Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-18
GENERAL U. s. GRANT.

for by the people, the name OF the Hon James |
@. Blaine, OF the State OF Maine. lApplause.l |
GENERAL U. s. GRANT.
MIR. Conkling, of New York, in pre-
senting the name of President Grant,
saidi
"And when asked what State he halls from,
our sole reply shall be,
lie halls from AppOmattON
With 10 thnous apple-tree.'
In obedience to instructions l should never
daroto disregard, expires sing also my own firm
conviction, rise to propose nation with
which the country and the Republican party
can grandly win. The election before us Is to
be the Austerlitz Of Americl politics. II will
decide for many years whether the country
shall be Republican or COssnok. The supreme
need Of the hour is not a candidate VINO can
carry Michigan. All Republican candidates
can do that The need Is not of a candidate
popular in the Territories, because they have
no vote The need Is of a candidate VINO can
carry doubtful States, Not the doubtful States
of the North, but doubtful States OF the South
which we have heard, II understand Il Alright,
ought to take little or no part here, because
the South has nothing to give, but everything
TO receive. No gentlemen, the need that
presses upon the conscience of this Conven-
tion Is OF candidate who can carry doubtful
States both North aud South. And believing
that he, more surely than any other man, can
carry New York against any opponent and can
carry not only the North but several states OF
the SOUTH New York as for Ulysses ,;
in peace or in war-his name Is
the most illustrious borne by living
man. His services Attest his greatness, and the
country nay, the world knows them by
heart. His fame was earned not alone in
things written and said, but by the arduous
greatness OF things done. And perl5 and
emergencies will searcn in vain In the future,
as they have searched in vain In tho past, for
any other on whom the Nation leans with such
confidence and trust. Never having had
policy TO enforce against the will Of the peO-
pie, he never betrayed cause or friend, and
the people will never desert or betray him.
Standingon the highest eminenoe human dis
tinCtiOn, modest, firm, simple, set-pOi3ed hay-
ing filed ali lands with hi renOWn, ne has seen
not only the hlgh-bOrn and the titled, but the
poor and the lOwly, In the uttermost ends Of
the earth, rise and uncover before him. He
has studied the needs and the defects of many
a better American than ever, win wealth OF
knowledge and experience added TO the hard
common sense which shOne so cOnspicuOusly
in all the fierce light that beat uoOn him dur
ing sixteen years, the most trying, the most
pOrtentOus, the most perilOus
Viified and reviled, truthlessly nspersed by
unnumbered presses, not In other lands, but
in his own, assaults on him have seasoned and
strengthened his hold on the public heart.
Caumnys ammunition has been exploded;
! the powder has all been burned once. Its
force Is spent. And the name of Grant Will
glitter a bright and lmperishable star in the
dladem of the Republic when those who nave
| tried to tarnish that name have mOlde-ed in
/ forgotten graves, and when their memories
and their epitaphs have vanished utterly.
Never elHtc0 Dy SUCCESS never uepftSstu ny
adversely, he has ever, In peace rs in war
| shown the very genius of common sense. The
| terms he prescribed for Lees surrender fore
| shadOwed the wisest prophesies and principles
| of true reconstruction. Victor in the greatest
war of modern times, he quickly slgnalized his
! aversion to war and his lOYeOt peace by an ar
| bitraiiOn of international disputes, which
stands the wsest, the most majestic example
/ OF its kind in the worlds diplomacy. When
J initiation, Rt the height of its popularity and
| frenzy, had swept both houses OF Congress, II
WIS the veto Of Grant which, single and alone,
/ Oyerthrew expansion and cleared the way for
| specie resumption. To him, to hin, immeasur-
| ably more than TO any other man, Is due the
| fact that every paper dollar Is ns good as gold.
/ With him as our leader we shall have no de
] tensive campaign. No we shall have noih
! gies to make. The shafts and the arrows have
! all been aimed ut him, and they lie broken and
| harmless ut his feet Life liberty and proper
of the cOlored men In Florida, "Whereyer am
they may come alsO"-when he said so, he
meant that had he the power the poor dwelers
in the cabins of the South should no longer be
driven in terror from the homes of their child
hood and the graves Of their murdered dead
/ When he refused TO receive Denis Kearney In
California, he meant that Communism, law
lessness and disorder, although 1t might stalk
high-headed and dictate law TO a whole city
| should find foe in him. He meant that, pop
ular OF unpopular, he would hew to the line Of
right, let the chips fly where they may.
