Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-02

shows present ability to continue tn
work of reform, BY the application O
the same principles with which il achiev
ed its past success. Applause. II Is be
cause those who have esucceededin in obtain
ing control Of its organization and ma
chineTy for diverting II from its legiti
mate objects and purposes; that we ar
here to-day to call back those who hayl
wandered and 70 recall those who ar
willing 70 work with US, to restore thOs
principles to their proper primacy
And now, gentlemen, one Of the deel
and earnest conviction which ha
spread universally almost through tn
hearts of the American people, and ou
of which this movement originates, i
this, that the war of the rebellion
is ended, and that peace hs
! come. TApplause. Z And that a
the war has ended, 50 ought miIitaT1
rule and military principles. Cries O
q Good! Goodr' and loud cheers s.
ought everything that Is arbitrary; S,
/ ought everything that degrades race o.
individual; so ought everything tina
Oppresses, everything that keeps alivi
and fans the embers Of the dying and
ought-tO-be-dead past. The cry cam,
I'D four years ago, and il was thought Il
/ be an omen Of the coming of that time
Z which we have looked for in vain WheI
/ il was said " Let Us have peace, ?
But we have not had peace. Lock a
1 the South to-day. What a spectacle
/ We have the example Of so-ealled civi
/ governments bankrupting the commu-
mites they affect to represent. The
1 power is usurped BY strangers, and not
/ conferred BY the voice Of the people
and not for the purpose Of restoring the
/ prosperity Of those battle-graZed fields
but for cOrruptly enriching the mel
who think that power and Office
/ belong TO them a. property, and not
as a trust; and so, gentlemen, in
every department Of the government
/ the slow poison Of corruption, only not
sufficiently slow, seems to have per
vaded the whole civil and political adj
ministratiOn of the country, from the
head to the foot. [Applause.l 1t is be
cause Republicans, with pain, with re-
I luetance, with sorTOw and with regret,
1 see, know and experience this condition
Of public affairs that they have felt that
/ they could no longer afford the respOn-
sibility Of partnership in such wrong.
{ Applause. But il was their duty "a
I lead the column out in order to restore
all the blessings Of good government, q
sound government, just government
and Of an honest government. APP
plause. But, gentlemen, am detain-
ing you much longer than intended.
You have a great work before you, a
work of unexampled difficulty. Let US
not conceal il from ourselves. You are
called together, contrary to precedent,
as mass convention. Your first duty
is, therefore, to inaugurate and organ
ize your body so that it may speak with
the authority Of a just and equal repre-
sentatiOn of all opinions and Of all
interests. That Is the work 10 which
YOU are now summoned. 1t IS my priv
ilege, it is my honor, to inaugurate
your deliberations in this prelim-
mary organization. l have had
no such experience in public life
OF in deliberate assemblies, as will
justify me unaided, TO successfully con-
duet you through these preliminary
stages; the duty andrespOnsibility is up
on you. have great faith gentlemen
in you, and in the action Of this assem-
BY; I have a biding and mistaken faith
in the immortality and triumph of those
principles which / know viii be the
guide Of your organization. Applause. !
l am deeply indebted to you gentlemen
for the honor you have conferred upon
me, and for the kindness and courtesy
with which you have listened to me. /
will detain you no longer. You viii
now proceed TO complete the temporary
organization Of your body. loud cheers
and shouts.
ELECTION OF TEMPORARY sECRE-
AAhALa.
Mr.. GrosvenOr-By request Of the EX-
ecUtive Committee, I propose as tempo
raTy secretaries Of the convention Geo.
W. Nichols, of Ohio; g. w. Palmer, Of
Illinois, and Joseph Pulitzer, of Mis-
sOuri. BY further instruction Of the Ex-
ecutive COMMITTEES, i have the following
resolutions to propose:
ReSOlUed, That when this convention
adjOurns it adjourn TO meet again to-
morrow morning at ten o'clock, and
that in the meantime the several State
delegations elect, from among their
numbers, delegates double the number
of votes TO be cast by the respective
States in the Electoral College, and
that when this convention meet again
at ten o'clock tomorrow morning the
names Of the delegates 50 elected report
themselves for the purpose Of proceed
ing with the transaction OF the business
Of the convention.
Before an adjournment Is made,
1 am requested BY the local
local committee 10 announce that the
tickets for delegates tomorrow viii be
issued at No. 8 Mozart Hall, at nine
o'clock, upon presentation Of credentials
from the several States.
- all At,uA l.
possible at this meeting in the work Of
preliminary organization
A delegate then moved to adjourn.
AS the President was about to put the
question he was interrupted, and his
voice drowned by sudden and vOciferous
calls for SchurZ from all parts Of the
hall, which were continued until the
gentleman appeared in front Of the plat
form, when some one darted forward
and asked three rOusing cheers for
Sehurz, which were given with tremen-
dous enthusiasm, many Of the delegates
leaping from their seats and waving
their hats in concert with the outpOur-
ing roar of voices of thousands that
welcomed the speaker. Such was the
anxiety to hear him that he was forced
to decline in few words of an almost
peremptory character Mr.. Schurz said:
My FELLOw-CTTIZENs 1t is impOssi-
bic for me to express my gratitude for
the cordial manner in which YOU have
called me out and received me, but l
fear ] shall have to disappOint you now.
This convention means business. Ap-
plause.l And had just passed a resOlu-
ton with regard 70 the manner
in which the business Of this
convention, TO be prepared, and to be
conducted. The first Of May is moving
day, Laughter and cheers, and we
should lose no time in taking such steps
as will be calculated TO remeve that
which i obnoxious to the honest enc
mics of the American people, and TO
put something better in its place. APP
plause.1 / said that i feared that /
should have TO disappOint you now, for
honestly | do not intend to make a
speech at this moment Loud cheers
Of ego on" In the course Of the pro-
Of this convention, there viii,
now and then, be moments when there
is no political business % be transacted.
1 shall then perhaps avail myself Of
some opportunity to address a few re-
marks to you, and a may OBJ
serve that i have some things to
say. Loud cries Of now, now,
and eheers.l have had so frequently
70 withstand voices Of those who were
against me, thus you must take no ex-
ception if | to-day resist the cries of
those who seem in my favor. There is
some political business 10 be done, and
there is but little time for doing it.
You must bear with me it, in obedience
to my own Judgment / conclude by
simply seeonding the motion that we
now do adjourn. Loud cheers, amid
cries for Cassius NJ. Clay and other
noted speakers.
The chairman announced that the
Convention stood adjOurnd until ten
O'Clock Thursday morning.
NORTH CAROLINA.