New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-03-23
SPEECH OF MIR. CURTIS.
laEhkUAL pRHah nIsPArCul


statesman, in great emergency that Plain words
best" The hour has arrived for plain words In the Re-
Republicans. have already said what is deep in the
hearts of every one before me- that while we are
e measures Sa OF w iS G sGeI onr ' party
is historically identified Republicans are yet CON
knowswhether any Of willing openly to confess
1T or 1G h that party name hat we Ss
tons OF administration exposed in every direction ana
R@pnhcan Secretary iS Of War; the low tone OF political
honor and OF political morality that mas prevailed
disposition Of the officers and agents of the
Administration OF this country to rOstuo the party
organization reicntIessiy and at all casts to personal
ends has hero aroused the apprehension of the
friends OF free government and has startled and alarmed
the honest masses OF the Republican party. [Appause
TIE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE ITS PLATFORM.
Mr. President and Gentlemen have already said
that in the election of this year candidate Will be the
platform. We know that in deliberations here to-day
it ia not what but what we do that will he re-
garded So at Cincinnati In June The country will not
look to what resolve but will LOOK to, who
nOminated and II at that Conv ntion a candidate IL
nominated who is identified i'll the ConScicnccs OF the
country with all the tendency which the better sen
this Sir. there is Republican in this state, who
will deny that if such candidate BE- nominated that We
shall necessarily iepc that great aud earnest element OF
party representing that feeling, VITA whose support
party can dispense. do not say, SIR PreSden-do
candidate might not be- Elected; bat T do
With chance do say that 1.-TWO would be saHmde"s
moral certainty and an election which would he decided
by the MT as in this case suppose that election
necessarily would be- that Republicans good a.
Democrats would bc, than Democrats would
be if they hal the same chance and would an election
that would every honest American citizen with
shame and humiliation forever. fApp!auSeJ
Now, Mr.. President and gentlemen OF the Convention
it, Oh the other hand, throw myself upon your
consciousness Republicans Il! on the other hand the
Cincinnati Convention shorld nominate u Republican
and tined, whose character, whose career whose
associations the proof to the country OF the utmost
oftiness and purity well and yigor
me delegates me hundreds of thousands oi Re
publican voters III New 0rk such nomination "ona
break the land like slnburst OF hope and conf
dtnce, and lit with grand swell the moral enthusiasts
Of the Republican parry To victory not only grand Dn'
glorious. Applause.
HOW 10 REACH THE HEART OF THE PARTY.
How. tell me. how shall achieve that victOryl In
what way appeal to the wish ana the conscience
and the heart of the Republican party except must
quote my words uttered this morning. TO express
what would saycxcept we are the free unhousht,
mcOerccd, utTammclci, unrcquestc,i unpieGGei Nrc"
Of the Republican party IN every S,aae 'tIe 'tG i,
pubhcans who are justly hOnOrcj In many STATES thtlc
are Republicans whom then friends would gladly
Sir this is not in IFS naturea stale question: you know
j. IL which considerations O stale pildc or Oi
local preference should for u moment disturb II thr
EcpuDllcdhs OF us country III every 1'h'' ttc
upon giving the chief ONCE III their Ei To IN" man who
represents most widely most tfiy the r'lhf lHc r.
