The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26
ahe demands at your hands.

she demands at your hands.
New, before / propose to your &C
ceptance temporary Chairman Of thia
convention, permit me TO detain You
one moment longer by a few words Of
an entirely personal character. With
my present action terminate my official
functions as Chairman Of the National
Democratic Committee, an Office which
by the confidence OF my constituents
and courtesy of my colleagues I have
held for twelve years. During all that
time have striven with honest zeal
anil with all the energy and capacity
which God has given me to do my duty
faithfully 10 the party and TO the coun-
try, to render myself worthy of the great
trust confided TO me. While 1 was
grieved and deeply mortified to sec ut
various times my motives and actions
misconstructed by several Democratic
papers-that some even descended to
the fabrication Of the most absurd
falsehoods concerning my social and
political conduct-Ihave had the proud,
consoling satisfaction that my colleagues
on the National Committee, those who
know me, testify to the integrity and
purity of my intentions in sll the trying
situations in which my official position
has placed me. And let me tell you,
gentlemen, that there is no one amongst
you who breathes q warmer and truer
affection for our party and our country
than 1 have done or ever shall do. You
love this great republic, your native
land, as you do the mother who gave
you birth but to me she is the chosen
bride and choice of my youth, the faith
fql and loving companion of my man.
hood, and now that I enter upon the
sere and yellow leaf of life 1 cling to
her with all the fond recollections of
manifold blessings received at her
hands. I retire from the position which
1 have held, to take my place in the
rank and file of that great party whose
national, constitutional and conservative
principles have claimed my unwavering
allegiance for the last thirty years; and
as long as the Almighty will spare my
life, I shall never falter in my love and
devotion to our party and our country.
have the honor to propose to you
as your temporary chairman distin-
guished and venerable citizen of Vir-
ginia, the grandson of the patriot states
man, Thomas Jefferson. It is an auspi-
cious omen, that son of the author of
the Declaration of Independence is to
the struggle of the Democ-
racy for freedom and equality for every
American citizen, and against Oppres-
sion and tyranny in our fair land.
Mr.. Belmonts g remarks were frequent
ly interrupted by moderate applause.
The mention of Greeley's name was re-
ceived with loud demonstrations of ap-
proval; SO, d were the speakers
personal reference to himself. Ran
dOlph's name was received with cheers
at the end.
REMARKS OF Mr.. RANDOLPH.
The temporary chairman, Mr.. Ran
dolph, on taking his seat said: I am
aware that the very great honor confer.
red on me by this body is due to no
personal merit of my own, but is token
Of respect to the State from which I
come, and recognition of other Cir
possibly adventitious. 1
am, perhaps, the Oldest member of this
body, and a life of eighty years spent in
the Democratic Republican party con-
stitutes me senior member. / remem-
Der freshly every Presidential contest,
from the first election of Jefferson to
the present time, and 1 can say with
truth, remember none which involved
higher questions of personal liberty,
local self-government, honest admins
tration and constitutional freedom than
The present, or one which demanded
Of our people a call for a more earnest
to prudential principles. Il
strikes me as the duty of this hour and
Of this body to wrest the Government
from the hands cf the present despotic
and currupt holders, to place it in hon
est hands, to restore to citizens every
where the proud consciousness of per
sonal right and to all the States perfect
integrity of local self government. This,
with the recognition of the supremacy
IF the civilians constitution and law,
will, in my judgment, discharge all our
present duty.
The foregoing remarks were delivered
With much energy and effectiveness,
that the speaker is nearly
IN octogenarian and we're repeatedly
,heered.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
BALTIMORE, July 9.-Tbe convention has
at few minutes after 2. The
on Organization reported james
&. Doolittle, of Winconsin, permanent
president, and a vice pre- ident and secre-
AIRY from each State and Territory. The
7ice presidents, for Tennessee was Hon.
Neil S. Brown; Mississippi, j. W. C. Wat
'on; Alabama, w. NJ Bird; Kentucky, G.
II. Doerre; Arkansas, d. W. Carroll Geor-
ga, H. L. Benn,ng; The Secretaries were
or Tennessee. NJ. C. Galloway; Alabama,
A. o. Martin, Arkansas. W. c. BlackeJ
J. M. Hine; Mississippi, }. NJ.
Allen; and Georgia. C. w. Styles
For Reading Secretaries, the committee
named f. o Perrin, of New York, A. u.
of Indiana, and Thos. H.
Moore, of Maryland; ano for Recording
Secretary, John C. Barr
On motion, the report ofthe Comm iitee
IN permanent Organization was adopted
md the committee discharged.
Senator Bayard. Delaware, and Gov.
Hoffman, of New York, were appointed by
he chairman to escort the permanent pres
dent to the chair
On mounting the platform Senator Doolit-
lie was received with applause. lie spoke
IS follows
REMARKS OF MR.. DooLlTTLE.
GENrLEMEx OF THE C CoxvENTIoN-I thank
you for this great honor. Words can't tel
bow much; but you will allow me to pals
1T once from what is personal, to speak of
The great occasion, the duty aud purpose
which brings us here. Two years ago, near
" five years after the bloody period of civil
was had closed, the Liberal Republicans
Of Missouri [applause,] feeling keenly all
the evils of proscriptive test oaths, which
The hate and strifes, the passion of fthe war
had left upon them long after the war ad
ceased, and feeling keenly the Executive
Federal dictation in their local elections,
to organize movement to re-
store equal rights to all our citizens ap-
plausel, white as well as black tapplausel
10 restore s-lf government, and to arr st
further Capitalization of Federal power lap
plasse]. They then said this thing
had gone far enough, if not to) far. The
time has come when all honest and patriotic
must say halt, and reassert the
vital doctrine ofRepublican government that
under the Constitution the powers of the
Federal Government are defined and linn
tied apSlause and clies Of Good! goodI') },
and that the people of the States have the
right to govern themselves in their own do