The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-07-09
WILLIAM K. MoRRrsox.


MI Marshall. in presenting the name
Of Mr.. Morrison. said:
Mn PEi-SfpKNT s~D GE~TLExKx OF TIE
CONVENTION. must ask ~ you to-day yOlr
dillon on account ~ either preparation or the
condition "a my health, a. 40 Justice a. the
uuiy assigned me by rhe united Voice ~ the
delegation from Illinois We a-c n~S..iuf.ls.f
important responsibility. No hfdy Of men
a~~rfnbith Together On this broad continent
sincr the an day ~ July. issr. has n.ld greater
responsibilities resting upon IL and mnrc iEzl-
pnrfan, duties "a discourage than the G,lnyrn-
tion assembled herr to~lay H. this hail The
eyes ~ me entire American people are turned
To-day with anxiety toward This beautiful Cay
~ iinclnnafi. and millions ~ hctrf- arefhrOh-
Ding with anxiety and Offering up prayers 10
Almighty Gfsi that this Convention shall not
err ~ Inc discharge ~ the important duty do
volsing upon X. We art assembled herr a.
day a. the representatives OF the great Demo
cratic party 81 this country representing tnc
party that HIS been A ali times and Every
where the defender AMI prc~rrycr ~ the Com
Sttuti0n AMI the rights and liberties III the
people lApplanse-l Ny cunntrymrn. we
should remember ia the discharge of our du-
Ties here that we are hut thu. representatives OF
the great body of tie American pe0pie. AZ
least a. Tar a. a j. represented b. that cat par
~ ~ fneConStitusion. and hat our voices here
viii not be final - - the result ~ the canvass
inst n - rapidly approaching and throwing it,
duties upon rs Neither Cincinnati nor chi-
cage can make a President. Tne men who will
make the next President 0f the United states
to-day are aburing In their harvest fields toll
ing ~ m p following the pillow. and engaged
~ ~, 'nnSe industrial occupations that make
up the grandeur and the glory ~ this great
country. ami We must remcmberfhat they will
have Voice In recommendation or dis pproyAi
81 the manner IN which We discharge the re-
sponsihiltie- imposed upon IL. We have a
duty % perform AZ this tirlc greater. higher
AMI more important than that which has de-
solyt-i on any previous day ~ this kind
Four year, ago the American people in the
exercise 81 their right a. frcemcn. by their
ballots AZ the polls. made a selection ~ the
man who should nj the great Office ~ Prs-i-
dent ~ The United States The verdict ~ the
ptuplc was emphatic and un,icnable. by the
Constitutional and legal m sies prescribed ~
ourtonsfiturion they elected a majority ~ the
Electors whose duty II was 10 elect and place
IN office the President ~ this great Republic
But by conspiracy ~ nntx amplcd character.
and unequased In the annals ~ the worii. the
her 81 so-caiisl visiting Statesmen went IN
their march sgtlihwari a. hold up the hands ~
that organization ~ unmitil ntel scoundrtls
assembled mt New Orleans under the name ~
Returning Board. that they might have tho
courage IN that city a. hold up the
Office the grande~f on cssth. I'm open
market; 90 bold ont ~ the world rne
great offcc OF President Of the United
states 10 - put mp a. thc hixhest bidders
the Prrtorinn Guards. in Rome in an early
day. put up afanction tn osficc ~ Emperor ~
that great Empire. We have the unmitigaSed
shame and scandal presented a. tho wOrl1 thar
in the face 20 fhe world this great crime WAS
contaminated II has been frequently r.
marked. my c1lnfrymcn. that the Dtmoc ratio
party on thAt occasion. ana it, leaders. were
guilty ~ cOwariicc in not asserting the right
and duty imposed upon them by the action ~
the great body ~ peOple az the polls. Bur ]
think this has been too fhonghfle~siy and liir-
PANTY changed az ainst the party They werp
not guilty ~ cownrsicc; they were guilty ~
The highest act of patriotism known 10 faan on
earth. The Democratic masses Of the Dems-
cratic party knew that conflict ~ arms 10 de-
ferrnine the right a. the office Of President
would result in all probability. in the dcstnic-
ti0n 81 all liberty aud the monuments u lib
erty on this continent. There j.. my country
men. higher. nOhlrr COURAGE than that ~ the
battlefield Therc i = courage % Patience a
In defiance ~ pubic senri-
ment - that the right j. done III practi-
cable manner. under the forms ~ the C0nsri-
tuition.
The American people now demand leader
IN which are engaged They demand fnr
that leader. ia the mrs; pAcc- "A man ~ infiexi-
bic and aggressive honesty a nAn VINO h not
only honest himself. tut wlo will not permit
crime ~ b. prrpetrntei with impuniiy in
hi~ presence. They rAnt man ~ the most
IndDmitabe couragr. q man ~ convictions a
NAV who will dare a. do right under all cir
man who comes from the peso
pie AMI sytnrarhixcS with the people. a man I
whp a. legislator AMI gpol citizen Now. 1
gentlemen. begging your pardon for the trans \
rry.ssion upon your time. allow me. without I
further words ~ the unanimous voice 81 the \
delegation ~ Illinois. ~ present for your con
that authenticated man and cifi-
xcn. that gallant and nd0mffablc soldier.
fearless in battle and VET generous and SYM
pathixing in the hour ~ victory. that upright \
statesman. that indomitablr. that most worthy 4
ana Unsdcn-henrtcd citxrn~-fhat man ~ the
peurlc--fhsf man ~ infexible hOncSty-thnt
man ~ indufnifahle courage In civil life and in
military lifc--that man who mas followed the
iag Of his country in fwo war. and. although n
young man to-day. has distin-
rushed himself private soldier N the
Mexican war in his very tADshood. and who
himself As an officer In the late
Civil War. that most worthy citizen and lexi--
afor il Colonel William H. Morrison OF Illinois,
Applause.l And IL sou viii place him in
will guarantee that voice %
appreciation viii come from cvery valley and
every hilltop To this land and We viii make
him the next President q the United States
Loud applausc-
ALLEN o. THURMAN.