His integrity, his common sense, his c0ur'
age, his unequaltd d experience, arc the quar-
ties offered to his country Tho only arRu'
ment, the only un that the W of man or the
stress Of politics has devised Is one which
would I've dumb Ounded solomon, because hi
Thought there was nothing new under the sun
Having tried Grant twice ana FOUND hiu
faithful, we are told that we must not, even
ait r nm interval of years, trust him ayaln
My oouptrymenl My cOuntrymenl what stulti
flcatiOn does not such fallaoy involve. hi
American people exclude Jefferson layt
from public trust. Why2 Why! Because HI
was the ar htraitOr aud woud-be destroyer
and now lhys me people are asked 20 ost g
repeat2 Because he was the arch-p ,eserve
of his country, and Lecaus3 nor only IN war
but twice us Civil Magistrate, he gave NJ
highest, nOblest efforts TO the RepuDlicr Il
this an elect onering 1ugyle, or Is II hyprOc
risy's musQueradef There Is no Held OF hu
man activity, responsibility or reason II
which rational beings object to un age It be
cause he has been weighed in the naludce IN
not found wanting, There ia NJ department
of human reason in wniGh sane me- me-
reject an agent because h9 has ha
experience, making. him eXoeptionaii;
who shoes your morse 20 the lawyer who trle
your cause, the officer who manages your raj
way or your mill, the doctor into whose hhnd
you give your life, or the minister who seek
% save your soul, what man mar, 20 you p,S reJSS
him, and found him faithful AMI htr VIVA
makes the Presidential office an exception Z
all things else in the common sense TO be ap
piled 10 selecting its Incumbent Who dare
who dares TO put fettera on that free chOle
and judgment which Is the birthrlght OF IN
. ! American DeOnlD4 ANl u DC Hulu AnuA hAA
has used official power and place to perpetual
his termY He has no plaoei official power ma
not been used for him without patronhg
and without emissaries without committees
without bureaus, without telegraph wire
| running from his house to this convention, 2
running from his house anywhere else, VIII
: out effort on his part, his name Is on his coui
, trys lips, and he IA struck at by the whol
Democratic party because his nomination
/ the death-blow Of Demooratlo success. ne
i struck at by others who lind an ohense an
disqualification In the very services ne hu
: rendered, and the very experience tnet ne le ns
gained. SHOW "a me pSS1Sr e abant a 10 NII sa
/ name better man, and am answered. ~
don't point as u disqualification 70 the Yer
ali others. There is no third-term in the cas-
! aud this pretense viii die with tine pOhtlol
dog-days that gendered II. One week after On
Democratic Convention we Will hear the last {
: this rubbish about a third term, NObod!
nobody now Is really dispquieted ABOUT
i third term except those hopelessly longing lI
: q first term, IL is the men Woo long Tor m
, term, Without effort or intrigue ON his pa
. he Is the Oandidate-yes, the chndidate
4 fridends have never threatened 70 pot unltl
\ this Convention did rs they said lie - hepu
n lioan who never wayers. He and his frien'
Z stand BY the creed and the oandldates oi W "
4 Republican party. They hold the rlghul
Z their faith, and they mean TO uphold tn
y faith against not only the common enemy "
y against the charlatans, layhawkers, ,,,ini tfat
= and guerrlllas-the men who deploy DetWet
y the lines, aud forage now on one slde, IN
4 then on the other This Convention Is mast
% of "A supreme opportunity. II can name y
y next President. lt eau make sure ot MS ele
Il ton. II can make sure not only or MS ee
y ton, but Of his certain and peaoetIlma maugnl
y tion. Il can break that power Whlch uuu
y mates and mildews the south. IL can oNt
\ throw an organization whose very eNisten
= Is a standing protest against progress
n The purpose of the Demooratlo party
4 spOis. Its very hope OF existence Is sol
~ south Its success Is menace TO order al
l. progress. 1 say this Convention can oNs
"A throw that power. IL can dissolve anu emt
= IN "a cnroor ~ Grandeur eplipsing ali pa