Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-10

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> Mr. Cox, OF New York, moved for Il
y adoption of the rules Of the last Dem
:, cratic National Convention, for the go
y ernment of this convention, until otl
n erwise ordered. Adopted. W
d On motion of Mr. McHenFy,
It Kentucky, a resolution Of thanks to NJ
o Belmont, for his very able and efficieI
II services as Chairman of the Nations
e Committee, was adopted. MFsm
IS Recess until four O'clock.
/, a EVENING SESSION. E8E
Z The convention re-assembled fe'
Z minutes after four o'clock. a., -.
The Committee on Az
! ORGANIZATION
! reported J. r. Doolittle, of Wisconsin
a permanent President, with the follOwin
, Nice-Presidents and SecretaFiess
ri Pice-P PFcsidents-A VIM. N
Bird; Arkansas, D. w. Carroll; Gala
: fornia, Hon. Eugene Casserly; CoRnee
fticut, d. A. Daniels; Delaware, j. il
! Paynor; Florida, Thomas RundelI
Georgia, H. J.. Berring; Illinois, VIM
.. II. Gerard; Bayliss w. Hanna; Iowa
j. II. Peters; Kansas, Isaac Sharp
Kentucky; G. n. Dorne; Louisiana, B
+. Taylor; Maine, w. H. McCreIlis; In
diana, r. T. Banks; Massachusetts, d
D. Broadhead; Michigan, +. III. La
thrOp; Minnesota, w. Lee; Mississippi
!, J. w. G. Watson; Missouri, L. Wood
son; Nebraska, John Black: Nevada
|. n. b. Weyman; Connecticut, q. N. w
. Pittman; New jersey, Albert H. /
Lake; New York, Thomas Kinsella
North Carolina, r. T. ArmfieId; Ohio
Fred Gather; Oregon, Z. +. Galley
Pennsylvania, w. McMullen; Rhod,
Island, w. Pierce; South Carolina, w
J Aiken; Tennessee, Neil S. Brown
Texas, J. w. Henderson; Vermont, w
T. Honebin; Virginia, Robert 0uld
West Virginia, Allen I. Carpenter
Wisconsin, II. II. Gray; Dakota, Bart
lett Thripp; District Columbia, Richard
NJ. Merrick; Idaho, b. +. Patterson;
New Mexico, Charles p. Chaves. 49,
SecTetdgies-Alabama, A. o. Martin;
Arkansas, w. d. Blocher; California,
Henry George; Connecticut, n. L. Ste
vens; Delaware, James Williams; Flor.
ida, F. Baltzeil; Georgia, G. w. Styles;
/ Illinois, J. II. ObeTley; Indiana, A. w.
| Whitley; Iowa, S. B. Evans; Kansas,
H. N. Hewlett; Kentucky, j. 81. Hines;
Louisiana, William Levy; Maine, AL
bert Moore; Maryland, Thomas H.
| Moore; Massachusetts, G. o. Moore;
Michigan, H. M. Look; Minnesota, J.
j. Eagan; Mississippi, j. NJ. Allen;
Missouri, d. J. Hueston; Nebraska, w.
A. Coleman; Nevada, George c.. Berry;
New Hampshire, William Rand: New
Jersey, Leon Abbott; New York, Les
j ter b. Falkner; North Carolina, j. A.
Englebart; Ohio, Z. S. Dodd; Pennsyl-
vania, William Randall; Rhode Island,
w. D. Beach; South Carolina, J. f.
Iselar; Tennessee, M. c. Galloway;
Texas, r. S. Walker; Vermont, George
s. Weeks; Virginia, A. w. G. Nowlin:
West Virginia, Louis Baker; DakOtah,
T. +. Singeser; District of Columbia,
Thomas Dickson; Idaho, Albert Heed
Utah, u. Staale.
For Reading Secretaries the commit
tee named E. o. Perrin, New York, A.
I. Whittlesey, Indiana, and Thomas
Moore, Maryland; and for Recording
Secretary, John G. Barr, Pennsylvania.
