant from the quiet pursuits OF
civil fife and placed him in the position where
I'm he haro HE