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STOBMEB MUSINGS.  „
Where the thorn treeblooms ia splendor,
'Heath th? e'ma tall and green, *
AVhose branches form quaint windows,
Through which the Bfcy Is seen--     '
Eeposingj sad and. weary,
. X listen aU alone
Tonotes that never vary-
In .sentiment and tone-
To Bongs: that none-Tiavo ever .
Been able to translate,
Nor tongue of men, though clover,
Could ever imitate.
'Tis the voice of nature sounding.<
In softest, sweetest strains-r-
An anthem, all abounding,
In. valley, MDt and plain.
Thus heaven seems so near me,        •
In this vision of the day,
That its beauties charm and cheer me,
DespitethIsform,Of clay;
And the goal of faith- and duty,
■Whose streets aro paved with gold,
Is a vision of such beauty—
It thrills niy very soul1
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VOLUME III.
CLARE, MICHIGAN, IpIDAY,  JUNE   13,1880.
NUMBER 6.
The Rational Convention ol the Eepublican
party convened at the Exposition Building, in
the city of Chicago, on "Wednesday, the 2d day
of Jnne. At precisely 1:03 o'clock on that day,
Senator J. Donald Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
Chairman of the Eepublican National Committee, stepped to tho front, rapped the desk with
hia gavel, and said:
The convention will come to order. TheBev.Dr.
Ettredge,. of Chicago, will open it *with prayer.
After prayer, Secretary Keogh read the call
•of the "National Committee for the assembling
of the convention.
, Chairman Cameron then, delivered the following address %■' ■       ' '
.GiaaMBMEii or the Oonvention i Iaskyourat-
tention -for a moment. During the canvass just
endecLthere has been manifested, in .many 'sections
of the country, considerable bitterness, which, I
trust, will entirely disappear before entering npon
the grave duties devolving npon ns, Let there be-
but one motive governing onr action, and let that be
a determination to place in nomination the strongest
possible candidates—men strong in themselves, men
strong in the confidence and affections of the people,
and men" who will command the respect of the civilized world. Our country, of which we are
justly proud, has grown so rapidly in population,
wealth and influence during the existence of the Bepublican party that we have attained a position as
one of theleading powers of the world; and we can
no longer be satisfied with our isolation. Becogniz-
Ing the changed condition, we must place in position
men whose f amiliaritywith other nations will enable
them to direct our affairs: so that we will take tiie
lead in commerce, as we have in agriculture and in manufacturing. Do not for
s moment doubt the strength of our situations. They have been tried in blood
and came through the contest better, stronger and
purer than the most ardent patriot dared to hope for.
No combination; of circumstances, no coterie of individuals, no personal ambition, can ever prevail
against the intelligence and the inborn love of liberty which are implanted in the hearts of Americans.
When the nominations are made and the Convention
has completed its work, let there be but one sentiment animating all earnest, sincere and unselfish
Bepublicans, and let that be that each Bhall vie with
the other in carrying our grand old party through
the. coming contest to victory.
• . Xhave been instructed by the Eepublican National
Committee to. place in nomination as Temporary
Chairmanthe Hon. George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts.
All who are in favor of that nom' nation will say aye;
contrary no.   The ayes have'it.
The Chair will appoint Gov: DaviB, of Texas, the
Horn William B. Ery, of Maine, and the Hon. Green
B. Raum, of. Illinois, a committee to conduct the
Chairman to his seat
The Committee returned in a few moments
with. Mr. Hoax, who, after being introduced to
the Convention by Mr. Cameron, spoke aa follows: v
GENTLEMEN OF'  THE CONVENTION:     Accept my
thanks for this distinguished mark of your confidence.
The framers of the constitution expected that the
Resident would be chosen by electors, who were to
assemble in their respective States, and, bn consultation with each other, cast their ballots for a Chief
Magistrate, and, in case ot afailure by the electors,
the House of Eepresentatiyes voting by States were
to make the choice from the four who had tiie highest number of voices in* the colleges. So far- from
direct popular representation did the constitution
remove the choice of, the Executive." But the people,
by the customs they have established, have
bafBed the expectation of the framers of the constitution. The-elector to-day is but a Bcribe. The
conventions of the great political parties designate
each man for whom the people vote directly through
their agents, the Presidential Electors, and to a
choice between Whom they are practically restricted.
The function of this convention is, therefore, to
name one of the two men from whom, the people of
the United. States; are to select their President. If it
performs its duties wisely, fearlessly and freely, it is
to name a man whom the people will make their
President. Your term of ofiice is but brief, but
scarcely any duty is intrusted to the most honored
citizens of tho republic whioh, in dignity, in authority, in far-reaching public importance, equals it.
bad Hamlin. Lincoln has gone to his rest. His companion upon the ticket, in fresh and vigorous age, is
present with us to-day to give us counsel from the
stores of an experience gathered from a life of honorable public service. Lincoln has gone to his rest.
Douglas and Breckinridge, his two competitors for
the great offico of the Presidency, sleep "byj his side.
But the parties wliich confronted each other then
confront each other now, unchanged in purpose, in
temper, and in character. The Domocratic party
was ruledthen. as now, by the Sonth. , The single
purpose of its being Was to give political supremacy
to the oligarchs of the South, and office, without influence, to their subservient Northern allies.
In the pursuit of that end, overy great public interest was sacrificed or disregarded. Expending
little for public improvements, either on the
coast or on inland river or lake, in 1860 the credit of
the nation was poor, its treasury empty, and its
6-per-cent bonds below par. Our unprotected manuf actures contended at fearful odds with the pauper
labor of Europe, on whOEe workshops we depended
for a large portion of the necessaries, and comforts of
life. Our little navy was scattered over the four
quarters of the globe; 4,000,000'of our countrymen
were in hopeless bondage; to them every mew State,
asi it took its place in the great family, but added a
new dungeon to their gloomy priBon-house.
At last, as the Democratic parly let go its hold on
power, the national flag itself seemed about to be
folded and laid aside, tobe regarded thenceforth as
a miserable symbol of the futility and folly of the
last great experiment of self-government. The
Democraticparty confronts us to-day, as I said, unchanged in purpose, in temper and in character;
united in nothing else, proposing no other measure
of policy, it wages its warfare upon the safeguards
which the nation has thrown around the purity of
its elections. It can see nothing else of evil except
that the freemen should cast a free vote under the
protection of the national authority.
In Louisiana and Mississippi itis the accomplice
of the "White League and the Ku-Klux. In South
Carolina it takes the honest ballot from the box, and
stnffB tissue ballots in its place. In New York itis^
sues fraudulent naturalization papers, three score
thousand in number. In Maine its ambitious larceny
tries to pilfer a whole State Government- In Delaware it stands complacently by the whipping-post
As in war it found in the constitution nothing which
could protect the national life, so in peace it finds
nothing there which can protect the national honor.
Can you find in the history of the Democratic party
H for sixteen years anything that it has either
fane or tried to do, except to break down the legal
sedguards which* make free elections possible ? Yes,
my friends, the Eepublican party has no such miserable history. Ittellsyou-of rebellion subdued? ot
-slaves freed; of great publio ways constructed; of
riversand harbors opened to 'commerce; of.homestead laws, for the settlers; of treaties protecting the
rights of our naturalized citizens abroad? of public
credit re-established; of sound'currency" restored;
of a flag floating everywhere, honored and respeoted,
over peaceful seas and welcomed everywhere in
friendly ports. But not for these things alone
jdoes the Bepublican party challenge your respect or demand your confidence. National wealth may exist^ , manufactories
may flourish, commerce may increase in the nation
whose people are degraded and enslaved. The keynote of every Republican platform, th* principle of
every Eepublican union, ia foundinite respect for
the. dignity of the individual man. Until that becomes the pervading principle of the republic, from
Canada to the Gulf, from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
our mission is not ended. The republic lives, the
Stepubilcan^artyiiveiJbutforthis^-that every man
within our borders- may dwell secure in a happy
home, may cast and have counted his equal vote, and
•may send his child at the public charge to a free
school.
Until these things come to pass the mission of our
party is not accomplished, nor is its conflict with its
ancient adversary ended.
My friends, I thank you again for this; diBtin-
" gulshed mark of your confidence, which I will endeavor to merit by performing the duties of the chair
during the brief spacothat I shall fill it without respect of persons or of .desire among the delegates of
this convention. I now await the, pleasure of the
^convention.-
£, John H". Roberts, of Illinois, andC. L. Magee,
Vof^ Pennsylvania/-were appointed Temporary
Secretaries; .Charles   "W.   Clisbee",   Michigan,
James: C. Broadwell, Missouri, Beading Clerks;
Jftigene Davis, New York, Stenographer.
Tie Hon. Eugene Hale, of Maine, offered the
following resolution.:.
;. Spsolned, That the roll of the States and Territories
be called, and the Chairman of each delegation announce tne names of the persons selected to serve on
.   the committees, as follows: Permanent Organisation,
Bules and Order of Business, Credentials and Besolutions. "...
The resolution waB adopted, by a unanimous
vote, and the committee men from $he several
delegations were announced. -»
On the call of the roll of States and Territories, notice of contests were announced, in
accordance with a resolution offered by- Mr.
McCormick, "of Arizona, from Alabama, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Utah. • A motion to furnish the Chairman of Union Veterans' Association with 500 tickets of admission for the use
of veteran Union soldiers ■ was unanimously
adopted. _
The convention then adjourned for the day.
Second Day.
The convention was called to order at 11:46
by the Temporary Chairman, Senator Hoar.
