Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-06-30

".o oi'loo was Vi Cuc nlgneSG value.
Modest in bearing toward his fellow
men, one whose purity of public and
private character cannot be eainsaid:
patriotic and sound in Judgment, he
will render still higher service as the
occupant of the chair of Chief Maeis-
trate of the Nation. The people
appreciate, and the times demand.
Just such men for public servants,
and it cannot be doubted that on an
occasion of such grand and imperious
necessity as tho election of u Presi-
dent in this Centennial year of our
national existence, both platforms
and candidates will be carefully
weighed. Happily for us, the GIN
cinnati Convention has so acted as
to challenge the closest and most
careful scrutiny of both. The NOM
nation of Gov. Hayes was an act of
wisdom, and, if elected, as l do not
doubt he will be, he will give the
country wise, patriotic, and pure
administration.
Our nominee for the Vice Presl-
dency has also served his country
well and faithfully as member of
the popular branch of Congress-
He has challenged, the admiration
and won the esteem of all who know
him. His character is a tower of
strength. He is man of practical
knowledge of public affairs, of I'M
questioned ability, and in full sympa-
thy with the highest and best princi-
pies of the Republican party. The
principles of the great Republican
party have the same meaning they
have always had, and the prosperity
and future glory of the Republic, re-
quire that our highest officers shall
be true to them. No names better
calculated to inspire confidence and
insure success could have been plac-
ed on the ticket. No language l can
use is too strong to express my con-
fidence in the patriotism, purity, and
trustworthiness of the men. But
success cannot be achieved without
united, persistent, and well-directed
effort. Our political opponents are
watchful, and ever ready to seize
from us the control of the Executive
Department of the Government Of
which they have been long deprived.
While denying that their party is a
sectional one, 1t is their boast that
they will have united one entire sec
ton of the country in support of the
candidate whom they will present.
The highest considerations of pat
lotism and the greatest good of the
whole people require that political
and party contests shall no longer be
marked by sectional lines and boun-
danes.
The position of the Republican
party to-day presents an opportunity
for the complete obliteration of such
lines. 1t appeals to no prejudice
and invokes no sectional hate. 1t
plants its banner high on the ram
parts of freedom, and invites the peo-
pie of every section and condition to
full and equal enjoyment of all civil
and political rights. The old Henry
Clay Wings and Douglas Democrats
Of the South, inspired by the love of
the Union which animated the bosom
of their great leaders, should stand
shoulder to shoulder with US this
Centennial year. They are no less
interested than ourselves in preserv-
ing the Union and perpetuating the
blessings Of freedom. Let them
bury the hurtful prejudices engender-
ed by civil war and once more to
the front with their old allies and
political friends, who will gladly
welcome them.
The platform and candidates Of
the Republican party are worthy the
support OF every man of the South
who is willing to forget the bitterness
of the past, or who has within his
bosom spark of patriotic hope for
the future of our common country
and lndissoluble Union. There is
no substantial reason why every man
who has acted with the Republican
party may not stand on the Cincin-
natl platform and support the nom
inees. Applausel, Whatever causes
of difference may have existed here
tofore are brushed away by the wise
and timely action Of the late Conven-
ton.
Casting aside forever all the petty
differences and disaffections that
have arisen within the party, let us
once more present to the country an
unbroken front, and with firm pur-
pose and high resolve move forward
to another victory, determined to
perpetuate for ourselves and our pos
terity all that has been secured in the
past and to advance still farther the
principles upon which the party was
founded. [Applausel.
FelIow-citizens of Cincinnatl: l
trust my be pardoned for speaking
of myself great applause so far as
to express my profound gratitude
for the steadfast confidence and I'M
faltering support you have given me.
No man ever owed more to any COM
munity, and certainly none was ever
more keenly alive to the obligation
and yet l am not vain enough to sup
pose that this has arisen from merit
of my own. Cheers 1t has been
because you have supposed me to be
in some sense the representative of
an idea, principle which lies near
your hearts. Let me beseech you to
stand fast to that principle. Increase
and strengthen my obligation to you
by earnest, hearty, and united sup
port of Hayes and Wheeler, who, as
I sincerely believe, represent the
cause of good government and all
proper reform. Hearty and repeat
ed applause.