The New York herald., 1872-08-22
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION

UTICA, August 21, 1872.
The Republican State Convention met in the
Opera House this morning. The delegations were
apparently all full military band in the gallery
played q number OF popular airs as the delegates
assembled. The Convention was called to order o
little after by A. B. Cornell, Chairman Of the
State Central Committee.
General @. Fl. Van Wyck moved that B. Platt
Carpenter OF Dutchess, be appointed temporary
chairman. Agreed to unanimously
General Van wyck and Lieutenant Governor Wood.
ford conducted Mr.. Carpenter to the platform
amid applause.
MR.. CARPENTERS SPEECH
Mr.. CARPENTER, on taking the chair, addressed
the Convention as follows-
thank you for this manifestation OF your conf
dence. The occasion Is indeed a momentous one.
The form OF opposition, whether 1t be vapOr or
substance again confronts you. The representa-
tives OF the antagonistic classes have put together
candidate with two faces. An editor, anxious for
allies In his warfare against the professions Of
lifetime, and destitute of troops, save the few
stragglors that in the grand progressive march OF
the republican columns have fallen sore by the way
pioys the democratic lion, whose roar,
once dreaded, is no longer terrible, and
Ro1sss now see what &sop pictured long ago~a noisy
animal with borrowed skin. tApplause) A
more ingenious class OF democrats, who regarded
natl with unusual wagging and joyful contortons
as a wolf in sleeps clothing, suddenly discovered
perfectly natural, and that he certainly was not
wolf, and their evidence is the wool that he has
pulled % eyes No @hen n ond
such lamb shall lie down together the standard
bearer OF this opposition Is noted for Ibis his
he has enacted for years at his Chappaqua grounds
o somber burlesque upon American husbandry,
him better Judge Of carrots than Of character
(Appause,) His supposed devotion to principle
however, received a fatal shock when, IN exchange
for q few promised votes, he bartered away the
right TO advocate his long dolized doctrine OF pro-
lection. Before assuming the robes of candidate
his political renown had been limited to protection
his law to libel and bailments his hobby to an lsm
From the Jealous nstigator OF servile factions he he
came the petuant advocate OF secession, ana after
the rebellion commenced his original cry Of
"oN TO RIcHMoND'' -
was no more ridiculous or abortive than will be
bis present campaign, WITH the Pnilossopher m
tainers, blind with hunger for onlcal pap-tap-
plause) and shouting "0n to Washingtonln ION to
the biind-sha they not both fan into the chasm ~
1t Is not marvellous that, infused with the malgnty
that inspired his desertion, he should strive
os @ By Sa Ssi' b q
patriotism In the darkest hours Of the rebellion
asspsratlon;, when the Northern la soldier, .I;.S
never n lacking courage. was r,re nrea with with
ia the great d
every brow-but one, then, at the critical moment
OF the nations life, when the bravery OF her sons
seen climbing up the craggy Canadian shore, with
his back to his native land, this doughty leader,
robust In frame, but ainting in spirit, showing to
the world the
WHITE COAT, THE WHITE HAT AND THE WHITE
FEATHER.
Q.ong continued and uproatious applause.) Thus,
he who was the promoter OF hostilitles in peace,
became in war the advocate OF surrender. Where
is Southern chivalry too valiant to raise the white
nag even when discretion counselled and surrender
would have been honorable, If II shall now
or discord and the white-feather hero O.
Niagara Appaaste viii Masre Is democratic M con
pie in greedy hunt for the spoisf Appropriately
may their orators proclaim 'haf loaf is betteI
tend beyond the ioaves and fishes. (Applause.
1t is impossible that the more honest rank and 1l
OF that party, living prosperously and contentedl
under good government WIN NO srguIehs v,a Du
before them, can be transferred body ana soul Q
the bidding and through the intrigue OF sensn Ieat
ers to grace the funeral procession ssl n @. OF
standard bearer was once powerful as III
tribune Of the republican party, then assumed Z
cause he could not be tolerated as dictator. a
the New York meeting before Cincinnati they hear
from his lips the explanation that because he wa
unable TO rule the last Republican State Conven
tion he had determined, II possible, to ruin tn
party that held it but they have not advanced ia
enough to endorse the benign doctrine which ht
would now promulgate--that the incendiary VIII
npplies the torch, equally with the brave fireman
who extinguishes the names, Is entitled TO credi
and reward for saving the structure. They do no
Join the cormorant throng IN coyetlng from brav
General who came almost penniless nom contes
In which bis genius and persistence had save
the Republic (applause) the tokens or gratitud
that Joyous people have bestowed; nor do the
ind occasion for fegned indignation In the iat
that OF 30, 900 government servants III appears tha
slender half dozen are related within the mint
degree Of blood or affinity to the President. The