The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-11

its history 20 renewal Of nis Aieelsnce
and 70 increased devotion 70 its eause7
The mission Of the Republican party l.
not vet fulfilled. Its work Il not yet fully
done. We will stand by the old ship until
he voyage Is ended, and her precious
,argo Il safely landed in the port Of
National Peace, Equality and Prosperity
said the party wGs mt without lie
faults. Il would be strange If II were
otherwise. Il is . wonder that they have
not been greater and more numerous
Where there are faults there are dangers
Great emergencies make great men"
The history Of the Republican party IL 3
history Of great emergencies. TheseRreai
emergencies in turn produce great men;
hence your Lincoln, your Chase, your
sumner. your Grant, your hermau's, your
Blaine, and last but not least, and In the
inllness OF time, the next President Of the
United STATES, your James A. Garfield.
With great men come tendencies TO
hero worship. strong personal tollowtngs,
desire for personal government
Herein may frankly say were the late
dangers OF the Republican party. We
are here tonight 10 congratulate ourselves
hat this danger has passed away. The
Providence which for twenty-five years
has guided and sustained the Republican
Oarty, Is guiding and sustaining it still.
It has shown not only its willingness, bu'
Also It's ability TO control its own mem
hers however ambitious or powerful
Turning aside from hero worship, and
ioregoing all personal iollowings and con-
.ideTations, il has reached out It's strong
arm and taken as It's standard bearer >
man like Abraham Lincoln fresh from
the people; man free from all clique
and combinations; man who by the ex
perience OF poverty aud honest toll Of
band and head and heart, Is made the true
representative OF the toiling masses OF the
people OF this land.
All honor 10 the Chicago Convention toi
such grand and hopeful result.
All honor TO the men 10 that ConVen'
lion who, by their efforts and votes con
ributed to its accomplishment Promi
aent amyug these, we are glad 70 say
we're our friends from West Virginia.
We regret that they are not all here e
receive in person our grateful acknowl
rdgmens and congratulations. We In
trusted TO them important duties, which
SO knew would require for their success
iul discharge patience and prudence IL
b. highest degree The ordeal 70 which
hey we're subjected was even more Sc
we're than We expected. mon,
Our unanimous judgment L., "Wel
lone, good and faithful servants.
Gentlemen, Delegates from West VII
GINA TO the Chicago Convention: 1t i
my pleasant duty, representing the Re
,ublicaus Of the city Of Wheeling, 70 con
yey 10 you their grateful appreciation o
Ihe valuable services which you nave rem
Iered in their behalf. We congratulate
gu, and ourselves, upon the highly salts
factory result Of your lAbors; we ex'en'
our cordial greetings aud welcome upoi
YOUR return 10 yopr hoHes. We are nov
eady 10 strike hands with you, in bear
ing onward TO fTezh honors and yictorie
he renowned and inspiring banner OF IL
publicaDism.
The sddress was interrupted by almos
constant and most enthusiastic applause
Especially was this 80 when the speake
,eIe1ed TO Lincoln. The audience greet
ed the name Of the martyr President wit
loud and long applause, which broke gu
airesh az It seemed about 70 die away.
the President then advanced and intro
duced Hon A. w. Campbell, calling hl1
The man who carried his soyereignt
uuGer his own hat" The audience
Ehicb had all along been almost wild wit
thuziasm, now fairly optrlid itself Th
vast sshembEage arose "a one person, an
gave thrss rpgsing cheers, while the me
/. aved their hats and the LADIES thei
haudkerchieis in perfect abandon Of en-
,husiasm. This was repeated aud 1t wa
iully Ave minutes before the Ghesnng an
Applause subsidized sufficiently 10 admit c
Tr, Campbell commencing his remarks
In the beginniDgot
xR. cANPBELL's SPEECH,
de said that bad he not recently com
from Chicago, he would have though
there was some noise here, but having be
como IN the last few days somewhat at
customed to such scenes, be was not s
embarrassed as he would have been unde
other circumstances. So far, be said, a
any part OF this ovation might be consid
erred as personal to himself, he only re
xetted that all bis colleagues from othe
parts OF the State were not present 10 pal
iicipate in 1t. They had all discharge
well the duties entrusted TO them by thei
constituents. The Chicago Conventlo
was 10 many respects one OF the largeI
and most remarkable ever seen, and III
contest was most excl ing, he had almo'
said, most bitter. He had addressed hin
self as delegate 70 that convention, an,
before bis appointment as delegate. :
the one idea Of defeating the third teri
project. Prefer whom we might, th
main thing as TO unite upon a man VIII
would secure the overthrow Of third.term
ism.
When most Unexpectedly TO him tn
resolution was introduced BY Mr.. Conk
ling requiring all delegates TO pledg
themselves 70 support the nominee, II wa
in some sense very embarrassing 70 him
but he had said to the West Virginia del
egatIon that II not one man was found u
vote against the resolution before Yves
Virginia was called, he would vote agains
1t, Il he did 80 alone. Loud applause.
Dear 10 him as was the success Of the Re
publican party, whose National and Stat
nominees he had never failed 70 support
he felt that he could not pledge himsel
TO any such thing.
He had never hslore seen 8 convention
Of Republicans In which 1t was though
necessary 10 introduce such resolution
and he never expected to see such q reso
luton introduced again in Republican
convention.
Sir. Campbell referred briefly 10 tht
episode, saying that the one man in The
convention who was pre.eminently opet
10 suspicion OF boiling was Roscoe Oonk
ling, because in 1873 he had been dis
satisfied by the result Of the Cincinnati
Convention, and given the nominee very
weak support, making but one speech.
Mr. Campbell said his action was not be
cause he did not expect TO support the
nominee OF the Convention, Tor he did not
see how in justice 10 the principles he
held he could do otherwise. Sad as II
would have been for him to have gone
with the Republican party into the nm
tried experiment Of q third term, he feit
that his hopes and his principles were 50