New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-11-10
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;,.,,an and Gentlemen-I can not
axpress to you my acknowl-
n this magnificent attendance OF
eitizens Of New York, and Of |
al and generous greeting. AS
an BE worthy, for his own sake,
Attendance and such greeting, |
can repay by his own speech
tifieation and such an attention.
,avs an these occasions, when
yests are at stake and the minds
Searts Of the people are awake to
ereats. that it is the assemblage
GREAT mass Of the citizens, that,
Vino mind and spirit of the &C.
ake The speech and set at work
ncea that are to be distributed
4 this wide land. It is now
n Years since had the honor to
snsech at The first Republican
heating held in the City of New
nnlause. I Even the place where
~ has been obliterated and has
rom the minds Of our citizens.
4 Old Tabernacle-not so spacious
this, and you may be sure it was
III filled. The venerable presid-
I of that meeting, grown more
since, has but lately passed
midst-Mr. Bryant; and at no
from that time to this has it
d me that the unity, the strength,
success of the Republican party
of paramount interest in the well
q State. Applause. That then
Republican infant-that sprang to
be honor and safety Of the country,
grown to be a party that has
" in the country now for nearly
fears; and who is there that dares
1 one instonce, or one moment of
ssion of power, where the safety
buntry did not repose upon that
pn, and where the safety of the
was not at peril if the govern
bouid be taken from its hands?
SCI | / will not belittle the great
the country's history during this
" assuming heroic proportions for
cture of our affairs, which now
itself upon the interest and upon
Of the citizens, but I will say to
this stage that we have reached,
It may be near the end of our
n duty, though we may be APP
ng that time when the politics of
niry shall not make men sollcitous
very being Of the nation, yet the
which we now make ia one of the
duties of the Republican party
.unperformed, will leave the cui-
n and the safety of the arch which
reared still in danger. From the
d there was first meditated re-
inst the authority of the Constitu-
d the partition of our country until
Il existence, the cohesion, the un-
ess, the public spirit, the absolute
country, and the absolute devotion
isty, were essential to perform the
! boris and the great sacrifices that
emanded from the people who
save their country against SO great
MA danger greater than any coun-
eafier ever can be saved from,
be record OF our honor and our
made complete by saving the
of restored prosperity and public
The maintenance of the obligation
se assumed to accomplish this OBJ.
Applause. ]
TIE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
esult of the last election placed
eutiye power of the government
Ia the hands Of the Republican
md made some considerable gains
\ opular house of Congress over its
/ ssor; but it left us in the minority
house, and, as we all know, in the
circumstances of the election, i'm
into the political scene topics of
~ and of doubt which are foreign
Institutions, and never should have
hported into them. By a suppress
the right Of suffrage in many of
I les Of this Union, the Republican
4 he absolutely deprived of twenty
\ votes that belonged to it, and
more were brought in question.
and applause.] Patient, serene,
oding, making no threats itself and
no threats that were made against
I lause, ] the Republican party was
b receive the count of that vote by
sr constitutional method the dehb-
y Of the Congress of the nation
i assign. It did not invoke the a..
he OF 100, 200 armed or unarmed
ID laughter. ] because it knew that
Mere in attendance watching that
al over this country, some millions
med citizens that were capable OIL
arms if necessity required, How
know that =? We had tried it
ase. We had had threats against
= emment; we had heard it called 9
sand; we had heard that a com
4 Of thrift and gain, commerce, and
n were not community that could
4 upon to take up arms for theil
. and for their country. Itdid mo-
b hair Of our heads to be told so, auG
4 not take up arms until it VA
!, NJ, andwe did not lay them down
was finished. [Applause.l Ani
q II anybody wanted to break dow
stitution Of the United States By
i scause there was a disputed cleo
were quite ready that the Consti
: hould be defended in q disputed
y as in everything else, Applause,
4 ~ exhibition of wisdom and cour
comprehensive and circumspec
4 Of the gravity Of the situation
\ 1ple of this country exhibited |
Y over themselves in an emergenc,
a and that ;, IS wholly unforeseen an,
ded for, that bespoke the great
tie nation in a civil capacity, a.
nd Of civil war had proclaimed it
4 as q military nation in tn
b that conflict. I do not exagger
hen / say that the nations Of th
onnected with us in our system o
hon, who had watched with won
great devotion and the grea
i nhibited ia the war of the Union
Z lled with even greater astonishmen
3 those that wished we'll to us an
bet wished i'll to us alike, it SCENE,
had met that final test and troubl
management Of a vast suffrage
disputed election could find n
3 but in the passions and the powe
posing party and when both sec
- lt.h parties. resorted ia a mAiho