The Chicago Convention

We give to our readers this weck the speecbos matle at the Chicago convention. placing in nomination the various candiUates for the presidency. Tlie roll of states haviut; proceeded to Michigan, Mr. James F. Joy aiose and said : Mr. Chairnian , and gentlemen of the conveutiou, i snaii never c.case to regrec mui liniiiastances have been such as to impose the duty upon niyself to make a noiuination nf a candidate to this conventiou. 1 have been absent trom the country for the pust two nionths, and arrivcd home bnt just beforc this convention. öinee the con vention has been in session I have been employed upon the floor all tlie time ; if, therefore, words of mine are important for the candiJate who shall be proposed, they will benefit liim but little. I will, however. bring him before the audience- the convention- in as brief a mauner as is pogsible. Tiiat it will be very biief will, I presume, atisfy the convention and the audieuce, becnuse we are now all impatient for the voting. It was in 1860, I tliink, that a then young man boni in the oid Keystone State, but resident in the state of Maiue, entered the house of representatlves. It was at a time when the sky was lowery, when the horizon was lil led with cloudsindicating a tempest. It was just before the war. The clouds, the tempest, buist upon the country and the war ensned, which raged for tour long years. Fortunately for us, there were at the helm of the ship of state, the rignt men, and it was manned with the riht crew. After the whirlwinds of war had raged for four yers, the elementa of atreiiglhof one of the conteudiug parties gave way, and peace at length settled down upou the country. Then ensued the contest for reconstructlon, and it occupied nearly th.-ee or four years more. Burinsr all of tint time, that young man, ahvays truc, ulvvays brave, ahvays elotiuent, appli t! hls tálente in all the debates aml in all the pn tiluros whiob were necessary either toearryon the war or to bring about reconstruí tion upon a proper basis. When reeonstr ution had been secured, and during the period of those controversies, liis reputation had been cinerging, growing, towering. until at last, when, in 18G3, reconstrnction had been practirally secured, his reputation WM towering bel'ore the country; and his name was one of the great ñames of tlie country that had become spread abroad all over the land. , It liad become a houschold word ; it was familiar in cvery corner ; It was lookcd up to froin every part of the country. That name was the Ilon. James G. Blaine, the senatorfrom Malne. When the stormy period of Andrew Johnson's administration had passcd away, or was passing' away, and the nomination of General Graat was made to'the country for the presideney of the United States, all cyes in the northern section of the country turned to the Ilon. James G. Blaine. He was called upon to canvass the country. He eunvassed !. „o,,,,trv („,„, V)n to Hip Missistiilipi. and beyoml. lle made himaell familiar with the great north and the great west; the pcople becamc familiar with him in the north and In the great west; aud he had about him that wonderful power of attraetion which huif a century ago was po ed in a most eminent degree also by another great man of this country, the great son of the great state of Kentucky, Henry Clajr. On the second nomination of Gen. Grant, in 1Ö72, he was called upon in the same way, and traversed the country, exercisiug hla power, his ability, and his eloquence for the cause of his country over the same extent of this northern territory. He had become so well known, the people of the country had become so wcll uctiuainted with Mm, he had fastened theni to him by attractions so great, that iu Üie convention which was held at Cincinnati four years ago he had beoome the leading candidate of the northern people for the presidency ot' the United States. He was the favorite candidate of the state which I represent in this con ven - tion. lts delegatos went to that convention with a view of urging and secuiing, if it tu possible, his nomination. He caine witliin a few votes of succ'. rtren rorsome reason his column oroke, and theresultwas uu. .Uier nomination, which had not been before the country. You all kuow the disappointnient; you all know, perhaps, the astonishment which was created in some sections at that result. By the state which I have the honor to represent upon tliis tloor it was considered almost a calamity to tht individual membersof the republican party of that state; they feit it almost as a personal blow ; but, while wö might have been disappointed