National Republican., 1876-07-07

exhibited at Cincinnati as specD en- of fine arts.
At the Cincinnati convention p.e old apostles
were ordered to keep back and a mediun;slzea,
was ordered to the. front. Their
platform could be garar.,hr as follows:
gold; shall look into ne Chinese question: the
Catholics shall never no We cent for their schools
womans rights shall Fave our earnest considera,
how we love Grant'
The only refereace to any economy was to the !
economy ol God. The great charge made against |
Democrats in the Republican platform was that |
they had ObStzUctelI investigation. When they |
could thev help Thinking what would have been
SOne If the Democrats had been let loose and in
vcstigatiOn had been uuO6structod? Would any
Radicals have been left to adopt PLATFORM
After sscakiag of the sound principles Of the
Democratic patty, he proposed as song for the
campaga PaIaBhrssG ;,,t Of an old song; song
Up with TiIden and down with Hsyr"
Mr.. Thurman then presented the
HON. SAMUEL J. RANDALL,
of Pennsylvania. Nr. Randall said that the
Issues of the coming contest were very plain and
simple. The question was whether they should
haze reform in the administration or not, and
ise that there would he reform. Mr.. Til den, he
said, had reduced taX6tion in Now York enOr-
mously; and his acts showed that ne cGnia man
The question was would the peopie come forward
and say that these changes should be made. The
whole trouble that they experienced in reducing
the expenses of the Government was prompted
from the White House. Had not the time come
when corrupt part, shTS,S n Oe eoms to tbe
country till the burdens of taxation were lifted
the Of the RsSSs as tSa
fever of reform had taken deep root there
SENATOR ExToN,
of Connecticut WAS next introduced. He spoke
of Tilden as the great reform Governor, and Hen
bricks as the great Governor of Indiana Up in
New York they called Tilden the great ring
smasher; after the fourth of March next they
ever TiIden had found throat that was wrong
that throat he had clinched, whether 1t was a
peopie assembled to ratify the nominations, be-
cause they were looking tirSt for good govern
meut, for home rule in every State in this broad
lard; the second thing that they were looking for
was honest money: the third, reduction OF ex-
penses in the Government, and with Tilden and
Hendricks they got the three combined. If TIL
den not in favor of good government in every
part of the land he did not deserve the vote OF
ment of New Workers, and in Connecticut a gsv-
ernment of Connecticut men, and not a govern
ment of Federal bayonets.
When Tilden was elected the Federal bayonet
would never again enter into any election. No
Democrat expected to govern this country except
States. They say that the people of the thirty
eight States should govern themselves. The
people at St. Louis had placed in nomination one
who would carry out these views.
DENocTATIC CALCULATIONS.
In November next. first they would carry the
State of Connecticut certain as God let them
live. They stood an equal chance in New Hamp
shire, and they would give the Republicans in
Massachusetts a terrible shaking up; New York
would give Tilden $1,000 majority: they were GER
tain he believed, of New Jersey. He hoped Penn
sylvan!a would not bctray them; and Delaware
what there was Of her-was Democratic to the
core and when they came TO Maryland it was all
that cIid of hers was right also: North
was safe: what would be done in the Palmetto
State was dOubtful: Georgia would roll 5000 |
Democratic: Mississippi and Louisiana they in |
tended to carry Notwithstanding bayoaet rule. |
ard whether the majority in Texas would be |
lOoDGO or l2O,COO he did not know; Arkansas, Mis-
souri,. Tenncsse, Kentucky and Ohio were good |
Democratic States; Hendricks would carry In |
diana Illinois was good fight ing ground this year
Minnesota; California and Nevada would |
give malOrities for Tildcn. They could figure up |
the result for themselves. He had no doubt that |
roll up . democratic majority. He asked three |
cheers for the Democratic slOgan-''Tiden and |
Reform, Hendricks and Victory"
HON. CARTER HARRISON.
Of Illinois, was the next speaker He spoke of |
the country putting on the pallOr of age, not be-
upon it by The Republican party. Corruption
could not he cradIcated by the corrupt PARTY
party to correct itself. BristOw tried il, and
got Presidency on the brain, and let his whisky
ator Morton at the Hayes and Wheeler ratitica
tOn meeting, that the Democratic party was
filled with closets. and every closet contained
skeleton. The closets did have skeletons, but in
yeStigati0n had shown that the bones were the
bones Of Republicans.
