, 1880-06-09
! election We shalt break tho Bolid Bouth4

ug election we shalt brcak tho Bold Bouth-
tscnt|oincn OF. tho Convention, for those oIsht:.
cen years We havo beeu victims OF = fearful
nionstor, which, c!nbodyins IN hlmsolf al! tho
nsss lint tho human mind can Cd cencsiys; soina
felt spirit that haa lost Us way to ts native hell:
erd. staikins over tho earth, pr prow1inF from
Suite to Suite. with locks, and hands md gar
n%s s 1r1s ay "a % of TasWsSena setS a efs e. c
tho rack anj tho heart to tho torture, nd H.
reearf 10 .ago or sex, the torments Of the
damned for what rcason7 Decnuso thoy had
TIE COURAGE Or THEIR ooHvlcT1oNss
rca to I'd
tArp(anscl Thirteen thousand a. brave mon
s ever trod the cnrtb have gono down % thoir
for tic principles which wo havo this DAY onun-
cIatcd. nnd which answer for !ho h!Rhest prog.
esp.te CO. aed Sew o 2 wc ss S az
brave Confederate soldier, aKninst bis viii,
a' men Wses VIZ ,ho W.T. brefs oats md ino isses
Of treason began to assert themselves, this gon-
ssa e.
e ns vs. s'' anens mens tso ns ssa o en1e @ eH h:
South ss, Il aHes te ssoee es tss e. presided
that great Convention, only .equalcd. II ,c1cood-
e. a IT, by & S S
mean tic Convention that ID: Ia Phiiade!phis in
ls5s and nominated TINT pccricss man. tho irss
+ tss gRs,fs erss ess sspFsss? +;
aa ne tse g. aes q 5ss
e my friend judge Tour!eo's. book, IA The
Sna. FSo, Ena en1on kg9Ta n, II as o9Hn sn = =
!ss 'ae ~ I nas
for ~ Vicu.i .iresi,ieut Of thoso unitei states. iAp
yontlon. EXPRESS thls h9ne-l an Instructed "a
nnsnu. My hnart cllnRs to the hops, gentlemen
Of tho Convention, taat you vii! not throw the
tho Tioil dead llcpublieans, j. the name q tho
expltriatcd citizens Ut our Southern States, In
tho name Of = the living Republican, Who at POUR y
fer. aud vote. mil die for Jn1ies A. Garfield md
the rest Ut this tleket-In the nntne Of these, 10
yos, W to-day. aid through you to tho good Provi.
ySsi s Il Is 5s ns5 as T s@ts s'R vic
awe md fenr every bulldozer,-ThomaH Sottle,
Of Florida. (Applause.l
BECosbEo ur roIsrtf CAROLINA.
James II. Harris, OF North casollna-Mr. Pros
The charman-Tho gentleman from North
Sir. Warris-1 rise for tho purpose. not Of at-
tempting to make speech but, sIr, in few
brief words Y secpt,d thH % notnfnahon ct Thomas
seIFlt4 As NOElN AafDatllAa Al1u NJ cU4LAe1u
Republican. to every loyal man south Ct Mason
and Dlxon's limo tho nnrne Of Settle ts onahrined
around our hearts, bccnt1Ho OF the services ren.
dcreti by HIN t0 tho Republican party. not only
In his nntlve State, but through tho length 1nd
brcat]th Of thus br0nd land. Well do rctnen1bof
III 1H0s, when tho Republican party was osgpn-
ICED In tho, state OF Hortn Carolina. IA
when osttucis1,. and vllllhcation, and denuncla-
tion was Admtntaserc1, especially unto every
white man who darn1 to rnlse bis yplcc In do
Tense OF tho UnIon, Of tho Republican party.
aul Of tho equality Of all men before tho lRws
III casting about Thomas Settle wAs selected.
down to tho present. he hns ever stood fn the
fnre ranks lighting tho tattIes of tho party in
It's slArkGst dMys. and under. all circumstances.
Iteit you, Mr. PEes!dunt, md gentlemen OF tbs
Convention II you wish to brenk the backbone
OF whnt is called tho Solid South, Thpn,as eot~
tic Is tho sledge hammer 70 do it With. lap
tton that nssc.nhled in phlladephla IN fs7s-
Those Of you who wore there will have happy
rccollect!ons MS tu the dlKniiicd manucr In which
he presided over that Convention. During tho
dark tluys Of Ku.kluxiBu, iii North Carolina, ut
titno when tho ku-klu1 reiFncd higa cnrnival
Cnrolft,a when they woro whipping, anu sh19t-
Ing. nnd hilnxtng nll. both white nnd black Ae.
p,ibcuns, unu whom the aarkucss OF tho night
wns illuminated with our Schooling And
churches bginx burned, Thomas Settle VIVA
standing In frvnt and marchlnx On. encouraging
tho forty thousand white Republicans and NJ
the eighty thousand ncgroes, who were not
daunted With tho thrust Of tho knifc nor tho fro
OF the pistol and VIC ehrrind the 6tRte for Grant
futplatIsrl aud with ThOulnS Settle we Will
cnrry It this year for Onrtleld and Snttlo. I
therefore, Mr.. President, second tho nomination