The daily gazette., 1880-06-28
Ratifyins the Nominations
SENATOR THURMAN's SPEECH IN CO
LUMBUs-REJoIcING BY DEMOCRATS
EVERYWHERE,

LUMBUs-REJOICING BY DEMOCRATS
EVERYWHERE.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25.-A large
meeting was held in the State House
yard last night to ratify the Cincinnati
nominations. Speeches were made by
Senator Thurman and others. Senator
Thurman said: ...,, .
"MR. CHAIRMAN, FRIENDS, AND
NEIGHBoRs 1t gives me sincere pleas
ure to meet with you, my friends and
neighbors, tonight to ratify, in the
capital of Ohio, the nominations made
by your Convention in Cincinnati. /
say it gives me pleasure, and for rea-
sons that l shall briefly state to you |;
pleasure, because the nominations are
good; pleasure, because they will
bring success to our banner pleasure,
because the men you have nominated
will be elected, and their election will
bring peace and harmony, and it is
right and proper that here in the capt.
tai of this great State, which we mean
to rally under the Democratic banner
next November [cheers], that here we
should set the ball in motion that is to
roll On to victory. 't,
"But, my friends, there is one thing
that everybody does not know. Ham
cock has been in the army all his life,
and therefore you might not at once
suspect what is literally the truth, that
Hancock is not only a soldier, but he
is constitutional lawyer, and good
American statesman. Cheers call
Rim an American statesman, call
him constitutional lawyer, and have
warrant for what l say, For when,
after the close of the rebellion, he was
placed as Military Governor of LOUIS
lana and Texas, before they were ad-
mitted 10 representation in Congress,
and to exercise their rights as States,
he showed in great contrast to what
some other military Governors show
ed. He showed he knew there was
such thing as the Constitution of the
United States; that he knew there was
such thing as free republic that he
knew that the true doctrine, the essen
tial doctrine, the vital doctrine OF
every free republic and every free gov
ernment is that the military must be
subordinate to the civil power (cheers)
and hence, although besieged by that
ravenous horde of carpet-baggers thar
has taken possession of these States in
order that they might oppress and
| plunder the people, though besieged
by them to lend the aid of the military
TO their meditated wrongs and oppres-
sions, he said no; that trial by jury
was the right of all America n citi-
zens.
Applause. Equal justice in the
courts is the right of the American citi-
zen. Freedom from unlawful arrest is
the right of an American citizen. Peace
| in his home and peace where he is dis
turbing no one is the right OF an Ameri.
can citizen, and will not use the Amer
lean flag, or American sword, or Ameri
can bayonet, or the American soldier tC
deprive the people of these rights
| lCheers. fought them in the war, and
no man harder. l helped to put down
the rebellion. No man did more accord
ing to his ability and his occasion, but
now that the rebellion is put down, thai
there is peace all over the land, now
that the Constitution is obeyed in every
nook and corner, now that not hostile
hand is raised against the Government
of the United States, will be no party
to expressing the people by unconstitu-
tional modes and unconstitutional
measures.
THAT is what in effect Gen. Hancock
said. That is what makes him the Idol
of the people of Louisiana and Texas
That is what made Louisiana the first
State TO nominate him months ago in
her State Convention, Texas to follow,
and that is what made the stern, hard
backed Democrats of New England
throw up their hats and say, Hancock il
odr man, and when man is Demo
crat in such State as Vermont,he is ont
of the very best kind of Democrats cheer!
and therefore, my friends, when say
that Gen. Hancock is statesman,
speak but the truth l do not know
that he ever made speech in his life
and George Washington never made but
one, and that was about fifteen minutes
long" ...4 . .,l