New-York tribune., 1876-09-29
TIE CAMPAIGN IN NEW-JERSEK.
A MAINE ORATORS ADDRESS.

A MAINE ORATORS ADDRESS
SPEECH OF THE HON. WILLIAM p. FRYE AT NEW
ARK-THoMAs h. PEDDIE NOMINATED FOR con-
GREss FROM THE SIXTH NEw-JERsEY DISTRICT.
The Republican Convention of the With
Congressional District Of NewJersey assembled at the
Opera House in Newark yesterday afternoon, large
audience being present. John p. Jackson OF Newark
chosen chairman, and made brief speech the pni
port Of which was that united South must be met
by n united North" In the call OF wards aud town
ships for nominations for Member of Congress, the fol
lowing names we're presented: Thomas b. Peddie Cort
landt Parker, j. H. Hazard, and Phineas Jones An IN
formal ballot resulted follows Peddie, s2 Parker,
55; Hazard /. jan es L. Hayes, personal friend OF
Mr. Parker said he authorized to say that II Mr'
Parker was nominated he would not accept The nrst
regular ballot was then TAKEN and resulted as follows
Pedde, 49, Parker, 55 whereupon Mr. Peddie was de-
elared the nominee Mr. Pedde Is the senior MEMBER OF
the extensive trunk manufacturing firm OF T. b. Pedde
& Co. He was born in Scotland, came to this country
when a moor boy and from the bench has worried HIS
way up to the head Of one OF the largest factories In this
country. He for two terms member OF the Legis-
ature and twice Mayor of Newark.
Immediately after the Congressional Convention mass
meeting was held in the Opera House, at which Thomas
n McCartcr presided. Mr. McCarter. after brief
speech introduced to the audience the Hon. william r.
Frye Of Maine, who spoke substantially as follows;
He said that he loved NewJersey, for he had known
many Of her sons to be good true, lOyalhearted men,
and above and beyond all that that great battlefield
az Cincinnati the New-Jersey delegation stood shoulder
to shoulder with him, fighting until they went down,
with their flags flying the peak for the honored son OF
Maine James G. Blaine 1t was the CepSsunal year OF
America, and men we're beginning 70 ask themselves
whether they should take his great Republic, sanctied
as IL had been In blood sancted 1t had been in pray
ers and tears and deliberately give it over into thei
hands Of those men Who within score OF years, hac
done all they could to destroy 1t That old snip OF
State was welded TO the ocean 100 years ago,
and she had sailed thousand seas ard buheted
thousand waves had sailed through many tempest
and had now and then struck upon suuken rocks but
the hand Of God had lifted her, and she had sailed
proudly or she had heard a thousand times the surf
beangupon her shore and Eer rigging aud her mass
had been torn and shattered Dy sue had
proudly Only score OF years ago inuIiny oFOKe
out, aud that miserable old m6ecie James Buehanani i
ship OF State lie taken out, and Abraham Lincoln
pm n Loyal oees 81 %5e e p, psS M or @ our Se Years. ss
and the deck piled with dead ana the scupefs ran
with streams of blood but under God the good old ship
Of state was brought safe into port The cry OF the
Democratic party was reform, aud te speaker lhOugnt
he might feel some confidence In their pretensOBs n ne
could See them coming up spirit OF repentance he
could hear them, the tears running down their palhd
checks, singing tnat good old hymn OF Dr. watts,
'AnG do I stiI rcbei
ATbs,hg Rise gsRSnid RsiSi rest est in TS bell"
When the Republican Congressman from tho district
I'm which he speaking should take his seat upon the
floor of the House Mr. Frye continued he would guar
that COugressman's vote would DC recorded aye
Whenever the question Of American iaares @ shln & p
ocratC party made proposition 70 strike on the NOUS
tries Of the aboring men and OF the mechancs OF New
COugressnan's vote would be recorded " NO. When
eyer there came M up up h,S OF r%s Of honesty Of R
tcgry, he would guarantee that that Son2ressuans
tee tnaf Democratic Congressman would vote against
nubic schools, freedom CIV lizauon, good morals TEN
peTance aud AGAINST everything that the men OF Newark
aud OF NewJersey regarded as honest aud justi but
when the question Of PotVSany eaae % up sneH a % Ttb
was next slavery it vicious In every aspect; II
denied allegiance TO the laws of the United States u
dcdrd the courts of tho United States; it dehe1
tbe mower OF the aud to-day it standing
at the very foundation OF the government ready 70 eat
Ills Renubc Let the families Of this country have
honest fathers, yrtuous mothers and oDedeaI children
would be a perfect millennium ON earth When the
speaker first went 10 Congress- Utah sent delegate VINO
had only wie but when Utah sent cannon INTO te
House they sent him in defiance OF the united states ana
in defiance of the Republican party 10 Try tne t parry
from the House OF Representative that man mad the
protection of every Democrat IN taat House M9e1 en- tns
proposition was made to appropriaIe ohe-hah Oh an
the proceeds OF the public lands TO the pnnhc
south Of Mason and Dxons line, every
Democrat on the floor Of that House voted "No."
wedding Tpon the shores Of Massachusetts. The bden
guests we've the Puritan Fathers and the unbidden
were the Church and the schOOhOusc and OF that mar
riage was born child. and they christi ned 10 Clvizd
tton-ciyilZatOn born OF The Blhc-and tnat scnOOl
book aud that civilization set line against the de-
nnnds of an and insulting slavery, and said:
Thus far aud not one step further iorweld ana 0r
its purposes il brought into life and being the Republ
can party The Republican party has only been doing
the work OF civilization Gught by the Bble and by
fine school book and for the first time inspired by the
wedding on the rock upon the coast OF Massa
chusetts Bay Now twossxths OF the laO0rng men
IN every mill In every factory In every Workshop per-
hans would vote the Democratic ticket and Ill so doing
tey would vote their wages down one hal or vote no
WAGES at ALL Before the uniOn of Ireland with Great
Rrtau iu every house III DuOn there was loom, more
than I3 600 aud women abOred In the mantfacto-
ries aud Ireland hive OF business, OF prosperity
OF Happiness, of content But there came union with
Great Brtan Great Britain looked upon her lOngingy
aud she proposed that Ireland should raise raw products
and send them to England, and England would
send them back manufactured Ireland tell into the net
All these articles protected but in time came the
repeal OF tine tariff Oh every article and tue result was
that In very few years over 2OOOOOO lrishmen and
Irish women starved death in their own homes and
America ships loaded To the very deck To FEED tnem
and starved OF ireland, they came To this country
nv thousands hundreds Of thousands and here the
speaker sad they were employed and pald good wages
worship according TO their conscience in peace and IN
quiet They had all they wanted To eat ana 10 drink ana
all the clothing they needed aud yet when they came To
the ballot nine of OF then voted for the Demo-
cratic party and for that very principle which drove
them into exile froW their own country say 90 you,
that the man who reads, the man who can hear, Is
fool does not know absolutely that the south try
ing Ia gain by powerful ballot that which it failed 10
win by terrible and bloody conflict aud on II they do
win, God save the Republic, for only God can"
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