, 1880-06-06

ods and the tests OF tho Electoral count With
that t object IN view. they have pnrposely omitted
other day very enphatically told them, ali
CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY GUARANTEES
With an inordinAte lust for executive power end
patronage on their part we have nothing to gain,
| nothing to expect fr1,m decision of theirs IN
case of a repetition Of 1s4 to ls5, nor from an
! Electoral Commission OF their choosing, Tha
only security % is to p make .s SUCH show to every
around whom the entire party can solldly Join
and march on to victory. That man ascertained
With reasonable y, certainty II becomes the
party, and through that purity the saliva
ton of our country, BY making that
man has the tight to insist upon it, and that % man
has no right to- decline it. LII the Judgment Of
somc in this Convention, and many with cool
ef reaus snsa meg ona
E.ihu o. Washburne, Of illinois lioud cheering. :.
elapPing Of hands. and waving Of hats and hand
Ct Vermont: [AppIause] Only realizing that 4
divided party at the CLOSE Of the Convention
forebodcs defeat in November, and united
party at the CLOSE Of this Convention insuIes
whole field. take that man whose history
Is familiar to you; who at the breaking
| vldna1 In Galena, led him up to Springfield, up
| to the mountain OF his glory, and stands BY his
! side, one Of his chief admirers and friends to-
Day; And therefore nominate Mr. Washbmne,
| OF Illinois. loud applause.1
ENDORSED NJ CONNECTICUT.
Mr. Brandigee, Of Connecticut said: Gentle
mea OF the Convention, the State OF Connecticut,
one Of the oldest Of the old thirteen, sends greco
ing across tho lakes and over the prairies To-
Wisconsin, one of the youngest OF the sisters and
unltes with her in presenting to this grand Re-
honored, faithful stalwart Republican states
man,-the only name that IS sure to carry every
sSes 1otEbp apSaSs and M f9
[Applause.l We come here. sir, from the Stats.
Of Connecticut presenting no candidate Of our
Own; not but that there are within her borders
very many eminent civil statesmen within the
reach OF the Presidential possibility OF being
struck 5y lightning. But, Sir, there are within
ned a wese Pon sf 5 fo
ism, went to the Wnr rs private and g14,duated
'q fred H. reqf nefo ef
have also within that State another gaIlant
soldier, statesman, and orator,-gallaut Joe
sitting ns 10 hs
chair, and holding the gavel which you now
hold. enuneated and crystallized, when the
arose, the true heart and thought OF Republic:
anisn1 in one living sentence when be said that
every dollar Of the National dobt should be rs
sacred AZ soldiers grave.
We present no candidate here Of our OWL
We come here uninstructed, uncommitted, aud,
entirely undecided We came here to consult
with you fn this momentous crisis OF the history
OF our party, and, as we believe; in the history
shall act wisely and name him who not only eau
be nominated. but also elected at the polls, wes
belieFe that nothing that has been ga1nered up
bi11ty Of destruction. We believe, sir, that un-
less the Republican party can eject its candidate
and LIZ Mnaugurate him in this Presidential election,
6UV, ,0O0 soldiers will have gone their graves II
vain, and gone from the battlefield =
STRAIGHT Up TO GLORY.
NOW, Mr. President, and gentlemen, sixteen
years ngo snt by the side Of the statesman Of
Congress. I have never seen him since. have
never written him since. hare never heard
from him since. and, therefore, am not tns
slr, ! then saw that he Was the terror Of the
lobby. saw then thar be was a friend of the.
soldier saw then that that great and saInted
end Of this hill. and whose spirit I BE-.
licvo looks down upon the deliberations Of
tnls assembly, trusted to no other statesman as
ne Old to the advice the wisdom. and the counsel
o. OF Washburne; [Applause.l But know fnll
VEL, ST., too, that at that dirk hour in the day
vi Mhsn was at stas hea
1V.U0 soldiers were on the other side Of the
Ittotomac, face to face, know then that it vas
of Eli6u B. Washburnc that e! the ! sreat IN man who
oroke the Rebellion was brought up from the
southwest nnd put in command Of the Potomac
IRE gentlemen that have met Tonight for the
1rst time since, that. with unwcaricd peril
laclty agn1nst reluctant Congress, In season
;tess, that it should pass a bill creating Ul1sses
); : Grant Lieutenant. General OF ali the armies
u; u ne KepubliG lappausel thus commissioning
great hammer of the AZ,
Mighty to break tho back of tho Rebellion
The friend OF Grant The friend o.
N principles: Now. Mr., President, there are
49s-day IN the City Of New Fork 10000 Gcrmsn9s r.
mere are sons and daughters Of Fntherland ID
uetr sentiments Rnnlll,ifyN9 md In n fDUpt~
al State There nrc in the state of Connect
Ut enough ITO make the difference between
'ember.
coSSEc71cuT IS A DOUBTFUL STATE
!. ; doubtful as Indiana. We must carry thst
tate .,h; Tor two two reasons: You want 1t ln the 10
a9a ia Ra ySa paes saa5 of
'aton. who misreprescnts New England
as xoiss We seae eees
or In tho plnce Of Eaton. Do you want one new
epublican Senator In tho Senate OF tho United
tahtes or don.t you care fur majority Of ae-
tate M Of Connecticut In November viii 80 Be-
nSI'faR nd a b{aRpse know t; lt know the
> no man ever has curried It in
'Ga9r9 lid 9e1ae times Ap2agse S SfT rGk e as
orig except two. Washburne: $ name-if thecss
n0trulan on this continent tnAt uOn fesPUnu
that he Is unworthy Of the traditions 0f ene
atherland: [Applause.l Iio collected 90, GU OF
lem within the black and scurred walls OF
aris. with the Commune bowling like tigers
lap their blood, and beneath that nag
'esy one Of them was snfe; Ths;fHe Tht;H
at VIII not take up his name. and we sha9
rry four ifths Of the whole German vote OF
g United States. [Appuuse, and ygtcg.
dmen.'1 The gentleman from New tol1
oukltngl shakes his head. He shakes bis heao
agnihccntly. No man can shake It like Din
'lghter1, or shake such wisdom and EhccoE1c
It OF It, lChecrs and laughtcr.1 But let ~
II the gentleman from New York he cannot 81
Vn at the chair Of every voter and give INC
Rument that he has given Tonight against u17
adtttons OF our fathers. fie may, by tho
MAGIC OF HIS ELoQuEScE,
he this Convention and the fafr galleries
luRnterJ or their feet in his fcrror; but even
; great abilities (applause and hissesJ, even
great abilities [hlsses], even his unuatcned
,quence cannot 60 down to the nrestde OF
cry voter and persuade them that all the fra-
ions OF the fathers with reference to
[rd term are but humbug and nas1uel~
g. [Cheers.l He says that CERTAIN
ter candidate, not naming him, VIII
t US on the defensive from fne
ginning. Doesn't he know that his candldato
uld be on the defensive, that even the mag;o
me OF Grant will hardly carry him ID to!s
INVENTION? [Applapse and hisses.1 Doesn
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