Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-18


Mr.. Cassody, Of Wisconsin, in pre-
senting the name Of Mr.. Washburne,
said:
Mr.. President, and Gentlemen of the Com
yontion: During the exciting and arduous
duties OF this Convention, have not occupied
to exceed three minutes OF your time, not
withstnnding was the Chairman Of a deleRa-
tion. And fpromise now, IL YOU will respect
fully listen for few moments, not TO use up
the time OF ten minutes allowed to me, by two
OF three minutes.
tts indeed fortunate for our party and civ
ilzatlOn that VIC have so many able statesmen
trom whom 70 select our clndldates, Far be
II from me to detraCt single syllable from
the praise Justly due to any; but we live In
vast country. embracngmany eminent states
men whose names have not been presented TO
this Convention, Here are 7i6 delegates, rep
resenting 400J,000 TO 100000 Republican
voters, embracing many natiOnaties huving
diverse interests and various, that are scat
tered over 100000 square miles of territory;
And any view of our duty Is incomplete and
altOQptner too narrow which fails to take In
the whole field and all the probabilities and
improbabilities Of united support in NO
il may be that in France and some other
Nations, success In government depends
wholly upon the Character of the leadership,
but tn this representative Government It
must ever depend largely upon the brOa1 COM
mon sense and good Judgment of the massei
of the people. And hence the truism ut cred
by our martyred President that "NO life is
necessary to the existence of the Nation
Behold in this seat, in this very presence, men
whose ability and states ship have become
famous on this and other continents. There
ts no lnOk of capacity fOrlpn lership, mucl less
Of a disposition TO lead What we want m ist
Just now is unity Of purpose through the en-
tire party, for the public good, and that can
best be secured not by sef-assertion, but by
self-neEatlun.
The question Is not whose name will elicit
the greatest applause at this presen moment
OF time, but whose name Is SO established in
the confidence of the people as to allaY all
l oVanDaIffOT in hfa and the
greatest number of votes in November. The
man of my choice is not a candidate, aud has
not sought any support from any quarter. He
has rather repeled II. But letus remember
that In the tabernacles Of God those are not
chosen who sock the highest seats and demand
the richest crowns, but rather those who
| and go down into the arena, into the face OF
! death, and there are content to labor for the
| common good.
such ought to be the rule in every Republi-
! can Convention. Let us not he too sangune
! A comfortable berth Is of no account to the
! passenger when the ship is fast driven upon
| the rocks Let us save the ship and take care
| of the berths afterwnrd. Our enemies arc In
| possession of both houses OF Congress. They
! will demand and claim the right TO dictate the
methods and the tests OF the Electoral count
] With that object in view, they have purpOsely
omitted, as the distinguished Senator from
| New York the other day very emphatiCnlly
told them, all Constitutional and statutory
guarantees. With an inOrdinate lust for exec
utive power and patronage on their part W.
nave uOluluR 10 Bhll llolulllB " bNpttA liull z
decision of theirs in case of repetition Of lSi
to lSj, nor from an Electoral Commission o
their choosing. The only security is to max,
such a show to every doubtful State by the
| choice of candidate around whom the entire
party can sOlidly join and march on to victory
That man asoertained with reasonable
certainty, It becomes the bOunden dutl
of all TO secure the success of thl
party, and through that party the saliva
tiOn Of our country, by making that man thu
nominee of this Convention. No other maj
has the right TO insist upon it, and that maj
has no right to decline il. In the Judgment o
some In this Convention, and many with COO
heads oil over the land, there are two men VIII
possess all of these requisite qualities. One
Elhu b. Washburne, OF Illinois and the Othe
is George +. Edmunds, of Vermont. Onl
realizing that divided party at the close o
the Convention forebOdes defeat in NOven
ber, and united party mt the close of thi
Convention insures success in November, AM
looking over the whole field, | take that ma
whose history is familiar to yUu who at tn
breaking out of tho war sought out am ohsour
Individual in Galena, led him up to Sprlnl
field. up to the mountain Of his glory, an
stands by his side, one of his chief admirer
and friends to-day. And therefore nominal
Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois. LApplausc.l