Year: 1872

ono chofee L might add that he was not my tniru
not my choice at all. But what should I dc: 90,
SS@ SSSp where sSy aSa oducnr There so mfSf
Convention TO nominate Liberal Democrat IKE


MI %hon should nave most eaee1iot hnt smcb


nomination waited until 1t was too late; and II Is 700
might have been There are but two candidates in the
field Mr.. OConor has declined and even II ne sh0uu
and for Victoria Woodruff wives would not allow US
to go. Laughter and cheers Hence we must e%no0so %
between Grant and Greeley, and IN justice 10 1uuso
Hoady and Stanley Matthews, must say It was very
difficult task for me TO arrive at decision dlslFu@s5ea @
my decision would differ from that OF ny irienu en
years for we used to be FTee-soers and Republicans
together in the days OF old when the men who Dut
the Republican party, amused themselves with sonng
Republican professions lapplausel ana tlomhn n@s
Hence, when 1 found that my long incubation On
had led me 20 a result different from tnat az
tnnk IL over again in order to ascertain whether In some
part of my reasoning had not made mistake and so
arrive at a conclusion differing from the one which
shall now submit TO my neighbOrs and feoW-cuzehs
THE ALTERNATIVE OF AN ORIGINAL LIBERAL


This election exactly feast for our taset Is
more OF less choice between evils. II is what German
Americans call feast of hobnas, which it is hard to
swallow and harder still to digest But to man who


Ike myself helped to prepare, signed and advocated the
document which I read to you in the beginning
of my remarks. but this alternative Is presented
may expect more for the furtherance ot the
principles contained in our orginsSl siood nv
them for years, and SHAH stand Dy theiR h mere e
ried out All reforms are necessarily OF SLOW
growth. Rome was not built IN a day. In the peaeeiul
dian knot 1t must be slowly and gradually united.
Hence If | cannot get a whole loaf l take half
er r and even crumb s is better than no bread at all
Prom which side them may we hope more for tne pro-
which we mean the original New Departurists) hrmly


The programme of 1871 which read you, contains
four points Let begin with the first, the question OF


RECONCILIATION


1t not exactly Amnesty the removal Of disabi
ties alone which we want 1t is reconciliation
We want TO inaugmate era of good feel
ing We want to bury the animosities and
resentments of the, past. While we shall forever
hold in grateful remembrance the noble deeds
of our soldier heroes, we want TO forget the
hatred and paSsions of the struggle It's gOres wish
10 cherish and TO remembers its enmitles wish TO
can ord 10 be generous We are all citizens of the
same country, and have TO live together under
one Government. Why then not live together IN mar
mony and good felowshipq Let have peace Zap
piausel We cannot carry the war forever We can
not forever keep alive Its reproaches ana resenhents
done immediateIv after the war Now 1t is 100 late.
The war is over, Judge Hoady said in his speech at
College Hall before the Reunion ana REFORM
Association and we want everybody TO feel that
the Let us shake han ds ana De zone WIN
it, and LET us tender whole hand and not one nnger
ana then another in a sulky and unwilling manner.
We want the South prosper and TO revive We want
the wounds of the war to heal. Our late
enemies now our feOw-ctiZcns again, have
been punished enough. not so much by the loss
Of their and the destruction OF their property as
by the rule the carpetbaggeTs which worse than
the war Aud especially here in Cincinnati we want the
south TO prosper because want II for customer We
are directly Interested In the Southern trade We are try
ing to build Southern railroad AT the expense Oh zen
millions aud more aud for WHAT Not to get TO pros
trate ruined and exhausted, but 10 regeheIated,
prospering, a revivinC South, whose welfare Will
he our welfare, whose business Wii VIII DC our our
business, whose commercial and agricultural sue
Applause In order to do this the spirit must be
aayed. There must be peace at last Ih0se men Weie
Rebels and our enemies they must ana VIII DC our lei
owcitizens, friends, and our customers Great ap
plause.


no PERSONAL ABUSE.


Ihave no personal war TO make on Gen. Grant. do
not intend dsparage his great services soldier
his character citizen. regret that in the heat Of
the contest has been made the subject of much un
nerited abuse. do not believe in personal vuperaon
am not sorehead; have not asked for Office, and
consequently have not been disappointed. have no
personal grievance, and shall not JON IN the chorus OF
abuse, of which, my opinion, there has been too
much on both sides lApplausel merely believe that
while the reelection OF Gen. Grant would as matters
now stand keep up and nOursh the animOses ana re-
sentiments and the unfortunate alterations between
the two sections OF the country, Ine eeetoh Oh M.
Greeley would be the extension OF the hand OF fellowship
TO those whom we have conquered III arms and cOnse-
quently the hna conclusion OF Peaee-lne
of good feeling such as this country witnessed
under President Monroe aud such as at no ne curing
our history we needed more than now Mutual FOR
bearance and good Will ana kindness should at last lo
OF blood ana QcsOldJOn through WHICH VIC
have passed As the day IOliOws der ls iisAt, nOm
ever dark it may beas sunshine follows aiter the ram
however long II may have lasted-as budding spring
follows after the icy gusts OF Winter and beautiful and
cooling Autumn after the pareh1ng neat OF SUMMER
so peace, not a sullen, forced, and re5entful
peace, with the embers of urd hate ready TO
be famed into conhagration, but real peace
based reconciliation and the restoration OF raterna
good fellowship should follow after the horrors ana
suerngs Of war, and after the sunerngs OF an nteeg
mum of ignorance and corruption such as we nave seen
under the rule those who the South TO de-
vour like the locust ofEgypt but not TO REBUILD 10 re
audf IN rpO


NY fight is not with Gen Grant, but with the wicked
and unhealthy spirit that has OF late obtained IN he nc
publican party, andredit 10 ITS own destrucuOh lhOse
who shape the of the Republican party are de
termned 10 ignore the questions OF the present Ihey
bent staving on such questions as lai ana ClvH
Service Reform, which they consider highly lncOn
Venient and unsuitable to their purposes In order 10
succeed this they try 10 fight over the battles OF me
past They the BOurbons ON the Republican sde
and unfortunately they have the control OF the
Republican party To them the war is not over yet Inc
old cry OF "COpperhead ls sun lher watclt"oru hu
Klux outrage is their political nouTishment lAppAnseJ
These politicians are opposed 10 Recommendation lhey
rdcue it and denounce it, because 1t might endanger
their power and dispense with their occupation. FOR
ms reason they fan the old flame Of hatred and dscord
for this they foster ana hOuIlsh
the aniInostes and resentments OF the past
They have principles TO SNOW
and hence they want feed on sentiment which noble
and great as il was has fulfilled It's MISSION ana should
now give way the equally great and noble sentiment
of reconciliation and common brotherhood lAppause


He deplored abuse in the campaign, and had no per
sonal war to make Gen. Grant He believed
his reelection would keep up and nourish
aninosities in the South, while the election
NJ Mr.. Greeley would be the extension
Of the hand OF fellowship those who have conquered
in arms and consequently the final conclusion OF peace
and inauguration Of an era of good feeling such as at
no time in our history we needed more than now.


THE PENNSYLVANIA CANVASS.