The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-06-28
MIR. HENDERsoN's ADDRESS.
Mr.. Henderson read as follows

Senator Logan-The gentlemen pycs
ent constitute Committee of the Re
publican Convention recently assembled
at Chicago, charged with the duty of
communicating to you the formal notice
of your nomination by that Convention
as candidate for Vice President of the
United States. You are not unaware of
the fact that your naAe was presented
to the Convention and urged by large
number 81 the delegates as candidate
for President. So soon, however, as it
became apparent that Mr.. Blaine. your
colleague on the ticket, was the choice
of the party for that high office. your
friends. with those of other councillors
promptly yielded their individual prefer
ences to this manifest wish of the ma
Jorlty. In rendering son this nomina-
ton we are able to assure you it was
made without opposition and with an en-
thuslaSm seldom Witnessed in the his
tory OF nominating conventions. We arc
grained to know that III Il career of
great usefulness and distinction you have
most efficiently aided in the enactment
OF those measures of legislation and of
constitutional reform in which the Con.
vention found special cause for party
congratulation. Tie principles enun
ciatp1 in tho l,tf,rn ,,l,,t,J ,,.;,, -,
recognized by you as the same which
have 50 long governed and controlled
your political conduct. The pledges
made by the party guarantee of pertor-
nance III the fidelity with which YOU
have heretofore discharged every trust
conided to your Keeping. In your elrc-
ton the people OF tins country Will fur
nlSh new proof o! the eXcelleucy of our
institutions. without wealth, without
help from others, without any resources
except those OF heart, conscience, intel
lcct, energy and courage, you have won
Il hig place in the worlds history, and
secured the confidence and affections Of
your countrymen. Being one Of the peo-
pie, your sympathles are with the people.
In civil life your chief care has been to
better their condition. to secure their
rights ami nerretuate tLCir liheltirs.
When the government was threatened by
armed treason you entered its servict as
a private, became Il commander of ar.
mics, and are now the idol Of the citizen
soldiers Of the Republic. Such. in the
Judgment of your party, is the candidate
it has selected, and III behalf Of that
party we ask you to accept its uomi, II.
ton.
GENERAL LoGANs REILLY.
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turned To the table, TOOK up lew sheets
of manuscript, and began to read rs fol-
lows
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and with this acceptance | may properly
SIGNIFY my approval o! the platform OF
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ferred upon me by my friends in 50 mani.
mously rendering me this nomination,
responsibilities attaching to the Office