New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06

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heartily ratified by this meeting
The Hon. Cassius NJ. Clay was then called for' anu
addressed the assembly. After carefully re'r"'ins
Lhe prominent shaping the politics OF the
m 90 this time, Mr. Clay said:
Tn frys our fathers avowed the very Identical
,ha are es.sntially embodied this platform w1e i
Won have tonight unanimously adopted MnS y,a and
after so many wears OF % 80 affirm them Because
they made foundation for our natonahy po cavern.
bass that ali men were created equal ana ina onertv
s3cnts we're made 70 protect their liberty ana men
All declared equal BUT P1rS nerty and the
sult was that while ignoring the rights avn were IN
The inhabitants Of the United states esneciallv desire
danger That moral law 20 NH the liberty Of one is
10 caI vour attention tonight tna INC M ~ one Is
she liberty of all and deni Hence as Kentuckians
shnld here Co night upon the 9rOae pib All the rest
nen s" ,act All stand equal before the Jaw, -
not an equality for white men az VIC" Snorrr wrong
lien s1Saty Of iIen Of every nationaty, on eceny
TIme OF every color Cheers Inc Iepe U0" Of
s Of ,be period Of which speak, and was ranea w
beDe reduced constitutional aw Is
T,.-.a.nth Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
p Tho Temple to-day stands completed There Is 1nen Nv
longer any issue upon the question OF color when
h,ve bren started from state Of inertia INTO noS1n'
tnase idass have been pushed Dey men chr have GOV
trnt and meaning. and dishonest men VINO h1Ne ~,
ned the country fOr their benefit ana Ior tnels
own promotion have taken holh OF mem o ,per avn
ai sieyation It is to bring back the Government
from that system o., th tbe 'n frst Of May now
oIs - every citizen 10 stand by IL and aid IL HOW
- sfsnds che 3tate of Kentuckyi Some men say the!
,nt an expanation about the sovereignty OF ststr
sine men honestly and some men dlshonesuy, WoIu
~ ~, T Jaw in me CITY o. Lexington. when was
coming % this meeting United states troops dIneu
49, now in state OF war. Is not Kentucky capable OF
p pg care OF her internal poAcei II you 90 heTe
va will bands of armed soldiers STA me- sr
o>tepsibv 70 ald the Commonwealth but really lgnoI
int the commonwealth. ignoring the Constitution anu
the great principles OF human IpeIly Will t-a ,oun
nrred sacred the heroes and patriots OF every He
try large portion OF the cltLAeH,, az e,atnrites
TINS "a the state OF the ease when cans W, tob
tbe ongfOrgotten sovereignty OF ne 49, o",ion
Mai - yVbaf mean lCheersl l mean that the COhsl
on anal be restored the original idea SO Iaty anu
80 nObly expressed by the lhnOI "a L-uOulL sP 49,
b.tte-feld Of Gettysburg, where u was most aHpIu
-~gf2 that II should be expressed where the prncipls
Rud doctrines ana tie eIsteASe VI 49, 49, +be Iaone
p. .hIsh a government OF the people Dy lne peOIe,
l,r the people," lCheers.l Not the gONeInInel. ~ "
marty for party and. least OF all the government OF
party for ULYSSES Grant. Loud cheeFsJ lhat ls "-s
mean by sovereignty OF the states ~ Is the sONeIes
vi the people; these men Wno a7t no OeoDe They
svereicuty OF States mean 10 scorn the peoPc.
var1ment They want the government Of the bay 0nei
hnt thank God strong people is stronger THAN al
f.rhts dare defend them that Is what want .,-,.
Vow here have word 10 say 10 my cooleu Llcnus
rhev want 10 know what state sovereignty means; |
want you to read Constitution ana our platform '1a'
was adopted at Cincinnati Every coiofeu man u IN, IN
~ ~ for ourselves denOunce Us VIII YOU abandon
aA ~ vno hove fought for YOU for the last 20 years,
- ho b,ve made sacrifices OF lie ana property and
,si,Son 70 aid vour cause What do these men tell
Srf They tell You thew have organized the Republican
p.rty II the liberated yOu that placed you
Sgon she broad foundation OF equaty before lHe law
ana these men who would separate you from tndt par!