Prayer was offered by Bev. Dr. Noble, of Chicago.
The Chairman—"The convention is in order
and the chair awaits its pleasure."
Mr. Conkling, of New York; asked if the
Committee on Credentials was ready to. report.
The Chair said that the Credential Committeo would not be ready to report. Before- 4.
o'clock.
Mr. Conkling said that without thei report of
the committee they could not act, Atthe sug-
gestion of a 'member, he arose to make a moon thftt he seriously regretted -io 'make.   In
ihe hope of'saving time, and trusting that by
4 o'clock all committees would- be ready to report, he moved that the convention adjourn
until 6 o'clock. This would give the committees time to report and tlie peoplo to get
their evening meal. He wished the sense of tiie
meeting.
Mr. Hale said that a motion to take a recess
to a timo certainly was debatable. He arose
to oppose the motion, Here were hundreds of
delegates from abroad wz.£ had been bere four
or five days. They had mot yesterday and adjourned with the clear understanding that tbis
morning the convention should go to work.
Now they say tbat, because the committee is not ready to report, the
whole convention should be continued
in suspended animation. In conventions
heretofore much business had been done before
tlie Credential Committee reported. He held
tho proceedings of the last convention in Cincinnati in his hand, and found that the same
motion had been made'at that time. Then the
Credential Committee was uot ready, but the
convention wanted to do business. They had
the report of tho Committee on -Permanent
Organization.
After some further discussion tho motion to
.adjourn was put and lost;
Mr. Sewall, of New Jersey, moved that tbe
Committee on Permanent Organization be instructed to report.    Carried.   The report of
tho   committee,   which   recommended   that
Hon. George 1?. Hoar, of Massachusetts, be
made permanent Chairman, and that the temporary Secretaries be made permanent, with
George M. Buchanan, of Kentucky, added, was
adopted.  The following is a list of tie "Vice-
Presidents :
Alabama—James Gillett
Arkansas—H. B. Bobinson.
California—Lieut. Gov. Mansfield.
Colorado—Lafayette Head.
Connecticut—Jere Olney.
Delaware—Albert Curry.
Florida—Sherman Conant
Georgia—S. A. Donnell.
Illinois—John Wentworth.
Indiana—Francis Atkinso*"
Town^-J. AV. Thompson.
Kansas—Simon Motz.
Kentucky—E. H. HopBon.
Maina—John B. Bodwell.
,   Maryland—H. J. Brown.
Massachusetts—Nathaniel A. Horton.
Michigan—Perry Hannah.
Minnesota—D. Morrison.
Mississippi—B. K. Brnce.
Missouri—'William J. Tewell.
Nebraska—D. A. Lewis.
Nevada—C. C. Stevenson.
New Hampshire—Joel Eastman.
New Jersey—Judson Kilpatrick.
New York—Chester A. Arthur.
North Carolina—D. H. Starbruci.
Ohio—D. M. Harkness-
Oregon—O. P. Tompkins.
Ehode Island—Isaac M. Potter.
South Carolina^-W. E. Myers.
Tennessee—D. A. Nunn.
Texas—W. H. Holland.
Vermont—J. G. McCullough.
■Wisconsin—Philetus Sawyer.    •
"West Tirginia^-J. S. Hooker,
Idaho—John L. Shute.
Montana—Bobert E. EiBk.
Utah—Pressley Denny.
■Washington—Thomas H. Bruetz.
"Wyoming—W. A. Carter.
Mr. Hoar addressed the convention as follows :
Gentlemen os* the Convention: In the choice
you have made for permanent presiding officer, and
the disposition to a wise economy in the matter of
opening speeches, one good reason occurs to me, and
that is that, having heard one speech from me, for
reasons entirely satisfactory to each delegate, you
have no inclination to hear another opening speech.
Mr. Prye, of Maine, said that the Committee
on Bules and Order of Business were ready to
report, and he moved that it be called upon.
Carried.
Mr. Sharp, of New York, said that the committee had only finished its business ten minutes before the hour of the meeting of the convention. He had been instructed by nine States
to make a minority report, and, as he had not
had time, he would ask the gentleman from
Maine to withdraw the motion.
Mr. Pryo withdrew the motion, and then
moved that the convention take a recess until 5
ta'^lj^,;whfrb-^^.iea^icd^; - ■:% -. j^^M^^e^te,
 T^ convention reassembled at 5:25 o'clock.
Gon. Henderson, of Iowa, said that he understood that the Committee on Credentials was
not ready to report* and, in order to expedite
the business of the convention, he moved that
the report of the Committee on Bules be received at this time.
Gen. Logan, of MinoiB, said that he did
not rise to make any captious objection to the motion. But, in the name ot*
justice he desired to enter a protostjagainst the
adoption of the. motion. The roport of the
Committee on Credentials should be made and
passed upon before the Committee on Bules
and Order of Business reported. There1 were
some things in the report of the Committee on Credentials which he * entered a
solemn protest against. The report of tho
Committee on Credentials would hold that
a State had no right to name its own delegates to a National Gonvention. In the name
of unity, and the success of the grand old Bepublican party, he demanded fair play. Pail-
play he was sure would be shown to the delegation from Illinois.
Gen. Henderson said he was glad to hear the
sentiments uttered by Logan. There was no
gentleman in the country from whom he wonld
more gladly hear the announcement of a desire
for fair play.
Mr. Boutwell proceeded to speak upon the
rule limiting the speaking to five minutes.
Hon. Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, said
that he had listened to much acrimonious debate, caused by a report that the Committeo on
Bules - intended to bring in a five-minute rule.
He would say that, while he disagreed with tho
Senator from Illinois on some points made in
his remarks, still he was with him on the question of this five-minute rule.
Gen. Sharp, of New York, moved, as a substitute to the motion of Gen. Henderson, that the
Committee on Credentials be now directed to
report.
Gen. Garfield, of Ohio, said there was no
foundation for any charge of bad faith against
tho Committee on Bules. The Committee on
Bules agreed not to bring forward of its own
motion its report until after the report of the
Committee on Credentials. But it was understood that the convention could do so if it
thought best. He thoUgbt it very proper for
the convention to take up the report of the
Committee on Bules first.
Senator Conkling thought that upon an important subject line this every delegate Bhould
vote. He urged the importance of the convention discovering who composed it. He was in
favor of the adoption of the amendment offered
by his colleague.
After some further discussion a vote was
taken on the substitute of Gen. Sharp that the
Committee on Credentials be instructed to report. Intense interest was manifested in the
vote, which resulted as follows: Ayes, 318:
noes, 406. So the substitute was rejected.
The result was receivedwith loud applause.
"When the State of 'Kentucky-was' called the
Chairman arose and said that, acting under instructions from tbe State Convention, he would
cast twenty-four votes solid "aye." Instantly
four men were standing upon 'their chairs in
the center of the delegation and shouting
loudly to attract the attention of the
chair. Finally, amid confusion, one, of
the delegates' said that there were four
stalwarts in Kentucky, and that every one of
them desired to vote nay upon tbe question before tho house. He said that no State Convention could muzzle his intelligence, or the intelligence of his colleagues.      ,
A motion to adjourn until Priday, June 4, at
10 o'clock, was then made and carried.
had not voted against the resolution because he
did not intend to vote for the candidate, because he did* intend to vote for him, but as a
matter of principle, and then he went savagely
for Conkling, saying that ho had served two
years in the war, and in 1876 had made over
100 speeches for the Presidential nominee,
whereas the gentleman from New York had
made only one, and it was notorious that the
gentleman from New York never gave a hearty
support to tho Eepublican party unless ho
wanted something from it for himsolf.
Young, of Tennessee, a colored delegate, said
something about the lack of grit in Southern
delegates.
Campbell remarked that he thought he had
as much grit as any man who wore a conscience
in his breast.
Garfield-got up, and, alter the prolonged applause had ceased, he defended the right of the
Virginians to vote no if they thought the
motion inopportune. The gentlemen had
stated that they intended to vote for the nominee, and that was all that should be asked of
them. An allusion by tiie Ohio orator to the
right of delegates to represent tbeir constituents was cheered. He suggested that the gentleman from New York withdraw the resolution.
Mr. Conkling did so amid cheers and hisses.
The chair announced that ho would clear the
galleries from wbich hisses came. He was very
properly indignant, and denounced the hissing
as an outrage.
The report of the Committee on Bules was
read, also a minority report. " The consideration'
of the report was postponed until after the
Credentials Committee reported, wbich the
chair announced would be in half an hour.
At the expiration of the half-hour the chair
called the convention to order, it being now 1
o'clock. He immediately introduced Hon.
Omar D. Conger, Chairman of the Committee
on Credentials, who on behalf of the committeo
apologized for delay in deciding cases before
them. He represented the difficulties under
which, they labored. They had been almost continuously and laboriously in session for over two
days. The committeohad considered all cases with
candor and fairness, and without dispute, except on the merits of the various questions.
The committee report a roll of members. In
the Louisiana contest, they recommend the admission of the "Warmoth delegation and the exclusion of the Beattie delegation. The report
discusses the organization of the convention of
the State of Louisiana. They find that the bolt
was without cause.
They recommend the admission of James T.
Eapier in the Fourth Congressional district of
Alabama. This case is also traversed. They
also advise th?,t Smith and Warner, wbo were
duly elected by .the District Convention, should
be admitted in place of Arthur Brigam and B.
A. Mosely, of the Seventh Alabama.
In the Illinois case the committee recommend the following changes: In nine Congressional districts the contestants are admitted hi
place of sitting members. The Second Conr
giessional district (West Side, Chicago) remains unchanged.
