Year: 1864

proprieiy, for very few men have done 50 much


toward building up the State. He came here


when there were nothing but Indians and q


wilderness. For these reasons, hope We shall
elect him by acclamation, without any ballot,


and that is The wish of our delegation. We


hope that both John Bidwell and Thomson


Campbell may be elected by acclamation.


After bis election as a delegate, General


Bidwell came forward in response to calls, was


introduced amid cheers, and spoke as follows !:


Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the Con.


ventiou: You have placed NE under weight


of responsibility aud of gratitude which | can


not find terms suitable to acknowledge know


of nothing which has ever transpired during


my career which so elevated my pride as your


action here today. That one, who has walked


in so humble path, one who has done so little


could at this time be accorded so much merit,


far beyond his deserts, fills me with emotions


that am unable TO express. return to you,


therefore, gentlemen. my cordial and sincere


thanks for the honor which you have dope me,
aud viii briefly state to you that 10 the best of
my ability the sentiment which you have ex-


pressed here to day upon the great events of the
age and nation shall be carried out faithfully
and to the best of my poor ability. Applause.


am not the man 10 desert cause in which
engage Though often | may pursue the wrong
path yet when am convinced that am right,


continue as long as there is hope. When
saw the clouds Of treason lowering in the Ma
tional horizon, prepared myself, deserted the
ranks of treason, and embarked in the great


Union cause. Applause. There | intend to
remain and labor until that glorious flag floats
triumphant throughout the length and breadth
of our whole country. [Applause.] ! cordially
approve of all that the eminent orators who
preceded me have said. | cannot in such
forcible language express my feelings, but l can
say 10 you that | was one among the first men
who declared in favor of Abraham Lincoln's
re election, more than year ago, as the only
man who could carry the destinies of our great
country to a successful termination. Cheers
He is the man for the Presidency. 1t has
required great trials AID great sacrifices to
place the right man 10 the right place. but He
who holds the destinies of nations in his hands
helped TO place Abraham Lincoln where he
could serve his country and the world. Ap-
pause We are now beginning TO find the
right men for the right places. The distin-
guished Secretary of the Treasury is the right
man in the right place. Applause. Ulysses
5. Grant is the right man in the right place.


Sudden and loud cheers. A few more shakes
of the clements which compose our National
strength will throw every man into the right
place. separating the chaf from the grain, the
sand from the gold. Applause Gentlemen
of the Convention, next to being an American
citizen, it is my pride to be citizen of Cali
fornia. | have seen her from ber infancy; |
have watched her progress | have some slight
of her great and important destiny.
The United States cannot attain that eminent
position as nation to which she is entitled
without California, nor can California be devel
oped without being an integral part of the
United States. Cheers The great railroad
which is now in progress should meet the cor
dial appreciation and the support of every man
in California Applause. Without it, We, as
a eople, must remain in a state of almost stag
nation compared with what we might be if that
great National highway were finished. This
\ Administration, gentlemen, with this gigantic
war upon its shoulders, has done more toward
that great work than was ever accomplished
before by any and all parties in the nation.
| Applause. When we look upon this great
and beneticent act of our Government, will any
man say that California could be developed
slihout being part of the United States?
| Applause. | know we have men among US
VINO would be glad to see our Union rent in
twain-I do not mean in this Convention:
there is not one here-we may have them in
this State and in plenty, too but by the next
election there number will be less in proportion
by ten or twenty thousand than it was year
ago. They are already deSerting the sinking
ship with which they had been trying to navi-
gate the muddy waters Of treason. Every man
of the nation at this time has a great and i'm
portant duty to perform, more especially every
man upon the Pacific coast. Here we should
be united like a band of brothers, and If worst
comes to worst, if it should be the will OF
Providence that we shall yet pass through such
terrible crises as have shaken the fabric of our
republic, then let US stand shoulder to shoulder
i'll the darkest hour, when We perhaps may be
assailed by foreign invasion, when France may
perhaps demand the recognition of the Mexican
empire. Then let us still stand by our Govern
ment, come what will, until ultimately our
troubles are over, and we occupy the proudest
position OF any nation in the world. Applause.
ludOrsing Your platform, returning my thanks
to all those who have spoken so favoraby and
so kindly Of me, promising to the extent of my
duiltl " tHutdN"E 10 carry OUT your "lsuce'
my pride in being chosen to repre-
sent the Stale of California in the denomination
of Abraham Lincoln, | again return to you my
cordial'a and sincere thanks. Cheers.


The Convention was also addressed at some
length by Thompson Campbell and Rev. Nj. c,
Briggs Before adjourning, three cheers were
given for the Union party. three cheers for the
next President, Abraham Lincoln, and three
cheers for Gen. Grant


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