The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-06-30

thrill the Republic; name, IL nonii mated.
of NAN who viii crush the last ennbers OF
sectional strife, and whose mare will be the
dawntng OF that day so long looked for-the
day of perpetual brotherhood among the peo-
pie OF America. With him Us our chainptru
css ing away our hm @ sno %se
the supreme majority of the American peo-
pie against the corruptions OF the Republican
party and their untold violations of C0nstftu.
tional liberty; with him as our standard
bearer the bloody banner OF RepubIica nism
will fall palsied othe ground Oh my country
men, in this supren hour when the destines
Of the Republic, when the fmperiled liberties
OF the people are in your hands, pause, reflect,
axe saw heeo; nom MAKE on no Who misseRsi
carry every State OF the South, nominate
one who will carry Pennsylvania loud
York loud cheersJ propose the name, IA
voice-"Carry. Ohio"l aye, and carry Ohio
and sste Ss sne Tsc nse OF sne soales
his sword-Wlnfield Scott Hancock. Loud
cheers One word more: IL nom mated he
will take his seat. Loud cheers
After Mr.. Daugherty LETT the platform he
turned and came back. ALLOW me 10 say one
word more, " he said TO the Chair. ~
Permission was accorded, when Mr.. Daugh-
erty corrected his speech as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention pray your
pardon for one word. i said ''if nominated"
I should have said If elected General Hancock
will take his seat. ICheersl
When South Carolina was called Wade
Hampton stood up and was enthusiastically
cheered. Upon taking the platform General
Hampton addressed the Convention as fol-
lows:
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
did not know that should be called upon TO
| say one word TO this Convention, because
South Carolina has no candidate TO present,
ton which has been made, and L know why
| that honor was conferred ea me, except that
as Massachusetts, has first seconded the NOM
pirate that South Carolina should reach out
| her hand TO that great State OF the East.
Cheers They were In the past
| separated in political opinion, and It Is
a happy omen, now after all these years OF
/ trouble and OF bloodshed, that those two great
States, the one from the East and my own
little Palmetto state of the South, should
come together for the peace, prosperity and
happiness of the whole American Continent.
[Cheers.l We say sir, that we have no candi-
date to present. We come here, bringing as
| an Offering 10 the Democratic party lSS cleo
| toral votes. We say to you, IL you give to as
| a man pure, spotless, perfect one who repre-
/ sents all the best clemens of American char
acter; If you give us such man, we will give
you our votes. We say TO you, and we
say 1t to prove our sincerity, that we
| the great East and to this OVERLOOKING North
west, place your two best men In the field and
we Of the South Will support them. We ask
Tor no place, Tor no position for no pledges
ply as Democrats to sustain a great country
Applause and, perhaps, my friends, we may
4 NC Tie luOoJ yuuStSs not Oi the uoT-
J its of the respective candidates, because we
recognize in all whose names have been pre-
sented to-day that they are each and all
We know that, and recognizing the entEusi-
asm which greeted the name Of Hancock
! lApplause,l we of the South would feel that
we would be safe in his hands because we
were safe when he had the power. IApplause.l
We know that the nestor of our party, the
would add Ie dignity t to tSe pisee A we FnoW
that Indiana's son is worthy OF the honor. We
know that all those whose names have been
| presented here are worthy to be the standard
! it is therefore in no invidious mood
that say to you that We take
the strongest man. Applause.l We believe
that he will bring more Republican votes,
conservative republican votes, to bis support
than any other man in America. We believe
that he will get the young vote of the country.
We know that he will get every Democratic
vote in America, and We know that, If elect
ed, he too would take his place, for he is as
brave as Hancock. IApplause.I You remem-
Der, my trlends-it has just flashed across
has not all left me-you remember that when
| the Greeks were returning from their great
victory. and were about to lay their offerings
upon the altar, the Generals were called upon
/, TO vote for two men-the first and second man
who, In their opinion, they thought most
! worthy of honor, aud the name of Misto-
cles was found upon every ballot. The name
of Thomas Francis Bayard, If not always
placed first, Is always placed second, and We
choose TO take the second man.
Texas, when called, merely stated through
its Chairman, that Texas seconed the nominal
ton of Hancock, but subsequently Governor
Hubbard made brief speech, which was
greeted with frequent applause.
"a g. s. Strlngfellow, of Virginia, seconded the
nomination Of Justice Field.
4 John W. Daniel, of Virginia. seconded the
nomination of Hancock.
\ j. A. Good, OF West Virginia, seconded the
nomination of Thurman.
The President then announced the names
of the candidates named and each was greeted
with more IT less applause, but, as in previous
instances, most applause was accorded to Han
cock.
Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, moved the
i, Convention proceed to ballot There was no
need for postponement on account OF the plat
form not being ready. There was no split In
the party on that question.
4 Mr.. Hoauley, OF Ohio, moved to adjourn
until 10 O'Clock TO morrow morning, and a call
of States being demanded the roll was called
1t resulted-ayes SOS, nays 395. The Convention
refused to adjourn.
Call OF States was then ordered Tor the first
ballot for Presidential candidates. II resulted
as follows: