The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-06-03
CONkLlNa's GREAT EFFORT.
His Speech Nominating Grant ut Chicar
In 1890.


His Speech Nominating Grant ut Chicago
In 1880.
| And when asked what state he halls from
| Our sole reply shall be,
He halls from Appomattox
Aud the famous apple tree.
Obeying instructions l should neve,
dare to disregard. rise in behalf of the
state OF New York to propose nomina.
ton with which the country and the Re.
publican party can grsndly win. The
election before US will be the Austerlitz
OF American politics. It will decide
whether for years to come the country
will be Republican or Cossack." The
need OF the hour Is candidate who can
carry doubtful states. north and south;
and believing that he more surely than
any other con carry New York against
any opponent. and carry not only the
north, but several states of the south.
New York is for Ulysses s. Grant.
He alone Of living Republicans has
carried New York rs presidential can
didate. Once he carried 1t even accord.
ing to q Democratic count, and twice be
carried it by the peoples vote, and he IL
stronger now. The Republican party.
with its standard In his hand, Is stronger
now than in 1868 or 1872. Never de.
feated In war or in peace, his name is
the most tllustrious borne by any living
man; his services attest his greatness.
and the country knows them by heart.
His fame was born not alone OF things
written and said, but Of the arduous
greatness of things done. and dangers
and emergencies will search In vain In the
future, as they have searched in vain In
the past, for any other on whom tho ma.
ton leans with such confidence and trust.
Standing on the highest eminence of hu.
man distinction, and having filed all
lands with his renown-modest. firm.
simple and self poised-he has seen not
only the titled but the poor and the lowly
in the utmost ends Of the world rise and |
uncover before him. He has studied the |
needs and defects Of many systems Of
government, and he comes back q better |
American than ever, with q wealth Of |
knowledge and experience added to the
hard common sense which 80 conspicu.
ously distinguished him in all the fierce
light that beat upon him throughout the
most eventful, trying and perilous six.
teen years of the nations history.
Never having had "a policy to enforce
against the will Of the people, he never
betrayed a cause or friend, and the
people will never betray or desert him.
Vilified and reviled. truthlessly aspersed
BY numberless presses, not in other
lands, but IN his own, the assaults upon
him have strengthened and seasoned his
hold upon the public heart. The ammu-
milton OF calumny has all been exploded
The powder has all been burned once.
Is force is spent, and General Grants
name Will glitter as bright and i'm
>erishable star In the diadem of the re-
public when those who have tried TO
arnish 1t will have moldered In forgot
en- graves and their memories and emf :
apis have vanished utterly.
Never elated by success. never de-
'ressed by adversely, he has ever In :
'eace, as IN war, shown the very genius
4 common sense The terms he pre. ,
cribed for Lees surrender foreshadowed !.
ne wisest principles and prophecies of ,
rue reconstruction.
Victor In the greatest of modern wars. .
9 quickly signalixed his aversion to war
nd his love OF peace by an arbitration !,
international disputes which stands
the wisest and most majestic example
Its kind In the worlds diplomacy. Il,
Vhen imitation. at the height Of its popu.
lrity and frenzy, had swept both houses ;,
congress, 1t was the veto Of Grant y
hich, single and alone, overthrow ex- q
ansion and cleared the way for specie :.
To him, UNNECESSARILY =
ore than to any other man, Is due the y
ct that every paper dollar Is as good =
gold. q
With him as our leader we shall have q
defensive campaign, no apologies or - =.
plantations to make. The shafts and - -
rows have all been aimed at him and :"
broken and harmless at his feet. Life. -
>erty and property will find safeguard ~
him. When he said Of the black man ~.
Florida, wherever I am they may ~ -
me Also" he meant that, had he the =. ~
wer to help II, the poor dwellers In the ", "
bins OF the south should not be driven ~
terror from the homes of their child pa
Cd and the graves Of their murdered -
ad- When he refused to receive Denis az az
'arney he meant that lawlessness and ~ ~
although 1t should dictate 'i
vs. to whole city, would everywhere W. W.
yet a foe In him, and, popular or un. n ne
pular, he will hew to the line Of right, ~
the chips fly where they may. Hn
Ills integrity, his common sense. his .iu
rage and his unequsled experience ~
the qualities offered to his country. A.
only argument against accepting !.
m would amaze Solomon. He thought -.