Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-06-21
Speech of Governor OgIesby at Phil.
adelphia.

In his speech at the recent National
Republican Convention, referring to Cen
eral Grant, Ex-Governor Oglesby said:
1t is that little man who, but few years
ago, was as unknown to fame and to this
country as that poor eolored man now re-
turned and sitting in your midst. The young
man who went through West Point unno-
ticed, who passed through the Mexican war
in the same way unnoticed; he retired to
private life, for you and know that among
all the great names but few years ago this
little mans name-Gen. Grant-was I'M
known. felt deeply grieved the other day
when that great Senator from one of our
grand States, that sober State, that shines
like diamond on the Atlantic coast; that
noble State which rocked the cradle of
American liberty; that noble State that has
ever stood first in behalf of human
liberty-I felt really grieved in my
own soul when l heard the Senator
from Massachusetts, speak in such disrespect-
full language regarding the President; when
he said, in so sneering manner, that the
President of the United States had been a
tanner. He went stranger to West Point.
He bore the ensign of his country as sub
altern officer in the Mexican war. He
retired from the army to the ranks of pri-
vate life, and, as all American citizens ought
to do, when the hour came in which it was
necessary for the support of the wife and
children he loved so well, he went to work
came the American people to select him for
their GeneralY Can you tell? Can history
telly NO, no man can tell, unless it was
written upon the necessities of the time
by the invisible finger OF God [Applausel,
who brought him from obscurity. 1t was
mere circumstance in his life that he
lived in our proud State. He came trudging
along from obscurity, step by step. He
marched TO the front when the dark clouds
OF war were rolling and reverberating around
the angry horizon, when you and |, when
none of us, not even our gallant Generals
and our magnificent soldiers in the East and
West, worthy of all praise, worthy of all
gratitude-when none of us knew where to
look or what to do, the little shadow of
| Ulysses Grant arose [applause] to give re-
lief; and while that mighty voice assailed
him in the Senate, to-day the feeble voice of
another obscure man, who fought under his
orders and by his side, stands here now and
to uphold him. Applause You, soldiersiof
the Potomac; you, soldiers of the East; you,
soldiers of the West, and OF all the land, re-
member how unostentatiously, and how
kindly, how generously, how confidently, he
associated with and commanded US all.
General Grant was an enigma from birth, and
is SO still His character has not yet been
tully fathomed by the American people; but
l tell you he Is purer, greater and nobler
| stlll than even we Lave ever thought him.
| lGreat applause Illinois gave the immortal
Lincoln lapplauseh and come here to- day
! from that State, with something of RESPONSE
bility on my shoulders, to speak for her free
people, To say that our confidence to-day is
unshaken in the pure patriotism of General
Grant, as has been shown in his magnanim.
ity, and in his bright and shining Intellect.
! Applause He is not man of words. He
cannot utter speech but we have the ut
most confidence in his high patriotism, good
sense and purity. We have perfect conf
denee in him, aud mean to trust him -four
years longer without a lingering shadow OF
suspicion or doubt Great applause
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