The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-13

WltustauGing industrious efforts &c
saddle him with corruption I'm these
appointments they have all failed
and he mas come out triumphant
Now, finally, we must have Grant 3
few years longer in the presidency,
because the anti-slavery battle is not
yet fought out. care very little for
dollars and cents. ] DO care for hu-
man rights. That battle will not be
fought out 50 long as a single shred OF
Ku-KluXism exists in this land II
will not be fought out so long as a
single man of this land is deprived oil
one single right on the ground Of his
cOlO- [applausel, and / can not but
feel whenever l see in the proceedings
of Congress the defeat of an anti-Ku-
Klux Jill or the defeat Of the civil
rights bill that here are steps toward
the revival Of American slavery
Grant is doing well, and crushing out
Ku-KluXism. We want him to con-
tinue in the leadership a little longer
until the final and complete triumph
Of our cause. LCheers.l
i SENATOR MORTON.
Senator Morton was enthusiasticaI-
| ly called for. He said hesaw evide n
ces here of victory in November. The
enthusiasm here was not manufac-
tured- 1t was spontaneous. The Re-
publican party has the great mission
of taking care of the interests OF this
country. 1t is not the wOrshipers of
men. 1t holds fast to principles, and
not men. We only do honor to the
pioneers Of Republican principles
so long as they are true to the cause.
ILCheers. When a pioneer falls, he
falls further than anyone else. Some
claim the paternity of our party, and
therefore think they have a right to
kill it, just as certain ancients used to
claim the right to kill their own Off
/ spring. Laughter, and cries of "Gree-
| ley.nl Now we deny that paternity.
| If we were to admit il, we should de-
ny their murderous conclusions
! [Cheers.l
He urged the duty of the party to
improve the credit and finances Of the
country, and bring the currency up to
the highest standard, by a faithful
and judiciOus administration and the
/ gradual reduction of the public debt
The platform ofthe Republican par
ty is to be found in its history for the
last ten years, and in the acts Of this
administration. [Applause.l
Still our work is yet unfinished.
/ The l4th and 18th amendments must
be established that they shall be rec
Ognized by all parties without ques-
ton. We must establish fully the
rights of cOlOred men in this country,
SO that they shall be considered by
all parties, and the cOlOred men shall
have the full enjoyment of all their
civil as well as political rights. Ap-
| plause. Until then our mission will
not be done. 1t will not be finished
so long as the Ku-Klux organization
exists. [Applause.l
That organization will spring into
active lie again unless we have the
| proper legislative action and its ad-
ministratiOn by a bold and strong
government to protect our fellow eiti-
zens. We also absolutely insist upon
the protection of the lives and liber-
/ ties of American citizens in foreign
/ lands. Shall it be said that we insist
on their protection in every land save
our own? Applause and cries of
mo" mo-"
Mr.. Morton proceeded to vindicate
the Ku KluX law, and claimed that
| the President had executed and not
abused il, and that it had effected
/ greater good, and in the least space OF
of time, of any law ever enacted. In
| passing what was called the Ku KluX
law, we did not intend to place an ar
bitrary power in the hands of the
/ President of the United States, to be
exercised by caprice for a selfish or
partisan purpose. That power was
placed there for the purpose Of protect
I ing, or enabling him to protect, the
lives, liberty and property Of humid
reds of thousands, and even of mill
ions, of people in some of the South
/ ern States when the State government
/ had been unable or had failed to grant
/ such protection. We knew, in plac-
I ing that power in the hands Of the
/ President, that he would not abuse it,
and he has not abused it. TGreat ap-
/ Plausc. AND wiIItUYcI may have
been said, allow me to say here that
/ the Ku KluX law has done more good
/ in a shorter time than any other law
ever enacted by the Congress of the
/ United States. It has operated like n
charm. 1t has protected thousands
and thOusands1Of people from murder,
! from outrage, and from exile, and
those in the South who denOunce that
/ law, who oppose an enactment giving
/ power to the President for another
year TO suspend the writ Of habeas
corpus, in case OfrevOlution or rebelI-
ion, do not oppose it because any
wrong has been done, or because any
rights have been violated, but because
/ they are unwilling that certain instru-
mentalities shall be crushed out, which
/ being left uncontrolled, must absolute
ly sway the political future of certain
/ States. We desire an honest election.
We want men Of all parties and all
cOlOrs to have, and we mean to pro-
tect them in, the exercise Of every po-
litical right. [Applause.l
! Fellow citizens, the salvation of this
country, l believe, with her present
and best interest are bound up with
/ the predOminate interests of the Re
publican party for years to come
| Applause L am not an advocate Of
the Republican party merely as par
tisan, but because It has been the great
instrumentality by which this cOun-
/ try has been saved, and by which, in
my Judgment, it must be preserved in
the future. Applause. In a govern
ment like ours there must be parties.
Men entertaining similar opinions
must act together by organization and
cooperation. Break down the Re
publican party, and what security
will you have that you can ever get
another that will carry out the work
Stand fast by it, look to the future,
and be governed by the light of the
past. Sometimes a great light will
be extinguished. Sometimes one of
those to whom the people have been
accustomed TO look up to will fall by
the wayside. The people will drop a
tear, and may regret it.; but it will
pass away. Applause Remember
that the Republican party is greater
than any man. 1t is much greater
than all Of its leaders combined
Icheersl; but among the greatest OF
our statesmen and politicians great
errors are committed. 1t is said Gen.
Grant has committed his errors. / do
not deny it but am happy to say
that most OF the n are trivial. They
do not go to the sense and substance
of his administration. Any man who
suppOses that he has strength enough
to break the Republican party viii
commit a very grave blunder. zap
. plause.l
Let no man suppose that he ear
run the Republican party into the
! ranks Of the Democratic party by
means OF any back door or back stair
for the sake OF plunder. LApplause.
Several men who have been distin
guished i'm the Republican party
whom we have been looking up to a
= leaders and pioneers, have commit
, ted mistakes, but when they havD
7 made this mistake they have beer
J dropped, and passed away forever
/ Applause. 4 pebble dropped into
: pond produces a ripple for ittl
! while, but the pool very soon be
: comes placid; and 50 the greatest maj
! / in the Republican party, If he shall b
{ uDfaithful to its principles because o
. personal disappointment or irritation
{ shall be unable 10 destroy its organi
= Zation or destroy it, aud he shall sinl
: out Of sight TO disturb the surface 0
+ the political world as little as apebbl
!, when dropped into a lake. ZAP
: plause.l
: Then stand fast by your principles
You will tomorrow nominate Gen
q Grant. CApplause.l Gen. Grant ha
e told the American people that be ha'
] no policy to urge against their wishes