The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1880-08-18
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didates for governor at the STATE
convention were in excellent temper.
Mr.. Rich, who had as much csusS
for disappointment as any oi5s;;
pledged his hearty support 10 tie
tickled and congratulated the people
upon the fact that the long Int OF
Michigan's incorruptable Republi.
can governors would remain unbro.
ken. - = $1,000, --,-3
Mr.. Bea! excused hiiiiself 1from
mixing set speech, on the ground
that he had not prepared the Kind Of
speech that suited the occasiob. He
had another kind of a speech pre-
pared, but saw that he would have
no use for it. Besides" he said;
am rather hoarse. have beeh
talking considerably to some of you
over there. Most of you know how
Joe talked" An allusion to his ae::
tive personal canvass, which pro-
duced hearty laugh. g =
Mr.. Palmer made an exceeding
happy effort, and it was received
with cheers and laughter. 1t is sci.
dom that one stnooths dowh the
rough edges Of defeat any more
gracefully than did he. 1t was sub.
stantially as follows: .iil8 y
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLE
MEN:-One by one the martyrs pass
before you prolonged applause and
laughter; but we come. not with
spirit of martyrs but rather with the
spirit of apostles-apostles of liber-
ty and the great Republican party,
Continued applause. 1t is said
that the soldiers of the French army
on it's return from Moscow, benumb.
ed with the cold and falling by the
wayside, would raise themselves as
Napoleon passed and cry, s'long live
the emperor" So do we when hopes
and aspirations have this day been
chilled by an untimely frost, we who
have been frozen out by you dele
gates Elaughter] rise as the great
Republican army passes by and cry
out, "Eong live the Republican part
ty." [Long continued applause
Unlike those poor fellows, who
cheered Napoleon and fell back into
the snow for winding sheet, We
rise invigorated and full of life, de:
jermined that if you will not permit
us to be the standard bearer we at
least shall be permitted to form the
color guard. Immense applause. .
What was it that the freezing
French soldier chesred as the EN-.
peror passed by? Was it the man
who had fought under the shadow
of the pyramids ? Was it the man
who pierced the Austrian center at
Wagram ? Was it the man who
had destroyed the Russian at Aus.
terlitz? Was it he who had charg:
ed across the bridge at Lodi end
whose eagles had crossed the Alps ?
Not by any means. 1t was because
that cooked hat and grey surtont
brought before their dying eyes vis-
ions OF beautiful France-the vine-
clad cottage, The trellised porch, the
vineyard by the Seine and the Loire,
the grey-haired father, the yearning
eyes of the mother, little brotherf
and sisters, fond wives and the de;
lights OF home. And we rise and
cheer, not an aggregation of men
merely, but an army whose history;
as now look out, unrolls before me.
like scroll, showing q panorama of
human progress since it was organ,
lied 26 years ago. think it was 20
years ago was it not, Mr.. Chairman? !?
Fellow citizens, l was told as / came
on to the stage not to say anything
about "uuder the oaks al, Jackson 26
years ago." as it had been dinned
into your ears sufficiently, so / for
bear showing panorama which
would make the breast of every loyl
al man swell with pride. EApplause:
Fellow citizens, | give my cordial
Endorsement. to this day's work
You have done wen, the best you
could have done las I once said on q
similar occasion) With. one exception,
[ Applause ] l pledge my most cor
dial support to David H., Jerome
and promise to do all can to help,
roll up a rousing majority this fall.
| is said that the ''whirligig of time
brings wonderful changes" That is
illustrated today. :, Forty years ago
| used to thrash David, but to-day
he has got away with me. / Laugh;
ter propose three cheers and q
tiger for our nominee. ELong con-
tinued applause. 80 ,a....g.I..,.t
Congressman Horr also contribu-
ted much to the general good feeling
by his happy efforts. -