reasonably in the results when the canvass came, and when the light was a close one, and when it was doubtful who.thcr tlie republicans would succeed in ïlecting their candidate, although he had been repudiated at the convention, he buekled on his harness and he entered the ranks; ho trsversedthe country, he fought manfully, glorlously, vigorously, until the battle was won - though by a small uiajority. The reeult was he eudeared himself tenfold more to the working republicans of Jiis northwest than he had ever been before - l"Louder"] - and when this convenion was called the people of tlie state which [ represent, and wliich had so earnestly advocated him before, determined again to lace him before this conventiou. I am but executing their wish whou I do so. Now, gentlemen, I will say in regard to the state f Michigan ; it is no doubtful state. It is a state whieh stands by lts baaner all the time. It will not matter, so lar as the vigor and the energy which that state will put nto the contest, whether he bc nominated ïere or not. We stand by the llag tliere, whoever may be the standard-bearer. With the.se remar!, gentlemen, longer than I intended, I have the honor to present to this convention as the candidate for he president al chair for the ensuing term, 0 be voted tor by the people, tlie name oi the Ilon. James G. Blaine. The Ilon. Frank Pixley, of California, then proeoeded to second the nomination: Mr. President and gentlemen delogates : 1 hayo been assigued to the )M.rl'urmance of' a prominent duty by the choiee of my coleague.s and the courtesy of the friends of vlr. I'.luine. I have been aceorded the )rivilege of secondiug his nomination as candidate of the ïcpubücan party for the office of president of the United States. All the delegates of the territories of Washington, Iduho, and Arizona; the BtatBS of Oregon, Nevada and California, constluting the empire of thePacitic - a grandor nid prouder empire tlian thesun elsewhere shiues upou - imite with me in the pleasure of this opportunity to second the nomiiation of Mr. Blaine and will supplement he compliment by casting for him the mitud votes of all the delegates ot all the and territorios ot' the PacIflC coast. Our defeiration, limited in number, repregenti an empire broad iu territonul are;i, :xtending with Alaska from the eternal ice of the nortli to Uie aemi-tropical belt where he apple and the jiinc grow side by sW extending from tlie wave-washed golden sounds of the western sea to the rock-ribbed uountains that sejiarate but do not divide us from you. oureastern friends - embracng :i present weallhot gold and graiu and wine and wool, aud au incalculable titure wealth that vill astonish tlie worlil. t ib a broad aud spleudid domain. lts restera thores look eastward to eastern ands. lts golden gales stand widfl ajar to ulnnt the rich commerce of the Oriënt and o welcome the intercourse necessnry to itenjoyment. It is the future home of your ahilaren. It is the iuheriUince of your ons. It is the rich dower of your daughers: and Ijecause we tliink, and all pur rerablican people think, that the nominatkm )1' Jaiue.s (. lilaine by thii conventiou will reeult in Jiis becomlng president of the Luitcd States and becauso we tliink and all eur republiean peoplo think tliat as president lie will help and guard this rien empire from au alien invasión, and keep and guard it as the house and inheritance and dower of al! the sous and rlaughterg pi this christian coramonweaKh, Washlngton territory, Idalio, ;uul Amona, Oregon Nevada, and CalifotnU have. se.nt un a unitcd delegation to enst au uabraken voto for tliediitinguislicd statosman and senator frnni Maine. In him wc recognizo diattogniahed ability ? Hflindüiur nèrvg whkdi is oittimes ucbmbiM ia the performaBce of public mines, the possossiorr of an unstaineil nanir, wliicli partisan maJice has been tinable to blacken. Tlie possesgiou of a bruin and heart that embraces in its nmgnetic sympathy all bis countrythen who love thcir country, honor Ite in.