Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-05-29

! GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION
1 thank you for the great honor of pre-
Siding over an assembly ike this. But
realizing that the fitness of the ucc.i.
i sion will justify me in claiming only s
8 moment Of your tinle L psiss-sIt onoe
from what is personal 10 the duty anu
:. plrpose that brought Us here. ,-,-.--
The representatives. OF the Republi
can party gathered here to-day do moi
Icome to iuaugurate any new policy O,
announce any new principles. They
come to reatiirm with Increased con.
fidenre those that justice and patriot.
; ism adopted in the foundation of the
party; that wisdom aud experience
, have abundantly confirmed, and upon
which the people, clothed with the
majesty OF power, nave, year after
1 lyear,lset the approving seal of their
tcentinueG and abiding trust. APP
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| Every party has its character written
in its history. The Republican party
has a glorious record of great principles,
WondrouS triumpbs, and an lunmatch-
ed history from which TO draw inspira-
ton for fresh efforts. Under its guild
ance our country's history was made
luminous with valcr and devotion in
/ defense of an imperiIed nationality,
and, preserved by it, our Union thus
became an Interchangeable, an indes-
ttructIbie, and, humanity speaking, an
Immortal thing. Aud now, in peace,
under the same party, by commerce
revived. By industry developed, by
lconnGence restored, ijy the iuaugura-
| ton for the. whole world OF new era
of peaceful international arbitration:
by an Indian policy full of wisdom as
/ 1t IS OF humanity, which time will
soon vindicate; hya whole race freed
and enfranehised; by Il niagnininiity
to vanquished foes unmatched in all
history: by the map of empire nnroIl-
ed; by justice. enthrOned everywhere,
our country stands before the world to.
day more illustrious than III The hun
| ldred triumphs and all the trophiei
jglofies of her gathered armies. ZAP
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4 fresh conflict and another success
fawait it. To-day 1t here gathers its
tried and trusted veterans of our own
State to ah0ose their leaders for "A new
campaign OF victories. Its pledges re-
deemed, its principles accepted by its
l
phonor, no decoy banner mocks its fol-
tlowerN. With a pasEthus founded in
the right, thus strong IN the peoples
confidence, thus edacoted TO ricto1y,
against an eIIerny schooled to defeat.
and bankrupt in everything but the
reekles audacity of hope. Zwho can
doubt the issue of the conteSi2 y
We shall triumph, for we are strill-
ing for the right. We shall. triumph.
because We areinspired by,t the noblest
principles that ever animated politi-
cal party. We shall triumph, because
we are faithful to those who, i'm the
tender words of our own Lincoln, shave
borne the burden of the battle, to their
widows and their orphans;". because we
are faithful to the hopored dead, who
onsstricken fields we're kissed by death
and married to nimmOrteiity:i because
we are true to the heritage of the mil
lions of the hereafter in the, teeming
future; but aboyeall, we shall
because our party. has never turned its
back on any public peril, but, trusting
the people, has TeSolutely dared to
stake all its pOWer,and anchor all its
Legislation. on what the great Common
I er of England has so well said is the
Eonlysafe principle on which any great
national question can be grounded,
/" lhe basis Of eternal right, Applause
The last few eventful and historic
years have given our State proud
place and commanding influence in
the country. Indeed Ohio has be come
the very Thermopyleaf of every Ma
tional battle, and braYely have her
Spartans held it. But the mission of
our party is not fulfilled. Itstili press
es on to gFalider heights TO meet new
tissues and solve new responsibilities.
Your work this day is full of eventful
interest. Standard bearers, s'duly and
truly prepared, worthy and well-qual-
|ified,i await your orders. In the Sc
lee ton of our, candidate, for, Governor,
the people have already decided for us.
We have. only to embody their sover-
Ieign will by formally nominating,
without, dissent or delay, that scholar
and soldier, that safe statesman and
|spOtless Executive, a man of the people
Edward f. Noyes. Immense APP
pladse. And the absolute uDanimity
of the ciioice, and this spontaneous en-
tbusiasn is an earnest chat the nomi-
nation will receive abundant and tri-
umpllant ratification M October. Pro-
fongetf applause. .'.;t % ''ii'"
Il among Candidates for other Offices
there may be. various preferences, but,
so worthy are. theYall, that tOnly good
Tchoice can be. made, and when once de-
'cided, We shall 'alf feel that we have
Succeeded, and that the interest and
honor of our party are safely and wise
ly entrusted .H..,.. tio..--s.,.
But, fellow Republicans, we are not
here merely to advance the power of
eur party, but to maintain its princi-
pies and its tshonor--to promotean sub
serve a cdatse. Applause. +, There is
a false wisdom of the timid and the
weak, which, wearing tile alluring
name of ''expediency," is ever ready
to barter for momentIsG peace the, Sc
curity of ages, and TO sacrifice tefss ihSel
ment's fear the JUSTICE of eternity. Not
under this gui. flnce has the Republi-I
eau party heretofore triunphed." APP
plause. ItslstTength has ever bueii itsl
utter trust in the wisdom, otheiNirtuet
and the moral sense of the people,
When its leaders prove faiseto its hon
or and are discarded, they are impC-I
tent to divide deandipoMerless to destroy,
for the party has perpetual succession,
not like dynasty, in the line of its ru-
lers, but like Republic, in the line,0fl
its masses THEY are always living and
ever present to authorize its acts and
to give perpetual and unceasing. vitali-
ty to its principles. [Applause. s.Hl
Let the party then be true to its his
tory and its mission, and giving tortiti
no uncertain sound, move forward t0l
victory over the hungry, elements OF
decaying and disorganized partiessT7T1I
lover am enemy diSiIeartened by, de-
feat divided in council, and dishonor-
etlby disloyalty-and soon, follow Re-
publicans, the uplifted shout afyQufd
rejoicings in Ohio shall again as in, the
Ipast, become the Keynote and grandly
Swell the glad acclaim Of the nation's1
triumph. in. ean4 gd5 DO i'i'i nH'1
Enthilsiastietl demonstrations frtduentsI