Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-03
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| finished.
| Gov. Carpenter speech.
The following is Gov. Carpenters
address to the State Convention. de-
livered ON Wednesday last:
| Mr.. President and Gentlemen OF the
Convention Ireturn You my sincere
and heartfelt thanks for the honor you
| haye conferred upon me. Iwould not
| If could affect any Indifference to the
action of this Convention; as to be
nominated second time to the Office
for which you have named myself, bv
such Convention, representing such a
state, and such people, and SUCH a
Party, isno ordinary honor and sho'd
satisfy the ambition of any ordinary
man. Ii the people endorse your ac-
ton at the ballot box in October next,
Ipledge you, and to the people of the
State, in the discharge of duties which
the office will impose, my constant and
undivided time and whatever ability I
may possess.
have been informed of the sub
stance of the resolutions which YOU
have adopted, and endorse them fully
and unequivocally. If by revolution
in the wheel of fortune either of you
gentlemen had been called to stand
where do, while 1t had fallen upon
me to act in the place you now fill,
these resolutions are such as / would
have advised and advocated.
So much for myself personally.
a yUnrd nnn,. tha s,r,~~. AZ
In great party which has gone thro'
as many fiery ordeaIs and encountered
as many crucial temptations as has the
Republican party,-which has met and
settled so many questions OF a funda-
mental nature,-it could scarcely be
anticipated otherwise than that,
among all the agents employed in the
administration of the government, one
would not occasionally fail out by the
way-betray himself and betray his
party and the people. But, if such
men are not endorsed and their delin-
quencies palliated--if the party, as a
mass, and through its delegate conven-
tions, repudiate and condemn those
who have betrayed it and driven them
from their places of power and respon-
sibility with whip OF scorpions, it
cannot be held responsible for their
misdoings.
We ere told that new issuses are be-
fore the people, and that new political
combinations will be required to set
tie them. What new issues arc refer
red to-? These labor questions, and
questions as to the rights and interests
reproductive industry, constituted the
very foundation principles of the Re-
publican party. and its framework,
from foundation to cornice, has grown
up out OF these questions. Its first
platform set forth thst the. existence of
| human slavery in one half of the States
OF the Union, which was being pushed
forward with the hope of making it
legal everywhere, was degrading TO
human labor and should therefore be
restricted to the territory it then occn-
pied. But what was the position of
those gentlemen who are SO much ex-
ercised about the rights of human la
Dor, in this contest with an institution
that tended more than all others COM
bined, to degrade andIiniure the posi-
ton OF the labcrer everywhere? They
believed then, it was once mans right
to monopolize, not only mans labor.
but to buy and sell him as q chattel.-
When the Emancipation Proclamation
OF Abraham Lincoln was uttered it did
more to lift up and dignity labor than
any other act of human authority
Against this proclamation which clos
ed in these solemn aud dignified
words, commensurate with the great
ness of the occasion. Upon this act
| invoke the considerate Judgment of
mankind and the gracious favor of Al
mighty God;" the whole Democratic
party set up a howl of rage, and
threatened to defeat its enforcement by
violence. Pretty men these to talk
about forming new combinations to
aid and promote human industry! As
fast as any question relating to labor
or industry has arisen, since the Re-
publican party has administered the
Government, ii has uniformly sought
its solution in the interests ofthe mass
es, and has moved forward to the set
tlement of all such questions against
the protests and opposition OF the so-
called Democracy.
Does any man believe that new po-
litical combination can be organized
possessing greater intelligence than is
contained in the ranks of tho Republic
can party? Can any organization be
effected that will handle these ques-
tions more wisely or more willingly
than the Republican party? Don't be
deceived! All this talk about new
movement originates with that fag-
end of demoralized humanity called
the Democratic party. '
But why should stand in this swell.
tering heat to talk about the Demo-
cratic party? 1t is like kicking
corpse. At least that party is so near
corpse that don't believe 1t would
sweat if it was packed in this room.-
Thanking you again for your partiality
and pledging you again my best effoi ts
in behalf ofa people and State which
have all my affections, will close.