Middletown transcript., 1872-03-09

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which they bad done hin shs hosos II
sskisg him % preside 10 essentially
hspublican eoavsnllsn. Il ~ not called
10 the inseseets u any candidates fos the
Presidency Or Vice. pfsSideney. He would
not consent to preside q sush mssling.
He regarded Repabliesuieu a ths esuas
oe right. aud be fsls no hesitation II psy-
ing that hs would rather vots for the jsest
popular Republican WHO'S name had been
mentioned than the best Democrat In the
land.
While the Committee on Regulations
were consulting, MI Richardson waa
called upon to address The meeting. He
said that they had not convened fnr the
purpose d embodying resolutions Of fsalsy
or attachment 10 suy one ointment Repub-
lican. \ ras ss~less 10 deny or 10 at
tempt to disgnise The fact that there wus
froSile n The Republicon camp, and there
scev ossiHous indications Of a coming po-
iiticai storm. lie could not see without
regret tendency in thu Republican party
to dissevcr and weaken ita force.
John r. FIX followed, and in the
course Of bis speech said:
l.sec peculiar weakness Of st,mach to-
night, II seems to mo. by some gentlemen.
With battd breath and hushed surround
iOgs they say: I" Don't mention any
names" 1. for one. desire Gen. Grants
re-clcc,ion to the Presidency Of these IT,
nited States. (Applause.) You Ito the
chairman) are not y very old man, sir,
but II you had 10 yous right hand tho pen
Of ready writer, nnd should undertake.
from now until you are as old az Methus-
ala, 10 frame excuses aud reasons that
would ju ttify the people Of the United
States in putting General Grant in the
background and taking up any human
being tina brcaties. you would die with
task unaccomplished. (Applausc).
Judge Warden was loudly called for
and stepped up smiling:
My friend. who il an able lawyer and
good plcaacr. able TO put upon pnpcr very
readily that which he has in his mind.
thinks that il would take tho gentleman
who prcsihcs the balance Of bis natural
lifetime ID write out the reason why he
would not agree to the proposition Of con-
tinuing ID power our Chief Magistrate. It
would take me lifetime to discover a
single reason why he should be continued
in power. (Applause).
What motive IN the wide world could |
have. or any man in my condition. for not
being rcndy TO sustain the Chief Magis-
trstc il il we're SO plain case as the gen.
tlcman la statedi How docs Mr.. Tru,n-
bull happen to disagrce with our distin.
guishcd friend. m We saw from the read
ing Of to.day's Commercial that he did
How does il happen that the man who iu
1860 made the strongest speech that was
heard in any portion Of this land sgninst
the position and intentions Of tho South,
and in favor 0! the election Of Lincoln, and
how docs Il happen that Carl Schurs il
found 10 opposition IL the case is such as
my disiin Euishcd friend has stated. Nov,
fellow citizens. let us see what could be
said in favor Of continuing the present
state Of affairs. Why did some Of us vote
for Gcncr al Grant? think I can tell
you. W. did not know much about him,
did We! What did anybody know abort
ulysscs Grant. cxocpt as a soldier? l
confess 70 you that to End reasons for the
votc which gave IN bis favor would have
been cxceedingly dii6euit II had any body
In the world | could have voted for a. q
gsinat him. In 1850. Ulysses Grant and
I, believe. voted the same ticket. He
voted for Buchanan. squint eye and all,
and 70 did l. II l am corrcctly advised
be supported Buchanan, though l never
heard lhas biz support wss msierially pro-
6ssbls 70 Buchanau.
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