Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-10-04
Speech Of .Ex-Gov.
Parker.

the South.
The following is the full text Of tb
" speech Of Ex-Governor Parker of No,
e jersey made the l2th Of Septembe,
. on being nominated temporary Chat,
man OF the Democratic Electoral Con
= ventlon OF his State:
t Gentlemen Of the Convention: Accen
y my tn INKS for the honor conferred. Yo,
nave met to nominate electors. whose din
" II VIII be, If your choice be confirmed
& ny majority Of the legal voters of New
Jersey, TO cast the electoral vote of Tho
State for President and Vice President nj
the United States. Under our system OF
government the people do not vote direct
E ~ ior those officers, but men are chosen
, WHO, in the Electoral College, vote for the
candidates for President and Vice Presi
dent who have been nominated bv the
party to which such chosen electors he.
long. 1t will be for the Democracy and
conservative people OF New Jersey to de-
!, 'ermlne II the gentlemen whom we this
Gay nominate, viii have the O Jortunity
to discharge that duty.
:. Candidates for the Presidency have
been named by the respective parties.
Fearing to represent the record of their
party squarely and boldly to the country,
the Republican Convention thrust aside
prominent and able leaders, and nominat
ed gentleman who, while welded to the
ultra dogmaS of his party, and approving
all the iniqnitous acts of the Federal Adj
miniStraton, is still comparatively OBJ
Scnrc. 1t is true he served in the army.
| but where. when and how did he distin-
guiSh himself; 1t is true he served in
Congress, but what great measure did he
originate or even advocate in such way
| as to attract attention: When he was
nominated not one in ten thousand of his
own party knew that he had been in the
army or In Congress. With such fields
for distinction 4 man fit for the Presiden-
cy would have done something to raise
him above the level ofmediocrity. Should |
he be elected there is no doubt that the
men who control the present adminislra- /,
tion will remain ali powerful, and that the |
country would have continuation of the
nrp ascent D0Iicy nj nn+LnI,
The candidate OF the Democracy. on the
contrary, is man of the highest order IF
talent. He is thoroughly vcr,cd in the
principles Of governmental Silence. and is
also possessed of cOnsummate executive
ability. That he has the learning and
experience to enable him to rescue the
government from the perils by which 1t is
envlroncd cannot bs doubted, and is not
denied. 4
But opposition papers which were for
merry tiled with praises of our candidate
have. since Ills nomination, opened the
walls Of abuse and are now daily publish
ing the most malicious SANDERS against {
his private character. This is not the
occasion to notice III detail the falsity of !
'hcSc charges. Time will not permit. It {
IS sufficient for me now to say that they |
relate to period Of time long anterior to :
lis candidacy f)r the GoremOrship Of u
New York His character private and v
public, was then discussed for months
the Empire State, where he II
lad passed his whole life and was best
.n0Wn, and the result was that Samuel J. u
[iIdcn was elected Governor by so 900 U
majority over the most popular man in G
he Republican party. TniS verdict of his
cighbors was an emphatic denial Of the
ase SANDERS at that time, and it will be :.
ound that the people of the country will
egard the record of that verdict BY the
icnaSc, conclusive as to his private -,
AS the lawyers say, the result
f that election SHOULD operate rs an es-
opel to SANDER.
Inc object OF these attacks upon Mr..
llden is well understood. The record of -.
ne radical party, which the Cincinnati
onvention indorsed and approved, will ~
OF bear the test of examination The .
EQUATION, fraud and corruption of many +,
gh officials, if fully presented, would as 80
'und the country. The extravaganza -
'rVadng all departments, the arbitrary -,
It's OF the administration, its protection ~
1aVoritcS from the exposure and pun @,
hment due rascality, its disregard for III
guarantees as manifested in 20,
'ldins under military rule the people of mn
ehtire section for political purposes, CHI
posed thoroughly in every public print ,io
ID on every platform, should and would ~,
ouse the people to herculean efforts to &c,
row OF the incubus of such government. th,
'nce the attempt to divert attention fec
I'm the real issue by raising side issues fro
personal nature. e.,
They even say that Mr. Tilden was dis sti
al 10 dlsproVc this charge may be no,
ed, among other things, the fact that tbi
rough his influence General Mcclellan me
ote his letter declaring "for the main. slo
lance Of the Union at all hazards" The NOT
lowing extract from Il declaration of If
nciples from the pen of Mr. Tilden {
itten in 1862, shows the true patriot Re,
reiutes the charge Of disloyalty. Adj wit
'ssing the South he wrote: ''Within ref,
Union we will give You the Constitu. nea
II you profess to revere. We will give per
everything that locnl Self-goYernment u.n,