The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-06

,GttKbAsA AJRS n ttlE@rlfifs -.I 9lN
b from the respective Slates, In order III
we may know that the committee 10 &C
, rectly made up. st r5 ma ,s-TEiI6IaT
! 3 The III, ohai,-The Secretary will call Il
The Secretary proceeded With the cali
d me States, Alabama, ArkAnsns, Ca
iornia, Colorado, Connecticut and Dsl
ware all asked 10 DO paased. Georg
y nominated 7. I. Potney. Illinois, Il
a diana, Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Loul
lana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, an
Michigan asked TO be passed. Minnesot
named NJ. J. Mort.n. Upon tho call {
The rest Of States md territories aud 4,
j. Dlilrict Of Columbia, thoy all asked 10 b
passed. 'A.uIn y no ~ I'm
Mr.. Bayae, Of penusylvania-I now Al
Tor leave to move that the names be 7,
| ported 10 the Convention, 10 that the Con
yention may know who arc tho member
Cries ol "No, No." from all over the hall
The Ohair-Ths Secretary will call III
roll Of States, and when ihe name OF
: State having a candidate to be presented
Is :allei,. the party selected TO make tn
presentation will come forward and speak
The Secre!ary then proceeded to call thI
roll Of States. calling Alabama, Arkansag
California, Colorado and Connecticut, ant
when tho name ol tho latter State WA
called, Mr.. Dfandigee, OF Connecticut, aros,
and took the stand amid loud applause
speaking as follows: 5,,--'
| d TIE FiRsT CANDIDATE rREspNrHD,
Mn. PRESIDENT AND GExrLgNxs op TIL,
CONVENTION: We are here to selec! Chiel
Magistrate for birty.elght States and tifty.
Eve millions Of people. II we choose
wisely the selection OF June will be the
election Of November, and March will
inaugurate In lineal and continuou,
succession the seventh Republican
President Of the United States. [Applause.
II wo be welded 10 fatal choice, The Solld
South, which has already captured the
Capitol, will occupy the White House, and
the result OF the war will be iolled
backward a generation. We aaawer the
accredited Republicans from every Stats
and all the Territories representing party,
to- the wisdom and patriotism Of
whose grcat llberality and human wisdom
and human progress owe more than to any
political organ.z stion since governments
were instituted among men. To It Impair
tial history will accord Union saved, a
Constitution maintained, and re.enthuse
with q larger spirit Of liberty, race emanci.
pated, entranchiz I'd, regeneraied and with
such q grand history In tho past and eucl,
high hopes for the future, wes.and pledged,
or, not TO make shipwreck Of an organfza
tion n which tho interests and honor Of
our country are still wrapped up. Never
bsto:e to "a National Convention
was such an opportunity 2 presented
aa the path Of duty made GO
plain. The great tidal wave has ebbed; il
ha' lett wrecks along the shore and dis.
cl sed only the tloes and tho shadows. The
councils OF our opponents are confused.
They have been smitten again with Judi.
cial blindness. The heart Of the grea.
American people instinctively and unmis.
takably turns once more 10 the Republican
party. The supreme duty Of the hour is
Tor that party In this Convention to select
a candidate under whom we eau surely
and Rrandly win. [Applause
ONE wnosE NAME is A PLATpoRM. ~
Such a candidate muat first Of all be a
trua and tried Republican, whose nsms
alone shall stand for platform, one who
hes the courage Of his convictions, one
whose convictions on all great questions
have been always right-right on the war,
right on each ard every ons Of the cousti.
tutional amendments, right on resumption,
right on the currency, right on the tariff,
right on the civil rights, and right OH civil
service reform, (Applause1 Standing Sit
In this great presence, In this historic hall,
inspired by the memory Of the great lead.
els and martyrs Of our iaith, who look
down as with benedictlon upon this
scene, Impressed with a profound convic.
tion o! the Importance Of tht trust With
which ! stand charged, lam requested
to nominate such candidate to the breth.
rem OF the other States by the Republicans
Of Connecticut, and in their name on their
behalf nominate man who hulills all
these conditions and in the largest degree
represents the fitness and the advisabiIity
Of their candidate, whose name caa lead
10. certain victory in Acknowledgement
Joseph R: Hawley, Of Connecticut" Loud
applause.]
hr. President, the delegates from Con.
necticut sit in this grand council Of the
party uninstructed in committee and un-
pledged. They are here free to speak, free
to hear, free 10 deliberate and TO decide.
They odsr you the name Of their great
leader snd Senator as the best which in
their judgment this Convention can select.
Hit is the best, then make our ch ,iCe
yours. II you have better, we will cheer.
fully make your choice ours. Applsuse.l
But wherever the lot may fall, and
whoever the candidate may be, we pledge
ourselves with unhesitatirg, g,ungrudging 10y.
atty, with all our hearts, with all our votes,
and with all our might, to support the
nominee. tApplause. 1
y. GENERAL HAwLEYs CAREER.
Genera! Hawley wa1 born in North Car.
olina. Ho draws from Southern blood and
Southern soil and Southern skie3 the gen.
erous chivalry Of nature that abhors cant
and hypocri.y and falsehood, and feels the
stain like a wound. Thirty.four years ago
he came poor, barefooted, pennil, IS boy
to the ragged soil Of Connecticut, where
breathing tho free air, listening to lis Tree
speech, and taught In its free schools be
acquired tbs foundations Of a manly char.
acter and lfs, In principles which are e,
endearing rs Copnecticut'a everlasting
hills. [Applause.l As a young man be
became citizen Of New York,
and he drew i, from the clar.c
shades ci old Hamilton College
that culture which graces the siuewy eaxon
Of his speech. He studied law with honest
John Hooker, Of Hartford, that John the
Baptist whose voice even then was crying
loud Tor repentance Of the Ns:ion's erest
sin. But tho FIRE was kindled In the young
mans soul and he could not stand the
dry quips and the dusty maxlms Of law,
while human beings were being hunted
over tho mountains Of New England undor
the fugitive slave act. When B,ston Court
House was hung In chains, no threw away
his Code and could plead after that no less
sacred cause than that Of emancipation.
and the rights Of man. [Applause He
started the br,t free soil paper in Connect.
cut, to become In time the leading Repub.
llcan newspaper Of New England. AT lPs.
the storm cloud burst and the gun fred at
Sumptsr echoed round tho world. He
lirst caught the call Of Abraham Lincoln
sitting in his Office. lie Jaw the srsat
crowd collected in the old S:a.e House
Square at Hartford reading the procl ANA.
ton. He threw ts!ds his pen and walked
out amopgs. them raying, THE time has
come. u can stay hero no longer. Who
will 90 with meY' He wss the lst man In
Connecticut that enlisted In the frat com.
pany oi the iirst regiment that loft that soil
for The defence o! the capital. [Applause !
He Was the last man 10 leave ins stricken
asld Of Bull Run. The Engllsh historian
ofthat rout writes ""Hawley brought { # In
good order bis little Connecticut company,
but the United S.ste, army was flying
panic stricken to Washington. tApplauEe. ]
He fought tho war through from d private,
fron,h N,,lt p,o upttI that ,ior ,rho,,t a., -