The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-23
speech Of Hon. chaa 3 Hooker.

: Gentlemen of the Convention, hal
! the pleasure of introducing to 70
! Charles E. Hooker, of Mississippi
! Mr.. Hooker, who carried one co.
. sleeve on his breast, was received wit
, cheers, and addressed the Convention Z
follows:
II Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of til
Democratic Convention of the Union
We of the South have come to your Cor
vention, as it has been our won't fo
many years past, to fight as soldiers i
the ranks of the Democratic party
II Cries of Louder, louder.w We com
with a solid electoral vote from thu
South for the nominee Of this Conyen
ton, whoever he may be. TCheers.
We come with no set speech in favor o.
any special individual, and as the repre-
sentative of my own delegation, come
to speak and to second the nomination
of the distinguished Senator from Della
ware, Thomas F. Bayard TCheers.
When heard the nomination made BY
that distinguished citizen of Indiana
Governor Hendricks, of Western Dem
oerat who stands high in the estimation
of the party all over the Union; when
his name was presented by Governor
Hendricks, of Indiana, [eheers,l he
whom we came from the South hoping
to support in common with the head Of
the great old ticket of 1876 [cheers1, it
touched a warm place in the heart of
every Southern man. And when the
distinguished young gentleman from
California whom saw today, when he
stood upon the stand to speak to you
for the first time-a fit type of his great
and glorious father whom it was my
delight to honor-when / heard him
present the name of Allan G. Thurman,
of Ohio Eapplause], there came in the
hearts of every Mississippian and every
Southern man the conviction that he
had named man high and lofty in the
ranks of the Democratic party. We of
the South have come here for the pur-
pose of uniting in making nomination
with our fellow Democrats all over the
Union which shall achieve Democratic
victory in November next. Loud APP
plause. And as we take our ground
we take onr position, not because we
have special favorites, but because we
are looking to a nomination that may
compact together upon the principles
asserted in our platform and upon can
didates nominated, the entire Democra-
cy of the whole Union. Loud APP
applause. It is said that Thomas +.
Bayard comes from small State. Ayel
but, gentlemen of the Convention, in his
own person he has heart large enough
and head big enough to embrace the
whole Union from sea to sea. Loud
i
made here upon principle, which shall
command success. We want a nomina-
ton made of man whose record is so
fair that it is utterly and entirely unas-
sailable. We want q nomination of a
man who stands upon the great finan-
cial question in an attitude Of accepta-
bility to every portion of this wide
spread country. We want a man who,
upon the tariff question, stands upon q
firm, safe, middle ground between the
impracticability of free trade upon the
one side and the equal unconstitutional
doctrine for protection upon the other.
Loud applause. We do not intend,
hope, that the great Democratic Con-
vention of the Nation shall be split in
two by the quarrels anywhere had upon
the questions of the tariff. We intend
70 make the plank broad enough for us
all to stand upon, and desert no princi-
pie in maintaining it. In seconding the
of Mr. Bayard, it will be for
me unnecessary to the American peo-
pie to speak of his character. His
record is before you, unblemished by a
single unmanly incident, by single act
that requires explanation. He would
head our ticket and bear your flag against
the force of the enemy, and not one adj
Vocate upon any stump in the Union
would ever have to explain either the
character or public record of |
Thomas F. Bayard. LoHd applause.
1t is because we believe he possesses these
elements of success, this capacity to COM
bine and concentrate the power of the /
party everywhere, that we second in be-
half of Mississippi the nomination made
BY the State of Delaware. There are
aid to be divisions in some of the great
States. In the State of New York, the
Empire State, that stands in colossal
grandeur and power in your Electoral
College, and which gives great strength
md force and power, to wh0msoever it
nay maintain, it is well known to us all
hat there are divisions. We have seen
t in this Convention. suggested to
me of the gentlemen of the Convention,
when / first learned upon my arrival
here that Tilden and Hendricks would
10 longer be in the field, that we should
elect a candidate outside of New York
great applause, that should coalesce
ind combine together the entire Demo-
ratio party of the Empire State. APP
clause. In our judgment Thomas T.
3ayard is that man. [Applause. We
rave passed the day in the history of the
Democratic party, and / trust in the
history of our Nation, when men of
mediocre capacity, when men whose
characters are stained by anything that
S not as pure as the thrice-beaten snow
Upon Alpine SUBMITS, ought to occupy
he highest Office within the gift of the
American people. [Applause. We
want man of brains and culture and
courage, and Thomas T. Bayard IS that
nan. Applause. We want a man
whose knowledge Of governmental affairs
pans the entire continent, and whose
public record and public career chal-
enges sthe admiration of the entire
;ountry. He speaks in no doubtful
;erms upon any question that has ever
been before the American people. Gath
sring his inspiration from the great
founders Of the Constitution, he be-
ieves in maintaining the government
of the United States, in the language Of
he Supreme Court of the Ugited States,
IS an indissoluable union Of indestrue-
tibIe States Iapplause1, preserving on
he one hand the constitutional powers
IF the Federal Government in the
sphere Of its power and authority, and
1n the other hand preserving with equal
sanctity the powers Of the States re-
served to themselves. Applause This
IS the great cardinal doctrine. / have
aid that with him / believe we could
challenge success. He will cement the
differences in the great Empire State Of
New York. He viii coalesce the two
great dividing wings Of that party there.
He stands the best show of any man
that can be named, believe, to carry /
the State of New Jersey. He stands the /
best chance of any man, believe, to |
carry the State of Connecticut, and thea
Ne has record, 50 fair, 50 pure, 80 mp |
right, So unchaIlenged, he viii achieve |
victories in States where we now do not |
think Of it applause, and with his name
upon our standards, when ne 20 before |
the people you win hear the triumph |
Of victory coming from where the great
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