The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-06-23

forced loan or the taking of the first
practical step toward assuming our po-
sition among the solvent nations of the
| civilized world.
No, gentlemen. the late war was not
| a mere prizefiglt for National suprem-
acy. 1t WIS tli- Ontgrowth of the con-
fiict of irreconc:ia liable moral social and
| political forces Democracy had its
lot with the moral, social and political
forces of the cause which was lost; the
Republican party with those which
triumphed and survived. The preser-
walton of the results of that victory
devolves upon us here and now. Dem
ocracy has no traditions of the past,
no impulses of the present, no aspra-
tions Tor the future, fitting it for this
task. The reaction of 1874 has already
spent itself in in vain effort to real
iZe the situation. 1t has simply dem
onstrated that no change in the ma
chinery of the government can be had
outside of the Republican party, with
out drawing with it practical nullifi-
cation of the great work of recon-
struction, financial chaos, and admin
istrative revolution. The present House
of Representatives has succeeded in
nothing except the development of its
own incapacity.
From the inception of the Republi-
can party in 1855, it has kept pace with
the progress of the times, accepting
each added responsibility of war,
emancipation, taxation, and recon-
struction, till the brightest pages of
American history are but the life story
of the Republican party OF fthe whole
/ IF o6t or
ments and legislative enactments it
takes the responsibility without apollo |
| gy. 1t has often erred, but it has never
feared to act, and through its action |
the Nation has lived. There has been |
| corruption, but when it was discovered |
the order went forth 'Iet no guilty |
man escape" and the order was execu-
| ted.
There has been want of harmony, |
but platform unwavering in its dec |
laration of principles, with candidates |
worthy of it, will weld together, as of |
old, into an unconquearble army, the |
great liberty loving, law abiding major |
ity of the voters of the United States, |
and stamp with endearing success the |
results of the deliberations of this Con-
vention.
OTHER OFFICERS CHOSEN.
On. motion OF a gentleman from
Wisconsin, Hon. l. NJ. Beane and Hon.
III. III. Bingham, of Pennsylvania were
elected temporary Secretaries, and on
molten of gentleman from Michigan,
Gen. f. W. Hicks, of Michigan, "a
man covered all over with scars" was |
elected Seargeant-at-Arms.
THE FIRST CONTEST.
The attempt to shut out the Terito-
ries presented the first point of dispute
in the Convention. 1t was so speedily
settled as to surprise those who favored
it.
Hon. Will. Cumback, of Indiana,
moved that the roll of the States be
called, and that each State annoUce all
its committee members. Carried.
RIGHTS OF CONTESTANTS.
Gov. Woodford of New York-It
seems to me that there is manifest i'm
propriety in allowing those States or
Territories where there may be contests
as to the proper delegation to name
members of the committees, and
sent or by some amendment to the
resolution, the usual parliau.entry rule
should be adopted that when State
is reached where there are contesting
delegations, that State or delegation
should be passed on roll-call. [Cheers.
move, therefore, that in any State or
Territory where there is a contest as to
the proper delegation, or where there
are contesting delegations, that such
State or Territory be passed On this roll
call.
A delegate from Indiana, moved to
amend by adding the District of Colum-
bia.
The amendment Was accepted, and
the motion as amended was carried.
After the appointment of the various
committees on Credentials, Rules, Res
olutions, and Permanent Organization,
there were loud calls for General Lo-
gan, who had taken his seat on the
stage. He responded, and on being
introduced by the presiding officer,
said:
MIR. PRESIDENT, AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION: L
know not what / can say to you that
xunnld ho IF onu hanoHf in diraefinp /
your minds in that duty which you are
called upon now to perform. You are
the chosen Representatives of the Re-
publicans of the United States of
America, thus assembled here for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for
President and Vice President and re-
port Republican platform, to be
voted for at the next November cleo
ton by the Republicans of the United
States. To pass over all that has been
done by this party of ours which has
been of advantage to the whole people
of this great country, and to enumer-
ate the many things that have Injured
to the benefits of civilized man, would
be work that l cannot now under
take. Our coming campaign, in my
good judgment, is to be of no ordinary
character. We have evidence now
before US. in the demonstrations that
are being made by the opponents of
the Republican party, sufficient te sat
isfy us that the time has again come
for every lover of liberty and freedom
IN this land to buckle on his armor and
be ready for the fray. [Applause.
That which has been achieved by our
armies, that which has been made and
perfected, for the benefit of mankind
by the intellect of our party is before
the country, for them to decide
whether or not that which has been so
far a success shall be continued as a
success i'll this land, or whether all the
fruits that have been gathered by the
Republican party and by their exer-
tons shall be destroyed. oyou, then,
this has been referred so far as present
ing to the country a man that will
stand upon the platform and carry out
these principles. Let there be, then,
no uncertain sound in the platform
that shall be adopted by the Republi-
can party here to-day. lCheers.l 1t
Is not for me to indicate what your
committee shall report, or what you
shall adopt, except to say, as Repub-
lican, let there be no uncertainty on
any question that is vital question
before the American people. [Cheers.l
This is Republican convention, and
1t should only be captured by Repub.
licans, and supported and sustained
only by Republicans Loud cheers.
L have learned while being Republi-
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