The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

republican party. The platform is
lengthy, and will be published by US
in full, hereafter.
AT the evening session Of June 9th,
the presentation of candidates being
in order, Mr.. Brandegee Of Conn.,, in
q lengthy and able speech put in
nomination Gen. Joseph r. Hawley
of CoDn.
Senator Collom of ILL.,, nominated
Logan in the following speech:
Senator Cullom-Mr. President and
Gentlemen Of the Convention: Twenty.
four years ago the second national con-
yentio. of the Republican party met in
this city aud nominated its frst success.
full candidate for President Of the United
States-A5raham Lincoln. [Great ap-
plause.l Abraham Lincoln led the Re-
publican party to its first great victory,
and stands to-day in the estimation of
the world as the grandcst figure and
most majestic figure in all modern time.
[Applause.l Again, in 1868, another Re-
publican convention came together in
this city, and nominated as its candidate
for President OF the United States an.
other eminent citizen Of fIllinois-General
Ulysses 5. Grant-lSreat applausel and
the Republican party was again victo-
rious.
Still again, in 1880, the Republican par.
ty turned it's face toward this political
Mecca, where two successful campaigns
had been organized, and the martyred
Garfield led the Republican party on to y
glorious victory. lGreat applause.
Mr.. President and fellow citizens, it Is
good for us to be here. There are Omens
Of victory in the air. History repeats
itself. There are promises Of triumph
to the Republican party in holding its
national nominating conventions in this
great emporium of the Northwest. The
commonwealth of Illinois, which has
never wavered in its devotion to Repub-
lican principles since it gave to the na-
tiOn, aye, to the world, the illustrious
Lincoln, has commissioned me, through
its voters, to present to this convention
for its consideration as the standard
bearer Of the Republican party, another
son Of the Illinois, one whose name Will
be recognized from one end Of this land
| to the other as an able statesman, a bril-
liant soldier, and an honest man-John
A. Logan, Of Illinois. [Applause long
continued. waving of handkerchiefs, and
hurrahs for Logan. A native Of the
state which he now represents in the
| councils of the nation, reared among the
youth Of section where every element
| of manhood is early brought into play,
| he is eminently a man of the people,
| identified with them in interest, in faith
and in feeling, and enjoying their sympa-
thy, respect and confidence. The safety,
the permanency and the prosperity Of 4
nation depend upon the courage, the in
tegrity, the intelligence and the loyalty
Of its citizens. When yon starry flag
| was assailed by enemies in arms, when
the integrity of the Union was menaced
| by organized tire asOn, when the storm
| Of war threatened the very life Of this
| State resigned his seat in the Congress Of
the United States, returned to his home
and was among the first Of her citizens to
raise q regiment and to march to the
front in defense of the country. [Ap-
plause.l Like Douglas, he believed that
| in time Of war men must be either patriots
| or traitors, and he threw his mighty in.
| fiuence on the side of the Union, and
Illinois made record second to none in
| the history Of states in the struggle to
preserve this Union. lApplause.l Among
| the large number Of brave men, of brave
| soldiers of the late war whose names are
proudly written on the scroll of fame
| none appears more grandly than the
name Of Logan. [Applause.l His history
Belmont, of DOnelsOn, of Shiloh, Of Vicks.
| burg, OF Lookout Mountain, of Atlanta,
| of the famous march to the sea. Jap
! plause.l lie never lost battle. Ap-
plause.j l repeat again, MIR. President
and fellow citizens, he never lost bat
tie in all the struggles of tile war. When
there was fighting to be done he did not
| wait for orders, neither did he fail to
obey orders when they were received.
[Applause. His plume, like the white
plume of Henry of Navarro, was always
| to be seen at the point where the battle
ragged the hottest. During the long
| struggle Of four years he commanded by
| authority of the Government, first a reg
iment, then brigade, then a division,
and then an army corps and hnaily an
army. He remained in the service until
the close Of the war, when at the head of
his army, with the scars of battle upon
| him, he marched into the capital Of the
| nation, and with the brave men whom he
had led on 4 hundred hard-fOught fields
| was mustered out Of the service under
the very shadow of the Capitol Building
member Of Congress to go out and tight
the battles of his country. [Applause.]
When the war was over and gentle peace,
which hath her victories, returned, he
| was again called by his fellow citizens to
| take his place in the councils Of the na-
| tiOn. In q service Of twenty years in
both houses of Congress he has shown
/ ulmSctl " UC uO lcSS dUlc 6uu ul6tlus
guished as q statesman than he was re.
now ned as q soldier. Cautious, prudent
| and conservative in the advocacy of
measures involving the public welfare,
forcible and eloquent in debate, fearless
yes, l repeat again-fearless in defense
| of the rights Of the weak against the op-
preston Of the strong, he stands to-day,
and say it without disposition to pluck
| one laurel from the brow Of any man
| whose name may be presented to this
convention-I say he stands to-day, in
my judgment, closer to the great mass of
the people of this country than almost
| any other man now engaging public at
tention. [Applause. No man has done
more in defense Of those principles
which have given life and spirit and vic
| tory to the Republican party than has
John A. Logan, of Illinois. Loud cheers.]
In all that goes to make up brilliant
military and civil career to commend
man to the favor Of the people he whose
| name we have presented here tonight
has shown himself to be a peer Of the
best. We ask you, therefore, to give him
this nomination because it would net be
| assailed, and it is not assailable. We
ask you to nominate hlm because his
public record is so clean that even prolific
| calumny dare not attack 1t. We ask you
| to nominate him in behalf of the hun.
dreds of thousands of veteran volunteer
SOlOlerS VINO are IO.nlgnC, ali over tnlS
| broad land, standing around the tele-
graph Offices waiting to know whether
that gallant leader Of the volunteer sol.
diers of this country is to receive the
nomination at your hands. Loud
cheers.] We ask you to nominate him in
behalf Of the white and colOred Republi-
cans of the South, who are here by the
hundreds, black and white, appealing to
this convention as the representatives of
our grand old party to give them protec.
ton and to vindicate them of their rights
in the South. Now, my friends, standing
in the midst of this vast assembly Of rep.
resentative citizens of this grand repub-
lie; aye, in the sublime presence Of the
people themselves represented here to.
night in all their majesty, We offer you
the name Of the tried hero and patriot,
the sagacious and incorruptible states.
man, the man who though defeated never
sulked in his tent; We offer you General
John A. Logan, Of Illinois, and ask to
make him your nominee. [Cheers.] If
you will give him the nomination he will
give you glorious victory in November,
and when he shall have taken his posi-
tion as President of this great republic
ho OF h.~