The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-31

60i s1Sk ou N0Ay BEht6Iul u
the people Of Jefferson county--a count,
that called me originally from the walk
OF private llfe--a county that tirs
gave me q vote for the Congress q
the United States withouta a parallel durlnl
the days Of my life or In the vote OF an,
candidate whatever the peneror
support the county gaVeme in the prima
ry election and Tor the generous .sappor
the county msgiYen me IN this coIiven
tion through It's delegates. nrT,-T
It Is not for me to raise auy. uuestio,
about the action Of the Convention. Their
Is no question to be raised by me about Il
| stand for the organization Of that party
which Is the party OF my country. rAD
platsc ! stand for It's nominees, FAp
plause. l turn neither to the righI
hand nor to the left. If my recort
may be considered now closed as {
representative Of this people, l trus
that hereafter you will fnd nothing
IN that record that will cause any one d
you TO blush. Never will!1 cheerfully
accept the situation. No man will flnd
me, while reason has a place in my brain,
following the standard Of that party oI
disorganlzation which conspired against
tue lie OF my country and attempted Ia
destroy the unity Of the Republic
"Good J" and applause.l And especially
docs 1t become all American citizens who
have regard to principle in the admins
traton Of American affairs, who have re.
gard to principle in the exercise Of ne
elective franchise by American citi-
zens to sec to 1t that a man who
has gone back on all that is
pralseworthy, upon all that was lust
upon all that was right, in his past life for
the sake of nomination, and has struck
hands with the common enemy of his
principles, should not receive the vote Of
any man who has any selErespect or
character. Cheers. Inoticed this day
and l refer to 1t now as confession
from very high source-the letter Of
Mr. Groesbeck, addressed to the respec.
tive chairmen OF the committees of what
Is known as the Liberal Republican party
and what is known as the Democratic
party In these modern times, informing
them hecould not accept the honor ex.
tended to him to preside over their com.
ing Convention at Columbus, notify.
ing them, and notifying the whole
world, that in the event of the
election OF Mr. Greeley to the Presidency
which God forbid I'VE cannot expect
Democratic administration! [Appla1se. |
Who ever before heard Of party of free.
men attempting to lift to the chiet magis
tracy ofthis or any country whatever, a
man who is not TO have an administration
In accordance with their own convictions?
Does MIR. Groesbeck mean by this the
Democratic party has no principles I?
Does he mean by this that it has no prin.
ciples that ought to be administered |? Or
does he mean by 1t that its standard bear.
er has principles that arc neither Demo.
cratic nor Republican, nor Ameri.
can. That is precisely the position
in which the party stands this day in the
presence of the American people-with a
Democratic nominee for the Office of
President Of the United States, whose
principles they dare not emblazon on
their banners or accept il administered
by him as Democratic principles at all,
My fellow citizens, l do not think since
the day when Lee surrendered with his
broken battalions of treason to the tri.
umphant legions of the Republic, there
has been any political contest before
the American people Of more supreme
Importance to the present and to the fu.
ture people Of the United States than that
contest on which we now enter. There.
fore pray you, gentlemen, one and all, as
you love liberty, as, you love Justice, as
you love the equality Of all men beforethe
law, as you love the unity of the Republic,
as you love the success ol this great expe.
riment OF representative government
amongst men, to 60 through this conflict
faithful and Vigllant and sleeplessly, until
final victory shall crown your efforts in
the reelection Of tho kero Of the century,
Ulysses s. Grant, the President OF the
United States, well tried, faithful and true.
MIR Bingham sat down amid warm ap.
plause, and cries were made for, "Upde.
graft" In a few moments Mr.. UpdegrafF
came forward to the stand and was re.
ceived with cheers.
DIR. UPDEGRAFF's SPEECH.
DR.. Updegraf said it was something
new, he believed, to make a man talk at
his ownliuneral, and he should have very
little TO say at this late hour. He simply
desired TO express to those who had stood
by him his most profound and grateful
Acknowledgements; and to say further
that he most checrtully acquiesced in the
decision OF the Convention. He, had
never been follower Of this great Repub.
lican party for the sake OF spoils, and
now no personal consideration should
make him talter for an instant in'its sup.
port. Its principles were those he had
cherished from childhood and while they
ttiumphed he should never feel defeat
Applause, To my young and eloqueht
l1tend, he said, who has tho honor 70 bel
the choice Of this Convention and the
chosen standard bearer of this great body
Of intelligent and patriotic people that
comprise the 10th District, / bid q hearty
and heart-warm welcome and God
speed. [Good and Cheers Brave in
the field. and eloquent in the forum he has
richly, earned the. honor he 80 flodestIy
wears. [Applause.l '''SS" ''S
The Doctor continued o few minutes
with some general remarks on the polit.
zeal situation, eulogizing the ,administra.
ton of President Grant and predicting
bis triumphant reelection. The people
Of the country realize, he said, that Gen.
Grants continuance in office means sta.
billty in nbusiness, honor abroad, continued
and abounding prosperity at home such
as we SEQ around us. It means to the
people Of this country, rest in peace; to
The nation, now in the van Of the nations
Of the earth, another step and another
victory infits grand march,of civilization
and, progress. WARN applause.
Before DR.. Updegraf came in, Judge
Cowen, Of Belmont, had nominated
Dr.. ]. T. Updegraff, Of Jefferson, for
Presidential elector for the district and
that 1t be made unanimous.
The Chair was about to put the motion,
Hyhn n -