Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-08-17
County Republican Convention.

forenoon. The convention was called to order by
Joseph IL. Manley, Esq. chairman of the county
committee, on whose motion Hon. Lorenzo Clay
ct Gardiner, was called to the chair. Olamsndsl
Smith Il Litchfeld, made secretary. On
tttiGg the chair Nj. Clay addressed the conven-
tom as follows.
Geutemsu Of the Convention and fellow citi-
2eas of ola kenueb C.: Oucc more, according TO
custom, We have assembled in this hall rs tue
ieltcsen atYes Of the rrpubcaG party OF henne-
bee 'Uuuty, To tulhil and dlschsfge an important
duty: To select from the great number OF honest,
worthy aud tue republicans OF which We can
proudly boat that our party is composed Of IN
This county, Candidates for the various Offices
mentioned 10 tue call, which YOU have Just heard
read. We labor under difficulty in tins county,
which does not embarASs the people OF any other
county IN the State. That is. have many
honest and tue republicans ia our ranks. cOmpc-
tlnt 10 Discharge the du1es Of any position to
which they may be called, that II Is difficult to Sc
lec, for It Is impossible to designate halt-dOzeu
men, wlthUuI leaving out IN the cold, scores of
otl err Just as worthy, and much entitled to the
support of the party. But gentlemen, with an
honest desire TO discharge your Who'll duty TO your
Cou-tltueut-, and to ensure the success of the
pu bliCsn patty know You will select such men as
will command the confluence and support Of all true
republicans. ! need not remind you that the next
l. to be ole Of the most important elections which
W. have had fJr the past twenty years. We have
got not ouy our old enemies, the democrat party
Win tItu DitJu ices anu iDhE Itul up udleu
iui eusted by Yeas of di-appoin ed ambition for
office, 10 couteud with, but we have the greenback
party, commonly called the Rag Baby, aided and
shuetted ny COMMUNISM, Butlerl,m, kearneylsm
add all other tlat can he Tuug IN TO catch tue
votes of the ignorant and sore heads. OF the
purposes and wllcs of the democr ,tc party, need
say nothing. GU know it all But the designs
AID purposes Of the grecuback party are "past
fading out" ] listened to tue speech of Leo
VI Her, tue great eXpOunder of the greenback the
I half h tt.a
diu not even suggest any practicable theory
method tv which the people were to derive any
benefit from adopting then platform; but one thing
he did ssy for wnich wish 10 give him full credit
Tie sad that the republican patty iu its origin
composed OF tue very cream of the two Old par
tI1s the wings 6ud the denoci ats, and 10 looking
about the ha ! when be SAID this, | could not help
thinking that his party was composed OF the sour
milk Of tue republican aud democratic parties !;
| aud iu-tt al Of calling 1t the greenbsCk party,
y pud Clri,ten 1t the sour milk party.
a.,O ieard the profound aud exhaustive speech
OF cJIou ue farmer, AT the same place lew days
later heard ali aOout his heIieT, his steers. ms
pl2, hI. NH 4 beech wood, his VIE, turkeys aud
hI- htisL bDls idmi how they had sbtunk III
vaiue, and jl-t as much as they had shIunk the
houdhO dI had been en- iched. And for ali these
eNi.s SCION uid have, an suggest We sIInpIe
remedy, panacea for all our woes namely,
Jdst vote the gIecnback ticket aud subscribe tor
aud cad &C bases Chronicle" This gentleman
carried me back to the days of nv ear recollec-
tlOn. when inst went TO the iuitnt scnoo wnen
the o det boys, the SOons of thai day, would take
m by The nape Of the neck and slack Of my
tlousers and ,ay over, "open your mouth aud shut
~ your eyes, aad will give you something to
make GU wealthy aud WISE aud then they would
pat sOme dirty mug into my mouth and choke
me tl they made me swsl wv 1t.
The republican, party, carrying out ITS Original
pu puse, saading upon the broad plstioi III adopt
cd al It's Gie state Convention, IS the patty 10 save
the county. preserve the union, revive business
and restore prosperity 10 all our industries. The
democratic patty could not do this If The y would,
and would not do 1t If they could The green
back theory II carried out would destroy all CON
hdence III our country at home and abroad, and
dcmOra.Ze TIT people OF tins county into band oil
silh.r- and assas,us. Gcntlemeu, let not the voice
Il ODD keuLebec, the home OF our Morrill, and our
Blanc, utter any uncertain sound. Let our cue
MES aud the enemies OF our county un trstand
that We offer no compromise VITA traitors aud re-
pudlaiots that We battle tot the tlght; that We
hsht 10 Cotquer, that We kLo" no sncn wold tas
lall.
one word more and have done. When the Bos-
tonIaus are affected with al eNuberence of patlOt
-m, they call their Fsnulel II all the cradle of nb
eri.y / Propose, with the consent Of the lrOprie-
tor, oi this tue Granite Hall, to CuII,teu Il 10 day
The new cradle Of LIberiy-aud let us gentle
men, here ADD Lo., III this new cradle OF LlOeity,
commence such sIocklng OF thai rag baby tnAtwil
put It to sleep forever.
The speech of Mr. Clay wa. received with great
favor.
Mr.. Manley, from the county committee, TO
whom LAD becn committed The Credentials OF
memheis, reported that the county was entitled to
l26 delegates, aud tast number we're present. We
publish 6tl1" the names OF the delegates
Augusta-Geo. p. Hatch W. >. Choate H. NJ
Heath, ID. +. Bolster, W Scott HUI, j. h..
Marley, ;. Z. Plummer, H. II. Harvey, Z. [.
Dudley, oteo. T. Weeks. Watson f. Halett John
Il. Dyer, Hcury sewaH Geo b. Hoy, Geo. E.
Macumber
Albiou-I,ewelI,n Iibbev, Il +. Foster, Elias
{. FoWhr.
Belgtad.-C VI Weston. g. {. Foster, G. r.
Stevens.
Benton-A. II. Barton, A III Learned, A. F.
Owen.
Cuuton-Johp F. Lamb, NJ. =. Hatch. b. +
Foster, Charles J,welt
CLipA-F O. Biaineid n Fletcher w "
Wa,hnurn, o. c. Hsmlen
Chelsea-E. H. blanchard. Geo. IA HAYES.
Farmin.dale--R. ;. N.al. Z. ). patker
Fsvette-s. If. j. Betty. j. f. steven. C.. II
Wing
Gndiner-D. c. Palmer, John T. Richards.
John Berry, H. ). Webstei James Nash. E. W
Atwood, Ioleuzo Gay. j. X. O.good, j. b. Ding
les, David Wentworth.
H,owtll-M illiam Whom A. Wall NJ w
FaIr,J. II. Lowell, james Atkins. Jr.. +. f, san.
born, g. >. Fuller.