The districts in which changes are made in
Illinois: Pirst, Third, Pourth, Pifth, Sixth,
Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth and Seventeenth.
The committee report-in favor of retaining
the four delegates-at-large from Illinois.
In Kansas four district delegates are reported
in place of sitting members.
Ih Pennsylvania Ninth and Nineteenth districts, sitting members are recommended as entitled to hold their seats.
In West Yirginia the sitting members are entitled to their seats in contested cases.. The
committee rehearses the call of the National
Committee as a basis for its action on all contested cases, and refers to previous calls to sustain their position and to show the justice of
their decision. The calls of 1856, '60, '64 and
all others down to the present date were the
same in this respect as the calls of this year,
.and all were adopted with a purpose to remove
doubts and make district representation a principle that could not be controverted or disputed.
The committee also say that the State con- .      ,.. _   ■
cidedthltConirressional district,, rW^wTlWT2™°»3L^? *2<55,0OO,.
Xhird Day*
Chairman Hoar called the convention to order at precisely 10:48 a. m.
After prayer by Bev. Dr. Little, Senator
Conkling opened the ball by presenting a reso-
luiion reciting that no one should hold a seat
in the convention unless he intended to support
the nominee. A squeaky female voice back of
the stage moved to amend by giving the ballot
to women. Of course the interruption was unheeded. Eugene Hale, of Maine, jumped up
and promised that his side would work night
and day f or'the candidate.
The resolution was adopted on a rnva^voce
■vote, but to emphasize it a gentleman demanded a call of the States. The call proceeded uninterruptedly, all of the delegates voting aye,
until West Yirginia being reached, three votes
were cast in the negative, amid a perfect storm
of hisses,* and when the vote was announced
716 for and 3 against the resolution, Conkling
offered another, setting forth that the three
who voted in the negative had forfeited then-
votes and tbeir seats in the convention. This
motion was cheered. The three delegates
were S. P. McCormick, W. J. Burly, and
A. W. Campbell, editor of the Wheeling InteUi-
gencer. Campbell said he had voted the Bepub-
can ticket from his youth up, and wben only
thirty-nine votes were.cast in his State for
Abraham Lincoln. He carried his sovereignty
under his hat, and would never bind bimsfelf
not to exercise bis right to think for himself.
One of his colleagues, who voted in the affirmative, testified to the bravery with which Camp*
bell bad upheld the Bepublican standard.
Brandagee, of Connecticut, spoke in favor of
free speech.
McCormick, one of $e three, stated thftt he
tided that Congressional districts Bhould have
representation in the National Convention as
they have elected them. Tho rights of .representatives so elected have ever been regarded
as sacred, and should not now bo invaded Tbr
the first time in the history of the party by this
convention. Tho committee declares the purpose of the convention is to select the candidate most ltkely to be elected, and the nearer
we get to the true feeling- of the people, the
wiser and safer will be that selection. If Stato
conventions may select delegates to a national
convention who do hot represent the f celing of
the people, tben those State conventions might
as well select all the delegates from a single
district in the State. This overriding of tho
will of the people cannot be too severely censured.
In .the Utah case the committee favors retaining the sitting members as being in accord
with these principles.
Mr. Clayton, of Arkansas, presented a minority report, which was read by the Secretary.
The minority report differed from the majority
mainly on the. part of district representation,
setting forth that, if the committee should adopt
that method, of selecting delegates, it would violate one of the best-established customs of the
Bepublican party.
Mr. Conger moved that the report bo so divided that each State shall be considered separately.
Mr. Conger presented a corrected roll of the
convention, according to the report, and moved
to take up the Louisiana case first.
Mr. Cessna, of -Pennsylvania, submitted
a proposition that all of the report upon
which the committee had agreed be
adopted, and then proceed to take
up the four propositions upon which the committee had not agreed—those of West Yirginia,
Alabama, Illinois and Utah.
Gen. Logan aroso and asked Mr. Conger if
there was any contest over the four delegates-
at-large from Illinois.
Mr. Conger said there was not. !
Gen. Logan asked.if there was any particular
reason, then, why this conscientious majority of
the Committee on Credentials had found: it
necessary to consider the Illinois delegates-rait-
large at alL He asked for fair play; and decent treatment on the floor. "Thereis no contest in Illinois," said Gen.Logan, "and no committee has any right to question my title to a
seat in this convention." Gen. Logan asserted
that any pretense of a contest in Illinois was
false, and altogether unwarranted.
Mr. Sharpe, of New York, moved to amend
Mr. Cessna's motion by striking out all refer-
enceto the four delegates-at-large from Illinois.
the majority report relating to the State of Illinois was adopted by about the same vote, and
the convention, at 2:20 a. m., adjourned until-
11 o'clock a. m., Saturday, June 5..
Foiirili Day.'
President Hoar called tbo convention .to order
at 11:45 a. m., and the projoedings were opened
with a prayer by Bev. J. B. Paxton, of Wash-,
ingfoncity.     ** ■ .. *
Ex-Gov. Boutwell, .of Massachusetts, offered.
the following resolution:
Resolved, That tho National Executive Committee,
be, and it is hereby, instructed to present a method
or methods for the election -of delegates to the National Convention to beheld in 1881, to announce the
same to the country, and lo. issue the call for the
convention in conformity therewith.    .
Objection being mado to the resolution, the,
chair ruled that the special order, namely, tlio
consideration of the majority,report on credentials, was the outy thing before theconvontion.
The chair having decided that "the report of •
tlio Committee on Credentials was in order, the-
•contest in the State of Kansas was- first .iii
order.    .
Mr. Conger, Chairman of the committee,
opened the debate on the question of admil
tm<* thd contesting delegates from the Second
and Third districts of Kansas. The report
favored then* admission, and Mr. Congor explained the report.
Tlie convention, by 476 yeas to 184
nays, voted to admit the. contesting delegates
from the Second and Third districts.
The next question waB upon so much of the
majority report as relates to West Yirginia.
Mr. Conger, on behalf of the Credentials Committee, reported *hat the contest there was in
the Third, district. The committee recommended that the sitting members be allowed to retain then* seats.
The claimants contested on tho ground that
they had been elected in a district convention,
but the committee found that tbis was not
proven. Some of the delegates met the evening after the State Convention, but the committee were of the opinion that thero was not a
majority of the district at such meeting. This
was the only point before the convention.
A delegate from Arkansas moved that so
much of the report of the minority as relates to
the contest in West Virginia be substituted for
the majority report.
After considerable debate, the motion lo
adopt the minority report was adopted by a
vote of 417 yeas to 3£0 nays.
The case of Utah was next in order, and was
settled by the adoption of the minority* report,
seating the contestants by a vote of 426 yeas
to 312 nays.
The report of the Committee on Credentials,
aB amended, was then adopted as a whole.
The report of the Committee on Bules was.
then prosented and adopted.
* Gen. Garfield then moved that the Committee on Besolutions be ordered to report.   The
motion was carried unanimously, and Hon. Ed-,
wards Piefxpont, of New York, presented the re-'
port.   The resolutions wero as follows": ■
The Eepublican party, in National Convention assembled, at the end of twenty years since the Federal
Government waB first committed to its charge, submits to the people of the United States this brief re-*
port of its administration:
It suppressed a rebellion which had armed narly
1,000,000 of men to subvert the national authority; it
reconstructed the Union of States with freedom instead of slavery as its corner-stone; it transformed 4,000,000 humnn beings from the
likeness os things to the rank of
citizons; it relieved Congress from the
infamous work of hunting fugitive Blaves, and
charged it to see that slavery does not exist; it hag
raised the value of our paper currency from 38 per
cent to the par of gold; it has restored, upon a solid
basis, payment in coin of allnational obligations, and
has given us a currency absolutely good and equal in
every part of our extended country; it has lif ted- the -
credit of the nation from the point where 6-per-ccnt.
bonds sold at 80, to that Where 4-por-cent. bonds are
eagerly sought at a premium. %
Under its administration railways haveinercased
from 31,000 miles in!8G0 to more than 82,0G0'miloi:
in 1879.    Our foreign trade increased from $700,-
000,000 to $1,150,000,000 in the same time,, and
our exports,    """   ~      "  ***■"■
»endlhe honest voter must bo .protepted against
rorisni, VioTeiice or fraud. '       •
tod we affirm it to be the duty and the' purpose of
fe Eepublican party to use all legitimate means to
ef oro all the States of this Union, to tho most per-
tet harmony which may be possible, and we submit
{jtho practical,  sensible .-people .of   these United
Ttesfosay whether it would, not be dangerous to
Cdearest interests of our country at this, time to
cretfder the administration of the National Govern-
ent to aparty Avhich seeks to overthrow tlie existing
Tlcy uuder which we "aro so. prosperous, and thus
iig distrust and confusion where there' is now
uer, confidence audhopo..
£iUx. Barker, of Massachusetts, offered thefol-
g amendment to the resolutions, which.
:?r some discussion, was put to a vote and de-
ied adopted:
fThe Eepublican pSrty, adhering to the principles
ncd by its last National Convention of regpect for
constitutional rules governing appointments to
co? adopts the declaration of President Hayes that
reform of* the-sivil ccrvice should bo thorough,
'cal and complete.   .To this end it tlemauds the
peration of tho Legislative with tho Executive
rbnenteof the Gorernmout, and that Congress
"-- — "•-'at •*    **-
Mr. Conger replied to Gen. Logan in a warm
speech. Ho regretted that Gen. Logan or any
ono else should feel that the Committee on Credentials was disposed to do them an injustice.
