Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-17
SENATOR DOOlLTTLEs SPEECH BE-
FORE TIE BALTIMORE
CONVENTION.


CONVENTION.
GENTLEMEN oFrHE CONVENTION:
7 thank you tor this great honor.
Words can't tell how much, kut YOU
will allow me to pass at once from
what is personal to speak of the great
occasion-the duty and. purpose
which brings us together. Two
years ago, neatly four years
after the bloody period of the
civil war had ceasel-thc Liberal Re-
publicans of Missouri Applause. feel
ing kecnly all the evil of prescription
test oaths, the hates aud stritcs, the
passions Of war had left upon them,
long after the war itself had ceased,
and feeling keenly Executive Federal
distation in their local elections de-
&{mincd to organize move
ment to restore equal rights to
all our citizcms, 4 NApplausc,l white rs
well rs black, [Appiansc,l t" restore
local sclf-govcrnment, and arrest the
further Capitalization offcticral pow
CT. They organized nearly 40,0U
strong, aud called upon Grn.z Brown
lApl l.uscl t., IL AL the movement
They placed him in nomination for
Governor, and then what followed?
10000 Democrats and Republicans
(Chccrsl looking upon the success Of
that movement as above any party
tridmph EChecrs.l resolved to sustain
it with their whole strength. Love
of country, love of Republican prin-
ciplcs aud love # tlic cqual rights oi
all men, inspired that union, and
taught men to act together who had
politically opposed each other ell
their lives upon other questions,
without violating either honor. logic
conscience or consistency on either
side.
The victory which came from that
union, was the end of prescription,
test oaths, of pain, Of strife, and OF
disloyalty. In u word, the real end
of civil war came with that vic.ory
and did not come till then in Miss"u'
ri. Intense Arplausc.l II redccm'
ed that State; it gave the right o
frccmcn to 10000 men who had bee,
bound and fctcrcd missouri is now
free State in this Union, with hcl
rights and dignity and equality under
the Constitution. and not one muir
muir of disloyalty is anywhere heard
80 complete is the success. The I.ibc
raj Republicans OF that State were
not contcn, without making an cilor
to extend the same union VI 1,ihrra
Republicans; Democrats to all o,lCi
States. tAarrlansr.l Accordingly II
the State Convention they resolve,
to invite tho Liberal Republicans /,
all the States To meet them In II Ma
tinmnl Convention In Cincinnati "'
the lat of May. Tha, Invitation wa
accepted.
Many of tho Rhlcst men In til
country, lately leaders In tho Rrpnl
lirnm party. were there, nnd took n
nr,ivn part IN Its deliberations. Thu
Convention presented " platform an
presented candidates to the rountr
tor rrcs,drnt. Horace Grrelr
Long continued rhr"rs;l amd fC
! Nirc President, II. :irat, hrrw;
More cheers For weeks that pla
form and these candidates have hrr
before tho country. In the mcnntin
the convention rallnd to nominal
Grant aud m,l"rsc tho policy "r Ii
administration has done its work l.
tween tho l.ihcral Republican follow
crs of Grants Admins >traiinm, rh
issue is now clearly made NJ il
Grant or Greeley, Cheers and erie
of Grcclcy,"l shall We arrcp, ihi
invitation tn cooperate with the lii
eral Republicans? lGrcat applause
Shall wo adopt this platform? I.ou
cries of "ycs" "ycs!" aud some erie
VI uVNSi' ! ''hVi wv h'uNtUN'V w
same candidates? l"Ncs" "ycsl''
And shall we elect them? ("Nes.'
"yes!" "tcsl" aud loud chcrrs.l o
shall we refuse To cooperate an,
other candidates tcrics of no! no! nm,
Greeley! Grcclcy:'l and strive t
elect them over boilr tickets in tn
field. Gentlemen, these are the uucs
tions YOU are called on to decide
That you will decide W iscly canno
doubt, nor cam any one doubt VIII
looks over this body of men, repre-
scnting 5000, ,OtS of citizens, and W h.
feels as every one must feel, the hig
and petriotic purpose which imspir
you. a great trust rests upon thi
Convention if its action shall be such
and doubt not it will he so ,as to pu
an end to misrulc, which for the las
few years has afflicted Onr country
This generation ard generations l.
come after us will remember wit
pride and gratitude the Convention
Mt Baltimore Of the 9th of July, 1877.
Amid loud and long applause Doolit
tie took his scat.