The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-09-06
NTY, OHIO. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER g. 1872
SENATOR WILSON.

E. SENATOR WILSON.
re- Speech to otheCifixens OF IIuds0n-Fact
70 and 4 respects of the Coming Cam
, paign.
.e HUDSON, n. Y, Aug. 2S.-One o
- - the largest political gatherings eve
!. convened in Hudson assembled las
= evening IN the spacious Assembly
!. room OF the City Hall, on the occa
y sion OF the grand ratification meeting
. OF the nominations for State and Fed
0 eral officers. Mr.. Henry A. Dubois
3 who was unanimously chosed to pre-
Q side over the meeting, in a few ap
propriate remarks introduced ths
orator of the evening Hon. Henry
Wilson.
: SPEECH OF HON. HENRY WILSON.
Senator Wilson, who was received
7 with immense cheers, said: 81 thanh
you for this kind greeting tonight
!. 1 come here to advocate the interes,
OF no man nor set of men, but to
speak for the Republican Party oi
the United States. Applause That
party, the living present and the
coming future will unite in pronoune-
ing the party of patriotism aud the
party OF liberty. / am not here to-
night to make any apologies for the
Republican Party. Its history is
known to the people of the United
States and to the intelligent portion
OF mankind. 1t is not faultless, but
measured by a high and exacting
standard the whole human race out
side the United States pronounces it
to be the party that carries the flag
OF Christian civilization in the West
ern World. Brought into being
seventeen years ago, to maintain the
cause OF liberty then in peril, it has
in peace and in war stood by the
country in all its perlls, and main
tanned the rights OF all men of every
cline and race. Its platform is be
fore the country to day ; its candi- |
date for the Presidency is known and
honored throughout the world,
cheers, and that it will triumph in |
November next, don't entertain the |
the shadow of doubt. That its ban
ner shall wave gloriously in the COM
ing struggle, / anu sure as am of nv
existence.
i come here TO night, men of New
fork-the great Empire S.ate-to
ask you to take Your part with the
rest OF the country in the great strug.
gle upon which we are now entering.
l come here to ask you, business
men, toiliDg men, young men, and ,
you who fought with him in the field,
to consider the results in the event of
of Republican defeat. The Repub-
lican Party does not turn its back
upon it's past; it reverts to it with
pride and with hope; and it moves
right forward to fight the future bat !.
ties of the country. Thank God,
gentlemen, the Republican Party
does not wish to forget its past,
cheers, and, while / am not here to :
say it has not committed mistakes, /
maintain that, measured by the great .
standard of devotion to country, to
liberty, to justice, to humanity and :
Christian civilization, it has not got,
and never had In America, any polit-
ical party that could claim to be its
peer
Beyond the limits of New York We :
are turning to you. / am here to say '
have not shadow of doubt that in =
November next with only one ex-
eeptionS every one oi>the twenty one r
rec States will be true to GsI also e
'ay TO you tonight that, after reading r
he action OF your State Convention. .
md the nomination of that great .
oldier and statesman. Gen. Dix. .
New York can be carried by the Re. y
publican this Autumn il they will it. = 8
You have nominated q man who. in :
he dark hours of 1861, when treason = =
vas in Washington, in the Cabinet, :,
n the Senate, in the House, in the a
supreme Court, in the army, in the "
avy. everywhere, gave that i'm. ~
Mortal order If anybody pulls E E
own the old flag shoot him on h h
e spot. i-ssv to You tonight that a
q nomination OF ftnaIssss.s>smanv Who ~
rilled the heart of the country y
q dark Winter of 1861, by this Sc
der, points to victory, and the
'untry will expect the freemen of en-,
ew York to make Gen. Dix the next We
overnor Of the Empire State. Iii
INIT stand here to night, / repeat, no
the interests OF anybody. The ro,
,estion involved in the present con. ed
ct is not whether Gen. Grant or
Grace Greeley shall be the next
resident OF the United States
II you that question is, Shall the ::
epublican Party that has governed W. W.
is country during these last twelve Us Us
ears, in peace and in war-the party oo w
at saved the country and made It W W.
this party continue to % %
,ntrol the Government, Or shall it su
snd let the Democratic ic'
arty 60 into power? Mo- The pc pc
epublican Party, with its three and "a .s
half millions of voters, stand on W
le same platform, North and South, ~
edged to progress and reform. The a. a.
'emOcratic Party, after having vain ~ "
essayed in 1864 and 1868 to OBJ ~ M
lined control of the Government of os
he nation, have fastened upon little W W
and of 10000 or $4,000 disaffected AZ
and they have inaugu- -
ated JOINT platform in which the ..
democrats do net believe. W
Mr.. Wilson, at considerable length, a.,
len referred to the suddenly-formed br
urpose of the Democrats for reform, nr
that these ideas were 81
dopted for the occasion, and the bl
Id spirit of rebellion still influenced Il,
ne Southern Democrats. A few Lib. ar
raj Republicans, he said, had left an
heir party from an honest motive to n,
orrect abuses these should be cor W
Tally invited to cCme back. The a,
reat mass OF them were influenced a,
" personal and ambitious motives, q,
nd their detection was more bless y,
ng than loss. ii
With reference to the alleged un- in
of Gen. Grant, he main p
aimed it had no positive existence. fc
be asked, was Grants historys a.
the army at the opening Of re
he war, by valor, bravery. and the B
evelopment of the greatest military m
bilities, be raised himself to be a:
osition of Commsnder-in Chief, and th
armed the eternal gratitude Of his til
ountry by the suppression of the eli
7ar. When peace was restored he SO
i'd not seek his present position &C
The position sought him, and he CT
maintained that Grants Administrs- OF
ion was the best Administrator the
ountry had seen in forty years. 1t
vas a reformatory Administration,
e said. and an Administration &C.
by grand success. He fo
eterred to the reduction OF the na- Il
ional debt by SAC, 100000, the in al
,reased credit of the nation abroad, hi
Grants Indian policy, his relation to b
he colored race, his action with re- b
yard to foreign citizenship and his cl
general Administration, claiming that 81