-titutions, and obey itslaw.s. He Is giftctl, eloquent, and nravu; he is patriotic, honest, and truc He has been trusted in long public service, and may be trusted. Ho will carry iuto bis great office no personal or party resentïnents. Ho wül briug to the dlschiUKe of bis official tkittts no local nor scctional prejudices. He is broad mindcd, comprehensive, and generous In the exercise of au undauuted moral courage. He will dare to defy the baser political elementa and delight to surround himself with the best and ablest men of the natlon. He will cali into the councils of his administration the tned and houored and honest men of bis party. He will assert to the l'ullest extent the powers and the prerogativeg of the presidential office to secure to the humblest eitizen the protection of the law. He will, in the performance of bis executive duties, shirk no respousibility nor seek to avoid any duty requirod of him by the constitution and the law. His noiniuation will viólate none of the timehonored traditions of the country tliat in their lorioontmned existence anr] force havo beoone binding of the unwritten law of the land; tniditions tliat ougbi to be more inviolable than formulatcd laws. and as áurea as iue vrritten constitution ot oor nrefathero. His nomination ia demandad by a majority of deiegatea from a solid reéubllcan nortli, and ought to be conceded by a solid south, tbat bas everyUüng to rcceivo and notliinp to give, and tliat, in the coming contest, lias evervthiugto gain and nothing to lose but honor. Uive us this gentleman as a candidato, and we of the ultímate west piedra to yon tbc service of a gallant band of republican soldiere, that bas for now these twenty years held and guarded the frontier outposts of your republican army. We have ncver been surpri.sed or been o'lt' dut. We have never Ilincbed a fight, nor lost a presidential battle. We have never allowed a democratie electoral vote to be deposited in the electoral urn since we have been welcomed to the sisterhood of States. Give us this gentleman for a candidato and wc sball go back to our distant homes witb banne'rs flying, with glad, proud hearts. Our people will welcouie and applaud us. Our western sea shall sound in roaring antliums of gladness acrotjs the continent aiiswering your eastern ocean. Our piueclad sierras sball nod their graceful eourwbï i" ate tjeiiüincr pmes of Maine. Ye will give tbeui eieotoral votes to makc James G. Blaiuc the next president of 'the United States. Mr. Fr.ye, of Jlaiii1. baring asked for was allowed unaniinous consent to ocpnpy the time of the convention in a two minutes' speech : I saw u storm at sea, in the uiglit time, and our stanch old ship battling for its life witb the fury of the tempest ; darkness everywhere, the wind shrieking and bowling tbrough the rigiog, :lie buge waves beatlng upon the sides of tbat ship and making her shiver trom stem to stern ; the liglitninga werc flashing, the tbundera were rolling. Thcre was aatiger i-veiywhere. I saw at the helm a caliu, Dold, corageous, inimovable, commanding man ; in the tempest, calm; in the cominotion, brave; in the disinay hopeful. I saw hitn take tbat old ship andbring her into the harbor, into still waters, iuto safety. That man was a hero. I saw the good old sMp, the state of Maine within the last year lightiiifr her way through the same iflmuaí, uiiuu,,!. the same peril, against the same waves, amaina tbe same dangers; sbe was f rcighted with al] tliat is preciouB in the principies of our republic, witli the riphts of American citizensliip, wiUi all that t guarantced to the American citizeu by our (tonstitution. The eyes of the whole nation were upon her, and intense anxiety lilled every American heart, lest the grand old ship, the state of Maine, inight go down beneatb the wavcs, carryinjr the preciouó freigfat with her. But, sir, there was a man at the helm calm, delibérate, coinnmnding. SagaciiHU, he made even the foolish man wise; courageous, he inspired the timid wilh courage; hopefu!, he gave heart to the dismayed, and he brouglït that good old ship safely into the harbor, into afety, and there she lloats to-day, brightcr, purer, stronger from her baptism by danger- tliat man too was a horo, and his name was James G. Blaine. Maine sends greating to this mugnifleent convention, with the memory of her own salvation from impending peril fresh upon her; she says to you representatives of 50.000,000 of the American people who have met herc to counsel bow the republic shall bc saved- she says to you representatives of the people, take the man, the true man, the Bteunèti man for your leader wbo bas just saved her,andbe will bear you to safety and certain victory. [Loud aud loug-continiud api'lause.] New York bcing reacfaed, Senator Conkling stepped forward and prrsciited tlie name of Gen. Grant, as follows: And wIh'ii oriced whatdtatB lir Imilotl frora, Uur Mulo reply hIihIi be, He iiallK from Appfinatox, And Hm f.unoiu applctrco. In obediencc to iustrurtions aud whiuli I have never dared to disregard, ezpressing, also, my own tinn convictions, I rise to proio) a nomination with wliicb the country and the repubUcan part; can grandly win. Tbc election before us will