generate sentiment OF That party to which alone We eau
look for victory. and for cnthuasuc victory; they are
effort their effort always ana everywhere to remove any
kind OF impeachment from tie free oelDei"tOA oil The
Now Sir very properly and very justly the uni, or The
basis representation in the National Convention In the
Congressional District of the state; and why The cl
son Is most obvious. Ii IL that III mat manner the dt
OF The incnt oil the pr from one end the country
TO the other can best be asccItTucd Nrw-lo:k viii
send think. 20 delegates 10 ths Republican Convention
al CINCINNATI We nave foilowei this afternoon Tie
usual practice IN their selection. Tncy selected
by tine district DELEGATES The rt.atcn OF ta'
tons is merely ceremonial. TINS Convention
rsttes of couse The Nominations which are presented
to by district delegations Now. Sir some OF these
delegations may have one preference sulnc % .lcnI %
have another majority Of the district DELEGATIONS mag
indeed lie united on one man. and Is obvious an
attention Of every delegate IN tus tohy Iii0naad
yet is obvious the votes Of the minority % the de-
gates That Sha ., sent from ms tohtcnli" MN "a
the National Convention determine tnc nomination 81
the President OF the Uni'ed states ana t"rI. ne
weight The sav SSa If Tou s sSat ,r i
the voices the mdjO.lty OF THIS CoHycnup!Arn,
IN talau that course the majority Of tHN Convention
lutrrirrrs with what OtnCT"i-a IN tie case suppose,
would bs plainly the choice Ia tie selection Ui c-nd'-
date OF = great majOIt! OF the Republican parry OF tlr
Union: lAPriAuseJ me ,'".alP inI Wm.,n ~ M,
offered substitute 81 the two I's""ioi, Tor I'D" hi'
The resolution which /. submitted for the action Of This
Convent oI, been told, Is submitted as IN some
sense compromise ~ the Eic"so some gentlemen upon
tne floor who are not >upp1..d 10 DC IL, tecyu VIZ WIZ
be the view OF the llllt! 81 llD 'N en-
ton Sir, compromise Of WHAT IIiih WORDS axe -
What is the object OF the stnemenf = ear p'iiH! %i
tho gentlemen who represent tht hiJuIliF ~ Ih'
40 link iai Won, .ttinx here are seen only by
friend, in tie gallery Do sou think M this lunetu6 81
oar Uolt!cai ana national history Republicans Of sew
Yurf ABOUT to express by thor word and action tncr
position, are not seen at this moment by the whole
countyi DO you not Snow th't t'II a row, aSro"
c lFSl9 ms they NIUE saa all" Know what lnN
ctIou il Now repeat my question, What d The ihich-
ton OF the resolution FOR which mine is presented 40
substituted Gentlemen. il is called a compromise.
Ne are told that il instruct the dcies ltois;
that il does not pledge the delegations. Vy well No"
ask you Republicans II ! am no. Ilsht "hch ~
the Republican party OF tins State Is to-day "'i"'d
into three particsi
THREE PARTS or THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
aupeal to your consciousness There In the rst part,
that prefers COnkIng as It's candidate for the
Presidency. There the second That part OF the parry
which has choice OF some other gentleman than our
respected Senator. There s the thrd that large
part of the K publican party whose Noce l.
always heard at the Polls other Tor or 's"na
which represents the courage OF lis opinions winch dts
defeat chast'sement; tnat aigc par Oh ,e hio
lean party. who would rccognze III the senator repre-
sentative those intuoucea-Justy or unl1'ty i ilYt
Tor De to sa Dn, IT. Is IN yol Iyaf Of o." enecs
which the party iii many OF rs parts depi"fcs' ~
Now SIR Chairman and gentlemen, TINS be true ex-
position tue condition OF the Republican party to-day
what Is the scope o. IN conpi icnd se u,
tonkhng in this Convention 80 to the otbor
two classes OF tho Republican party ~ ,o tue
voccior o. course 1t must be supposed that 1t Is me
unanimous the New York Republican Convention in
end Of tho country-if you adopt the resolution
which has been reported to US from "a, NE
voice Of the Republican party OF New. York
hundreds Of those who he n me at this moment know
not tre what thousands and thousands outside of this
haIl m this state know IL true yOu declare by
orlty vote IN this Convention that Senator Coukng
Inc ndi yIed choice for the Presidency Of the kopub
lican pa!ty OF NewlOrk.
THE MORAL RIGHT IN TIE CASE.
Now have no moral right to betray che sentiments
which are condded to by lending ms sanctions toa de-
cration that the Republican party Of this state Is unit
in s Presidential preference. Why Sir If be So the
c,o, an whose behalf this resolution is sought 10 be
,,I,o ted