Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-18
PALMER'S PLATFORM.
Formal Announcement Of His Candidacy
for the Democratic Nomination for Presi-

for the Democratic NOmln alton for Prosi.
dent.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, March 1.-THE John M.
Palmer club held q public meeting tonight at
the court house, which was crowded with citi-
cons of Springfield irrespective of party, and
those Democrats from abroad now in the city.
Ex-Gov. John N. Palmer delivered an extend
ed address, in which he accepted the position
of candidate for the Democratic nomin alton for
President he said he did not disparage or an
tagonize any Of the great men mentioned for
the position, and would pledge support of the
Democratic club and Democracy OF Sangamon
and the State of Illinois in support of the
Democratic nominee, whoever he
labor with most earnestness to make
States perpetual. constitution and laws su-
preme, tho rights and liberties of every human
being within the limits of the Union, secure
under their benign rule. I do not say, and
would be inexpressibly sad if believed the
Democrats are alone attached to the
principles Of Republican liberty. but l
body of the Republican party arc so
blinded by prejudice engendered by the civil
war and persistently kept alive by their lead
ers. that they do not see that while they are
aiding to subject the country to the despotic
will of q reckless political majority they are
subvertiDg the liberties of all.
1t was palpable in 1872 that Gen. Grant was
unequal a. well a. Indifferent to the civil du-
ties of the chief magistracy. 1t was then FORE
seen by thoughtful men that if he were re-
elected his second term would be characterized
by corruption and profieacy. The Repub-
lican party was invited by Greedy, aud Sumner.
and Schurz, and Trumbull and
NIL Uh he
of the party, to resist Grantism, which was
then as now, we'll defined and dangerous ele-
ment in American politics. 1t refused to Op-
pose Grant, and he was re- elected, and his sec.
ond administration affords abundant material
for chapters disgraceful to the American char
acter. If had the selection of the Republican
candidate for the Presidency, 1 would choose
Gen. Grant.
he alluded to Blaine and Secretary Sherman
and Washburn in terms of reproach for their
delinquencies in various respects as citizens.
He referred to the doctrine of State sovereign
ty "a the bulwark of the nation, and concluded
as follows:
But while we contend for the maintenance
OF the rights and powers of the States, we
must not forget that the government created
by the constitution of the United States was
established by the fathers in order to form a
perfect union, establish Justice, ensure de-
nestle tranquility, provide for the
common defense. promote the general
| welfare and secure the blessings of liberty
to the common people forever. The
objects of the government are national, and it
was designed to effectuate national ends alone.
That government, its powers rightly under
stood, ought not to be and is not an object of
jealousy to the Democratic party. In my
judgment tho contest of 1880 is not less impor-
| tant than that of 1860. and may be permit
ted, in the presence of this club, to say that Us
in 1860 and in the subsequent years of our great
national struggle in resistance to secession,
I gave my best efforts in the cause of federal
unity, am now with the great Democratic
and no less zeal to support the right of the PEG
pie to the blessings Of regulated constitutional
liberty.