After -a ;long and heated discussion, participated inprincipally by Conkling and Logan on
the ono side, and Haymond, nf California, and
Conger, of Michigan, on the other, the motion
of Gen. Sharpe was adopted, with only a few
dissentient votes.
That portion of the report of the Credentials
Committee concerning which there was no disagreement was then adopted without opposition.
That part of the report relating to the State
of Alabama was next taken up and discussed
until 4:20 p. m., when, on motion of Senator
Bruce, of Mississippi, the convention took a
recess until 7 o'clock.
The convention reassembled at 7:35 p. m.
and took up the Alabama case, and, on motion
of Gen. Harrison, of Indiana, forty minutes'
times was allotted to the discussion of the case
.—twenty minutes to the friends of the majority
and twenty minutes te the advocates
of the minority report. Mr. Turner, of Alar
hama, and Gen. B. P. Tracy, of New York, then
proceeded to state the case of the minority of
the committee, while Mr. Parsons, of Alabama,
and Gen. Bateman, of Ohio, made a plea for
the majority report. The motion to substitute
the minorityforthemajorityreportwasthenput
and lost by a vote of 306 yeas to 449' nays,
The convention then proceeded to the con-
' sideration of the case of Illinois, and two hours'
time was allotted, by vote Of the convention, to
its discussion—one hour to each side. Mr.
Conger, of Michigan, and Mr. Anthony (one of
the contesting delegates), of Illinois, then proceeded to make the plea for the majority report, while Gen. Baum and Emory A. Storrs, of
Illinois, presented the case of the minority.
At the close ofthe two hours Chairman Hoai
shut off debate, and Mr. Cessna, of Pennsylvania, called for a division of the question—the
first part to embrace the Pirst Congf essionaldis-
trict of Illinois, the second division to embrace
the other districts in dispute, reserving the right,
if occasion should require, to make a further
subdivision of the second division.
Senator Clayton, of Arkansas, offered a substitute to the effect that the report of the
minority of the Committee on Credentials, so
fax as the same relates to the Pirst district of
Illinois, be substituted for that part of the report of the majority of said committee which
relates to that district.
. The substitute was lost—353 yeas to 387 nays.
.-"•That portion of the majority report relating
to the Pirst District of Illinois was then adopted by 584 yeas to 856 nays,   Tbe remainder q{
{
_    , . .     ,    -,000 more'	
imports in 1879. 'Without resorting to loans, it ias!
sinco the war closed, defrayed the ordinary expenses of Government, besides the accruing interest
on the public debt, and has disbursed jmnually more
than $30,000,000 for soldiers' and sailors' pensions. It
has paid $880,000,000 of the public debt, and, by
refunding tho balanco at lower rates, haa reduced
the annual interest charge from nearly $150,000,-
000 to less than $89,000,000. All tho industries of
the country have revived, labor is in demand,
wages have increased, and throughout tho entire
country thore Ib evidence of a coming prosperity
greater than we have ever en.ioyed.
Upon this record the Eepublican party asks for
tho continued confidence and support of the peoplo,
and this Convention BUbmits to their approval tlie
following statement of the principles and purposes
which will continue to guide and inspire its efforts:
1. "We affirm that fho work of tho Bepublican i)arty
for the last tjveuty years has been such aB to commend it to tho favor of tho nation; that the fruits of
the costly victories which we have achieved through
immense difficulties should be preserved; that the
peace regained should be cherished; that the Union
should be perpetuated, and tliat the liberty bo
transmitted undiminished to otlu>r generations; that tho order established and the
credit acquired should never be impaired; that thc
pensions promised Bhould be paid; ihat the
debt so much reduced should bo extinguished by the
full payment of every dollar thereof; that the reviving industries should be f urtlier promoted, and that
the commerce, alroady increasing, should be steadily
encouraged.
2. Tho constitution of tho United States is a supreme law and not a mere contract. Out of confederated States it made a sovereign nation. Some
powers are denied to the nation, while others are denied to the States, but the boundary between the
powers delegated and those reserved is to be determined by the national and not by the State tribunal.
3. The work of popular education is one left to the
care of tho several States, but it is the duty of the,
National Government to aid that work to the extent
of its constitutional ability. The intelligence of the
nation is but the aggregate of the intelligence in tho
several States, and that the destiny of the nation
must be guided, not by the genius of any one State,
but by the average genius of all.
4. The constitution wisely forbids Congress to
make any law respecting the establishment of religion, but it is idle to hope that the nation can be protected against the influence of secret sectarianism,
while each Stato is exposed to its domination. "We,
therefore, recommend that the constitution bo so
amended as to lay thesame prohibition upon theLeg-
islature of each State, and to forbid the appropriation of public funds to the support of sectarian
schools.
5. Wo reaffirm the belief avowed in 1876 that the
duties levied for the purpose of revenue should so
discriminate as to favor American labor; that no
further grants of the public domain should be m*do
to any railway or other corporation; that,*slavery
having perished in the States, its twin barbarity, polygamy, must die in the Territories;
that everywhere the protection accorded to a
citizen of American birth must be secured to
citizens by American adoption. That we deem
it the duty of Congress to develop and improve our
sea coast and harbors, but insist that further subsidies to private persons or corporations muBt cease;
that the obligations of the republic to the men who
preserved its integrity in the day of battle are undiminished bythe lapse of fifteen years since their
final victory. To do them honor is and shall forever
be the grateful privilege and sabred duty of the-
American people.
6. Since the authority to regulate immigration and
intercourse between the United States and foreign
nations rests with the Congress of the United States
and the treaty-making power, the Bepublican party,
regarding unrestricted immigration of Chinese as a
matter of grave concernment, under the exercise of
both these powers, would limit and restrict that immigration by the enactment of such just, humane
and reasonable laws and treaties as will produce that
result • ■
7. That the purity and patriotism which characterized the earlier career of EutherfordB. Hayes in
peace and war, ahd which guided the thoughts of
our immediate predecessors to him for a Presidential candidate, have continued to inspire hini ia Ms
career as Chief Executive; and that history will accord to his administration the honors which are due
toan efficient, just and courteous discharge of the
public business, aad will honor 14s vetoes interposed between the people and attempted partisan
laws. v
8. "We charge upon the Democratic party the habitual sacrifice of patriotism and justice to a supreme
and insatiable lust for office and patronag6; that
to obtain possession of the National Government and
the control of place, they have obstructed ad efforts
to promote the purity and to conserve the freedom
of the suffrage, and have devised fraudulent ballots,
and invented fraudulent certification of returns;
have labored to unseat lawfully-elected members of
Congress to .secure at all hazards the vote
of a majority of States in the House of
Eepresentatives; have endeavored to occupy
by force and fraud the places of trust given to
others by the people of Maine, rescued by the
courage and action of Maine's patriotic sons; have,
by methods vicious in principle and tyrannical in
practice, attached partisan legislation to appropriation bills upon whose passage the very movement of
the Government depended; have crushed the rights
of the individual; have advocated the principles and
sought the favor of the Bebellion againBt tho nation,
and have endeavored to obliterate the sacred memories and to overcome ita inestimably valuable results of nationality, personal freedom, and individual equality.
The equal, and steady, and complete enforcement
of the laws, and the protection of all our citizens in
the enjoyment of all privileges and immunity guaranteed by the constitution, are the first duties of the
nation. , /};
. The dangers of a »* solid South" can* only i*be"
averted by a faithful performance of every promise
which the nation has made to tho eitizen. The execution of the laws, and the punishment of all those
who violate them, are the only saf e methods by which '
an enduring peace can bo secured and genuine
prosperity established throughout tho South. 'Whatever promises the nation makes the nation must perform. A nation cannot with safety relegate thi*
duty to the States. The " solid'South" must belOi-
vided by the peaceful agencies of the ballot, «nd all
fconest opinions gnuf there &Hl% free nprecKop, To
ITaJcf^JIIaiivJTr-I, move. that {he xoU^C
be>c-illcdi tliat" tho announcement may
taof the members of the* National'Com-
(, as selected by tho States and Territories
tho District of Columbia.   The motion was
and unanimously carried. •
The ioII was called, with the following: te-
Alnbama—Paul Strobach.. , "• * <
rkansas—S. *W. Dorsey. >     .
California—Horace Davis.
. "Colorado—John L. Eoutt
^Connecticut—Marshall Jew*1*-
^ .Delawaro^Chris Pebiger.
I Florida-William AV. Hicks.
't Georgia—James D. Deveaux.
UllUuois^John A. Logan.
(^Indiana—John C. New.
|*Iowa—John S. Itunnels.
>}I Kansas—John A. >Iartin.
WKOntucky—W. O. Bradley.
j Louisiana—Henry C. "Warmoth.
;j\Maiue—William P. ITrye.
-1 Maryland—James A. Gary.
1 Massachusetts—John M. Forbes,
f, Michigan— James H. Stone,
jc Minnesota—E. M. Sabin.
>.MiSBisbippi—George C. McKee.
i, Missouri—Cbauncey I. Elloy.
S* Nebraska—James iy. Dawes.
>j.iNevada—John"W, Mackey.
i![NewHampshire—W. E. Chandler,
^fifew Jersey—George A. Halsey.
New York—Thomas C. Piatt
:North Carolina—"W. P. Canady.
X)hio—W. C. Cooper.
;Orcgon—D. C. freland.
