The Van Buren press., 1872-02-06
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DltutinR AoOut that icsuis VIII W CIV
tied to The honor aud gratitude OF this
country.
Now, gentlemen, it is not necessary
that l should continue these renarks.
There are other gentlemen here who are
much more able to address you In man
ner that will be agreeable to your feelings
than l can possibly do. There are some
distinguished strangers from several 9TH
er States who have come hither to look
upon our proceedings and sec how Tar
we intend to 70, and whether we are in-
deed earnest in this or not, and for one
should be pleased to hear from some Of
them, that we may have assurance of CO
operation elsewhere than in Missouri. !
thank you for your kind attention. Loud
cheers
Mr.. Prectorius moved that the CON-
mite of five have time until the goth OF
February to appoint the thirty delegsses
Carried
REMARKS OF NR scovEL.
Hon. James VI. Scovel Of New Jersey
was called upon. He said: Liberal
Republicans and liberal Democrats OF
Missouri; | came here from New Jsr.
scy to grasp the hands Of tho true men
of Missouri, and say God speed to then,
in their earnest contest against corrupt
administration, actaated either by malice
or bv contempt OF the dearest rights
OF the people themselves! A custom
house officer, salary 81 400 year, called
on me the evening left home, to say !
light ret anything | would have from
Graut, that he would find out whcn
came home replied wanted him 10
know that | 90 to meet the Liberal Re
publicuns Of Missouri, and to 60 away
and tell him---Ussless s. Grant that he
has no office in bis gift that would tempt
me to vote for him as President in No.
vemhcr, 1872. Applause ] thought
Frank Blair talked like child when he
said Grant, if elected, would never leave
the White House Elect him again and
yoH ,ed aeeer get him out! He has never
selected cabinet officer In whom tho
people coniided, unless 1t was Boutwell,
Applause He did an infinitely mean
er thing than ever Buchanan did, when
hs degraded Sumner Applauss. Hs
shook the Republican party to its very
foundation, and he can never force him
self on the country by brute force. Ii
he so heartily. and in writing. indorses
Tom Muphy Of tho New York custom
house as an honest man, the question
naturally arises: IL Grant an honest
M n htmseJ2 Applause. His score
tary Of The navy, Geo. w. Robson, is q
corrupt politician--who said give him
million dollars and he would control
New Jersey. lie has played the mis-
chef Mt that, and has lost New Jersey
for Repablican Governor twice in elk
the navy yards aud even usurps power in
the Philadelphia custom house to strike
down Republicans who have loved that
party not wisely but too well. APP
plausc. Both lie and his master, Grant.
are false to the essential principles OF
Rcpublicanism, and have made power,
tyranny and obedience, crntemptible.
They must go down. Cheers. b. Gratz
Brown, as true Radical as ever breath
ed, cheers says, Lovsis stronger than
hate. Yes, malice dies, and the affec-
tons only are immortal. Under the
shadow Of these great faces who adorn
this wall Clay the great commoncr, Lyon
the dsuntless hero and gdlant Tom Ben.
ton, the statesman, we can bury the past,
forgetting no great lesson that cost the
blood Of our beloved and best ap-
plause and build up Reform party OF
Liberal Democrats and Liberal kepubli
cans who shall become the great party
Of progress. and move forward TO victo.
ry fer twenty years, and then victory
will be the empire Of liberty; moving
forward whether with Horace Greeley,
Lyman Trnmbul, Gov. Palmer, Chas.
Sumner or B. Gratz Brown Applause.
Mr.. Scvvel paid handsome tribute to
Carl Schurz and said: cannot better
conclude, men of Missouri, than by re-
peating the brave words OF Carl Schurz,
yonr own noble and gifted Senator.
How iitly they express such an admins
.ration as we propose to build up for
four years; "a government animated
by the spirit of real liberty, controlled
by Law interpreted by the love OF hu-
manity; then, indeed. will this country
be what It ought to be, what its divine
author intended it to be; not vast
plantation for the breeding Of human be
ings Tor purposes Of lust and bondage,
but Il new valley of Jehoshaphat where
ali the nations OF the earth will meet 10
worship common God, and there cels
brate the resurrection Of human free
dom" Applause
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