The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-04
FRE PRESIDENT.
Speech OF She Late Attorney General,
Judge HOaF, at Boston, on Saturday
Evening.
SHORR, S1APPY, SPIRITED, SUFFI-
GENT.

Mr.. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CIT
IZENS: Allow me to indulge in a re-
miniscence. 1t is sixteen years ago
almost exactly tonight since 1 had
the pleasure and honor of addressing
an audience of my fellow citizens in
Faneuil Hall upon political issues.
That night, when this hall was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity, and throngs
were pressing for admittance, but
could not get it, was called TO ratify
the nominations of the first nominees
of the national Republican party.
Fellow citizens, L owe to the Grant
Club the honor of being invited to ad-
dress you this evening and the OppOr-
tunity which this occasion affords
But'for myself the only Grant club
that l belyOg to is the Republican
party of Massachusetts, Lapplause.
and the only ratification which the
nomination of Gen. Grant requires is
that ratification which will be given
at the polls next November. Ap-
plause.7 / was younger considerably
when Iaddressed q meeting in Faneuil
Hall than l am now, and on that
occasion, though our party in the
State had been but a short time in
existence, ventured to promise that
Massachusetts, would give the nOmi-
nee of the National Republican party
a hundred thousand votes. We gave
| him one hundred and seven thousand.
I do not promise, now that l have
grown older, fellow citizens, but l
| propose we give Gen. Grant that
number, and a good many in addition.
| TApplause.1 I Massachusetts,, as far as
any indication has been given, re-
tains her fidelity to the Republican
party and the Republican cause. We
have upon the ticket our own fellow
citizen, Henry Wilson, a man who
has built himself up under our own
ewes to this national recognition, a
man of clean hands and all honorable
polity, a man of sympathetic heart, a
man who has devoted his youth and
manhood to the service of the public,
doing faithful and admirable service
to the party who thus recognizes his
title to well earned distinction.
might say, fellow citizens, that there
was no interruption to the respect and
confidence which the people of Mas
sacbusetts reOOse in Gen. Grant. and
vet can not forget, and 1 suppose
none of you can forget, that there is
one exception in the Senator from
Massachusetts, who has recently, tC
the regret of so many of his friends
poured out upon the candidate of the
Republican party a measure of invec-
tive which could hardly be exceeded
lift had been addressed to the com
mon enemy of mankind. / mention
the name of Charles Sumner. lHisse:
and applause. No, no, no fellow
citizens. let no voice of Kissing or o
censure in Faneuil Hall greet tina
bonored name. No; he has stood u
before YOU the champion Of freedom
the honoTed son of Massachusetts
loud applause land has done nObl
service. 1 have walked humbly b.
his side from my youth up, since
q first enlisted for that war, and homo
4 him still, and the honor 1 feel for hin
adds point to the regret that in his ad
$ vanced age, upon such a personal Is
sue. upon such considerations, b
could haye INDUCED in such speee
at such a time. 1t is sad for Ger
Grant; it is sad for the Repubica
marty; it is saddest of all for him.
The Republican party of MassaehJ
sets can address their Senator in IN
, language of the Psalmist, sit is NJ
an open enemy that hath done N
this dishOnor, else l could have born
il; but it was thou, my guide, my coul
seIlor, my own familiar friend"
say it IS saddest for him, because Il
II choice is very soon to be presented
him whether he will stand oy the IL
publican party, its organization,
principles, its standard bearer,
whether he will desert in the face
= the enemy. / know too well VIII
that choice ,naust be, from the reeO
of his life, to doubt that he viii We
soon realize the full sense of the pO:
!tion in which he has placed himse
But, while we have looked to Charl
Sumner for an eloquent vindication
2, lofty principles, his judgment of m
seems sometimes to be at fault. BI
that speech has fallen as dead up
the people of Massachusetts, as ifit b
been q leading editOrial of Democrs
ic newspaper. And why is it 8
Confidence is q plant of slow growi
ng we are told, but confidence once
ar lcured is not likely or easily to be d