The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-07-12
Democratic National Convention
Greeley and Brown +!
Overwhelming Vote for the Gin
cinnati Candidates and Platform.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.

ctnnati Candidates and Platform.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.
BALTIMORE, July 9.-There was an.
other meeting of the Pennsylvania del
egation this morning. Large crowds
gathered in the corridors to learn how
the delegation would stand. William
A. Wallace presided. An effort was
made to have the resolution of yester-
day, instructing the chairman of the
delegation to vote as each delegate de-
cided, rescinded, and a substitute pledg-
ing the solid vote of the delegation for
Greeley adopted. This led to stormy
discussion. The result was that the
delegation refused to go back on the
action of last night.
A motion was made and adopted that
each delegate indicate his choice for
presidential candidate. 35 went for
| Greeley, for Colonel Scott, 3 for Hon.
jeremiah Black, 3 for Hancock, for
Thurman, of Ohio, and IL for Chief
Justice Thompson. B. M. Boyce, be.
fore the vote was taken, declared that
Hancock did not desire the nomination,
nevertheless three delegates persisted
in voting for him. AT this point ex-
Mayor Fox rose and declared that the
announcement in the morning papers
| that Thompson had declined was not
true. He was willing to abide by the
action of his friends.
| The second ballot was then taken and
resulted in 35 votes for Greeley and %
for Thompson.
| ASSEMBLING.
| At this hour (11:30 a. MI the stage of
the opera house is rapidly filling up
with representatives of the press, but
large number of Bohemians have been
unable to obtain an entrance. A vast
number are outside, struggling vainly
for admission.
The interior of the opera house is ap.
propriately and tastefully arranged
with colors of the various states, which
depend from the dress circle and gallery,
and portraits of Washington, Jefferson,
Jackson and other renowned states.
men are conspicuous on either side of
the stage.
CALLED TO ORDER.
At ten minutes past twelve o'clock
the convention was called to order by
August Belmont, chairman of the ma.
tional democratic committee, who said !:
; MIR. BELMoNTs SPEECH.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION
1t is again my privilege to welcome the
delegates of the national democratic
convention, who have met in order to
present to the American people the
candidates for president and vice presi.
dent, for whom they solicit the suffr ges
of the democratic and conservative
voters of this great republic. At our
last national convention, on the Fourth
of July, 1868, predicted that the election
: of General Grant would result in the
gradual usurpation of the government
by the executive and by congress, to be
enforced by the bayonets of military
despotism. The vast majority of the
people of the United States have with
grief and sorrow seen the correctness of
that prediction, and they look forward
with fear and apprehension to the dam
gers which are threatening us, if by the
reelection of General Grant, the policy
thus far pursued by the radical party
will be continued.
The thinking men of both parties
have become alive to the fact that we
are now living under military des-
potism, overriding the civil authority
in many states of the union. That, by
the enactment of arbitrary and uncon-
constitution laws through depraved
majority in congress, the rights of these
states are infringed and trampled upon,
and that C2sarism and Capitalization
are undermining the very foundations
of our federal systems, and are sweep.
, ing away the constitutional bulwarks
erected by the wisdom of the fathers of
the republic. These abuses have be-
come SO glaring that the wisest and
best men of the republican party have
severed themselves from the radical
wing, which is trying to fasten upon
the country another four years. reign
of corruption, usurpation, and despot-
ism, and whatever individual opinions
we may entertain as to the choice of a
candidate whom they have selected in
opposition to General Grant, there can.
not be any doubt of the patriotic i'm
pulse which dictated their action, nor
can any fault be found with the plat
, form of principles upon which they
!, have placed their candidate. The reso-
lutions of the Cincinnati convention are
) what the country require, and they
must command the hearty support of
, every patriot throughout the vast ex-
tent of our land. In the struggle which
is before us, l trust no predictions or
prejudices will deter us from doing our
duty to the American people. General
Grant has been a good and faithful SER
want during our civil war. His stub
| pohh GNU COuluS las uCip
ed to crown the Union arms with VIC
tory, and the American people have
rewarded his services with the most
unbounded generosity.
/, L am willing to concede that his in
! tentions on taking the presidential chair
! were good and patriotic, but he has
f most signally and sadly failed in the
q discharge of the high trust imposed
, upon him by the confidence of CRATE.
: full people. He is at this moment the
very personitication of the misrule
! which is expressing us, and his re.
!. election is fraught with the most de-
o plorable consequences for the welfare
Of the republic, and endangers the
d liberties Of the people.
o On the other hand, Mr.. Greeley has
: been heretofore bitter opponent of the
6 democratic party, and violent attacks
against myself individually, which
have from time to time appeared in his
t journal, certainly do not entitlp i'm tc
v any sympathy or Difference tC my
= hands but Mr.. Greeley represeA,s $ the
national and constitutional principles
of the Cincinnati platform, and by his
e admirable and manly letter of accept
g ance he has shown that he is fully alive
h to their spirit, and that if elected ht
= means to carry them out honestly and
faithfully.
However much you might desire tt
l. fight the coming battle for our rights
q and liberties under one of the trusted
leaders of the democratic party, it will
. become your duty to discard all consid
@ erations of party tradition if the selec
j. ton OF a good and wise man outside o
o our own ranks offers better chances O
4 success. You must remember that yol
u are here not only as democrats, but az
citizens Of our common country, ant
o that no sacrifice can be too great which
o she demands at your hands. And now
before propose to your acceptance thu
. temporary chairman of this convention
permit Inc to detain you one moment
l. longer by q few words of an entirely
@ personal character.
ri With my present action terminate!
my official functions as chairman of thu
national democratic committee, an Office
l. which by the confidence of my con
stituents and the courtesy of my col
| laaUupa / haua hold for furalua onnaoa