"•ennsyUariia—3T. DonXJamerbn. r r
_ '.hode Island—"WiUiam A. fierce. „
i*<Bouth Carolina—Samuel Lee."
^Tennessee-^William Bide;
:fjToxas—^  ' »
yYermont-^George*W. Hooker.     *
Vt Yirginia—Samuel L. Jones.
^Vest.Yirginia—John W. Mason.
^Wisconsin—Elihu Enos. '       "   .
\ Arizona—It. O. McCormick.
i, Dakota ,—.
'-^•District of Columbia .
•^i Idaho—George L. Shoup.  .
""■* Montana—Alex. H. Beattie.
-|. New Mexico—Stephen B. Elkin.
l| Utah—C. AV. Bennett
v'jt AVashington—Thomas T. Miner.
-£• AVyoming—James L. Cary.
'* Dakota being unable to agree upon a name,
'|ho"-National Committee waB -authorized by restitution to fill iho vacancy. Texas and the Dis-
;'Jfict of Columbia were- given further time to
%elect members ofthe National Committee.
i.The following resolution, offered by Mr.
Jprako, of Minnesota, was unanimously adopted:
4 Jlcholvcil, That,-in case of the death or resignation
'm any member of the National* Central Committee,
»o vacancy may be filled by appointment, made by
>tle State Central Committee of the proper State, or
•^Brritory, or District
f,*-Mr. Hale, of Maine, nest- topk..the floor, and
iredjthat the roll of States be called in alpha-
ichl'order, and that, Whenever any State shall
reached, from which a nomination is to be
for   a   candidate: for- President, the
be made under the rules .adopted by
nation 1
oni
on the subject of balloting for nominations for
President.
The Secretary read rule 9, as follows i
Np-rpember shall speak more than once Upon the
same question, nor longer than five minutes, unless
by leave of the convention, except that the delegate
.presenting tho namo of a candidate Bhall be allowed
ten minutes in presenting the name of such candidate,
Tho motion of Mr. Hale was adopted.
Nominations for President being next in order,
Mr. James P. .Toy, of Michigan, when the name
of that State was reached inthe roll, arose and
nominated James G. Blaine, of Maine, in the
following speech:
Gentlemen av the Convestiok : I shall never
cease to regret that circumstances havo been such as
to impoee'the duty upon myself tp make the nomination of a candidate to this convention. Ihave been
absent from the country for the past Wo months,
aud had but arrived home just before this convention. Since the convention has been in session I
have been employed upon the floor all the time. Ii,
therefore, words of mine are important for the
candidate who shall bo proposed, they will benefit
him but little. I will, however, bring him before the
convention in as brief a manner as possible. That
it will be very brief wiil, I presume, satisfy the
convention aud the audience, becauso we are
now all impatient for voting. It was in 1860,1 think,
that a thon-young man, bom in an old Eastern State,
but resident in the Stateof Maine, entered the House
of Eepresentatives. It was at a time when the Bky
waB lowering, when the horizon was filled with
clouds, indicating a tempest , It was just lef ore the
war. The tempest burst upon the country and the
war ensued, which raged for four long years. Fortunately for us, there were at the helm of tho ship of
state the right men, and it was manned with a right
crew. After the whirlwind of war had raged for four
years,the e'ements of strength in one of the contending
parties gave way, and peace at length settled down
upon the country. Then ensued the contest of reconstruction, which occupied nearly (hree or four
years more. During all that period of time that
young man, always true, always bravo, always eloquent, applied his talent in all the debates and in
all the procedures which were necessary either to
carry on the war or to bring about reconstruction
upon a proper baBis. And during the period of
these controversies his reputation had been emerging, growing, towering, until at last-vwhen, in 1868,
.reconstruction had been practically secured, his
reputation was towering before the country, and
one of the great names of the country had become spread abroad over all the land. It had become a household word. It waB familiar in every
corner, lt was lookod up to from every part of the
country. That name was the Hon. James G. Blaine,
the Senator from Maine.
AVhen tho stormy period of Andrew Johnson's time
had passed away, or was passing away, and Gen.
Grant was nominated by the country for President of
the United States, all eyes in the country turned to
the Hon. James G. Blaine, who was called upon to
canvass the country. He canvassed the country from
Maine to the Mississippi, and beyond. He made
himself familiar with the great North and the great
AVest. The people became familiar with him
in the North and in the great AVest And he had
about him that wonderful power of attraction
which a half-century earlier was possessed in the
most eminent' degree, also by another great man of
•this country, the great Bon of the great State of Kentucky—Harry Clay. On the second nomination of
rfiten. Grant in 1872 he was called upon in the same
#way, and he traversed the country exercising Mb
power, his ability, and his eloquence in the cause of
the country over the same extent of this Northern
border. He had become so well known, the people
of the country had become so woll acquainted with,
him, he had fastened them to him by attractions so
great, that in the convention which was
held at Cincinnati four years ago he had become the
leading candidate of the Northern people for the
Presidency of the United States. He was the' favorite candidate of the State which I represent in this
convention. Its delegates went to that convention
with a view of urging and securing, if it were
possible, his nomination. He came within a
few votes of success, when, for some reason,
his column broke, and the res.ult was another
nomination, which had not been before the
country. Ton all know the disappointment, you ail
know, perhapB, the astonishment which was created
in some sections of the country at that result In the
State which I have the honor to represent upon this
floor it was considered almost a calamity to the individual members of the Eepublican party of that
State, They folt it almost as a personal blow.
But while he might have been disappointed reasonably in the results, whon the canvass came on,
and when the fight was a close one, and when it was
doubtful whether the EepublicanB would succeed in
electing their candidate, although he had been repudiated at the convention, he buckled on hiB harness, he entered the ranks, he traversed the country,
and fought manfully, gloriously, and vigorously until the battle was won, though by a small majority.
The result was, gentlemen, that he endeared himself tenfold more to the working Eepublicans of this
Northwest than he had ever done before. And when
this convention was callod, the people of the State
which I represent, and which had so earnestly advo-
catedhim before, determined again to place him beforo this convention. I am but executing their wish
whenldoso.
Now, gentleman, I will say, with regard to the
State of* Michigan, it is not a doubtful State. It is a
State which stands by its banner all the time. It
will not matter, so far as. the work, the vigor, and the
energy which the State shall put into the contest,
whether he be nominated here or not Wo stand
by tho flag there, whoever may be the standard-
bearer, *
AVith these remarks, gentlemen, longer than 1 intended, I have the honor to present to this convention, as a candidate for the Presidential chair for the
ensuing term, to be .voted for by the people, tho
name of the Hon. James G. Blaine, of the State of
Maine.
Messrs. Pixley. of California, and Prye, of
Maine, seconded the nomination.
. Mr. Drake, of Minnesota, nominated William
Windom, of Minnesota. His remarks were as
follows: " .
Tho Bepublicans of the State of Minnesota place
beforo this convention, as a candidate for tiie office of
EeeBtfe&t of ths United gt^iee, the n.o_ WilUwi
AVindom, of Minnesota. AVe betfeve tnat the candidate whom we present will better unite all the discordant elements of the party than any of the
distinguished names that aro before this convention. Mr. Windom is bv statesman of 3!ipe,
experience. He has served twenty years in. tha
Congress of the United States, and during all (that
time with acceptance to his cotiBtituents." Four;
timos was he nominated* as a Eepresentitiveby *>-
claifiation, ahd twice" elected" to the Senate ofthe
United States without opposition in his" own parly.
During the dark days Of the KebeMqnMsupported
the country unfalteringly. „ HisJRepublicttnlsmlB of
a high order. He has ever in all his publio life niaih-
tained a character unsullied for honesty. His private life is blameless. In'his course he has ever sustained the cause of the oppressed and supported
the Government loyally. Such is tiie candidate we
present to you and ask for your support One Word
more and I have done. AVhomever this convention
may select to be the standard-bearer'of the party,
whether it iB AVilliam, AVindom or either of the distinguished gentlemen whose names will come beforo
you, I am authorized to pledge in advance by the
Eopubllcar.B in Minnesota to your'nominee an unfaltering and unyleldipg' support, and to givo you
the vote of Minnesota ic November.
Jto«x>e_Coi)kling named Ulysses S. Grant, the
-Z-^-vr-. , — --; ■ . , ^-jp, F1    .       *»"*"■-   -■"",
' Andwhen asked what State ho haila from; onr vole
reply shall be, he hails from Appomattox; with its
famous apple tree. ' Iii obedience to inflections I
should never daro to disregard, expressing also my -
own firm conviction, I rise,to propose a nomination
with which tho oountry and thd Eepublican party
can grandly win." The election-before us is to be
the AuBterlitz of American" politics.- It will
decide for many years Whether tho countryshall bo
Bepublican dr-Cossack. The supreme need of* the
hour is not a candidate who can carry Michigan.
All Bepublican candidates can do thai The need is
not of a candidate popular in the Torritories,: because they have no yote. The need is of a candidate who can carry doubtful States. Not the doubtful States of tho North, but doubtful States of the
South, which, we have heard, if I understand -it aright, ought to take little or no part
here, because the South haa 'nothing to give, but everything to receive. No, gentlemen, the "heed that
presses upon the conscience of this convention is of
a candidate who can carry doubtful States both
North and-South. And, believing that he, more
surely than any other man, can carry New York
against any opponent, and can carry not Only the
North but several States ofthe South, New York is
for Ulysses 8. Grant Never defeated—never defeated in peace or in war, Mb name is the most illustrious borne by living man. _ .
