St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26
The Grant Meeting in New York.
SPEECH BY SENATOR WILSON.

The Grant Republicans took their
turn ut Cooper Institute Oh Wednes-
day evening. The meeting was large
and enthusiastic, although the Tribune
says not so large as the meeting of the
Liberals" the week before. Speeches
were made by Gen. SickleS, and Sena-
tors Wilson and Morton. AS Mr.. Will
sons speech was mainly refutatiOn of
Senator Trumbull's speech at the pre-
vious meeting we copy from it at
length:
| thank You fellow citizens of New
York for this kind greeting and | have
Il favor to ask of you and trust you
will unanimously grant it. | have a
few plain words to say to You tonight.
| have but little time to utter them i'll
and ask You to give me neither ap-
plauSe, nor diSapprobatiom, but listen
to the few words have to say. | am IL
republican from conviction and by de
sire. | care more for the republican
party of the United States than do for
the interest, the aspirations. or the am
billions of amy thousand men in Amcri-
ca. Applause. | labored from the
year lSa6 to the year lS56. - years, to
bring into being Il great patriotic. libcr-
ty-loVing organization that should
make the Republic of the United States
Il free land. Applause and voices
Good" Sixteen years ago the re
publican party WAS brought into being.
/ rcligiou>lN believe that it came into
L.; l. I'll. fi. Lea .,nI
the nnhle$t aspirations of the best pnr-
ton of our country. LAppIauSc.l |
hrlirvr it was brought into being to
meet the needs of the endangered conn
try. and to carry ont in America the
providence of Almighty tod. APP
plaIl<,.. and cries of Good. And 81
believing. from the time it was created
To- this hnur. | have never consciously
uttered Il word "r performed an act t"
drive u MAN ont of its ranks: and here
Tonight. whoever may leave H$, hr Will
leave Us against my wishes and my
pl"tt>!atiuuS. and would. on my
knees if i could do il. ask him To pause.
come back and stand with It's, fight the
battle OF this wear. and 90 ON with Us
ia tie triumph> of the future. Mp
plausr. | am not here. /" tell Nou that
the republican party il Il perfect organ
iI;itinIi. II has in it, ranks 3JUI.WW
men. II has the great misses of the
mohlcSt and purc>t and best portion of
our country men. 1t has some men. of
course. W no ar, not all thcy SiI"Hld hr.
and We knew il: hu1 gentlemen. |
would not disrupt it hccau~r ii l. not
perfect. would FIGHT OH. work on.
toll ON. pray on and make il better. if
| could. and make il worthy of its great
history. and what | thiml, j. it, great
destination in the years Ia come. APP
plau~". Aud. gentleman. would as
soon 90 home and di>hand the, httlr
church in the town where | live. OF
which my wife was u member and | an
unworthy one. hcrallSt' some Christian
minister proved false I" his God. on
some poor mortal didn't live up To- the
professions he had made.
Gcntirmcn. | speak t" y"u tonight
from the deepest convictions. from the
soul. and | ask y"u VIII" have stood
with the republican party. you who
voted for that greatest character of our
century. Abraham Lincoln. great APP
plau-,. >.,rt VIII" held up his hands.
stood 10y him. wadcd through blood for
four years IL maintain Your country
and cmancipatc Il race: Nou who re-
pddiatrh Andrew johnson and his trca-
son and could NOT he bought 10y the
patronage of the government ap-
plau>c | ask You who reelected Ahra-
ham Lincoln in 81. when wise men
wrote letters up as late AZ the second
day of September of that Year. wishing
to get him ont. and have Il new candi-
date because he could not he elected
You who stood 10y him. ask you who
voted for the great soldier of IT, ap-
plauSel. ask you who carried your
country. the cause of liberty. justice.
humanity. Christian salvation i'll Your
hearts ask You. one and all. To stand
together lnu who have started for IL
new departure. come back. Come
back our ranks shall he open to Nnu.
We will bid you work. We will win an
other great victory and We will rejoice
together III the rriumphS of our cause.
Applause.