The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-08
DOugherty's speech Verbatim.

80" ~ 1917 NNSfNANs
The call of Pennsylvania was re-
spOnded to by Dan DOugherty, well
known lawyer of Philadelphia, on his
own account. He is of medium
height, with a pronounced forehead
curly lawdy-dawdy whiskers and
delicately chased profile. He is
born orator and finished rhetHrician,
and worked up the name of Winfield
Scott Hancock with consummate skill,
making the first genuine sensation of
the session. Mr.. Dougherty said:
81 rise to nominate one whose name
would reconcile all factions, whose
election would crush the last embers
of sectional strife and be hailed as the
dawning Of the day Of perpetual broth
erhood. With him we can fling away
our shields and wage an aggressive
war. We can appeal to the supreme
tribunal Of the American people
against the corruption Of the Republi-
can .f'rE and their untold violations
u .-r t.aa liberty With him
a. oa. ea.-r.-aa the bloody banner Of
the republicans will tall from palsied
grasp. Oh, my countrymen, in this
supreme moment, when the Liberties
Of the people arei imperilled, / rise TO
present TO the thoughtful considera,
ton of the convention the name of
one who, on the field of battle, was
styled "the superb" yet who has won
a noble renown as the military govern
or, whose first act on assuming COM
mand of Louisiana and Texas was to
salute the constitution by prOclaiming
amid the joyous greetings of an OPP
pressed people, that the military, save
in actual war, shall be subservient to
the civil power. The plighted word
Of the soldier was proved in the states.
mans acts. | name him whose name
will suppress every faction, is alike ac-
ceptable to the north and south, and
will thrill the land from end to end.
The people hang breathless on your
deliberaticn. Take heed Make no
misstep. l nominate one that can
carry every southern state, and who
can carry Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Connecticut, New Jersey and New
Iork-the soldier statesman with a
record as stainless as his sword-Win.
field Scott Hancock, Of Pennsylvania,
Ii elected he viii take his seat
For the next FIVE minutes after tina:
telling sentence it was Hancock"
Hancock, Hancock" with series
of yells that nearly raised the roof
from every head in the place.
Dougherty struck a responsive
chord Or it would not have responded
so readily. Yet it cannot be ques,
toned that he took advantage OF the
occasion and made the most of oppor>
tunity which might not occur again
ia life time. He struck the match
that fred magazine of enthusiasm,
and the Ephesian did not burn with "A
brighter light than the patriotic im>
pulse which inspires the people of the
whole country. The speech wasshort,
pointed and measured. We have not
punctua;ed with the applause and the
cheers which kept the speaker on the
stand twenty minutes. Such scenes
are witnessed onl y once in a genera>
ton. They can neither be described
or forgotten. Nothing more pictures
que Or magnetic in the course of polit-
ical events could be imagined than
this ringing little speech of Dan
DOugherty. With his finger he held
thousands spell bound, and repressed
or liberated their, applause at will.
The great gift of genius and oratSry
was seldom if ever before, felt and
Acknowledged by SO many people up
on a mere moments notice.