Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09
The Cincinnati Convention.
FIRST DAY.

FIRST DAY.
At the conclusion Of Col. Gyos,cuor's
speech, reported by telegraph yesterday,
he. by direction Of the executive COM
mlttcn, nominated Hon Stanley
Mathews, Of Ohio, for Temporary chair
man, which motion prevailed uani-
mously.
Upon taking tn" chair Judge MATHEWS
said:
1T Is no affcctation on my part when
say to you that it is impossible to ,N-
press the deep sensibility with which /
have received this unexpected honor
conferred upon me. The honor Of tenn
poraiilv discharging the dHti"s of tn
chair in the preliminary organila'l,n o.
Il b,dy which believe and tu>! j. 80 b
memorable in the history Of parry pu'-
itics in this country, is altogether ,,a,d
served. and am altogether mprrI,ur a.
hv the su0dcnness OF the invitation ;0
assume these duties property. or to pT
face them with the remarks which. Ii
der other circumstances, might b" COLI
~idcrcd in proper conformity to the u>8-
al custom. Nevertheless, this W"ddcr-
which perhaps J Will not b" trc>ic>~;i,4
too IAuch upon your attention and youJ
time if | venture 10 suggest. OF Goa. S.
gentlemen, it would not be becoming in
me now, nor prudent, for am neither d
prophet nor the son of prophet. and uo
man vet can tell what may be the Issue
of Your deliberations or the result 10
which your conclusions will tend. and
vet, without reference to any certain
results within the scope Of present pr
diction. there are some things which
kno" can be- safely affirmed with re>9.a;
To this convention.
The time has come when it is the
voice Of an exceedingly large and intu-
ential portion of the American people
that they are determined they will no
longer be dogs, to wear the collar of "a
party. We have assembled together,
gentlemen, under a call limiting on
character as republicans, as those VINO
have heretofore, in the divisions Of paT-
ty politics. been designated as members
of the republican party. | am not
ashamed, gentlemen, to have worn that
name with thousands of others, whose
previous party affiliations might have
led them otherwise, united almost I'M
consciously and iny0luntarily by the
oycrpoWering force of public circum
stance and the history of the country,
with the others who constituted that
party rallying at the call of the country
when the integrity Of the Union was as
sailed by the spirit and arms of seces-
sion, for the purpose of maintaining the
integrity of the nation. That was sue
cessfully accomplished, and of the past
we are at least secure. The great
achievements of the struggle have been
embedded, not only in the hearts and
habits and convictions of the whole
people, but have now become perpetu-
ally a part of the fundamental law.
establishing forever the unassailability
of the Union and the integrity Of the
nation, with the principle of the politi-
cal equality of all citizens before the
law. So far, gentlemen, as the republi-
can party, under the providence of God,
was instrumental in accomplishments
work. they are entitled to and will re-
ceiye the congratulations of this genera
ton and the approval of generations to
come.
And now, then, since this uprising of
the Republican party has done so well |
in the past, why not trust it in the fu-
ture? And, gentlemen, see in this as