The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-06-10
cONkllNo's SPEECH NOMINATING
GEN. GRANT.

should never dare to disregard ex-
pressing also my own firm cOn-ictiOn.
] rise in behalf Of New York to pro-
pose o nomination with which the
country and the Republican party can
grandly win the election. Before il
will melt the Austerlitz of American
politics. 1t will decide whether for
years to come the country shall be
Republican or COssack. The need Of
the hour il candidate who eau carry
doubtful States, North and South, and
New York IL for Ulysses =. Grant! He
alone Of living Republicans has car
ried New York az Presidential can
didate, and once he carried it even ac-
cOrtiing tn y Democratic count, and
he il stronger now. The Republican
party, with it, standard in his hands,
IL stronger than in 1SGS or 1872. New
er defeated In war, in peace his name
IL the most illustriOus borne BY living
men, his services attest his greatest,
and the country knows il by heart
His fame was born not alone OF things
written aud said, but arduOus great
ness Of things done, and dangers and
emergencies will seek in vain In the
future rs they have searched in vain
In the past, for any Other on whom
the nation leans with such confidence
and trust. Standing on the highest
eminence Of human destination, and
having filled all lands with his re-
nOwn, modest, firm, simple and self
poised, he has seen not only the titled
but the poor and lOwly In the utter
most ends of the earth rise aud uncov-
or before him. He has studied the
needs and defects Of many systems Of
governments, aud he comes back "a
better American than ever, with n
wealth Of knowledge and experience
added to the hard common sense
which 80 conspicuOusiy distinguishes
him. In all the fierce light that beat
upon him through the most eventful,
trying aud PerilOus ten years If the
nations histOry-never having had q
policy to enforce against the will Of
the people, he never betrayed cause
or friend, and the people will never
betray or desert him. Villified and
reviled, relentlessly aspersed by num-
berless presses, not In other lands, but
i'm his own, assaults upon him have
strengthened and seasoned his hold on
the public heart. The ammunition Of
calumny has all been exploded, the
powder has all been burnt. Once its
fierce its spent, aud Grants name will
glitter ~ bright and imperishable
star in the diaGiem Of the republic.
when thOse who have tried to tarnish
IL have nlOldered in forgUtten graves
and their memories aud epitaphs have
vanished utterly. Never elated by
success, never depressed by adver-ity,
he has ever In peace. ~ in war, shown
the very genius Of common sense. The
terms he prescribed for Lees surren-
der foreshadoweh the wisest pFinci-
piles and prophecies Of true retonstruc-
lion. Victor In the greatest Of modern
WARS he quickly signalized his aver
sion 10 war and his love Of peace.
When imitation was to the hight Of it,
popularity and frenzy had swept both
houses Of coagress, Il was the veto Of
Grant which singIy and alone over
threw expansion aud cleared the way
for specie resumption. To him i'm
measurably more than 10 any other
man Is due the fact that every paper
dollar il as good ~ gold.
With him ~ our lezder we shall
have M defensive campaign-nO apol-
ogie~ or explanations 10 make The
shafts and arrow. have all been aimed
at him, and they lie broken and HARM
k.- at his feet. Life, liberty and prop
erty will 6ld safeguards in him.
When he aid Of tbs black men In
Florida, Wherever ] am they may
cone al-o," he meant that hsd he
power 20 help, the psor dwellep In
The cabins Of the south should not be
driven in terror from the homes of
their childhood and the graves Of their
numbered dead. When he refused to
receive Drnnis Keaspey In California.
he meant that lawless cOmmunisos al
though il should dictate lass to .
whole city, everywhere should meet .
foe in him, and thai popular orunpop-
ular, he will hew 20 the line of night
VI the chipa ~ wbere they may. His
integSity and comus0a sen~r, his co0r-
aer and unequaiIsd e1p<siencs are the
qpslities o6estd 60 his country The
duly aSRus0ept agajnss srr~peing them
woald aDa1e S0lnmou. Ne thoaghf
thew cuuId BE- nolhing pew under the
sun. Having tySed Gsaat tUisR sDd
found him lnithfaI, we are told ve
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