He called the Republican ticket a kangaroo
ticket, with its strength in its hinder parts, n
skunk ticket, which also had its strength in its
hinder parts. Next November they would bury
the Republican party: they would give them four
years 10 get rid of the smell, and may be they
would come out pure. In st. Louis they had put
to win, and he would win next November. A
PARTY cut Of power always got pure; the Demo.
hut they were afraid that they would find some
thing against him; so they put up Hayes. The
Democrats had put up Tilden and Hendricks,
veDher.
HON. JAMES WILLIAMS,
of Indiana, was introduced by Mr.. Thurman as |
man who would next fall be Governor of Indiana
Mr.. Williams said that he congratulated them
upon the ticket. In Indiana they had tried to |
have Hendricks name put first, but it has not |
been done: they would support unanimously the
ticket as it stood.
GEN. LAFAYETTE LANE,
of Oregon. was next introduced. He said the
voice of the Pacific States would be declared for
Iilden and Hendricks.
HON. HEIsTER CLYNRR
of Pennsylvania was the next speaker. He ex-
pressed surprise hat in the District of Columbia
SO large political assembly could be gathered
together. If they had been sent here from the
u te House third-termers from the War De-
na rtrert a. post traders, from the Treasury as
whisky defraGlefs, U. from the Departments as
hireliHgs, he would not have been su n,~~h sur !
Irlsed. The same spirit that was manifested |
there was manifested all over the country. Who |
knew better han they did the terrible revelations
that a Democratic House had made? If they |
were not to be governed by purity and honesty, |
would they not ask themselves whether the
Government was worth preserving at all? The
very existence Of the nation was at stake.
The word Reform was no senseleSs, unmeaning |
word, but IL nGd sunk deep into the hearts of the
people. II vas his privilege to occupy position
as chairman OF 4 committee that had the guidance |
Of their affairs politically, aud he came to be IN
formed as to their wishcS
HON. JOHN f. PHILIPS,
Of Missouri, was tie next speaker He confined
himself aIr,ost wholly to sketch Of the horElOIe
~ yI,cnsities OF the Republican pa-ty-%andlsh, 1
thieyisb ghoulsh and otherwise. He said that
the time had come when the American people de- |
manded honesty for raScality, solid worth for i'm
come when the sOldicry, instead of being sent to |
the South to control votes should he sent out West
ing massacTed by the Indians. The blood OF these
heroes upon the head Of the Republican |
parry. Ia voice: What about the army aPprO-
Triati"Gg'I they could put down Missouri for |
5000 ma "ritr :or Iilden and Hendricks.
HON. JOHN T. HARRIS,
of Virginia. was introduced, and spoke briefly.
Since the days Ul 1850 he said no man had seen
The vestal n"c- Of liberty burn so brightly now
they did. Ie said he had seen a few nights age
down t1c d * streets, with not torch lighted,
Win tiClT 'als hanging DOWN as II tney were
going to funeral, aud not they came that
r'=hl. with lights burning brightly, aud heads
erect, Ike Tcn. The ticket meant more than
lariy cCTt st meant to rebuke the men who
Laa corrupted the country. The Republican
parry had TvLukcd its own leaders, and he ven
iurel 10 say nat for the next ten years no one
would try :" feCOme President by creating strife /
LelWcCn the North and South. One said that his
only objection to Tilden was that he was bach
elUF. He thanked God that he was bachelor as
then he would have no brothers-in-law. He con-
ticucd further, relating several appropriate an
cCd"tes.
The chairman announced that after hearing he
Committee on resolutions and two more speakers
tie line W0u!d be reformed and proceed to Worm
ley'S to sCTCaade
GENERAL HANCOCK.
Mr.. Tyler. from the committee on resolutions, !
then read the following. which were adopted |
with few dissenting voices:
RESOLUTIONS.
B"SOlr'd. That we. the residents OF the District |
Cf Columbia, having seen particularly the mani |
iuld abuses 81 the present Administration, and |
we, the citizens of the United States, in joint |
meeting @-seIGhleJ do hereby ratify and sanction
the plat!0T,l the Democratic marty ed at 4