vyD0 would place you above the whites say tnty
love you better than the whites teII you lAeN are
bypOcrtes they yrants, VINO have taken possession
of me Republican party punder YOU ana 10 puhdtr
as then sink the snip Do you owe any ale s!aHcS
40 themi No sir. You owe IL 10 yourselves 10 we 4ur
those who have befrended you; you owe no grautude
~ Ulysses Grant-he never voted for you IN ms NE
You gratitude - Butler-ne NOleu - OF % tcs
sor JEFF Davis in the Charleston Convention; you owe
no gratitude TO slmOn Cameron because ne Eo1eo
against you in COngIess, ana COhsIess eA In
Abe War Department; you owe 10 sI1 e. - ~
Morton and Others OF tHas 81 .Pa ,Tbo 4o;ISbt
gratitude should be bestowed upon NOSE VINO Iuugnt
tor YOU and W no many sacr ices IN your be-
half not 70 those VINO come IL at the eleventh hour
wien the csmp has en- aAen Wleh 'ne PoS n Deen
boiled aud the soup ready and who tell all OF US 70
stand back and VI. IL they h&Se got Snousb .1u ~"
Now tell you 60 at love YOU better than the whites
but put your common senseior many OF you are
sensible menand 40 not believe the Drains ar az ~
TIE white head. the red head, or the black head
ycry great profIsOn and quantity through all
Wat would yOa think Of a coiored man who should get
man better than any other Wound you not regard nm
4. a traitor to his race What would you think or 8
white man who should say that ne loved the coloPed
nan better than bis own race Would you connde IN
heir statements quicker than You would N the state
een 40 long your frendsf GIVE US equality we DO NOT
aspre for want you 20 take the attitude thaJ
,ou must be recOnced your countrymen anu 10 the
white race that Is the only course Tor you 10 pursue
under tie circumstances. You violate great
urinciple Of moral law IN claiming more for your
Ives Than Tor Others, and you thus endanger
se liberty and safety Of al Now you j0OOOO strong
IA the south You are Southern men. your IN
crest, well as that OF the "hl.e men
IS here Tie number OF white here Is aDoW
iOOOOOOO You know parties change YOU know thai
parties from Federaist 70 Wing, from ing 10
republican. ana from wing 10 DemocIaue ana ron
Democratic TO Republican, 50 that about
1noe IN every twenty years ne nauona.
PARTIES are ali changed Now ask you
sensible men, suppose, as N tunes past the RepuD
IAN party changes ana You lose the and ana
nave had at the North ana support OF the Govern
.nent IS withdrawn. What u your positions Nou nave
yourself hostile, and though DO not think they
would enslave you they would nhIs' anu annoy !ou "a
hat your condition would not not ne much less than
slavery therefore. say you should unite with tho
IL aid by disnterested lookersOn that there never
AssemDed cOOeT-leaded more Intelligent, more
reciing ana earnest Dody O men lhan was corrected I'D
thlS Cincinnati Convention We had many candidates
nam IOI LII ~, ~ ~, 49,, P,,,r+5 3,Tt ~ ~
l'n whom would nor nave supporttI y scI VIII me
linO5t CheeriulneSs, and whom would not nave been
proud the standardOearer OF the party ana ee
,'ed ls our VII DS sleNateoD u tLe
Presidential Office. Cheers Take that scion OF New
gland stock. Charles Francis Adams cheers; he was
1un than l. l know him personally, and l knew his
aud have been personal friends he would have been
= GOOD man he would have been true man. and
te utmost confidence that none Of those principles
which his father and his grandfather 50 periodically
rtpcnlca ware sei AZ defiance by me mistaken vote OF
the south left that party and stood by the OF these
- ackuoWIedced ability and learning who possesses
DOL head and who Is noble patriot, has for years
opposed all attempts OF the party which he belongs
upon Constitution and laws he would have satisfied
ale So would Mr.. Davis, who made Judge by that
nobest and best OF all men ever knew, Abraham Lin
-cheersl-whO IN disregard 70 the demands OF
oubc sentiment, stood firmly and mistaken upon the
principles OF Justice according 70 the laws and COnstitu-
tOn thereby mourning ObOquy and denunclatlOn; he
would have satisfied me. Now. gentlemen, when you
come down to the nominees OF the Cincinnati COnven-
why cannot you too although they would not have
your first choice be satisfied with them WHAT did
YOU she Convention tori Was II 70 make any one man
PRESIDENT believe the majority OF the members OF the
Convention had no private ends 70 seek Ihey wished
10 establish tie foundations OF the Republic on the