The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-08

ises of the last great campaign. You
have reduced the expenses OF the
Government by millions upon mill
ions. Your reforms, introduced in
all branches of the judicial and d,
nancial departments Of Government
have been in strict accordance with
all your promises. We 60 into this
contest with the memory OF a great
wrong upon us; go into this contest
with the feeling that we have left no
pledge unredeemed; and we should
90 into it with this other feeling that
# we fail now the sun in heaven
may never again rise upon success
full Democratic National party. The
epitaph upon it has never yet been
written, and no successful Democrat,
ic President may ever after this, if
if we fail, be able to write that epi-
taph for us, but its superscrlption
must be discord at home, factions
and rivalries around our own hearth
stones, failure to comply with the
instincts Of justice and traditions OF
our great party to the end.
l congratulate, in conclusion, my
countrymen, that an opportunity is
offered to do an act of justice that
may carry you safely, gloriously and
successfully in the next contest that
is now before us. I thank you for
the attention which you have given
me.
REPLY BY HON. J. K. FELLOWS.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen o,
the Convention:-New York has
given me the high honor of assign
ing me the position of her defender
to the right of representation upon
the floor of this Convention. 1t if
an issue which infinitely transcends
in Importance the question of wheth
er one man or another shall take his
seat in your midst. 1t is the ques,
ton as to whether the sovereign
majesty of New York is great
enough to create for itself represen
tation in the National Councils Of
the party, or whether that right
shall be wrested from her grasp and
assumed by her sister States OF the
Confederation.
shall the best discharge my du
ty by plain statement of the caus
es which have produced this divis
ion. l am not here, Mr.. President
and fellow delegates, to pose in the
atrical attitudes. I am not here tc
catch your attention in finely round
ed periods. l do not come for the
purpose of discussing the issues OF
the campaign or winning your ap,
plause.
For fifteen minutes, sir, permit me
to address myself to the head, rath'
er than to the heels Of the Conven-
ton.
New York presents itself in a di'
vided attitude here. What has
caused the division? Fellow-dele-
gates, will you listen to briet
statement Of uncontradicted mat
ters? For twenty-three years down
to 1879, there has been but one
Democratic party in the State
of New York, but one Central
Committee, but one State Conven-
tion, but one organized representa-.
tion of the great party numbering
$4,000 Democratic votes within
that State. In 1879 the Convention
of that party was called on the 10th
of September at Syracuse for the
purpose of nominating ticket in
Guiding Governor and all our high
est State officers. There was nc
question about the regularity Of the
Convention. There was but one
party assembled in that Conven.
ton. Tamany Hall, which repre-.
sented the Democracy of the county
of New York, came up with its del
egation. They were admitted to
their seats in the Convention, head
ed by John Kelly. They named
members of their own delegation
on the State Central Committe fol
the ensuing year. They named
their Vice President and the othel
officers of the Convention. They
were represented on every Commit
tee before the Convention. All 9th
er Democrats from New York Coun
ty were shut out from representa-
ton there. No question then bu
that John Kelly and his follower
were accorded all the rights tina
Democrats claim upon the floor of {
Democratic Convention. What fol
lowed! Gentlemen have spoken la
boredly and eloquently here of pre-
ceden,s, of what caused separation
in the party in other years. Let m
call your attention particularly t.
what caused the separation at Syra
cuse, and see, my eloquent frien'
from the Southwest, see if you ca
find in that anything that you ca
Justify by your precedent of 1856
The platform of the party was ador
ted. Mr.. Kelly and his delegatio
voted for it. The candidates fo
Governor were placed in nomination
and Mr.. Kelly and his delegate
named a candidate. The call of th
counties was proceeded with. Whe
it had reached a sufficient lengt
down to enable Mr.. Kelly and th
State to know that Governor Robir
son would receive the nomination
the Tammany Hall delegation ros
in body and declared that the
would not support Lucius Robinso
if he was nominated, and therefor
withdrew from the Convention.
Governor, Hubbard, you remen
ber, sir, what caused the split in th
Democratic party in New York
1856. Was it because one man wa
, named instead Of another? No;
! was question of high principl
, Mr.. Chairman; question which di
tracted every Convention through
! out the land; a discussion whic
. severed the Republic in twain; whic
: required two millions of armed me
: and four years of war to settle;
: question Of principle and convictio
between men. This was bolt U
!, on a candidate, and nothing els
:, Where in all the history Of tt
, Democratic party, where, fellov
: Democrats, supposed to be fair an
lust have you ever admitted to re
Presentation upon the floor Of yol
Convention, men who fell away fro
YOU for no other reason, but assign
q ing as the sole cause that you hs
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