bc the Austerlitz of American [)olitics; it will decide for maiiy years whether tbe country ' shall be republican or Cossaek. The extreme nood of the hour la not a candldate who can carry Michigan. All republican candidatos can do that. The need is not of ' íi candidato popular in tbc territorios, I eauso the territorios have no vote. Tlio nned is of a candidato who can carry ' ful States- not the doubtful state. of the nortü alom1, but doubtftd states of the ' sou th- Avhich wo have hoard, if I ' itand it arlght, ought to take little or no ' lart herc, bocausc the south haanothlngto ' a;ivc. but fverythiiif; to receive. No : tlonien, the nood tbat rests upon the ' science of this convention is of a candldate ' ivhocan carry doubtful states both utth ind soutb, and lielieviuf; Muit he moro ' -urely tlniu any other can carry New York" ' igainst any opponent. lie can curry not ! siily the nortli. but scveral states ot the ' ïomth. New York is for C. S. Grant. ' Never defeatod in peace or in war, lus : MOM the most illusliious borne hy J ing man. His services attest his greatnoss ' uid the country, nay, the world knows ;lK'in bv beart. His famc was oarn.-d not ! ilonc by thtags written and said, but by ' ;he arduons greatoega of things dona And ] [orils and oniergencies will search in vain ' in the future, as they have searched in vain Í in the past, for any other on whom the natiou loaiiswith such conftdeucoandtruat. S'cver haviiii; had a policy to enforco igainst the will of the people hc never be Liayed - [a voice, " Wliat, nevor," laughter ' l!l(l hisses,] - a lause ora Iriond, and thu peO[)le will nevor desert or betray him. standing on the highe.il eminences of humt distinction, modr.t, linn, simple and lelf-polleu, baviiiíí lilled all lauda witb bis I reuowu, hu has secu not only thu highborn I ( aud the titled, but the poor and the lowly, in the uttermost euds of the earth, rise and uncovcr beforo hlin. He has studied tin; needs and the defect of many systenis of government, and he has returued a better Amerioiin than ever, with a wealth of knowledge and experience added to the hard common sonae whicli ghowed so conspicuously in all the fierce llght that beat upon hini duriug .xtceu years, the most trying, the most prottutoiu, the mostpeiïlou in the natiou's lijstory. Villified and revilad, ruthlesily asperged by uuiaiinbered prosees not in other lands," bnt nor liis own; assaults upon hiui have seaoucdatid strengtheued bis hold oh the public heart. nlui-ui,.,.. the e.neiny's amniunition, has íill been exjnoded, the powderlias airneen burut. lts force is sjKiiit, and the name of .i.mt will glitter a bright and iuipcrlshikble Itar in the diiulem of the republic when tfiose who havb triod to taruish that name have mouldered in for;oUen graves, aud when tlieir memories and epitaphs liave vauishedutterly. Never elated by sii' never depresacd by advorxity, hé Mu ever iu pence as in war shown Uie very genius of common sense. Theterms he presciïlied for Lee' surrender foreshadowed the wisesl prophecies and principies of truc reconstniction. Víctor in the greateït war of modei-n tiraea, Uc quickly signalized his aversión to war and his lovc ofieace by an arbitratioD of international disputes which stands the wisest, the most majestic example of its kind in the world's diplomacy. When inflütipn at the height of lts popularity and frenzy had swept both houses of congres, it was tlie veto of Grant, which single and alone overthrew expansión and cleared the way for spocic resumption. [ApplauseJ To him. to him immeaaurably more than to any other man, la due the faet that every paper dollar U as good as gold. With him as our leader we sltH.ll have no defensive campaign. No, we shall have nothing to expíalo away. We shall have no apologies to make. The shafts and the arrows have all been aimed at hlm, and thcy lie brokt-n aj&fjP&g aLVaiêLife, Hbcrtv, ft?J he said of the colored nieu in Florida, " Wherever I am they may come iUso "- when he no said he meant that had he the power, the ]oor dwellers in the cabina of Uie south sliould no longer be driven iu terror trom the homes of their chJldhood and the graves of their murdered dead. When he refused to receive lennls Kearney in California, he meant that cominunism, lawlessness, and disorder, although itmight gtalk high hended and díctate law to a whole city, should find a foe in him. He meant that, popular or impopular, he would hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they may. His integrity, his common scuse, Uis courage, his unequalled ex]erienoe, are the qualHies oflered to his country. The