Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-05

that in the official conduct of no pub
lie officer, whether elective or appoint
i've, has corruption been disclosed"
This we claim is a good record, and
with it we propose to go before the
people this fall, asking for the endorse
ment of all good citizens who desire
honest administration. If the charge
be made. that in our National politics
there are republicans who have been
guilty of improper practices, We an
swer that the Republican party was
the first to move investigation, the
first to press searching inquiry, the
first to expose. censure and condemn
| the offenders. Indeed, so sensitive has
been the moral sentiment of our party,
| | have sometimes feared that in the
excitement of the hour we may do per
soEal injustice in some cases. But
the indignation which pervades all
classes at the appearance of evil on
the part Of prominent public men, is
sign that our people are not inseEsible
to moral obligations. and that public
servants will be held to the strictest
account. 1t is proper to add, howev
er, that no questionable scheme has
been proposed or perfected i'll Con
| gress, in favor of which the voice of
the opposition was not loudest heard,
and its vote most potent. care not
whether the discussion of the coming
campaign shall be confined to State
Governm ent, or be extended to the
National Administration. We are
ready to defend both. If individuals
have done wrong, they must suffer.
Our party is not responsible unless it
indorses and approves.
With confidence, therefore, I call
upon all men in the State, who believe
our administration of public affairs to
have been honest and efficient, and
vino do not desire to reinstate the De
mocracy in power in Ohio, to rally
once more to the old Standard-to
perpetuate Republican control until
some trust is betrayed. Change is not
reform, unless it be change for the
better
We are now to have, as think, an
open field fight with the pure and una
dulterated democra ~. Last year they
professed to accept a republican can
didate on a Republican platform. The
result was not encouraging. The Lib
u az ASC JubIAStbI1 EShA y NANN AOS T. ~ y
to be as strong as the Democrats sup
posed although it would have appeared
much stronger if its allies had voted
the ticket Our Liberal Republican
friends said to US last year, that they
supported Horace Greeley because he
was better Republican than General
Grant; that they had not gone over
to the Democracy, but that the De-
mocracy had come to them, accepting
their candidate and their platform. 1t
will not be so this year. There will
be but two parties, and we accept our
Liberal Republican friends to be with
us and for US, i'll hearty CO operation.
| trust the members of this unusu-
ally large Convention will return to
their homes, determined to stand by
the old party of patriotism, honesty
and economy, and prepared to work
with enthusiasm for the success of
principles in which they firmly believe
and for which they have labored here
: tofore, in times Of peace and of war.
Once more | thank you for the gen
erous support you have extended to
me- 1 shall strive to prove not un-
worthy of your confidence.
| DuIlllS GtIC OSllNSIf VI l1S SpCOCI
there were frequent and tremendous
demonstrations Of approval, and the
expression when the Governor sat
down was a unanimous and LunmiataIk
able evidence Of the popularity of the
present gubernatorial administration
SENATOR HART's SPEECH.
Senator Hart being loudly called for,
appeared on the stage, and spoke as
follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION l
tender to you my honest and hearty
thanks for the nomination YOU have
for me this day made. | esteem it an
honor to be permitted to occupy a
place upon ticket, representing the
Republican party of Ohio, and espe-
cially to be under the leadership Of
: the distinguished soldier, orator and
Governor, whom you have unanimous
} ly chosen to bear our standard in the
! coming canvass. TApplause.
AS was remarked by him when he
| appeared before you, this is the "odd
year. in politics, and, after an excit-
ing Presidential contest like that of
1872, there is danger of lethargy on
the part of the people in this contest
There are many reasons why the peo-
pie of Ohio and the Republican party.
representing, as it does: the vital in
r tcrests and rights of the people, should
he on the alert and earnest in the
fight before it; why it should declare,
in unoquivocal terms, its adherence to
the cardinal doctrines of our political
faith why it should declare it abhor
| oDoo Of ,nrrupfinO and Tina tr
in every form applause why il
J should declare its determination to
maintain the honor, the influence and
the power Of the party which has done
J so much for the nation and for the
age.
But this is no time to enter upon
the discussion of questions which will
agitate the public mind. In the APP
preaching political canvass they will
be considered at the proper time You
are met o-day to attend to the bust
, ness organization of our party. l will
not, therefore, detain you, and will
close by expressing my abiding faith
in the Republican party that, as in
, time Of war it saved the Union, so
now IN time of peace it shall preserve
and bless it; and that the party that
! to day in Ohio enters the field with en-
ergy, upon the platform which l know
will be adopted by this Convention,
e will GO into the contest with the abso
= lutte assurance of victory on the Sc.
e cond Tuesday OF October. I Applause
=
= We are sorry to see the long
c dresses again. When they're built o
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