The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

country, East, West, North and South,
il means instead of q war President,
trained only in the military school, and
whose whole character has been formed
in the ideas, arts, habits and despotism
of military life, instead Of this it means
peace President [cbeersl trained in
the ideas, arts. blessings and Republi-
san simplicity of peace and universal
freedom loud cheers /; of peace not
enchained, Of liberty not under arrest,
Awaiting trial, sentence and execution
BY drum-head court-martial, but that
liberty and that peace which the Con-
stitution secures by. placing the civil
law above the sword loud applsuseE
by preserving in full vigor the sacred
writ of habeas corpus, BY the right Of
trial by jury. [Applause]. Il means
another thing, and perhaps the most
important of them all, it means to arrest
the Capitalization of power in the Fed
eral Government. Loud cheers]. Il
means to assert the vital principles of
our Republican system, in which it
lives and moves and has its very being,
that constitutions are made by the
people in their sovereign capacity, for
the express purpose Of defining and
limiting the powers of the Government
CApplausel, the powers of all govern
ments, State or national. 1t means
that we are determined that presidents
and governors, Congress and State leg
islatures, and every department of the
Government, shall obey the Constitu-
ton. prolonged applause]. 1t means
also genuine civil service reform, be-
ginning with the presidential office.
[Applausel 1t means to put an end.
forever, to certain practices which have
grown up with this administration,
which have driven 80 many of the
ablest Republicans to join this Liberal
movement; and which have deeply
wounded the hearts Of all the Republic
cans as well as Democrats, in the
country [applause]; practices which
never existed under any other admin
istratiOn, which are but too well
known to the world, and which our
notions of good reputation will be best
consulted by not even naming.
+ lCheers1. It means also to give strength
and stability to our financial affairs
and our national credit, bringing hon.
esty and economy and fidelity to every
position, Federal, State and municipal,
where the public moneys are collected
and disbursed. [Cheers]. 1t means
also the honest payment of all our OBJ
legations. Renewed applause]. 1t
means to give higher tone and greater
vigor to the administration Of our
foreign and domestic affairs, SO as to
command the respect and confidence
of our own people, and of all the civili-
zed world. 1t means to place in the
highest offices of our government men
of whom all the world will say, '"rhey
are honest and they are capable"
[Applause]. i
Gentlemen, have thus briefly stated
the situation, duties and purposes
which bring us here. A great respon-
sibility rests upon this convention. If
its action shall be such, and l doubt
not it will be, as TO put an end to the
misrule which for the last few years
has afflicted our beloved country, this
generation and generations TO come
after us will remember with pride and
gratitude the convention at Baltimore
of the 9th of July, 1872"
Amid loud and long-cOntinued ap-
plause, Mr.. DOolittle took his seat. The
vice presidents then, upon the invita-
tiOn of the president, came forward
and took their seats upon the platform.