Year: 1872

nv tbe pathes which arise Det"eoh 1tcal parties
in word they knew that IL i's ln >mbers were gov
orod NV ANYTHING but disinteresteI love of country


thcv must fai in their effort % overthrow the pres
ent Administration and that .ney be crushed out
NV the rest Of the Republca.a party.


Feow-cl,izens the great honor OF the great mass
OF the members Of the Democratic party, they did not
proye wanting In this great crisis OF the country Ureal
applausel 1t waanot the work OF any leaders IL was
not the influence of any set of men who had more or less
influence in the party but in brief space OF
time or rather heard the voice OF the great Demo-
cratic masses coming up from every State In the Union
In response sayng "For the sake Of our country Ior
the sake OF good-feeng. for the sake OF amity anu
paternal love we will join with you" Immense "P
plause and cheerng Men felt that there was no way
Of restoring good government in the country except w
ousting the present Administration from poweri ana
they knew that there no way of ousting tnen oA
cept by electing Horace Greeley. lApplauseJ Accoiu
ingy they went to Baltimore, and there was put ono
voice substantially among them. There ugh' haVop
some little differences at first; the subject was ueoa'eu
freely and fairly; but 1t finally seen that we coo
best the country by adopting the PLATFORM anu 'N'
candidates OF Cincinnati. lAppauseI


THE REFoRMs TO BE EFFECTED


Now fellowcitizens with Greeley and Brown, we VIII
carry out the great reforms which wo need anu "i0
our platforms require. am for looking every question
fairly and squarey and manfuy in the race lappaseA
and believe that our candidates will lead us In working
ont these great reforms They have pledged themselves
IN reform a solemnly as mortal man can pledge mmseH
before his Maker and fellowcitzens. We have sec
ond the great fact that Horace Greeley mas Deeh III pun


c 1fo m marty partisan editor more than 80 years. ana
Is there man in the whole country that VIII stahu uP
and saw he doubts that Horace Greeley thoroughly
honest man great applause yetwe have TINS great "c
TO give us faith and strength in these our conVcoh
that although he was a Jealous and warm and even
bitter partisan editor, yet time and again, ana
always TO his credit be it said he came out through @
Marty paper Of his and he denounced the thieves IN his
own party wherever they were. lApplauseJ horace
Greeley has been and is sincere, generous, ana "a
hearted friend Of amnesty and fraternity among the peo
pie of all these State. Applause He was wise enough
as statesman that there should be brought PACK
again the old friendly relations between the people OF
these States If would have the Union as we dese IL
and the people from end Of the Union 10 inc o'He
conented and happy lApplauseJ


Here Gen. Banks came in, and the audience rose en-
masse and gave him three rousng cheers Of welcome
| TIE CONSEQUENCES OF GRANTS REFLECTION
| p Gratz Brown will not be wanting IN his aid. You
have watched his course Missouri since the war twas
| closed Leaning from the tTammes OF a proscrptiVe
party he stood forth for equal laws for equal justice 10
all men, for general amnesty, and for Just ana iar
Administration for the Benefit Of all the people, and
against the corruption Of bitter factionist IAppause


Therefore felow-ctzens it seems TO Inc that no man
can doubt in reference what his duty in the coming
election of Presidential candidates. You yourselves
know-I don't expect to discuss t-yOu know, on the
testimony these experienced, able pure and patriotic
Republicans that there is corruption in the present Ad-
muisratOn, and that there ismaladmnisTauOn WHICH, II
continued will prove fatal to your glorious government
And you nd nevertheless that the very same men that
have been in power during the past 81 years. who refused
TO reform the haCrant abuses which have been deVeI
oped; who still stand firm, claiming that by using the
patronage and power Of the Government they can hOd
parans enough with them TO overthrow the rest OF the


faa 0f
election refused to reform the abuses exposed In your
| city, in New-Orleans, and in Washington. And, my
felow-ctzens, II you elect these same men to Office
! again, do you believe you will get any reform
| You know you will not and think yOu are satisfied
in looking to those Reform candidates that we are aid
ing to put practice the principles Of reform announced
| in our platform.


| no FEAR OF A LIBERAL FAILURE.


Elected by the great Of the honest men, Of the
great mass who disregard all parties for the sake OF our
country cheersl, they will give you reform, and bring
the Government back again, my feow-cizens, to the
standard which eersOn planted and which has to be
upheld by the people. IAppausel We will have no
doubt no fear of failure. l know how loudly those
whom we oppose can boast but let each in his own
sphere speak the section Of the country he lives in


do not speak for your City Of New-York for am not
familiar enough with 1t but you to the Counties
| OF Oswego and Onondaga, and Madison cheersJ, and
come the Convention of Reformed Republicans, you
will wonder what is left of the Republicans except the
ofacehoders. Laughter and applauseI


| A NOBLE CAUSE.


| single other suggestion before so. Allow me to
impress ON every again that this is great and
noble cause that debating Let leave out bit
terness and passion and hate let us appeal TO patriot
ism and reason Let do 1t because the glorious in
sttutlons bequeahed TO by ancestors, and which,
II we are honest men, will hand down in vgor and
strength posterity, to great degree affected by
the result of the coming contest lApplausel Let us
not be moved by party sneers or taunt or appeals TO
passion OF prejudice, but let appeal to the judgment
and sense of every with whom we como in contact


treating him respectfully if he differs from but en-
deavoring to convince him that right Let each
Of us do duty in respective walks Of fe and give


vote based intelligence and judgment and love Of
country and the result viii be restoration of the fra
terna bonds between the States under the old Union
strong and benefcent TO be blessing TO all who
gather within its folds. Enthusiastic cheoring