New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1878-11-03
go of SECRETARY EvARTs
.nsr hesitate, New York, OetObeI
"a, 1873.


nhoir,nan and Gentlemen-I can not
,.,lv express to you my ackno WI
IA ~ ,tbis magnificent attendance Of i
iiow citizens of New York, and OF
nrdial and generous greeting. AS
= can be worthy, for his own sake,
r an attendance and such greeting,
man can repay by his own speech
8 ! Qualification and such an attention.
"A aIwavs on these occasions, when
;nteTests are at stake and the minds
he hearts If the people are awake TO
. interests, that it is the assemblage
the great mass of the citizens, that,
u moving mind and spirit of the oc-
=. make the speech and set at work
nAueuces that are to be distributed
1ohout this wide land. 1t is now
ty.two years since l had the honor to
speech at the first Republican
inc meeting held in the City of New
fApplause. Even the place where
made has been obliterated and has
n from the minds Of our citizens.
d the old Tabernacle otso spacious
IN as this, and you may be sure it was
Il we'll hlled. The venerable presid-
oficer of that meeting, grown more
rable since, has but lately passed
our midst-Mr. Bryant; and at no
hent from that time to this has 1t
ed to me that the unity, the strength,
he success of the Republican party
not of paramount interest in the well
Of the State. [Applause. That then
Republican infant-that sprang to
he the honor and safety of the country,
now grown TO be party that has
sway in the country now for nearly
hty years; and who is there that dares
h out one instonce, or one moment of
Ossession of power, where the safety
be country did not repose upon that
ession, and where the safety of the
btry was not at peril if the govern
1 should be taken from its hands?
plause will not belittle the great
e of the country's history during this
cd by assuming heroic proportions for
iuncture of our affairs, which now
ses itself upon the interest and upon
duty of the citizens, but I will say to
that this stage that we have reached,
Ugh it may be near the end of our
Sary duty, though we may be ap-
bching that time when the politics of
country shall not make men sollcitous
. the very being of the nation, yet the
Dture which we now make is one of the
ss Of duties of the Republican party
, ch, unperformed, will leave the Gull
atom and the safety of the arch which
have reared still in danger. From the
\ that there was first meditated re.
against the authority of the Constitu-
and the partition of our country until
the existence, the cohesion, the un-
shness, the public spirit, the absolute
Of country, and the absolute devotion
! IS safety, were essential to perform the
q t hbors and the great sacrifices that
. demanded from the people who
8 uld save their country against so great
ngeF; q danger greater than any coun-
s hereafter ever can be saved from,
sss the record Of our honor and our
is made complete by saving the
Ifd Of restored prosperity and public
Z B by the maintenance of tine obligation
Job we assumed to accomplish this OBJ
lAppiause.
THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.
be result of the last election placed
/ executive power of the government
In in the hands of the Republican
N, and made some considerable gains
be popular house of Congress over its
!; iecessor; but it left us in the minority
bat house, and, as we all know, in the
bal circumstances OF the election, inn
ted into the political scene topics oil
q Bculty and of doubt which are foreign
bur institutions, and never should have
b imported into them. By suppress
y Of the right of suffrage in many Of
States of this Union, the Republican
~ was absolutely deprived Of twenty
y ioral votes that belonged to it, and
Il nty more were brought in question.
n beers and applause.l Patient, serene
:, s.abiding, making no threats itself and
I ing no threats that were made against
!, lIapplause, the Republican party was
i Edy to receive the count of that vote By
hteyer constitutional method the dellb.
u lions of the Congress of the nation
Il hid assign. It did not invoke the at
Vance of 100000 AIMED or unarmeC
PENS, laughter, because it knew tina
II d were in attendance watching tina
\ nf, all over this country, some millionI
,hnsEmed citizens that were capable O
l hing arms if necessity required. How
q We know that2 We had tried it
! plause. We had had threats agains
government; we had heard it called
y Of sandi we had heard that com
entity Of thrift and gain, commerce, ant
!, ustry were not community that coulC
slied upon to take up arms for thei
riies and for their country. Itdid no
N D hair of our heads to be told so, ant
did not take up arms until it wa
ssary, and we did not lay them dow
81 7 it was finished. EApplause.1 An,
bow, if anybody wanted to break dow
Constitution of the United States b,
V because there was a disputed cleo
d we were quite ready that the Consti
4 on should be defended in disputes
zion as in everything else, Applause,
e BY an exhibition of wisdom and coul
IrR by o comprehensive and circumspec
mate Of the gravity Of the situation
people Of this country exhibited
d mol over themselves in an emergenc
"A bis kind that WAS wholly unforeseen an
provided for, that bespoke the greai
3 Of the nation in a civil capacity, q
nt record Of civil war had proclaimed il
illness as military nation in Ii
IS Of that conflict. l do not exaggel
y i when I say that the nations of u
Vi Id connected With us in our system {
lization, who had watched with wor
the great devotion and the grel
U ssr exhibited in the war Of the Uniol
d e filed with even greater astonishmei
d to those that wished well to us an
30 that wished i'll to as alike, it SCENE
q We had met that final test and troub
he management of a vast suffrag
"a disputed election could find \
q -tion but in the passions and the pow
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