On motion, the report of the Commit
tee on Permanent Organization was
adopted and the committee discharged.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, and
Governor Hoffman, of New York, were
appointed by the Chairman to escort the
permanent President to the chair.
SPEECH OF MR.. DOoLITTLE.
On mounting the platform. Senator
Doolittle was received with applause.
He spoke as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION-I
thank you for this. great honor, words
cannot tell how much, but you Will al
low me to pass at once from what is per-
EnnpI tn aDnnE of tho -
duty ana the purpose which brings US
here.
Two weeks ago, nearly five wears after
the bloody period of civil war had
closed, the Liberal Republicans OF Mis-
souri, [applauseb feeling keenly all the
evils Of prOscriptive list Oaths, the
hates and the strifes which the
passions of the war had left upon
them, long after the war itself
had ceased, and feeling keenIy SEN
sitive to Federal dietation IN local
elections they had determined TO organ /
ize movement to restore equal rights
to all citizens Iapplausel, white, as well |
as black lapplausel; to restore local |
self-goverlment, and to arrest further
of Federal power. TAp- |
plause. They then said this thing had !
gone far enough; ifnot too far. The
time has come when all honest and
patriotic Republic must say halt, and /
the vital doctrine Of the Re- |
publican Government that under the |
powers of the Federal |
are defined and limited |
applause, and cries Of "good 4sgoodv'1, |
and that the people of the States have q |
right 70 govern themselves in their own
domestic affairs upon basis Of equality |
Of all the states before the higher law, !
before the constitution, and equality TO |
all men before the law [applauselS of
loyalty, amnesty, suffrage and !
peace, taking no step backward, taking /
no right nor no franchise which had |
been secured to the blacks, pledging |
themselves to support them in all their
ftIn vigor; they at the same time de-
IN the name Of peace, in the !
name Of liberty, and in the name
Of the Republican government it.
self, that freedom and equal /
rights should be restored to the white
people. IGreat applause.1 They organ
zed, nearly four thousand strong, and |
'alied upon Graft Brown Tapplause1 to |
head the movement, and they placed /
aim in nomination for Governor, andi
hen what followed? eighty-five thou /
'and Democrats and Republicans.
cheersl looking upon the success of that I
movement as above any party triumph I
cheers], resolved to sustain it with their 4
whole strength. Love of their country.
owe Of Republican liberty, love of equal |
lights to all men inspired that union and \
aught men to act together who had /
leen politically opposed to each other all |
heir lives upon other questions and In
'ther times, and without Violating
,ither honor, logic or conscience or
on either side, this patri-
'tlc union was based upon higher
grounds than ordinary [cheering1 poll
leal action. lGreat applause. Even
hose who had fought against each 9TH
II IN battle elasped hands over thef
bloody chasm renewed applausel, and /
ide by side, like brothers, with hearts
,eating in unison, beating with a
trOng, with a high purpose, they
helped to bear Its flag, its glorious liber-
y. That, gentlemen, Is Liberal Re
)ublicanism cheers1, and that is DEMO-
ratio Republicanism. CGreat applause.
the victory which came from that
lnion was the end Of prescription, test
'aths, OF pain and strife, and of all dis
oyalty; in word, the real end of the l,
ivil war had come with that victory,
nd did not come till then, in Missouri.
Intense applause. It redeemed that
'tstsi it gave the right to free men, to
evenly thousand men, who had been
'ound and fettered. Missouri is now a L
rec State In this Union, with her rights,
nd dignity, and equality under the
constitution, and not one murmur
{ disloyalty is anywhere heard
y that union. Federal dictation
n Missouri in their local election was
verthrown, and by that union strife |;
nd hate had given place to peace and
D good viii; by that union liberty, with
quail rights for all, has given to the
tate unbounded prosperity, and her
eople a JOY almost unspeakable. So
reat was their Joy and soeomplete their
lccess the Liberal Republicans of that
tate were not content without making Il