The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-09

Iron the name Of Illinois being reached.
Senator Gu lon took the floor and spoke as
follows;
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE CONVENTION. Twenty-IOlr years ago
the second national convention Of the
Republican party met in This city
and nominated lis first successful candidate
for President OF the United S ates-Abraham
Lincoln Great apPlause,l Abraham Lincoln
led The Republican party t0 its first great
victor and stands to-day in the estl-
nation at the world as the grandest
figure ami most majestic figure in all
modern lime. applause Again, in 1865,
anuti er Republican convention came To-
getnpr in tins city, and nominated as its can
didate Sor p:asileh, If the United States an
otter eminent citizen Of i!hnois-Ien.
Ulvsse> :. lrrant-.grea applause. and the
Republican party was gain VICTORIOUS.
Still agaiE, n 1SSu, tive Republican party
turned it, face toward this political Mecca,
where TWO successful campaign lad been
organized. and the martyred Garfield led the
republican party On To a glorious victory.
Great applausel
Mr.. President ami fellow citizens, it is good
for Us t. lie here There are ouens of VIC
tory in tnr air. History repeats itself. There
arr
PROMISES OF TRIUMPH
10 the t(tkiuDlCtl III hpitIiuS us
tiUnal nominating conventions in this great
emporium of the northwest, The common
wealth of Illinois, which has never wavered
in it, devotion TO Republican principles since
il gave to the nation, aye, to the
world. the illustrious Lincoln, has
commissioned me- through its
voters, 10 present to this convention for its
consideration as the standard bearer of the
Republican party another son of Illinois, one
be al frgTp
of tbs land to the other as an able statesman,
q brilliant soldier, and an honest man-John
A. Logan, Of Illinois. Applause long
continued, waving of handkerchiefs,
and Lurrahs for Loganl A native of
the state which he now represents
in TIE councils of the nation, reared
among the youth of q section where every
element of manhood is early brought into
plav. be Is eminently man Of the people,
Identified with them in interest, in faith and
i'll feeling and enjoying their sympathy, re-
spect and confidence. The safety, the perma-
nency and the prosperity OF nation depend
upon the courage, the integrity, the intelli-
gence and the loyalty of its citizens. When
yon starry flag assailed by enemies in
arms. when the integrity of the Union was
menaced by organized treason, when the
storm of war threatened the very ! fe of this
nation, this gallant son of the Prairie state
resigned his seat III congress OF the United
States, returned to his home and was among
the fist Of her citizens t. raise regiment
and to
MARCH TO THE FRONT
in the defense Of the country. applause.
Like Douglas he believed that in time Of war
men must be either patriots or traitors,
and NJ threw his mighty influence on the
side of the Union, and Illinois made
a record second to none in the his
tory Of states in the struggle to pre-
serve this Union. Applause.l Among
the large number of brave men, Of brave sol.
diers Of the late war whose names are proudly
written Oh the scroll Of fame none appears
more grandly than the name of Logan.
fAptlau,e' His history is part of The his.
tory OF the battles of Belmont, of Donelson,
Of Shil,n, OF Vicksburg, of Lookout Noun
tam, Of Atlanta, of the famous marcA to the
sea. Applause He never lost a battle
IAppausr.] l reteat again, NJ. President
and fellow citizens, lie never lost a lat
tie III all tie struggles of the war. When
there was fighting to be done, ne did not
wait for orders, neither did ne fail to DIZZY