The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-08

States of New York, Indiana ana
New Jersey, the battle-ground OF
the contest that is to come, ana the
Democrat to-day who wishes victory
because of the principles which have
come down like holy traditions from
the fathers; men who go into race
from principle and not for men.
Tilden will die, and Kelly will die'
and the old leaders will pass away,
their memories will live, and the
principles of the Democratic party
will live while your mountains stano
and your rivers roll down to the sea-
/ do not know men in this contest;
and YOU should not knew them. In
Is56-and / am not an old man,
though 1 have been Younger was
a member of the Convention in lS5o
that sat in this goodly city. l rec
oanize few of the large number
that were with them. The gallant
Preston, of Kentucky, who respond
ed to the outburst of enthusiasm
when Breckenridge was nominated.
l remember being on the Committee
of Credentials when two delegations
from the State of New York, the
hards and the softs, came up from
that great old State with regular
yes, regular in quotation marks.
credentials, and this body of the ia
theirs then decided upon the princl-
pies of equity and justice and fair.
ness that both should come in and
cast the vote of the great State OF
New York. If you invoke prece-
dent which the lawyers invoke IN
the courts, there you have precedent
for allowing history to repeat Itself
in this great presence and on TINS
great dav, fraught with the destiny
of our country and ofthe Democracy.
They only ask a representation OF
twenty votes. Suppose that the mi
nority should stand here to-day
pledging you to go into this contest
as private soldiers, pledging You, as
YOU have heard fresh from their
lips. to vote for whoever you may
nominate. Suppose that they had
called up a larger number in the re
cent Gubefnatorial election than
was given to Coy. Robinson, noble
Roman as he is, then how the tables
would have been changed; but yet
regularity would have been against
them. No. sir, it is votes that we
want. And it is useless to talk about
technicalities, family qnarrels and
seditions at home, and this thing
and that other thing. 1t is when
the banners are out, and the war
commenced, and the bugles are
sounding, it is then that we do not
find it in our hearts to put back
soldier who says from the mountain
district and from the lowlands he is
with us, and ask him, In what
school have you been taught? What
papers do you hold in your hand?
Are you willing to fight, to die for
the cause? Yes, sir. March in, sir
appeal to the men of New York
who sit before me, the great necessi-
ty is not q State issue. 1t is an is
sue broader than the State of New
York, broad as she is; it is an issue
in which the destiny OF the country,
the right Of good government and
opposition to the concentration OF
power in the hands of few, genuine
reform of the Civil Service, the lib
critics of the State and of the citi-
zens are all involved. They are in
volved in the simple solution, per-
haps, of this one question, because
you cannot afford, men of the Dem
ocracy, to lose New York.
Now, sir, suppose on the other
hand-and l have but a moment to
speak with you-suppose on the
other hand that the regular delega-
ton from New York should say,
we'll, because you have allowed these
men representation we will not vote
your ticket; they would not say it
in this presence. If that be true,
and you cannot uni6e among your
selves, my countrymen, then l call
upon this assemblage of the wisdom
and experience, men who fought in
many a hard fight, to come up and
declare the bans, stand by the we'd
lock, and swear that whatever else
may be bred, you shan't breed dis
order any more in the Democratic
party.
| Gentlemen of the Democracy, in
conclusion allow me to say that in
this contest which we are approach
ing, the South-a large part OF
which, in the territory, at least,
represent-ask nothing; we ask nc
Presidents, no Vice Presidents; we
do not even ask an organization in
your Convention, and when we come
upon bended knees and ask you
among yourselves to wave the olive
branch and to save us from the foot
of the tyrant, for our dissensions il
the past, then we hope that we have
right to expect that the grea
Democratic party will place theil
foot on schism and discord wherev-
er it may be. Massachusetts, has
already-that grand old State
which, although minority for many
a year in the Democratic contest
she came up ON this day and, will
: the spirit of brotherhood, yielded
their natural claims and agreed tt
be represented in this great Conven
, tion alike. If New York can not d'
! / it, let us do it for them.
) / am hopefully of the future. II
however, we quarrel here-if we al
: low the bitterness Of discord, tn
apple of discord to be thrown int
your laps here; if you are kicke'
3 like trooper men who are begging t.
, be enlistedin your ranks in the da..
3 when Won will need them badly
3 you do this and beget spirit q
e mutual distress and of hatred anon
: ourselves, then we shall have give
4 away our birthright and sold it 10
Z a mess of pottage; and if we sue
q ceed at all, as hope and believe t
-fGod we will, it will be done only b
8 healing the divisions at home, an
/ by that broad and public spirl
u which has heretofore ever charac
e terized the history ofthe Democrat
Y lie party.
8 have nothing more to say ex
) cept this, that whoever may .
q nominated, whoever may be tn
J. choice of this great body OF freemei
IS will receive the solid support OF ev
n ery State in the Union south OF Nj
II son and Dixon's line known OF OIL
u .;4h T;ldan and and