Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-07-01

principles and promptings of the Demo
| cratic party are still the same, and
against them the nation stands pledged.
Its spirit of treason is not of the past
alone. Less than two weeks ago one
of the great leaders of that party, the
new Senator from Georgia declared in
his place on the floor of the Senate, that
he yet believed the rebellion was right
and complaining that rebel soldiers
could draw no pensions, said those
things were "very trying to gallant
people" No, it is still the party of
treason. 1t has no traditions of the
past; no promptings of the present; no
aspirations of the future which fit it for
the great work of the control and
guidance of our mighty and progressive
nation. The unseen, but irrepressible
forces of our development and power
of our great future-moving with resist
less might, are all marshaled in our sup
port, and are all working for our tri-
umph. Yes, the Republican party is the
outgrowth of an irreconcilable conflict of
moral, social and political forces. 1t en-
bodies to-day those which conquered and
survived. The Democracy represents
those which were condemned and over
thrown by the people, and the right
which has triumphed should not now go
down before the wrong which was beat
en-. Great applause.l
Every party has its character written
in its history. Let every Republican re-
joice that the history of his party is the
seal and attest of its character, and re-
member with pride and gratitude, as do
7 nd
that not one man of its four million vo-
ters ever raised his arm against his
country's flag or the Nations power.
Less than twenty years ago, when this
government came under the control of
the Republican party, it was crumbling
into anarchy and chaos, by word
among the Nations. Under Republican
rule the dimmed glory of the American
name has been restored. Our honor so
vindicated and our destiny so guided,
our resources SO developed and our
mighty industries so fostered under the
American system that our country takes
now its unchallenged first rank among
the people of the earth. 1t is fit that the
party which rescued the imperiled gov
eminent should still guide in its lumin-
Gus, onward career.
But, my friends, it is no holiday work
before US. Remember that in States
casting within forty-seYen votes of a
majority in the Electoral College, free
suffrage has been abolished by red-hand-
ed force, though in five of those States,
under fair election, hundred thou
sand majority would be cast for Repub-
licanism. But solid North must again
confront South made solid by fraud
and violence. The column is already
forming. Oregon is in the lead; Ohio
will fall in in October. The whole
North will join them. Applause.]
Years ago, our great leader, in an ar
gumsnt of unmatched eloquence and
power, thus summarized the great prob
lens which then confronted us: "Oyer
this vast horizon of interests, North and
South, above all party prejudices and
personal wrOng-doing, above our battle
hosts and our victorious cause, above all
we hoped for and won, and you hoped
for and lost, is the grand onward move
ment of the Republic to perpetHate its
glory, to save liberty alive, to preserve
exact and equal justice to all, to protect
and foster all these priceless principles,
until they shall have chrystalized into
the form of enduring law, and become
inwrought into the life and habits of our
people. And, until these great results
are accomplished, it is not safe to take
one step backward. 1t is still more I'M
safe to trust interests of such measure
less value in the hands of an Organiza-
ton whose members have never COM
pretended their epoch, have never been
i'll sympathy with its great movements,
who have resisted every step of its pro-
gress, and whose principal function has
been ito lie in cold obstruction across
the pathway of the nation"
Ny friends, the same parties and the
same problems confront us, but the tri-
umph of this year shall open the way
for the full victory of liberty, under
law and nationality with peace.
In his report of the battle of Chicka-
mauga, General Rosecrans tersely says:
General Garfield proceeded to the
'front.'" The historian further tells us
that in the tumult and confusion of that
battle, when his command was swept
back, Garfield again pressed to the front,
guided only by the roar of the enemys
guns, in time to successfully aid General
Thomas in the decisive repulse. He IS
again pushing to the front, for
"Once more the grand old fight is on, the fight
we often fought,
And as we've done these twenty years, well
bring our foes to nOught;
We've won with Lincoln, Grant and Hayes, and
in this battles brunt,
Well conquer to the rallying cry-Jim Gar
fields at the 'front.'
Long, loud and enthusiastic applause.]
Cries of
"DALZELL"
brought that gentleman to the front of
the platform, where he was greeted with
hearty applause, which was renewed at
intervals during his remarks. He said
in the words of Solomon, "There is time
to speak, and there is a time to be ST.
lent" This was his time to be silent.
And but that he feared that his silence
would be misconstrued, he would remain
silent on this occasion. He, however,
wanted to thank those who voted for
him for their generous support, and he
did this in feeling and appropriate
words. He also assured the conven-
tion of his hearty support of the nom-
inee, and appealed to all to march for
ward in an unbroken line, with shoulder
to shoulder, to grand victory in Octo-
Der, and still grander one in Novem-
Der. His remarks were brief and in ex-
cellept taste throughout.
At the conclusion of his speech, on
motion, the convention adjourned.
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