Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-31
SECRETARY ROBSON At HONE.


The Republican State convention Of New
Jersey, which met on Thursday, In Trenton,
after selecting Presidential electors, passed
resolutions strongly indorslng the Admins
lratiun. Secretary Robson addressed the
convention In an eloquent speech which we
nnd reported in the Times a. follows;
at IL not necessary that should 20 into the
details Of this contest, The Que main fact has
been clearly laid down in the speech Of one Of
your dcleghtes. u h that the success OF the
Republican party IL necessary to the prosperity
Of this country. We mustTemembor, my frlends
when we are combating for tho principles Of the
Republican party, that we are not Sighting for
ourselves alone, but for liberty, for progress,
Tor the rights Of cvory man In every country
throughout the world. ,Remember that In as
suInlnE thls, ! am reminding you Of the Obllga-
tons which you and and all OF the party are
taking upon ourselves and Of the high mission
when we assume. Thanks to the God that rules
the destlnies Of the world, our people have been
educated for this very thing. Through war and
through suffering we have been raised to the
level OF the mission to which we have aspired.
"Our people are, therefore, true to their re.
spOnsiblllty have been In the past and will be In
the future We have gained, taken to our
selves, and comprehended the idea OF the con.
slstency Of free Institutions. The sagOs Of the
past taught that freedom OF government was In.
compatible with strength, but we have found
that the strongest Il aye the freeEt. You TO.
member In the time VI the reelection Of Abra.
ham Lincoln that all the interests Of the Old
World were stirred against him, and all the bad
passions Of our political enemies were excited by
their honorable leaders. But tho Republican
party stood the test The suffering OF the home,
where the empty chairs told OF death and widow.
hood, tha debt, tho suhoring, and tho poverty
were incapable Of stirring Rn Inch from its great
IDEAL that great Republican party. And 80 long
al there are new rights for the people to win, 81
long viii u eylst 10 some form or organization,
And 50 long a. there Is any class that is III,
treated, or any race that II threatened, II would
be false to itlelf II II did MOI sqme to It's as,
sistance, or II II dlshanded one Of Its OFEaniZa.
lions before Justice had been done
He then eNpatiated upon tho high ends and
aims OF the party, saying that, though some few
OF the leaders bad Iet them, 1t Was through a
gross Ignorance Of their own standing They
were followed for the truths which they taught
not for themselves, and when they lett behind
them those truths, the people ceased to follow
them and went aiter the truths which they had
thrown away. 1t was not In such a State and
before such an audience that II was necessary
to defend General Grant Three tremendous
cheers II was certain that there was not a
man in that audience who could believe that
Grant desired TO betray the country which he
had SO lately saved. He would not at that time
toll thG story Of General Grants greatness, but
he felt satishAd that In thirty years time, when
the history OF this aye was written, he would be
the central hgurs, aGd all others would move
around him In u subordinate say. Ills achieve.
men,s had boon uniformly great and Il was his
opinion, and perhaps II was theirs, too, that
great achievements were some part Of great GUy-
eminent [OhseTs and applause.l
He then took uB tho Democratic party, which,
he said, was by no means the old Democratic
enemy that they had been accustomed 10. II
was, 10 fact, n something that had craWled into
the Democratic lObstCr.shell, though Il was not
blk enough tn MI one VI It's claws Next month
the real hard.shell lobster was going to show
Itself ut Louisville, and then they would know
what foes they had to make head against Next,
he considered Mr.. Hreeley's programme, and
gave him "A logical scuFohlnu, showing how ut
teTly ridiculous II WAS to claim anything like
broad statesmanship for the philosopher OF
Chappaqua. The conclusion Of the address wa
welcomed with cheers. Three cheers were then
given for Gen. Grant, and three most expressive
and hideOus gTOans for Charles A. Dana.