The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-10-11

Alb nAArhh now awaiting the AuminisiFa-
tion's rebuke. These men are pledged
to aid him in every possible way. When
the time for action comes there will BE-
music in the land
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The following is the speech Of Mr.
Plat, chairman Of the New York State
convention
/ thank you most heartily for the dis
tinguished honor of being chosen to pre-
side over your preliminary deliberations
] take u to be your purpose TO make o
recognition of the radical working and
fighting soldiers of our political
army There has not been an
election. either national, State-and
may almost say local-that / have not
stood st the polls from sunrise to sunset
and fought without weariness or rest for
the ticket the whole ticket. and nothing
but the straight Republican ticket. Ap
piause That zeal was born OF a deep
aud absorbing faith in the righteousness
OF our cause and the Immortality OF our
principles. That faith still rives and
animates the hearts OF the live Republi
cans Of our State from the Hudson to the
Lakes. That faith Indignantly spurns
he thought that the nilsson 81 the Re
iaith grievcs because the glorious achieve
ments OF the war are in danger OF being
annulled 10y Southern artilice aud North
ern sentimentaIism.
That there are few men claiming TO
be Republicans and men occupying high
places who are conniving az th- diss0lu-
ton OF the Republican party is mot
lamentable thought They are the very
vIrtuOus Statesmen who are credited with
the opinions that there is no s1eh thing
- politics at the preseat time; that the
people are tired Of politics" that they
want party lines obl'tnratcd One glance
at the past political record OF all such
demago- Ies will show them to be men
wiO Leyer he'd any honest abiding Re
publican convictions. Some OF them may
be found among the iliustrious spirits
who aided Andrew johnson in carrying
the Constitution and the American flag
during his brief career. Others were so
weary Of politics that they labored TO
elevate to the gubernatorial chair that
prince oinon partisaBs, Samuel j. Tilden.
Iron ical laughter. / venture the opin-
10. that any protested Republican who
now pronouuces in favor Of disregardiDg z
party lines. means one OF three purposes,
namely, the destruction Of his own party
The advancement Of the Democratic par.
ty. or, what was quite as probable, the
formation Of new party. 1t is cause for
congratulation, however, that the mum.
Der OF these political Pecksniffs and trick.
sters is not large and their influence Is
limited
The great Republican masses arc sound
and true. They believe in the necessity
FOR the existence Of the Republican party
. Al a. a.
mean to maintain its existence. They
have confidence in their old leaders, and
n can to stand by them. Could any
stronger proof be asked that the heart oil
tie loyal people beats true and warm "a
their old convictions and affections than
the pride and pleasure universally mani.
tested over the generous tributes OF ad
miration and respect which the old world
has been paying to the soldier and states
man, Ulysses S. Grant2 Applause. We
all glory in the fact that this modest, 81
lent, sensible Republican President. who
was always true to his friends, his party
and his country, is the recipient OF an un-
ending series OF honors and ovations such
as no American citizen ever before re.
ceived. His triumphs are our triumphs
LApplause.
There is one Subject Of political discus.
SION which demagogues have niagnified
no -unseenly proportions. ! refer 10
the incessant cry which is raised that
"the Republican party is pledged to re-
form in the civil service" Hungry ex-
pectants OF Office stand on street corners
and shout the shibboleth until they are
hoarse and weary The independent
journalist rolls it as a sweet morsel under
his tongue and daily blurts in the face of
a nauseated public Slight applause aud
Kisses As ! understand the case the
Republican party is not pledged to any
plan OF civil service reform which Is not
practical in its bearings and general in
its application, equally applicable TO ev-
cry State OF the Unior and every depart
'ment Of the government; as binding up.
on the Cabinet officer as upon the tide
waiter; as earnestly opposed to political
iavoritism in the high places as well a. in
the low. The Republican party is not
pledged to any system of civil service re-
form which abridges in any degree the
rights guaranteed to every American cit
izen by the Constitution Of the United
States and the laws. The Republican
party is not pledged TO any plan of civil
service reform which most practical men
are sincere in believing will demoralize
aud destroy the organization.
IL would be worse than folly to attempt
to disguise the disagreeable fact TO which
| have before made allusion, that the
present is most critical period in the
history of our party. The clouds which
obscure the horizon are black and threat
ening, and the friends of freedom have
good cause for doubt and dependency
The chief cause for discourageme is
found in the perilous situation Of polite
al affairs in the South For the fret time
since the war we are confronted with the
stern reality of the Southern States in
phalanx for the support OF their political
CONFERENCE.-The Democratic party We
behold the Republican organization in
nearly every Southern State demoralized,
paralyzed, and practically crushed out.
The promised disintegration of the Dem
ocratic hosts, which was to follow lib
eral distribution of Federal offices, and a
policy confding and efl'usive, is far in the
dim future. 1t requires no gift of second
sight to discover that even with the wild
est divisions of the dominant party in the
South no resurrection there Of any party
by the name of Republican is within the
rarge of p. obability. To day the Hamp-
tons. Hills, and Lamars will caress the
hands that restore them to power, but
vote the Democratic ticket to morrow and
forever.
But, fellow Republicans, all this only
demonstrates the vital importance Of
m .intaining and perpetuating the Re
publican party in the North. Ii is no
time TO relax or despond. As goes New
York so goes the Union. What we do
now and here Is not for day. but for all
time. We can afford to be moderate: we
can afford to be marnanimous Let Us