The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-06-16


1t will not matter, so far as the Wig
or and the energy which that State
will put in the contest, whether he
be nominated or not. We stand by
the flag there, whoever may be the
standard-bearer
With these remarks, gentlemen
longer than / intended-I have the
honor to present to this convention
as the candidate for the Presidential
chair for the ensuing term, to be
voted for by the people, the name OF
the Hon. James G. Blaine.
CoNKLING NoMINATEs GRANT.
The Secretary then proceeded with
the call of the States until New York
was reached. As that State was
called, Senator Conkling arose amid
loud cheering and proceeded slowly
to the reporters platform. Stepping
upon a table, he waited quietly until
the cheering had ceased, and then
spoke slowly and very deliberately
as follows:
And when asked what State he hailed from,
Our sole reply shall be,
He halls from Appomattox,
And its famous appletree
In obedience to instructions, which
| should never dare to disregard, ex-
pressing also my own firm convic-
tons, rise to propose nomination
with which the country and the Re
publican party can grandly win.
The election before US will be the
Austerlitz of American politics. 1t
will decide for many years whether
the country shall be Republican OF
Cossack." (Applause.] The extreme
need of the hour is not a candidate
who can carry Michigan. All Re
publican candidates can do that
Applause The need is not of a
candidate popular in the Territories,
because the Territories have no vote.
Applause The need is of a candi-
date who can carry doubtful States
'-[Cries of 'Goodm and cheers +
not the doubtful States of the North
alone, but doubtful States of the
South [cries of "Goodw and cheers
which we have heard, if | understood
il Alright, ought TO take little or no
part here, because the South has
nothing to give, but everything to
receive. Cries of Good ! goodw and
cheers.] No, gentlemen; the need
that rests upon the conscience OF
this convention is of a candidate who
can carry doubtful States both North
and South, and believing that he
more surely than any other can car
ry New York against any opponent
[great cheers], and can carry not
only the North but several States o.
the South. New York is for Ulysses
IS. Grant. Tremendous cheering
waving of hats, handkerchiefs, and
umbrellas. At the same time flag
bearing portrait of General Grant
was let down from the west gallery
and hung over the bust of Daniel
Webster Never defeated in peace
or in war, his name is the most illus.
.trious borne by living man. [Cheers.
His services attest his greatness, and
the country, nay, the world, knows
them by heart. fApplause and Kisses.
His fame was earned not alone by
things written and said, but by the
arduous greatness of things done
[Cries of"Good for you p and cheers. |
And perils and emergencies will
search in vain in the future, as they
have searched in vain in the past,
for any other on whom the nation
leans with such confidence and trust.
[Applause.] Never having had a
policy to enforce against the will of
the people-[cheers and cries OF
Good! good r"Ehe never betrayed
la voice, What? Neverw laughter
and misses, Ia cause or a friend
[cheers land the people will never
desert or betray him. [Cheers.
Standing on the highest eminence of
human distinction, modest, firm,
simple, and self-poised having filled
all lands with his renown, he has
seen not only the highborn and the
titled, but the poor and the lowly, in
the uttermost ends of the earth, rise
and uncover before him. [Applause. ]
He has studied the needs and the
defects of many systems of govern
ment, and he has returned a better
American than ever-[applause]- +
with wealth of knowledge and ex-
perience added to the hard common
sense which conspicuously distin-
guished him in all the fierce light
that beat upon him during sixteen
years, the most trying, the most por-
tentous, the most perilous in the Ma
TONS history. [Applause.] Vilified
and reviled, truthlessly aspersed by
numberless presses not in other
lands, but in his own assaults upon
him have seasoned and strengthened
his hold upon the public heart Zap
plause.1 The ammunition of calum-
ny has all been exploded, the pow
der has all been burnt. Its force is
spent, and the name of Grant will
glitter a bright and imperishable
star in the diadem of the republic
when those who have tried to tar
nish that name have moldered in
forgotten graves [applause] and when
their memories and epitaphs have
vanished utterly. [Applause.] New
er elated by success, never depressed
by adversity, he has ever in peace as
in war shown the very genius OF
common sense. The terms he pre-
scribed for Lees surrender foreshad-
owed the wisest prophecies and
principles of true reconstruction
VICTOR, IN THE GREATEST WAR OF
MODERN TIMES,
he quickly signalized his aversion to
war and his love of peace by an ar
bitration of international disputes
which stands as the wisest, most