, 1879-02-18
SENATOR CHANDLER.


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| SENATOR CHANDLER.
Ills Address to t1ls Republican Convention,
| In Nrsp0nso tn Ills Nomination.
AIR. PHEsIDEHT AND GENTLEMEN or THE
CONVENTION; For tho high honor which rot,
havc this night conferred upon me, in making
ME your choice to represent you lit the Senate
| III the United 9tntcs, you havc my most mo-
found THINKS and gratitude. Words foil to cx-
press the emotions Of my heart. And yet, gen.
tsemcn, do not attribute this token Of your rc-
gard to anything personal Ia inyself, but rather
to the principles n,nt havo lad the honor to
advucae, In common WITH yourselves during
the last two decades. I am not here, gentle
men Of the Convention nl,d Mr.. Chairman, to
apologize for or explain anything that have
over satd. or ever done In political canar-
fty. {Applausc.]. My record Is nude, md
there 1t atands, open to the world !;
and this saY,-th!s I have right
to say,-thnt never, during the WHOLE
of my political career In the Senate Of the United
Biatcs, have uttered sentiment or cast a
voto that would alter, cxplain, or change ID
my regard. [Applause.l W. arc alt Liable 10
err, md I, with others, undoubtedly erred; but
will say this, In my own vindcation, that never
have east vote, und never have uttered n
sentiment In the halls Of the scnatu, that
would not tomorrow cast and ulttr undrr
similar or exactly thu same circumstances.
Mr. Chairman, 1t may be .proncr, und may
| say hlghly proper, lint should make ycry
brief review Of The events With which, In liz
| pnst, We hayu been connected. The 'Repub-
lican pnrty, to which wo belong, and which
We al love, revere, aud reverence was born
ago. I saw ihc birth of the iniapt and IsT.s Was
present ut its baptism. It was an infant de-
r!ded BY tts Democratic upponeuts, u,ld dc.
rfdcd by tossts Of tho old Whe party, tlIcn de-
t!aly. when first 1t was burn, and that idca was
| m idea TINT covered continent. It was that
the vast Territories Of thcsc United States largc
enough to create ton empires Ia Europe, should
10 forever devoted to freedom, frcs men, free
thought, free succeh, and the FREQ exercise Of
Republican Institutions. This party grow I'M.
I'll, IN 1857, the o1lstauCht becaI,,o fearful urd
dreadtu j. IT. wa fon:tt ~ the CONGRESS- Of tlc
wero twenty Republicans to forty-four Dcmo-
cra!s. Three, of these Dctnocrats-;nl n,ay
tsI,r, unmes ever bsreysred-stood with those III:
aos prodcref lSI 5so o{ aa1 ot
Charles L. Stuartt oE Michigan. .rhcy fought
With us, shoulder to shoulder, TIL tilat contest
was ended and v!et9ry perchcd upon tho banucrs
Anon ,he years rolled ,ou, and, in 1900, tho
elected President Of tho unitcd States, u,,tl
| a9atn the hydra-headcd monster, slavery,
raised It's head and proclaimed tint no mari
who loved freedom and hateu slavery should
bo lnuugnrated President Of the United Stutos.
| Tho people had ordained that l'a 3honfa bu
resident ; ol tllo United statcs, n'l the war
war tl'at ever cursed the eartl. 1hr natinn WIS
tll.prrpared for wnr. Her forces were scattered
all over the yast territory Of the United statrs,
Of heavon blow ind watcr is found. Acr credit
was ruined, her arms DESTROYED or scattered ur
| given to the enemy. We wcru III no condition
] whatever 10 cnter into tint contust; and there
thts monster. .erapuled I'll drauly atr,lgel o
for ltfe. The Nation puued out lis bluou ll}S,
water that it.c Nation might 1.-Two. Her peupIe
Offered themselves by the thousands, and hllt,-
great question wus. low shall these men he fed
and clothed, nlt tue munitions of war furnished,
70 carry. tll9t feariui ssrte on. The wealth nj
tin la1'd was poured at our feet Ill there was M
TING, VIC found tsat wo were IN debt su,no forty
or fifty millions Of doI!ars Our butera were
IL a1rears Of pay for a,any months. a not oo
demands. And then the G6yernn.ont, in It's *
trum!ty,. .appcaic4 to tho Nation whether us
no tbs War should ccnse, and tic uatio.,ui ltfc
! ceaae, or whether thn people of this Crrut
md It's ias. They saitl: "We hayo nu
n,ouey. VIII you trust lis for tho necessary
supplies TO carry on this wara VIII you g,vp us
provisions 70 iced your sol.llcrs III tic field, md
tako our obligations that VIC will Inv as soUu rs
no nrc able to payi' And with oau yotcc, from
nno end OF tl!s land to Tho other, ca.ne up Itu
response: "Taku Alt VIZ have, give us your
tllo war al,d save tho Nasion!' And We: did
carry On tho war to successful tssue, and we
did saye thu Nation.
During tlse war wo hall no fricna nj, earth.
earnestly prayed thut our nAtiuna' lfu might
cease, and little Switzerland a!ot,p way with I'D
In our fenrfus struggle. WI bad neither friends
or allies elsewhere IN eartll, but VIC conquered;
earth said: ''ls,eAe men will light; they have
| shown tint they Will fight; they have
shown II In tho Mcxcan war. and In tic
present wsr; nut thy WILL ns'eF pay their
beIvrs will not maintain the national honor"
Aud during tho years following 3on heard ro-
pudation tu'kcd all over ll'o land. But the Rs
is ono man a,tl nut their feet upon repuuIation
bonds were selling il lsu5, aand bringing Il PEI
cent, prs,icpal anu interest payable n coin, iur
vaueed TIL your pot cent bouds were above
par, a,d you issued 6 l1er cents; atl the 5 prr
centA laYe come aboyo par. 4'Nl tlen you issued
nna then yon Issued |. per cents; ana you hive
gone TN TIL today thu credit Of tue United
States stat,!s higher than tl'o credit Of any oler
nation on tic face Of tlot'a cartil aapplausc],
khAuhn " lHG VI klIE NepAOcAA
purity vi tllrsu United atutcs. You have shown
to tic world tlat the national honor is as dear
to sou ~ the latloaat ltfc, An1 40 tho world 10.
t1aY utlucrdtui1uSft.
And yet, Notwithstanding alt this notwi!h-
stnMltnE uil that YOU hayo dono 1t Is said by
some that your mission IL cndvl, and that lis
Republican dar!y ought to ole. Why ougut tic
l;epublcau party, to dlet [applausuJ Ia party
dopths o1 humiliation, when your credit did nut
exist, when your bonds, bcaring per cent
sate!cst payublo tn QUO ,ear, principal al,u
inielest IL COLI, were held u IS cupta On tic
doltar; aisli now the Republican party haa raised
It until your per ecu. bos,as, rlunlilg 30 years,
ule cuught up tu-daY at tho ratio oi Ed,UM 900 i
day, and very soon there will bo no pcr ccut
l'ouds out, and n6 3 Per cunts, and no ~ per
cents, nslA you will havo your whule uationul
debt funded luto per cents; aud the credit OF
this Government atauds higher, Us have said.
than tue credit OF any other Government on
Garth. Yot you ought to dc! Why,
fcl.uw.rittzuus, the Republican purity
Las accomplished nors, iu tho ahor& quarter IT
tcutury u IT, extstence, thun any oihcs pollt-
centuries. tApplAu4tl You hare not only