, 1880-02-29

cnrred during the last Administration Of Gen.
Grant and. while they found much IN his
character during the War to admire, they
found much in, his surroundings ano ~ cnns cdne
with tvSan whom he msny waS esf sds Repu
licans supported Greeley a few years ago
thew did It under the conviction that GraMt d1s
was surrounded at that; time BY pgay el
+ Of men who could not be trusted. .lne
speaker asked every citizen. ana ,ota tseto -
IKE {ga down s the History Of the eight years Of
Gen. GRANTS Administration, and reaa u III lne 10
hieEranhies OF the men by whom he was s. sur n
rolG,ded. and then ask themselves WactnesS Wac1s! !,
he vas the only man in the Kepup91ean TX r. rc
that commanded th5lr naa[astbbi aaa nntbine to to say
againH Washburne, who had done his Iat GUY :
as Minister to France, obeying all the tIeass t
stipulatons. For that all honor; buu nna IN
yond th,t he had no cIealt. ,,,;th ~ the Al
this county was more IAn.ttft +ho,, NTr. Wa5h
| 1ninistrat1oA OF Gen~ @lant tns>NA
burne. a.,o :
i NO NAN oUcRTTo uNDEISaf1,o - f1,on be
the wants Of the coyy,1IGya Gad fo ionnre- tie The
Every Washbnrne tshburne me in tie matter
Judgment OF Mr.. i the Presidency, since he
of a sandldatths for Gen. Grant, and be-
(WashburneaAid. tl,athe was the one who
lieved, as Should be elected. So wash
ought a labored under this difficulty: Tie
| .MY EAIulQiVc - HAOAF! al ~
said; % lis opinion of public men.
demonstrations that have gone before" II
AWashburne men. would get Gen, Grant 10
ithdraw, that would present q new phase
If the affair. No man. could giye Wash Wash
burne was for Grant, and the machine vas
for, him, and Grant would be elected unless
the Blaine men said not As for the Central
Committee meeting, one man-and = Young
= 7. int
od sentsnts Sn1a tna' Of peope
IA. voice, "Ahd cheek u, but denounced:
the claim as Shallow nonsense and pretensee;;
The Germans were thoughtful people. t,,u!4 ana
selves. The Blaine men should not be led
astray, or deceived, or discouraged because
here and there was man who said he rep
resented 10000, $4,000, or 100000 people,
fedxsd + Ssd said te that ssa Sehn q q 9fnn had
P1edgged PIedgedd the ee whole % Republican patty
Of the State. Who authorized him to
do it? By what medfumistic power had he
learned, in Washington, the wishes, and the
desires, and the; thoughts of the people Of
Illinois SO that hs eoHa Tor me
Conkling, too, had pledged New York, and
Matt Carpenter Wisconsin, and Cameron
Pennsylvania Il these men possessed such
mediuinistic power, it was dlsgracefui,-a
insult to the thoughtful American people;
Politicians might assemble at the Pacific and
get up q boom that would carry them
- INTO OFFICE AND POWER, -
but the man who is to be elected must be q
man whom the thoughtful people of the
country we're in favor of. He did not know
that james G. Blaine was that man, but he
commanded respect for his Independence, his
thouglltfu!ness, his outspoken character character, rs
possessed more Of the true American spirit
that had built our railroads, established
our schools and our lnanufactories, than
any other man who had been nameu
for the Presidency. ,(Applause, When a
uisite for American craftsmanship and Lead
ership, he did not know that he should stand
still and not refer to the character and his
tory Of man who, he believed, had the con-
fdence Of the party: and whose leadership
he would follow If he went alone. lap
plause.]
COL. a. n. WATERMAN, =.
being called on, said he yielded to no man
in his respect and admiration for Gen. Grant. ::
He had serrtl his country 1iobly and we'll in
the past. add, Il need be, would serve it
nobly andA well in the future in that !;
found him ever victorious [Applause.j Tie !:
peril of the present hour was not the march !:
ing of 4 mighty host seeking the Capital i
Tie foe we have to contend with sat en-
thr0ned dominant IN the halls OF the Ma
tional Legislature. By murder, rapine,
bloodshed, and political assassination the
Democracy had obtained control of Con-
gress, and sought to-day by means OF law
making IN " Washington, and the utter deh-
ance and disregard Of Law in the Carolinas,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Texas, to undo all the WORK that llad
neen Ir cone SO Wen TOT Ireeaom ana LOT
tMe 5n usnR anu eQuanly u ~ NEIL
1neIe Was need at ule pIesene tlll1e ilot " u
great nllltaiE chleltaiI, Dlt o. great STATES
man. lAppiausel we Nan1eo man VINO
liau IL ntet .lib ios ~ w nelu u ne1i it IsI
cnolce, VINO ilau aeAe4 .Lnen tn9lts, a11u Wil9
would undersiana, When N kne Iresldentlai
cilalr. hoWto throttle treasa2s and traud, ana
corruption, ana cl1me in Louisiana and Mis-,
s1sslpN as calnly, and as peacefully, and
as completely undsr de- the forms Of law
g ss.to James a,no blatMe 1,o,, mao e3an+od IN me
oiatH OF Malht. Ihey Wanleu lor a
caholdate man whose course was stralgnt-
1qTMa1o IVA: ana Maniy, 20 oppose 70 me Sagacity
" u 1tlaen M man Wnose ealeer Mas nAe 1I tllat
VI lne easle insteao ol lue lrail VI LIE sel,
l,ent; man whose etJeranceS were expressed
in open and defiant words, instead OF double
dealing ana clpner dispatches lapp!ausel;
q a!ia .nhn ido utteInfts oi Wnose THiaIlves'
Il Il llley shoulo say anything upon Pollllcal al
lalrs, Houlu at ieaSI pe Lne lndlSllanI anu
merge 0ale ol an aunt, ratner tnah the 9ouDle-
deallng s4HraeeS OF nephew Pelton.
llA1Ppiaqse.j ouch man they Iound, they
believed, in James e. blaine They wanted
a strong T;Ian-Strnng in hi9 EnnSvlpflpa nf