Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-08-14
aPnlitical.
Extracts from Senator Conkling's
Great Speech.

Great Speech.
For twenty years it has been my privilege
to address my neighbors upon political issues,
and too much ardor has perhaps been among
my faults. Yet no election has ever appeal.
ed so strongly to my sense Of fair play, no
canvass within my memory has ever been so
full Of foul play, injustice and malice, none
has ever more strongly tested the common
sense aud generosity Of the American people
Eleven years service in Congress has make
me a close observer of four Presidents, and
Of many public men and if among them all
there is one, living or dead, who never know.
ingly failed in his duty, that one is Ulysses
Sidney Grant. There was forecast in giving
him the name Of Sidney for bis greatest and
gcntlest quality is his magnanimity. lfthere
has been a high official ever ready TO admit
and correct an error-if there has been one
who did wisely, firmly and we'll the things
given him in charge, that one is the soldier
in war, and the quiet patriot in peace, who
has been named again by every township in
forty-six States and Territories for the great
trust he now holds. Yet this man, honest,
brave, modest and proved by his transcendent
deeds to be endowed with genius common
souse, lnorai 9uuh'les' aIequate 70 'ne great
esI "nui,s e"'s n'au VINO sa'cp ms country
s"o sua'oueu our Ia''o"alily anu our cause cause
,,oui uespalr' anu pore 'ne" on MS snieiu
surYugu .ne nane ol pa''ie' ~ WHICH out
'oi uln, 'ncy "ou,u nave pefisneu tuls man
flourished as no one dared predict this man,
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" r's S""Py DSeause nO ss"uus ~ 'ne way
u 'uO s'oso unu auioi'ou u Poli'lcians anu
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VI no1I It Without , 'nu,gualion tuey are ue'
o.'yu y '"' 0'ouu VI Oa'u,uny "nio" u",A'
gus 'no sHy, VI. cue ,n'en'o.s are 'iien us,
t"PIieu ; %'.u i'o.'' VI e'se 'ae aoiuiI anu
has waoed g, rnon,bs Tba p,ea;don, % liz
EniIr snd al noarI, osaao;.,oJ ,r;,L H..
have Ieen besna,,oroj ond ,rn,h arS dooona,, ~,,n
have been dr;gon Ca rawav Eyaru thiof an1
cor,.,or.n, and ,,ono ~ ha. La!a - 80 aa
ovorv hafled mousor Gor rlaco o. rtIundor
every man With griovonco or ornd,o. oil
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seem ~y - waa an Hnrbr;dled ,oycno '"e -
d,iye fonl non
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Cpon wnat gtouod wiz pa,Tlo'lc u, Democrats
i prefer u1eeley r 70 Trans lney must prefer
nolitical doctrine he renresents
Are Democrats for repudiatine the debt
Are they for apitating, or annuiing the tbir.
teenth. fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
of the Constitution ? Would thew re.establisb
slavery? Would they pay the rebel war debt.
or pensions TO rebel soldiers. or rebel war
claims ? Would they initiate the currency
again. and food the country with paper
money? Are Democrats against reducing
taxes and expenses Are Democrats opnosed
to peace with all nations. and stable govern.
ment at home ? These questions are not asked
to impugn the position of any man. but for
the opposite reason.
Gen Grant being tried and true in all these
things, why should any Union man, or con.
seryative, or business man, or patriot. vote
against him. even if his competitor was a safe
and fit man for President PLAINLY there can
be no reason. unless Grant is unworthy of
confidence or respect. and deserves to be found
guilty of the crimes and vices alleged AGAINST
him. To Judge this question we must exam.
inc his history and Law bare his life. The
tree is known by its fruit :" the carpenter
by his chips the man by his deeds.
Ine llooraI iueA 0, uecency ana many
war iorees ne 10 sPeaN ol ano'ner T, ln,ng
"n,0u "li e'a'e upou youI ears Inc Poiil-
,ca' scaYengels pre,enu 'na' 'he ffesiuen'
"aS s,o"" lion aS iesiuon'' ny i'ioi. ga'"'
ana @ Iney parade MS properly by mlIilons.
we nave iallen on sorry times when the
oniei magistrate oil the country win lame
SO great ana pure must give account Oh MS
private property IN answer to eIectloneering
ialsehoods' lhe President would disdaln to
10 II nave no authority 70 DO IL DO
not assume 10 10 II on ms pehali out on De-
hall OF the party and the cause be represents
venture to state the facts.
AT Galena, where he tanned hides, he
owned house, and during the war he invest
ed the savings from his pay in some lots in
Chicago, and in some shares OF street railway
stock
Mrs. Grant inherited her share In her faith
er's farm in Missouri, and they bought out
the other heirs with portion of the hundred
thousand dollars, presented by the citizens of
| New York This hundred tlOusaud doll