The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-07-04
CONVENTION TALK.
Eloquent Speech Of Temporary
Chairman j. M. Thurs
ton.
Leonard SWEETS Address on Present.
ing the Name Of Judge
Gresham.
Strong Words OF Hon. w. p. Hepburn
In Nominating Senator
Allison.
Temporary Chairman Thurston.

assuming the temporary chaffmanshfp OF the
lows:
Gentlemen of the convention, am deeply
sensible OF the distinguished honor you have
conferred upon me the presiding officer OF
your temporary organization.
am also mindful of the grave responsible
ties o. the position. and II they are successfully
generous favor, and the bestowal Of your loyal
assistance.
Il have no words In which 10 fttingly express
my heartfelt appreciation of your confidence l
thank you, gentlemen, not for myself alone, but
for that great and growing West which never
oisappoints the expectations OF the Republican
party
Il como from State whose vast domain has
been largely appropriated by the surviving vet
Grams of the army of the Republic under the
benehcent provisions OF tho homestead mi
presumption laws enacted by a Republican Con-
gress, and, true 10 the heroic recollection OF the
past, the home steaders OF the West still march
on under the banner of Republicanism.
I'm victory and defeat, in sunshine and in
storm, in prosperity and adversity, this mighty
West retains the courage Of its convictions, AMI
holds that devotion to principle though II
brings defeat, is better than success achieved
by broken vows and political dishonor.
We are met in National Convention for de-
liberation and conference. The Republican
party of the United States relies upon the wis
dom of its assembled delegates for such action
as will insure success. IL we are prepared TO
honestly and fairly meet the supreme issues OF
the hour with a clear fearless, and ringing dec
iaration OF principles, and to nominate ticket
intelligence of the country, we can grandly win,
I'VE enter upon the proceedings OF this con-
vention prepared to sacrifice individual Judg-
ment to the wisdom of the majority, and TO lay
down personal preferences on the altar OF party
success.
when our candidates are chosen we will all
join with heart and soul in the grand chorus OF
rejoicing and the rainbow of our harmony shall
give certain promise OF the glory of victorious
morning in November. When the Democratic
party, at the close of the last Presidential cleo
tion, robbed us of victory honestly and fairly
won, we patiently waited for the certain coming
Of the justice Of the years. We hoped and be;
wrong OF 1884 Right II, not only for the Repub-
hcan party. but also for the grand and glorious
candidates whose names were the inspiration OF
that wonderful campaign.
The infinite wisdom Of an all-wise Providence
has otherwise decreed. One of them-the citi-
soldier, tho warrior statesman, the Black
Eagle of Illinois, has been summoned. by the
silent messenger to report to his old commander
beyond the river. But although John A. Logan
Is asad In the Ssd So n ns ID
history lives in the grateful love of free peo-
pie, whose union he so calamity fought to pre-
serve; lives In the blessings Of down-trodden
race whose freedom he so manfully struggled 10
achieve lives in the future song and story OF
MISUNDERSTANDING. world and along the highway
of the nations glory, side by side with old John
Brown Abraham Lincoln, and Ulysses S. Grant,
his soul goes marching on.
"The other, that gallant leader the chevalier of
American politics, the glory of Republicanism
and the nightmare of Democracy; our Henry of
Navarro, is seeking in foreign travel the long
needed relaxation and rest from the wearisome
burdens Of public life and sevice with the
sublime magnanimity of his Incompatible great
ness he has denied us the infinite pleasure OF
supporting him in this convention. Desr-
ing above all things party harmony and sue
cess, he has stepped from the certain
ladder OF his own laudable ambition that some
other man may climb to power. As his true
friends we cannot, dare not, commit the po-
htical crime of disobedience to his expressed
will. We cannot place him at the head OF the
ticket, but we Will mako him COMMANDMENTS
Chief at the head of the forces in the held,
where he will be invincible. And, though James
q. Blaine may not be our President yet he re-
mains our uncrowned king. welding the baton
of acknowledged leadership supreme in the al
legiance of his devoted followers honored and
respected by all honest and loyal men, the great
est living American, and the worthy object Of
our undying love.
