The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-06-13
VOLUME 24-NUMBER d;

shall betray the principles OF the Re
publican party, upon which he was
elected. whenever he shall become
reereant to his high duties, he will
pass away as some other men have
passed away. He will be condemned
by the popular breath as other men
are condemned. LGreat applause
BUSINESS.
Mr.. Lo-ing said that the Commit
tee on Permanent Organization was
ready to report. He asked that they
report as soon as ready, without
waiting, as usual, until the Commit
tee on Credentials have reported, as
the latter had a more formal duty to
prefOrm. Agreed to-
A south Carolina delegate expressed
the qualification with which he had
heard Gerrit Smith, and now asked
that the South be heard through Gov.
Orr, of South Carolina.
Ex-GOv. ORR, OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Ex-GOv. Orr, on coming forward,
said that he felt that the call was more
of = compliment to the section from
which he came than 20 himself With
the assistance of his colored friends,
he pledged South CarOlinS to the Re
publican ticketabOut to be nominated.
Referring 20 the bitterness with which
President Grant had been maligned,
he compared his experience in this
respect with that Of Washington and
Jackson, and predicted for him 3
triumphant vindicatiOn at the hands
of the people. He believed President
Grants reelection was necessary TO
preserve peace at home and abroad.
Referring to Ku-KluX operations, he
said {: In South Carolina, as you are
aware, in nine counties the writ Of
habeaS corpus has been suspended.
ThesuspensiOn embraced those e9un-
ties where it was insisted that fba
State governments was unable. il is
unnecessary for us to discuss why. to
give protection to men there whose
only 0ffense was their political seuti- /
ment Tney were cOlOred men and /
white men, and when they went to |
sleep at night they had no guarantee |
that they would not be taken from /
their beds at the dead hour Of night /
and seourged or else balls put through 1
their bodies. President Grant did not /
act until tie Legislature of South /
Carolina passed resolutions calling up |
on him TO send the forces Of the
United States government there to I
give their protection. With reference 4
to this ku-kluX law, President Grant 4
has to execute the law. It was in the /
statute book, and he was called upon !
to execute it by that tribunal which |
had a right to call upon him. He did 4
not pass the law. How did itcome to /
be passed? Was it not the thunders
of the New York Tribune, day after
day and week after week, rung into 1
the ears of Congress, demanding that
they should pass some such law to
give protection to then? And now
when the law has been passed and \
executed in mercy and firmness, how
stands my old friend Greeley? He
turned round, and now denOunees
Grant and the Ku-Klux law for its
enOrmities. Judge Bond, who has
discharged his duties with great
fidelity there, has administered this 7
law firmly and mereifully, and al
though you hear so much clamOr OF
people being cast into prison for their
not being able TO procure bail, what
is the result of the trials that have
taken place? There have been seven
trials only at two cOurts-One an ae-
quittal, one n mis-trial, and five con-
vietiOns. Those are the results, and
yet, to show the extent OF it and how
conclusive the proof was, this was not
made up of manufactured testimony,
testimony Of subOrned witnesses-
more than sixty of these unfortunate
people who have been Indicted CAME
voluntarily forward and plead guilty
to tie charge preferred against them. L
Now, when the facts come to be un-
deTstOOd / should think that so far
from being an element of weakness
against the President, it would be an
element of strength. l thank you for
the attention you have given me, and
l shall not detafn you any further. l
trust that the proceedings OF this BODY
will be harmonious. have no doubt .
that they will, and hope that when
we adjourn and go forth to our respec-
tive homes, we will leave this place
determined to fight a good fight and
win the battle. In less than thirty
days ten thousand voices will be /
raised on every hill and in every val
ley upon the broad expanse Of this |
great country in favor OF the nOmi- 1
nees OF this convention, and in No
vember, when the votes are counted I
have no doubt whatever that Gen.
Grant and his associate will be re-
elected, and that the Republican par
ty and principles will be established |
for the next four years. God grant 1t
may be so.
Gov. Oglesby, Of ILL.,, was next cali
ed upon, as the next Governor Of Hin /
ois. He advanced to the platform,
and paid q graceful compliment to /
Gerrit Smith, who, he said had stood 1
before the convention the impersOna-
ton Of American dignity and beneyO-
Ience. He referred TO him as the j
great agitatOr, who, long before the 4
party was born, had cham /
piOned the rights of the dOwn-trOdden !
at time when almost all Of US were !
young and useless. LCheers.
The speaker elOquently eulOgized 1
Grant, and expressed his grief when /
a Senator from the noble State that /
rocked the early cradle Of liberty pro-
nounced against Grant the insulting /
that he had once been a tan
ner. Cheers.
He elOquently sketehed tie Presi-
dents history as cadet, as a labor
ing man, as q soldier, as the savior Of
his country, and AS President.
Illinois gave the immortal Lincoln
Iapplausel, and come here to-day
from that State, with something Of
on my shoulders, to
speak for her free people, to say that
our confidence to-day is mistaken in
the pure patriotism of Gen. Grant, as
has been shown in his magnanimi-
ty, and in his bright and shining in
tellect. [Applause.l He is not man /
of words he can not utter speech !
himself. That we have the utmost |
confidence in his high patriotism, and |
good sense, and purity. Yet we-have
perfect confidence in him, and mean !
to trust him during four years longer,
without lingering shadow Of suspi- !
ciOn or doubt. [Great applause.l
OTHERS.
There were great cries for Govern
or Hawley, of Ct, who was brought
forward and took the platform amid
the widest cheering. He thanked
the convention for its kindness, but
begged to be excused at this time