The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-30

lup presidential election, and / name hin as BenlAInln
L, Butler, of Massachusetts"
Warren Chase, of California: .
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen-Caifornia
wishes first to tell you that she don't bolt because you
did not put the coinage of silver and gold in your plat
form; but we stand on the decision of the Supreme
Court. Applause Gentlemen of this convention,
California places before you this day a man who Is
known all over this nation; a man who IS abused more
by Shylocks, by monopoies, by landgrabbers, by
money -grabbers and by sharks of every kind than any
other man in the nation: a man who has around him
more clubs and brickbats than any well-bearing fruit
tree in any old orchard; We present to you a
shyiocks of the Republicans more than any other man.
He is a man who is hated by that class OF men aooEe
name of Benjamin f. Butler. [Applausel
Mr.. Gillette, of Iowa:
MIR. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention:
Twenty-three years ago you shot with electric fire all
danger. In the dreadful suspense which followed
minutes seemed to be hours, hours seemed
to be days, days seemed to be weeks, and in
Washington. City was represented to be
surrounded by an enemy. Baltimore was in pos
pass through that city to our capital. In that emer-
gency what was donel A man in Massachusetts was
patriots surrounded him, and he went to Washington
tApplause.l And my friends, a telegram cams back
arrived" Applause. Cries of 1--WE will send him
again. j. 1 was sitting in the park when that telegram
was received, and every man and woman sprang to
their feet and sang as l never heard it sung before,
PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow.
My friends, Washington is in danger. to-day. Zap
plause.1 The capital of your country is in the hands
of an enemy as black, or blacker, as desperate or more
desperate than the enemy that threatened it then.
Applause The credit mobiher senators, the ma.
tional banks and bond syndicates, whisky rings and
star-route thieves have captured your capital, lap.
plausel and what in Gods name shall we do in this
emergency9 We propose to commission that man Of
Massachusetts, General Butler, for Gods sake to go
down and recapture that capital! [Applause.l And
he will do it, and when he gets there Tewksbury will
be forgotten in comparison with the house-cleaning
4kok ut1 l. dONn Mo And vuhnn Na haap
the telegram that he has arrived, and the capital is
safe, every man, woman and child, belonging to this
great Greenback party will spring to their feet and
shout:
praise God, from whom all blessings flow.
Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above, we heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost"
Colonel Winston, of North Carolina:
MI. Chairman and Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Convention-North Carolina is far from home. North
Carolina is a small party, with a lonesome candidate.
Laughter 1 feel that the duty devolves upon me, as
spokesman of North Carolina, to tell my brethren here
how we feel on these political questions. I have a
ciples, and North Carolina wants such a man. l see,
Mr.. Chairman. hanging over you men who represent
ed principles in their day. and with no uncertain
sound. One of them inaugurated this government.
Another, in1S32, inaugurated anew political party to
succeeded-brave Jackson, in whose path we follow
to-day. I see another by whose spirit power two
you, not in bitterness, but only remembering the past
TO- weep over the bodies Of those who
led us 1nUO UndI 1raJr1C1uttl war WnsrC
a half million American people were slain,
my heart has been sanctiied by the Affections through
that 1, myself, love Abraham Lincoln as you do Zap
plause), and l feel enthused and inspired, my cOun-
trymen, by his spirit at this moment, because l stand
upon the platform that Lincoln supported. L stand
upon the platform on which the great philanthropist,
Peter Cooper, was nominated in Indianapolis eight
years ago. | am inspired by the memory of those
men who knew nothing for the guidance of their con
duct but principle; and for principle I stand to-day,
because l believe that above us there governs, to-day, a
supreme Being that, (rough-hew your politics as you
will, bankers and syndicates, and try to control this
country and is stronger than all banks, all syndi-
that when / left Appomattox Courthouse. 1
buried the Ratchet forever, [Applause.l l accept all
that. felt that day as 1 surrendered my brigade to
a gallant New York colonel becanse nobody but a
gallant colonel could have captured usJ l say that
felt that day-and | am somewhat of an impulsive
character-butI 1 am just as my Maker made me, 1 am
over and take him by the hand and say, well Col
onel, we have done our level best, you have got us;
now let it be all over" Inspired by that feeling l felt
here four years ago that l was doing honor TO myself
and that was precisely in my line of duty when
{; east eb sEgntg't of Y f5is f fSr thS gallant sti gent fs"1iag N tSs3
nspirationEcoming on down. felt that a
vast number of Greepbaekers in the North
for President of the United States, and
wrote myself to General Butler and told him if he did
not want to express himself as q Greenbacker, to
please come out as a nO-party man, and l would sup
port him and give him what little influence / had. 1
told him what he knew before, that I was chairman of
our State committee, and that it was through my eff
forts that the Greenbackers in North Carolina to-day
hold the balance of power, and that / was a member
of the national committee He never answered me. 1
had no feeling about that, but l began to mistrust the
propriety of his nomination; butto.dav, after receiving
such warm greetings as l have received here to-day, I
feel like l can trust these, my brothers, on all sides.
Yes, am am wiling to trust you, and say
convention. But l want to serve this
notice upon you; that 1 am a Greenbacker, and if the
to take me from the holy cause.-the holy folds of the
Greenback party-into any other organization, then
my connection with that candidate ceases. Idon't
say that in the way of a threat, but that there may he
no misunderstanding. am not speaking for my own
country alone. but l am speaking for five millions of
people in the Southern States who have lately had the
shackles of slavery broken from their limbs, whom we
are doing a noble workin trying to elevate them to a
higher manhood, and | ask my countrymen to aid in
building UP this grand party without sectionalism and
without color lines,
The speeches of Messrs. Gillette and Winston
were particularly we'll received, the time of the
latter being extended by common consent The
nomination of Butler was seconded otherwise by
p Messrs. Batchelder. of Colorado; Baldwin, of
Connecticut; Ruter, of Florida; Lemburger, of
Kansas; Wood, of Kentucky; Wees, of Louisi-
ana; Emerson, of Maine; Fuller, of Michigan;
Williams, of Missouri; Place, of Nebraska;
Graham, of New York; Adams, of Rhode
Island; Roberts, of Texas; Louis, of Vermont;
Godfrey, of Wisconsin, and Litchman, of Mas
sachusetts.
THE FRIENDS OF Mr.. HARPER.
Mr.. Harper's name was placed in nomination
as follows, by Mr.. Craver, of Georgia:
Mr.. Charman-We came here to nominate a straight
out Greenbacker, and we do not propose a Democrat.
Ne have all we want. and have had in our State for
twenty years back. Georgia is for a nominee that is a
Greenbacker from one presidential election to another,
and not for one that is a Greenbacker to-day and casts
his ballot for Hancock. a Democrat, tomorrow. Geor.
ga stands here TO put in nomination a man who says
that it would be a misfortune, this fall, if a Demo
cratic President was elected, and if a Democratic
President was not elected that it would be a fortunate
thing for this country.
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