His services attest his greatness, and the country-
nay, the world—knows them by heart His
fame waB earned not alone in things written and
said, but by the arduous greatness of things done
And perils and emergencies Will search in vain in
tho future, as they have searched in vain in the past,
for any other on whom the nation loanB with such
confidence and trust Never having had a policy to
enforce against the will of the people, he never betrayed a cause or a friend, and the people will never
desert or betray him. Standing on the highest eminence of human distinction, modest, flrin, simple, and
self-poised, having filled all* lands with his renown, •
he has seen not only the high-born and tho titled,
but the poor and the lowly in the uttermost ends of
tho earth, rise and uncover before him. He has
studied the needs and the defects of many systems
of government; and he has returned a better American than ever, with a wealth of knowledge and experience added to the hard common sense which
shone so conspicuously in all the fierce light that
beat upon him during sixteen years, the most trying,
the most portentous, the most perilous.
Vilified and reviled, toothlessly aspersed by unnumbered presses, not in other lands, butin his own,
assaults upon him have seasoned and strengthened
his hold on the public heart Calumny's ammunition haB all been exploded; the powder has all been
burned once. Its force is spent And the name of
Grant will flitter a bright and imperishable star in
the diadem of the republic when those Who have
tried to tarnish that name have moldered in forgotten graves, and when their memories and their epi-.
taphs have vanished utterly.
Never elated by success, never depressed by adversity, he has ever, in peace as in war, shown the very
geums of common sense. The terms he prescribed
for Lee's surrender foreshadowed the wisest prophecies and principles of trus reconstruction. Victor in
the greatest war of modem times, he quickly Bignal-
ized his aversion to war and his love of peace by an
arbitration of international disputes, which Btands
the Wisest, the most maj< jstic example of ite Mnd in
tho world's diplomacy. 'When inflation, at thebeight
of its popularity and f renxy, bad swept both houses of
Congress, it Was tho veto bf Grant wliich, single, and
alone, overthrew expansion and "cleared, the way for i
"^ ^eenmption.^ Tojifiiii, ^to him, immeasurably
voters,   emhra'c&g ,mstii.
diverse interests ana var. n^tkrasJltietr, aavinc
tered ' over. 3,000,1)00 sqtiaiwus, thafc. ase .seat-
And.juiy view of .our ^dao miles of territory,
altogether too narrow which w is incomplete .sna
whole field and all tho probabl]4«ua io .tate in tho
ities of » united support iii' Nas*J<» and improbabil.
It may ba that in jTrance fmjxx.
tions   success   in    governmt
upon tha .character of tbeJR^n PJP^ds ^ wholly
representative Govermm
every paper dollar is as good as gold.
AVith him as our leader we shall have no defensive
campaign. No! AVe shall have nothing to explain
away. AVe shall have no apologies to make. The
shafts and the attoWshttve all boon aimed at him,
and they lie broken tad liafifiless at his feet
Life, liberty and property will find a safeguard in
him. When ho said of the colored men in Florida,
" Wherever I am they may come also," when he said
so, he meant that if he had the power, the poor dwellers in the cabins of the South'should no longer be
driven in terror from the homes of their childhood
and the graves of their murdered dead. AVhen he
refused to receive Denis Kearney in California, lie
meant that Communism, lawlesness and disorder,
although it might stalk high-headed and dictate law
to a whole city, should find a foe in him. He meant
that, popular or unpopular, he would hew to the line
of right, let the chips fly where they may.
His integrity, liis common sense, his courage, his
unequaled experience, are tho qualities offered to bis
country. The only argument, the only one that the
wit of man or the stress of politics has devised is ono
which would dumbfounder Solomon, because he
thought there was nothing new under tho sun.
Having tried Grant twice and found him faithful,
we are told ihat we must not, even after an interval
of years, trust him again-. My c ountrymen! My
countrymen 1 what stultification does not such a fallacy involve. The American people exclude
Jefferson Davis from public trust AVhy?
AVhy? Because he was the arch-traitor and
would-be destroyer; and now tho same people in,
asked to ostracise Grant, and not to truBt him.
AVhy? AVhy, I repeat? Because he was the arch-
preserver of his country, and because not only in
war, but twice as Oivii Magistrate, he gave his highest, noblest efforts to the republic. Is this an
electioneering juggle, or is it hypocrisy's masquerade? There is no field of human activity, responsibility, or reason in which rational beings object to
an agent because he has been weighed in the balanco
and not found wanting.
There is no department of human reason^n which
sane men reject an agent because he has had experience, making him exceptionally competent and
fit From the man who shoes your horso to the
lawyor who tries your cause, the officer who manages your railway or your mill, the doctor into
whose hands you give ynur life, or the minister
who seeks to save your soul, what man do you
Teject because, by his works, you have known
him, and found him faithful and fit? AVhat makes
the Presidential office an exception to all things else
in the common sense to be applied to selecting its incumbent? AVho daros—who dares put fetters on
that free choice and judgment which is the birthright
of the American people ? Can it be said that Grant
has used official power and place to perpetuate his
term? He has no place; and official power has not
been UBed for him. AVithout patronage and without
emissaries, without bureaus, without telegraph wires
running from his house to this convention, or running from his house anywhere else.
His name is on his country's lips, and he is struck
at by the whole Democratic party, becauso his nomination is the death-blow of Democratio success. He
is struck at. by others, who find an offense and disqualification in the very services he has rendered,
and the very experience that he has gained. Show
me a better man. Nameone, andl am answered. But
don't point as a disqualification to the very experience
which makes this mail fit beyond all others. There
is no third-term in the case, and the pretense will die
with the political dog-days that gendered it .One*
week after the Democratic Convention will hear" the
last of this rubbish about, a third term, tNobodyj
nobody now is really disquieted about a third term
except those hopelessly longing for a.first term. It
is the men who long for a finst term.
He is the candidate whose friends have never
threatened to bolt unless this convention did as ihey
said. He is a Bepublican who never wavers. - He
and his friends stand bythe creed and-the candidates
of the Bepublican party. !rheyh01d the tightful rule
of the majority as the very essence of their faith,
and they mean to uphold that faith against not only
tho common-enemy, but* against the charlatans, jay-
hawkers, tramps and guerrillas—the men who deploy
between the lines, and forage now on one side and ,
then on the other. TMb convention is •master of a
supreme opportunity. It can name the next President   It can make sure of his election.
It can make sure not only of his election, but of
his certain and peaceful inauguration. It can break
that power which dominates and mildews the South.
It can overthrow an organization whose very existence is a standing protest against progress.
The purpose of the Democratic party is spoils.
Its very hope of existence is a solid South. Ite success is a menace to order and progress. I say this
convention can overthrow that power. It can dissolve and emancipate a solid South. It can speed
the nation in a career of grandeur eclipsing all past
achievements. Gentlemen, we have only to listen
above the din and look beyond the dust of an-hour
to behold the Eepublican party advancing with its
ensigns resplendent with illustrious achievements,
marching to a certain victory with* its greatest Marshal at its head. •.. ;
Gen. Garfield nominated John Sherman, of
Ohio, seconded by F. C. Winckler, of ■Wisconsin, and Mir. Bill, of South Carolina.. Mr. Garfield spoke as follows:
Mr. President, I have witnessed the extraordinary*
scenes of this convention with deep solicitude. No
emotion touches my heart more quickly than sentiments in honor of a great and noble character; but I
have thought as I sat on these seats and witnessed
this demonstration that it seemed to me you were
the human ocean gathered in this circle. Ihave
seen the sea lashed initsfuryand tossed into spray,
and there iB a grandeur that moves the soul of a man
when he looks upon it; but I remember that it Ib tho
calm level of the sea from which all heights and
depths are measured.
AVhen the hour of calm settles on the ocean; when
the sunlight bathes it, then the astronomer and surveyor takes the level and measures all terrestrial
heights and depths; and, gentleman of the convention, when the fervor of our enthusiasm has passed,
when the passion of tho moment has subsided, it is
that calm level of public opinion, below -the storm,
below the passion, from which the great thoughts of
a mighty peopie are to be measured and by wbich they
aro to be judged. Not here, in this brilliant circle,
where 15,000 men and women are gathered,
is the, destiny of this republic to be settled forthe
next four years. Not here, where I see the enthusiastic faces of 700 and odd delegate* to cast their lot
into the urn and determine the fato of the republic;
tmf by 4.000,000 of Bepublicag flrwldM.  whǤ
4,000,000* of voters, with 'wives and children about
them, with tho calm thoughts of'homej with the
story of their country,- with tho.jiistory of ite
lifs, with tho knowle'dge of .the gre&t *taen that
have lived upon it, burning do^-h.'into their
hearts—there God-prepafes-thc destiny" tiiat* shall de-
Jterminfe this -mighty question. NottinJChicagq, in-
tho heat of June, hut in tho republic,.in.the quiet,
. melancholy days of November, when-menr-think-and
pfobinthe Bilencoof thei* beBt'iudfjmcnt.-'will this
questioh.be settled; And'now, g'enticmen of the convention, what do we' want? -AVhat -do-WO want?
Bear with me a moment; I'hear* me' for.iriy raupe,11
and for'tt-moment ".bo silent.thatyoH;m.axhearv''
Twenty-flrt J'purs BfR this republic "of ours" was
bearing and wearing the triple i"cliaiii...of- bondage.
