The herald., 1896-09-13
ALL CEREMONY OBSERVED
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his auditors were not disappointed. He
said in part:
Mr.. Chairman and Gen. Buckner: The
national Democratic convention, which
but recently assembled in Indianapolis,
placed you in nomination for the office
of vice-president of the United States.
and through it's appropriate committee
conferred upon me the high privilege of
officially communicating to you that
fact and requesting your acceptance.
This magnificent gathering in your own
state which received you tonight is the
endorsement and fitting supplement to
the wisdom which guided us to that ac-
ton. Any demonstration of love and af-
fection which greets the presentation of
your name, where you are best known
and best loved, are but the echoes of
that applauding shout which greeted it
from the representatives of all the
states of this union when it was pro-
claimed.
I invoke the memories of the past for
my Democracy. 1t was not breathed
first across the plains of Nebraska
(Applause and laughter. 1t speaks to-
night from the tomb at Monticello and
the grave at the Hermitage with as
potent a voice and should have as poten-
tial an influence as when these great
founders and captains of our faith spoke
in audible tones. They tell us you can
not win and 1 reply you shall be more
than conquerors. If success always i'm
plies the gewgaws and trappings of
emoluments and profits which office
brings, then indeed you may not win;
but if success comes, as success always
will come to him who battles for what
he knows to be right regardless of con-
sequences and willing to die in the fight;
if success means the performance of
duty which involves self-sacrifice, the
highest attribute and characteristic of
duty itself, If that is the true test of sue
cess, then you shall be grandly triumph
ant in November. (Great applause.)
Gen. Buckner followed Col. Fellows in
a short speech of acceptance.
He said he believed the Indianapolis
convention had revived the ancient spir-
it of Democracy and that the time had
come when political parties could no
longer thrive upon sectional hate or
upon the advocacy of special interests
at the expense of all other interests. He
said the Republican party had built it.
self upon hatred and antagonism to
nearly one-half of the country and that
the very moment the Republican party
abandoned that course there sprung up
another party advocating sectionalism
and insisting that one special interest
of the country, the silver mining inter-
est, should be built up at the expense of
every citizen of the land.
But the party advocating this section
alism and those special interests had
abandoned all the principles dear to
true Democrats, he said. AS opposed to
these declarations of the Chicago plat.
form, the Indianapolis convention had
proclaimed the ancient principles Of De-
mocracy. Under its banner he stood
ready to devote the few remaining years
of his life to the interests of his country.
He would bear the flag that had been
placed in his hands, following the steps
of the distinguished leaders who had
been placed at the head of the move
ment. At the conclusion of Gen. Buck
ner's speech the convention adjourned.