But the Republican party Is not left without
great men to place upon its ticket We have that
honest, able and experienced fnancter, states
man. and Senator from Ohio. and his no less dis
tinguished colleague from Iowa. Indiana, Michi-
gan, and Wisconsin present TO us gallant soldiers
while New York New Jersey, Kansas, Connecti-
cut. and other States offer worthy and favorite
sons. From this splendid GALAXY OF political
store we cannot choose amiss. The Republican
party points with pride TO the great achieve.
its future faithfuness an unbroken record OF
services performed for freedom, union, and ma
tional prosperity. 1t is pre-eminently the party
of projection. 1t was born of the irrepressible
desire to protect the slave from the lash OF the
master and to save our civilization from the
blghting curse of its crime against humanity. 1t
performed the sacred mission of protecting the
republic from secession and disunion; and in
the later time it succeeded in protecting the
credit and currency of the nation from repudia-
tion and imitation.
tion OF popular government on the American
continent: stands for the protection OF all gov
ernmental and international rights from
striction or invasion; stands for the protection
of the life, liberty, and property OF the individ-
ull
ties and privileges of American citizenship ;
stands for the protection OF the Dallot-box from
the crimes OF intimidation, robbery, and substi-
tuition; stands for the protection OF Ameri-
can commerce, American manufacture, and
American agriculture from destructive foreign
competition; stands for the protection OF home
invention, home sHill and home labor against
the free-trnde hereses which would pauperize
and degrade them all stands for the protection
OF the people from the unjust and oppressive
exaction and combination of aggregated capital
and corporate Tower; stands also for the protec-
ton of both capital and corporation from conts-
cation and mob violence; and, above all, stands
for the protection of the sanctity and happiness
OF the American home
1T welcomes TO our shores the down-trodden
and oppressed Of every land, but IL insists that
the inestimable blessing OF American citizenship
purchased with the priceless blood OF our heroes
and martyrs, shall be extended to those only who
are in full sympathy and accord with the flndn-
mental principles Of our government, and who
will Loyalty support the sacred provisions of the
Constitution of the United States. And il holds
JuhJ OOItfcSb HIS Jue power 10 save American
civilization and morality from the leprosy OF
Asiatic paganism, degradation and contagion.
1T maintains that the nation should extend
the benefits Of free government 10 all true lovers
OF liberty but Ii demands that the law of the
land shall be shield to them only who obey it
and that for the anarchist, the communit and
the criminal, American justice has nothing TO
offer but the sword.
"The reconstructed Democracy has now been
fl power nearly four years. Its administration
has been most satisfactory to those who hold
Office under it. Its loyalty has received the
approval OF every enemy OF the Government
amused the great powers and pleased ey-
cry coward. Its civil service has been so
thoroughly reformed to delight Mrs. Wig
gins. Its financial management has been safe be-
cause Of inability to destroy the resulting pros
perity of Republican legislation. And its unpar-
a1leled straddle of the tariff question has been a
source Of wondcrment to gods and men, 1t is
strong In the imbecility of tnnocuous desuetude,
and deserves TO live as "reminiscences Of prom
Uses forgotten and pledges unredeemed.
~There those in this land who seem to be-
leve that the mission Of the Republican party
is at an end. That the emancipation proc
lamation, Appomatox, and constitutional
amendments at once the monuments Of
its glory and the grayestones of its demise.
But the work of the Republican party will
never be done until every American citizen
enters into his unquestioned inheritance OF
liberty equal rights, and Justice until rep
resentat.on in Congress is based upon votes
freely cast and fairly counted until adequate
provision has been made for the helplessness and
old age OF the disabled veterans and the widows
policies Of government which insure national
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