Long familiarity with-trafiiciu thet bodiesand souls
of jnenjiad paralyzed and enchained the consciences
of ^majority of our-pepjjle'^lhe -narrbVong and'dis-
integrating doctrine of State sovereignty had liar-
alyzed the noblesfrandjuofet bkniwetik powqrs of the
Nationttl,Government;.and .the, aggressive power of
slavery was sei«ing-tbo virgin Territories of our AVest?,
and dragging, theni into the den c£ eternal slavery.
At that crisis.~tho"-Eepublican1 'party was born.
It drew its 'firs^ inspiratioii*' from- the fire of
liberty wliich. God has" Jighted^in. every" heart,
and Which no -power   ot slavery has  ever been.
• *bli; Wbolly^tq cxtmgHM^.T^0^?cguGU(»n.j^rty1.
the belpaguer^d ahd assailed TSfICSies^ifjBS^litftig-
;gling for,life,.aiid it. stood* beside thorn and,drew
'aboutthem the great'sacred"circleof liberty.* l^hey
■were forever- strengthened • by thelr,-v5dEory,-and,the^
Eepublicans, under the- leadership, of that .'great
man Who, on this-spot twenty years ago, was niade
their   leader, entered. -the. national > capital and
took their high places there. ■ The -gleaming' light
from their banners melted-.away the  s"hackles of'
slaves about the capital, and threwits raps into, the"
darkest corner of every slavo-pcn in Washington^
Thatjiarty entered into the control of the Government, ahd it found all it's noblest function* in bondage;, the great national industries, by an- impracticable currency, Wfei'S themselves prostrate, and; the
streams were so sickly that the-treasury itself was •
empty, or nearly empty, and the dregs" that were in
the-treasury were the rags x>f 2,000 uncontrolled iuid
unregulated independent - corporations filling this
country with a circulation that poisoned the life of
business everywhere." The Bepublican party touched
all this, threw, its protecting arms about the great
national industries, and they roEo in their might
and contributed full coffers to a, grateful Government. ' They filled with the genius of 'nationality all
the great functions of the Government, and made
them live again. More than that they confronted
revolution with splendid armies that fought until the
mighty contest was ende'd \ but above the storm of
battle, and above the'roar of the guns, we hear the
sweet, calm words of peace that came' from the conquering nation, saying to. the -rebels who lay prostrate at theirfeet, "AVe take this as our only revenge';
we ask you to join us in lifting into the forum bf the
constitution, to shine forever, and ever like the Btar
of God, tne simple doctrine of equality of allmen before the law." And then returning to our great
questions of reconstruction, to our great debt, to
our great publio obligation, the Bepublican party "finished its twenty-five years of glory and success, and
it ia here to-night to ask you to launch out on another
lustrum of glory and victory. How Bhall you do it?
You must do it first, my friends, by assailing no Bepublican. God forbid that I should lay one limitation of worth upon any distinguished name in the
category of our heroes. If wo win this
fight—for it is -our Thcrmopylse this year;
we stand on the "narrow isthmus, and the
little Spartan host must meet all the Persians
that Xerxes can bring; the stars in their courses will
fight for us; the census that will be taken tbis month
will give us the .victory—therefore, say I, to win this
victory now we want every vote of every Grant Bepublican in America and every anti-Grant Bepublican in America. AVe want the vote of every Blaine
man and-every anti-Blaine man, of every follower of
every candidate, or we dare not hope for success.
Therefore, say I, gentlemen, brethren, we are horo to
take calm .counsel together, and inquire what we
shall do. ■    . ;
AVe want a man whoso life and opinions embody all
these achievements of which I liave spoken. .AVe
want a mau who, standing as it wore on a mountain,
height, beneath his foot all the,achievements, and iri
his heart all the love for the glories of. our. past;-
looks forward to meet the dangers to come. *AVe-
want him in no spirit of- revenge againBt those that
we'fought in battled The Eepublican -party goes. to",
the South with the palms of peace, the olive branch
of peace; in its hand, and holds it out to every one*
on this supreme condition: that it'shall be'admitted; forever and forevcrmore that we were right
and they were-wrong. On that supreme -condition
we meet them as brethren, and on any other terms"
we make no terms forovermore.
Now. gontlemen,lnot to weary, you, I.'am about tp
present to you a name for your oonsiderstion-rthe
largely Tijron the 4woad,
judgment  of" tho  nyfSr
hence tha trnism utte*fed.
that "Nolife-is neceseE
nation."   Behold in {his
men "whose ability and
famous on this and <
lack of capacity for ~l<
position to lead.   AVhat
of purpose through the
good, and that can best *
tion, Dut -by self-negatii
Tho question is not wl
greatest "applause, at'tins'..
Sat whose name is so establi
the people as to allay.ali o]
and secure the greatest w
ber.   The man of my choice
has not sought any support
lias rather repelled it ;But-l<
tho tabernacles of God those i
the highest scats and demand
rather those who empty them
conceit^ and gadowninto-thojB
pd_aotne  other na-
r  *    Pepcnds    wholly
.teinianshy^'^g^
■ contmente.,^ute£^»
er&tup, much icsg ot a ai*.
■e want moat now is -unjty
jsntire patty-for the public
secured not by-self-aweer-
name will elicit the
mt momeatof time^
in the'confidence of
tioniahiir own party,
bersf Totes.an'NovenJ-
not a candidate and
id any quarter.   Ho
ns jememjber that in
aot chosen who seek
e richest crowns, but
of all vanity and
into the face of
death, and there are content to lfcbor for the common-
good. . . I
Such ought to be the rule in evifery Bejjjiblican convention:. Let Tie not be too sangbbie; A coiisfprta-
bid berth is of no account to tlM"p*BBenger when thc
ship is fast driven upon-the' rockaJ^ ■ Let BB-tave the
ship.and take care of the bertha {afterward.   Our
' boti house* of Coji-
the right to die-
electoral count,
■purposely omit-
from New York
told  them, all
tee*. -With an
power     aud
e nothing to gain,
~ of theirs in case
enemies are in possession of
grees. They will demand and claiH
tate the methods and the-testa o^"'
With that obj&t in view, they hat!
ted, as the distinguished Senata
the other day very' emphatic**
constitutional'and statutory gua
inordinate lust for ' executi'
patronage on their part, we ij
nothing to expect from a deciisf
of a-repetitionof 184 to 185,ndr fromanElectoral
Commission "of their choosing. r-Xhe-only security ia
to make such a show to every doubtful State by thn
- choice ot a candidate around Whonf tSe entire jjarty ■
oan solidly jqW and march .on. to victory, '.Xhafinan
-ascertained «rtth geteonable certainty, it become* tbe
bound*"! duty of all ".to aecure the su.-cowof
the.  party,    and -through  that    party, tbe -feat-
vaUon, at-, .our - country,, by.'
inan-the nominee of this convention.
to|n»Wt.«ii
tbat
rntaa
friend of nearly all theso persons whose faces look
down upon us in this building here to-night—a man
who began his career in the politics of this country
twenty-^five yoars ago, whose first Eervice was done
in days of peril on the plains of Kansas when* the
first red drop of that bloody shower began to fall
that thickened finally into tlie deluge of gore of
the late Bebellion, He stood by it in Kansas. Then,
returning to his seat in the National Legislature,'
through all tho subsequent years his pathway has
been marked by the labors he has performed in every
department of legislation. You ask for IliB monument. I point you to twenty-five years of
national Btalutes. And I tell you that not
one great, beneficent statute upon your books
has been placed Ihere without his .inteV
iigerit and powerful aid. He aided those
men to formulate laws that raised our great armies
and navies, and carried Us through the war. His
hand was in the workmanship of the statutes that
restored and brought back the unity and married
ca'.iu of States. His hand was in all that great legislation that created tho great war currency, that carried us through, but ih the still greater work that
redeemed the promise of the Government and
made it good. And when, at last, he pasEcd
from the ha'ls of legislation Into a high executive influence, ho displayed that experience,
intelligence, fairness and -power of balance
and poise through a stormy period of two
and a half years. AVith half the public press howling
and crying "Crucify him!" ho bore himself onun-
swerved by a single hair from .the line of his duty.
Handling the great fiscal f orcCB of this Government,
and the great business interests of this country,
he carried us throughin the execution of that law,
and effected it without a jar against the false
prophecies and the Cassandras of half a continent He has shown himself' able tc
meet, in the calmness of ' statesmanship, al'
the great emergencies of the Government. For
twenty-fivo years he haB trod that peerless height of
public duty, and against all the Ehaf ts has bared his
breast unharmed. *He has stood in the blaze of that
fierce light that beats against the throne, and its
fiercest ray has found no flaw in his armor, no stain
on his shield. I do not present him as a better Bepublican or a better man than thousands of others
that we honor and revere, but I present him for your
deliberate consideration. I nominate John Sherman, of Ohio.
ITred. Billings, of Vermont, named George F. -
Edmunds, of Vermont; John E. Sanborn, of
1 Massachusetts, seconding the nomination.   Mr.
Billings said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: That quiet
State in New England, earliest born into the Union
after the old thirteen, whose people have always been
oyal to liberty, enthusiastically urges tho name of
our most distinguished son "as the fittest name to be
inscribed oh the Presidential banner. Her delegates
•bring that message here with joy and pride alike
supreme, because they know no State has a better
right to name a Bepublican candidate, and
that no State can name a better man. For the
first time in her history, although always in
the advance guard of the Bepublican hosts, Vermont
thus comes to the front in a National Convention.
