The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-07-05
cow ENTI0N NE VS..
THE DAWN OF REFORM /!
TI1Gen Nominated OH
second Ball OF.
Hendricks the Unanimous Choice
on the First.
All Private Preferences give WaV
All Private Preferences give Way
10 the Public Good.

pItV1h5 JUNE -ftH, III the large ant
beautiful building OF the ST. Loui
Chamber Of Commerce, which was deco
rated with garlands Of leaves, State coat
ot-arms, flowers, etc. The weather wa;
very warm and suluy, betokening thun
, der-storms. The delegates were promptly
in their places, but it was twenty
minutes past twelve before the convention
was called to order by Hon. Augustus
Scheil, chairman Of the National Demo
cratic Committee.
Mr.. Henry Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-J ournal, wes unani-
mously elected temporary chairman, and
Senator Barnum, OF Connecticut, and
Senator Ransom, Of North Carolina, were
| appointed Il committee to conduct him to
the chair. Mr.. Watterson assumed the
chair and was received with cheers
Upon the subsistence Of the applause, Mr..
| WatterSOn addressed the convention as
follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONvESTIoN-We are
! called together to determine, by our own
| wisdom, whether an honest government,
| adm nlstercd by honest men, shall be re-
stored To the American people. or to decide
| by our own folly that it is the destiny of this
| country to pursue an endless, ever-revoIv-
| Ing circle OF partisan passion ann corrup-
| ltoh' Hiltll, win the loss OF our material
| well-DeIng, we lose the poor mans last. b.St
! hope, "ciVil liberty itself" Every citizen
| OF the republic. be he of one party or the
| other, feels, aud has felt tor many IA day, the
! depressing influence of what are called hard
/ times. We look about Us, and we ace
| neglected fields and vacant hoE SEES the fac
| tory Is closed; the furnace door is shut
! there a. e myrIads Of idle hands the happy
/ activity OF prosperous life is nowhere to be
| found; lOyalsts fatten, while honest men
81 Il fI,A md ,i,,1a ~,
| bay. What is it, What has wrought SO
! great change in Il land that, under the
| rule of an Intelligent, progressive constitu-
J ttoual party, advanced, within half CEN
| tury. from the condition of a huGdlc of petty
ana squalid provincial sovereignties to II
| foremost place among the nations OF the
earth 7: The reason of men must answer,
partisan niSrule aud sectional misdircction.
The Republicans, my friends, are not alone
responsible. With them rest the disgraces.
with Us the follies. These twin agents of
national mischance, walking under the mis-
era bic rule of cOntrArie>. have kept the peO-
pie OF the North and South asunder, and
have disturbed values. They have un-
settled prices they have made our whole
financial system cheat and snare; they
have driven the best elements of political
society into exile, and have organized char
latinism into a sort of a public policy, ena-
bling the rogue to get cheap advantage Of
his dupe, and sacrificing every popular in
terest TO the lust of that oligarchy which
has become so encrusted with power as 10
believe itself entitled to rule by the sheer
force of its own wrong-doipg. So much
let Us set down to the convenient pretext
o. war, so much to the long account OF dam
ages between the North and the South 1t
is for YOU to say whether the same conflict,
with consequences multiplied and ma9ni-
fled. shall by any act of yours be inaugu
rated between the East and the West. |
shall not undertake on an occasion of this
kind, and in Il presence so imposing, to ell
force the familiar lesson of mutual iOrbear-
ance. Nobody doubts our capacity to make
battle among ourselves, e.4treating you TO
direct your energies to The common enemy.
] ask indulgence only Oh my own behalf
You have called me to z place rot merely of
distinction, but of difficulty; 60 Z place
which requires the best training of better
man than l am. In taking it L trust to
your confidence and good nature, and To Il
heart incapable OF an unmanlv or unfair
act. The work before Us should relate To
ideas rather than individuals. Itis the is
sue, not the man, that should engage ia.
We have come here to make the peoples,
not our fight. for free no less than for honest
guvefHi.3e nt; for the reform of the public
service, and tie regeneration of public NOR
ais for administrative feltet from admins
trative nepotism embraced in the sinlpl
creed of home rule; for reducing taxes, and
living chance for the South well As
the North for both the East and the Wes,.
If anything comes from our proceedings, iC
must spring from the spirit OF aspiration
and fellowship which warmed the follow
ers of Andrew jackson and Silas Wright. |
of Henry Clay aud Daniel Webster, whose
political descendants meet togefhero on COM
mon ground, AT last, to WresJ the govern
ment of their fathers from the clutch OF
rings and robbers, Federal, State and mu-
niciEaI, and " no mean to eXtirpate these
wherever they are found, anl whether
they be Republican or Democratic.
At the CONCLUSION Of Mr.. Watterson's
remarks, which we're RECEIVED with great
applause, Bishop Marvin made an elo- |
quent and fervent prayer, the assem-
EIage rising,
The CHAIRMAN: The chair is direct
ed by the Democratic National commit +!
tee to announce as temporary secretary t
of the convention Mr. Frank o. Prince, |
of Massachusetts,, and as assistant secre- |
taries, Mr.. j. I. Waller, of Iowa, and
Mr.. ). X Doniphan, of Ohio. Before |
the convention proceeds to business the
chair would state, as a matter of conve-
nience to the reporters and the conven-
ton, that the gentlemen vino are recog- !
nized BY the chair will call their name |
and State. The convention is now ready |
for business, and the chair desires to
know lis pleasure.
The CHAIR-The Chair desires to state
that he is requested by the delegates from
the Woman's Rights national convention
to state that representatives of that or
rarisation are here and desire about ten
minutes to make statement to the con-
vention. TCries of |.hear them !" ''hear |
them n Without no objection they will |
now be heard. The chair will appoint
Mr.. Tweed, of New York, and Mr..
Snlalley, of Vermont, committee to es-
cort the ladies to the platform, Applause
and laughter
A DEIEGArE-Mr PRESIDENT
The CHAIR-No motion is in order; a
lady has the floor. Laughter.
SEvrrAL voIcEs-"Mr. President
THE CHAIR Gentlemen will take
heir seats. The chair has stated that
lady has the floor. The chair has the |
barc- to present to the convention Miss
Phoebe Cozzins, ef St. Louis. lap
plause. ii
4 DELEGATE-I rise to 2 point OF
order.
TIE CHAIR-The craftsmen is out Of
order, and will take his seat lmmedls
ately.
TIE SAME pELEa4TE--Can't | make
THE CHAIR-No, sir. A lady has the |
floor. and no point of order. Cries of
ssHurrah for the chair!" i
Miss Cozzins then stepped forward aud
delivered an address.
Accompanying this address was the
following plank for the Democratic plat
form:
WHEREAS. The Democratic party was
the first to abolish the property qualifca-
80, - ox,topa the right of suffrage to