Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-06

ped it from that moment, never to en-
.ertain il more. Gen. Noyes then be-
ing enthusiastically called for, resi- on
ied as follows:
"Nr. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Conventional desire to return you my
heartfelt thanks for the renewed eX-
preston of your confidence of which l
have been the recipient to-day, for L
regard it as very great honor TO rep
resent in the Republican National Con-
vention, the great State of Ohio. Ii Is
a peculiar pleasure to me to represent
that State at our coming Convention
this year, for the reason that we shall
present to that Convention the name
of one of our distinguished citizens
distinguished in war, distinguished in
peace; gentleman, q scholar, patriot.
and an honest man, LcheersJ, who mas
had the great good fortune to beat sue
cessively, George III. Pendleton, Allen
g. Thurman, and William Allen.
TCheers. l am only afraid there will
be no distinguished generals left for
him to run against, for one by one,
they are joining the innumberable car
avan that moves to the pale realms OF
shades. Cheers. 1 am delighted
that our Convention has been SO har-
monious to-day; that we have per-
formed every duty in such excellent
good spirits. l am glad to know that
we will go into the National Conven-
ton prepared to support heartily and
earnestly Gov. Hayes for the highest
Office in the gift of the people OF the
United States. Cheers. This is a
peculiar year, and the public mind is
peculiarly sensitive at this time to
whatever pertains to the public well
fare. We hunt down and bring to
Judgment, and bring to punishment,
now as never before, every man who
is found to be dishonest and false to his
trust. lApplause. Reform and econ
omy are to be the watchwords in the
contest before US this year. Applause.
1 don't agree. may remark, with the
latest Democratic candidate for the
Presidency, who said that while all
the Democrats are not horse thieves
vet all the horse thieves are Democrats.
Laughter Unfortunately, there are
some horse thieves, and some other
thieves, who turn out to be Republicans,
and don't blame the Democrats for
being glad whenever thief is discov-
cred in the Republican party, for they
know he don't belong there, [cheers
and laughter !, and tell the Democrats
what we will dc, if they will let us, at
one of their investigating committees.
If they don't put any sort of obstacle
in our way, we will take care of all our
thieves, and will bring them to judg-
ment, and we will bring them to pun
ishment by impeachment or indict-
ment or whatever may be necessary to
the case. l only remark, incidentally,
that, according to the latest accounts,
they are in no particular position to put
on airs about it. ] said had faith in
the Republican party, in its past and
in the future, for all the grand things
it has done in the little fifteen years,
eventful years; since it came into pow
er in this government. 1t fought to
successful issue the bloodiest war of
the present century, saved the honor
of the government and the life of the
nation, and when the war was over,
confronted as it was with the greatest
problems which ever demanded The
attention of any people, it has met ev-
cry demand, and been true to every
trust. We have paid off largely our
debt; we have appreciated the public
credit; we have settled all foreign diff
culties without resort to war; we have
pacified and reorganiZed & reconstruc-
ted the South; we have given liberty
and citizenship and suffrage to four
millions of our citizens, who were
slaves before; we have made it possible
for our foreign born fellow citizens to
go across the sea, armed only with
naturalization paper issued by the OBJ
scurest Probate Judge, in the smallest
county of our Nation, TO go up and
down the world, protected by our flag
and backed by our government.
Cheers Is this nothing to have been
accomplished in ten years? and who
shall say to us here tonight that the
duty of the Republican party is end
ed, and its career is closed? 1t is on
the very threshold of the most bril-
liant experiences which any party has
ever known since the world began.
All we need is, gentlemen, an honest
platform, and upon it honest and capa
BILE men, and we will bear our banner
to victory next fall, as we have borne
it to victory before. Applause Ohio
occupies peculiar and interesting po-
sition. Our State election is to be held
i'm October. If this State is lost to the
party, the Republican cause is lost.
With a candidate to suit us, with plat
form upon which all honest and patri-
otic men can unite, we shall go forth
united, shoulder to shoulder, with
touch of elbow, as we did during the
war, we will march to victory again"
[Applause.
The Convention then adjourned sine
die, and thus ended one of the most or
derly, intelligent, honest, and patriotic
political Conventions that ever assem-
bled i'm Ohio,