Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-26


in response to the toast, Seen. Grant-our honoreo
guest. Greater armies than Napoleon have marcned
| at his command and greater glories than crown
have been his" Gen. Grant replied as follows:
Gentlemen of aalveston-I am very much obliged
to one and all of you for the very kind reception
which have received at your hands, and at the
hands of the citizens of this city, and assure you
it affords me great pleasure to be here this occa-
sion and to see so many of you. 1t was my fortune
more than third of century ago to visit Texas as
a second lieutenant, and to have been one OF those
who went into the conflict, which was to settle tne
boundary of Texas. I am glad to come back now
| on this occasion to behold the territory winch
is an empire in itself and larger than some OF the
empires of Europe. wish for the people OF Iexas'
as do for the people of the entire South that they
may 90 on developing their resources and become
great and powerful, and in their prosperity forget,
| as the worthy mayor expressed it, that there Is
| boundary between the North and South (Prolongea
| cheers) am sure we will all be happier and much
more when the day comes that there Will De
no sectional feeling Let any American who can travel
| abroad as have done and with the opportunity OF
witnessing what there Is to be seen that nave had,
and he will return to America better American, ana
| a better citizen than he was when he went away.
loud cheers.) He will return more In love with MS
own country Far be it from me to find fault with any
of the European governments was well received at
their hands every side by every nation III Europe
but with their dense population and their worn out
SOIL it takes great deaf of labor to enable the peo-
Die to get from the soil bare subsistence. Here we
have rich virgin soil with room enough for all OF US
to expand and live with the use of very little govern
ment. do hope that it long may be able to get
| along happily and contentedIy without peine 'oo
| much governed. -
Gen, Grant, Yesterday, attended the wedding
| of Moses Freiburg and Nora E.dridge, at the
Synagogue. In the afternoon, Gen. Grant and
Gen. Ord called on the boy Sweeny, who, in en-
deavofing to get peep at Gen. Grant, zen
| from the shed on the wharf. At the reception
at the cotton exchange q large number of bust
ness mon were present.
| This forenoon, carriages containing Gen.
Grant, Ord, Vincent, Gard, Sheridan, and
Others, left the hotel to visit the cotton
presses Gen. Grant was presented with mini
| AZURE bale of cotton handsomely put up. The
general received it with thanks and will keep
| it as a souvenir of his visit to Galveston. AT
ter making the rounds of the presses, the party
proceeded to the cotton exchange, where Gen.
Grant was introduced. After brief stay,
most of the party returned to the hotel. Gen.
Grant, however, visited the schools. This al
ternoon, the party were escorted by the COM
mittee to the grounds of the Galveston Gar
ten Verein.
TEXAS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
GALVESTON March 25.-Ne,cs special Austin
The Republican convention, after a somewhat
acrimonious session, admitted all delegates.
The following is summary of the platform
which was adopted:
We hold it to be the duty of the United
States government to secure to every citizen a
free exercise of the elective franchise in all
elections for President, Vice President and
members of Congress. We are in favor of the use
of both gold and silver currency, but believe
that dollar, whether gold or silver, should
approximate to each other in value as nearly as
possible. We do not consider it expedient for
this convention to make nominations for State
officers. but delegates to State, ex-
ccutive committee have authority
to call future State convention
to decide that subject if in their opinion pub
lie sentiment shall hereafter indicate such a
convention desirable. The balance of the resO-
lutions relate to State officers.
A resolution instructing the delegates to
Chicago for Grant was bitterly op, "scd. 1t was
finally agreed to instruct the delegates to vote
as unit. This was accepted by tho Grant
men as equivalent to instructions and was
adopted. Gov. Davis was elected one of the
delegates at large.
MISSOURI ANT1-THIRD TERM ADDRESS.
ST.. LOUIS March ga sub-eom mittee of
the anti-third-term committee Of this city met
tonight and prepared the following call, which
will be published tomorrow morning:
Office Of the National Republican anti-third-
term executive committee, ~ Laclede hotel,
st. LOUIS, March 25, 1880.
At meeting of said committee the follow
ing resolution and address were adopted and
ordered to be published:
ResoIred, That we feel a profound interest in the
approaching Presidential election, and In view OF
that interest witness with alarm the evident pur-
pose of some friends to commit the party TO the
dangerous policy of third term nomination. We
and periodically adhered to by his successors in
office, is founded upon the wisest con-
sideration of public policy. We endorse the
language of Mr.. jefferson when he said,
"If some termination of the services of the
chief magistrate be not fixed by the constitution or
supplied by practice his office nominally for years
will in fact become for life.' The resolution adopt
ed in State convention by the Republican party of
Pennsylvania in 1875 still receives our most cordial
appreciation, to-wit: "That We declare a firm and
unqualified adherence to the unwtten law of the re-
examples limits the Presidential service of any cti-
t tien Of hs isW we anu are unaeSabIy
opposed to the election to the Presidency OF any
declaration of principles made in the same year by
the Republicans of New York, when they denounced
their unalterable opposition to the election Of any
President FOR q third term, and we cordially COM
mend as worthy of acceptance the Republican plat
form Of Ohio "that the observance of Washington
example will be in the future it has been in the
past regarded as fundamental rule In the unwr1t-
ten law of the republic"
We sincerely believe the wisdom and truth of the
resolution, adopted with great unanimity by the
peoples representatives in Congress, in December
1876 that "The precedent established by Washing
ton and other Presidents, retiring from the Pres
idential Office after their second TERMS has become,
by universal concurrence, part of our Republican
system of government and that any departure from
this time honored custom would be unwise, unpatri-
otic and fraught with peril to our free institutions
The nomination of Gen. Grant for q third term
would thus overthrow established precedent in
our gubernatoria policy and violate usage possessing
in the popular Judgment the authority of constitu-
tional law. Such a nomination, too, can only be
made in forgefulness, or in total disregard OF the
declared principles of the Republican party.
experience and after many years of dsnterested de-
votion to his country's welfare is not forgotten,
''That should President consent to be candidate
for third election trust he would be rejected on
this demonstration of ambition"
In view of the evident purpose by portion OF the
Republican party to secure the recognition OF MIR.
Grant, thereby endangering the success of the party
and threatening to subvert the policies hitherto
accepted as safeguards OF our institutions,
we issue this call for a national mass convention to
assemble in st Lons the 9Th day of May next, to
| the end national organization may be perfected
through which proper expression OF the Will OF the
American people against the principle of third
Presidential term may be secured, to inaugurate
movement with view Of fixing limit to executive
tenure by constitutional amendment, and to take
such other action the convention ITSELF when as
sembled, may deem proper and expedient.
All Republicans throughout the United States IN
sympathy with this movement are cordially invited
to be present All local Republican clubs or organi-
cations approving the objects of this law are request
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