She thus comes, not seeking a reward for loyalty,
which has never faltered in years gono by, not making a condition of loyalty, which is never to falter in
the years to come. Her Republicanism is not born
of Belfislmess. It is bred in her bone, and runB in
her blood. Nor does Bhe thus come because the man
she names for her' Presidency sprung from
her loins. He is no longer hers. He is the possession and the pride of none. Still more, Vermont
would call on her everlasting mountains to fall on
her and hide her before she wonld thrust any mere
local pride or selfish ambition into the counsels of
this critical epoch. Vermont risee to the hcigMJof the
occasion. She looks backward through the years,
and she feels the infinite peril, the ignominy, ayo,
the crime of turning over the Government
to the administration of a revolutionary Democracy.
And Bhe longs for victory—-the victory of patriotism at the polls and the victory of statesmanship
after the polls. And she implores this convention to
let no unnecessary issues, to let no discords .born
of hot rivalries, to let no personal ambitions, to let
no dissensions, to let no anythings put that victory
in peril. She prays you to make that victory secure
by going straight to the conscience and intelligence
of the people, not only by your platform ringing
with honor and honesty for money clear up through
everything to human rights, but by putting on that
platform a candidate far better than the platform,
because known everywhere through the length
and the breadth of the land, who is
their incarnation, long-tried and never found wanting. A candidate weak nowhere, strong everywhere, he will compact tho party, bring every independent .into line, and win recruits oven from the
enemy. - That is victory hero and now, victory for
years to come. Such a candidate, healing all dissensions, of wondrous ability, of aggressive integrity,
of the largest experience in publio affairs, of the
highest statesmanship in that brave, clean, vigilant
man, on whom rests no shadow of reproach, to
whom, in every crisis in the counsels of the nation,we
turn and preBs with joy and confidence; the central
figure and leader of the Senate, the foremost type
and defender of what is best iu the Bepublican
faith, the ideal candidate seeking not the office,
worthy of the best of this republic, having tho promiso and the potency of victory, is George F. Edmunds. And George F. Edmunds Vermont nominates for the Presidency, and, gentlemen, we pray
you to welcome thiB breeze from the Green mountains. How quickly it will Bwell into a gale, and how
surely it will sweep the land 1
J. B. Cassody, of Wisconsin, and Mr. Brandagee, of Connecticut, nominated E. B. Washburne, of Illinois. The remarks of Mr. Cassody
are given below:.
Mr. President, and gentlemen of. the convention,
During the exciting and arduous duties of this convention, I have not occupied to exceed three minutes
of your timet notwithstanding I was the Chairman of
a delegation. And I promise now, if you will respectfully listen for a few moments, not to use up the time
of ten minutes allowed to me by two or three minutes.
_ It is indeed fortunate fpr our party and civilization that we bave so many able statesmen from whom
to select our candidate*. Far be it from me to do-
tract a singlo syllable from the praise justly due to
any; but we. live in a vast country, embracing many
eminent statesmen whose names have not been presented to this convention. Here are 756 delegates,
resenting    *,000,000    to ' 6,0^0,QOQ.  Republican
'labdf there are twcHpep jgbifi
Requisite qualities.* ' One ia Elihu B.1 WaaMoaM^f
Illinois; and the othferis George F. Edmund*, of ve&>
mont' Only realizing tbat. a divided party
at the close of the convention forebodes
defeat in November* next, "and a united
-pwty at. the cloee of this convention Insures
aa'pcoRS in November, and looking over the whole
field, I take that man whose history is familiar to
you; who,'at thevbrekkifag*out of"the^war, sought
i out an'obscure individual In Galena; led him up to
Springfield; up to- tbe mountain of his glory, and
.stands by his side, one" of "his chief admirers and
'friendsto-day. -ABd-thereforelnomiaate-Mx.*"Waah-
"burne, of Illinois.        '   " * ' ■' f ' • -■■' -
" Without taking.'a ballot, the 'convention, at
11:45,p. m., adjourned until 10 ojclock *. m.
Monday, June,7.  " _ cr .'Z. '•''", 1 'Jj,
-  .   .Fifth Bay. .,..--,
. At 10:45 a. m.on Monday, June 7, Chairman
Hoar called the .convention to order.   .    "*J.
The Bev.. Pr. Everest, of Plymouth Church;
Chicago,-made the prayer.*/ . ■ '.. - *.-
"-At the request o^jseyeral delegates, the- fifth
and'sixth resolutions bf the platform were read
by theSecretair.- •   - - -■    -     . ■■.     ..  -
Mr. Hale/ of jjhbne, then moved that tbe con- '
.ventionatonce.pfoceedfoa^allot; ^Ir,Conkling seconded,  and, the, motion was earned
uhapimously." -    .."":„;._ 'il ;.' * ;;;,.-
- Chairman Hoar begged Uie convention to.pre-
serve order.'      ', • I   - - -      *
The roll call of States resulted aa follow?:
Alabama...
Arkansas..
California,,
Colorado...
Connecticut.
Delaware...
Florida
Georgia
Illinois,
Indiana
Iowa ."...
Kansas	
Kentucky:...;
Louisiana
Maine..-......,
Maryland....'.
MaewlchuMtte
tfichiganr,-....'
Minnesota....
Mississippi
Missouri	
Nebraska.......
Nevada....	
New Hampshire
New'Jereoy.....
New York	
North" Carolina.,
Ohio.,....'	
.Oregon ;..
Pennsylvania" .*.
Bhode Island."..,
South Carolina;
JLGXSS* stm *-» •*•-••
Vermont.......
Virginia .'..; .'.
AVest Virginia "..
"Wisconsin : .*..
Arizona;, ........
Dakota	
Idaho.. *...
Montana ,.	
New Mexico.	
Utah ;
AVashington.';..'.	
Wyoming.,-	
District of Columbia
Totals
Grant	
Blaine....	
Sherman	
Edmunds	
Grant : 305
Blaine 282
Sherman 93
Edmunds.	
Grant 305
Blaine 281
Sherman :. 95
Edmunds :... 32
ITFTH BALLOT.
Grant "..'..305
Blaine 281
Sherman 95
Edmunds. .'.... 32
Grant 305
Blaine..."..-....-. '280
Sherman  95
Edmunds 32
SIXTH BALLOT.   -
Washburne.
AVindom.....
Garfield.
Grant 305
Blaine :: 281
Sherman  Si
Edmunds. "..-.. 32
SEVENTH -BAIAOT.
Washburne;..
Windom	
Garfield.	
Grant*.....
Blaine... .
Sherman..
Edmunds..
EIGHTH BALLOT..
....306
....284
.. . 91
.... 31
WMTH BALLOT.
Washburne.
Windom....
Garfield	
Grant .\308 Washbnrne...
Blaine 282 WCttdom	
Sherman  90 Garfield	
Edmunds 31
TENTH BALLOT,
Grant 305
Blaine .- 282
Sherman 92
Edmunds 31
Washburne.
Garfield	
Windoin..:.
Hayes.
Grant 305
Blaine.. 281
Sherman...^ ."... 93,
Edmunds 82'
ELEVENTH BALLOT.
Washburne.
Garfield..»..
Windom.-...
Hayes	
31
10
2
32
10
1
32
10
2
32
2
10
1
32
2
10
X
At the conclusion of the eleventh ballo; n-
, motion to take a recess till 5 o'clock was .hpst.
TWELFTH BALLOT.
Grant;.-.	
Blaine	
Sherman....
Washburne..
Grant. v*..-.-.
Blaine.-.	
Sherman....
Washburne..
.304 Edmunds.
 283 Windom..
 92 Garfield...
 -33 Hayes	
TH1BTEENXH BALLOT.
...305
...285
... 89
Edmunds.
Windom...
Garfield...
31
10
"1
1
SI
10
1
POUETEENTH BALLOT.
Grant... :.:.S05   Washburne..'
Blaine; 285   Edmunds...
Sherman  89   Windom	
: FlrfEKNTH BALLOT.
Grant : 309  Edmunds....
Blaine.:  281  Washburne.
Sherman 88   Windom.....
SIXTEENTH BALLOT.
Grant 306] Washburne..
Blaine 283  Edmunds.. .
Sherman 88 | Windom......
SEVENTEENTH BALLOT.
Grant..-. 303
Blaine.: 284
Sherman '90
Washburne.'.
Edmunds	
Windom.
Grant.- 305
Blaine 283
Sherman 91
EIGHTEENTH BALLOT.
AVaahbume.,
Edmunds...
Windom.
After the eighteenth ballot, at 3:40 o'c lock,
the convention adjourned until 7 o'clockp. nt.
The convention reassembled at 7:20, ai id at
once resumed balloting. The nineteenth 1 idiot
showed no change of consequence fromth; last
previous one. The voting, continued unt I the
twenty-eighth ballot had been recorded^ *£th
the following result:
Grant ...307   Edmunds	
Blaine "...279   Windom.,	
Sherman 91   Garfield'	
Washburne "35
At this point tho convention adjourned
10 o'clock, a. m., Tuesday, June 8.
39
31
10
36
31
10
36
31
10
3G
31
10
35
31
10
31
10
2
until
*   ? Leckjr.
Liecky, the historian, is a sort o I literary phenomenon. Though lie has
been before .the public as an aithor
since 1861, lie is only 42 years oM.
This is the more singular becande his
fame rests upon extensive sehoh rship
and earnest-investigation of topic (that
men seldom master until after niddls
life. He was born near Dublk, decided to be an author at 12, ant had
read more books at 14 than most; oung
men at 20. *When he graduat sd at
Trinity College his professors said he
had the best-stored mind of the ag e wht
liad matriculated within tbeir _\t __Qty
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