only argument, the only one that the wit of men or the stress of politics has devised is one which would duinbfound a SoJonioa because he thought there &s nothing new under the sun. Ilnving tried Grant twice and found him faithful, we are told that we must not, even after an interval of years, trust him again. My countrymen ! My eouutrymen ! wliat stultilicatiou does not such a fallacy involve' The American people esclude Jefferson Davis from public trust. Wliy' Why? Because he was the arch-traitor and would-bo destróyer, and now the same ppople íb asked to ostracise Grant and not to trust him. Why? Why? I repeat. Because he was the areh-preserver of his country, and because not only in war butwlce as civil magistrate he gave his hijrht est, noblest ellorts to the republic. Is tliis an electiouecring uggle, or is ithypocrisy's masquerade ? There is no field of human activity, respon9ibility or reason in Which rationul beings object to au agent because he has been weighed in the bhlance and not found wanting. There is 1 say no departmèut of human reason in which sane uien reject an aeent lwcause hc bus had experience, making him exceptionably competent and fit, from the man who shoes your horse to the lawyer who tries your cause, the offleer who manages your railway or your mili, the doctor, uto whose hands you give y.our lifc, the minister whó sceks to saveyour soul- what man do you rejoct because by his works you have kuown him and fouud him faithful and true ' rniaj, ujükcs uie presidential oñce an exception to all elso ? lp the cotawon Bensc to be applied in selecting its incumbent. Who dares, who dares to put fetters on that tree choice and judgment which is the birthright of the American pcoplc ! Can it be said that Grant has usd an official power and place to perpetúate his term? He has no place, and official power ha uever Iwen useü tor htm. Without patronige, without emissaries, without committees, without bureauB, without telegraph win.,, running from his house to this convention, or running from his house anywhcre. I say this man without bureaus, without push, without appliances, without slcctioneering confrivances, without effort 3n his part his name is on his country's lips, andliL-is struck at by the whole demoratic party because his nomlnatipn is the leath blow of democratie succes. He is truck at by others who find ofl;nse and lisqualificatiou ín the very services he lias rendèred and the very experience he has ramed. Show me a better man! Name snel [Lou4 cries of ''Blaine" "Blaine."] , I was about to 9ay name a better man, jut don't point as i disqualilication to the rery experience which makee this man flt , n:ond all others. 1'hcre is no third term In the case, and ,he pretense will die wlth the political i Iay8 Uiat engende'red It. One week after , .he democratie convention we will hear the ast of this rubbish about a third term. ] STobody now is really distniieted about a i hinl term, except Uiose hoiwlefsly longiug i 'or a (Irst term. It Is the men who long inr , i flrst term. Without effort or intrigue on hU part hc , s the candidato- yes, tho candidate- whoge 'riends havo never threstened to bolt i ess the convention nomínate him. He is i hc candidato whose frienda have never ( hrcairiii'd to bolt uuleas this convention i lid as thoy said. He is a rcpublicau who ¦ icver wavers. He aud his frienda stand by ] he creed and the caudWate of üm an party. They hold the rightful rule of , he majority as the very essence of their aith, and they mean to upliold that fuith ] igainst not only the common cuemy but t igainst the charlatans and jayhawkors and uerrtllas, the men who deploy betwwn the i ines and forage now on one skle and then n the other. This convention is master of a supreme j ipportunity. It can name the next i lent of the United Stntcs. It can make i ure of his election.. It eau make sure not ( mly of his election but of his ceitain nnd ( caceful inauguration'. It can break that t ) er which dominates and ïuildew} the outh. It can overthrow hu orgunizatíon i fhose very exlstencu I a standing protest .galnst progress. The purpose of the i lemocratic party is soils. lts very hope nd existencc is a solld south. lts success ; 9 a mrnaco to order and progress. I say [ his convention cn orerthrow tht power. ( U;an dissolvcaniIcmancii)atcasoUdsouth. t an speed the uation in a career of randeur ecli[iinr all pat achievemente. Geiitlemcn, we have only to listen above ( he din, aml look bcyuiid the contcst of an , our, td bchold tlie republican party . ancing, wíth its ensigns reapiendent with llustrious achivvemeuts, und njarchlng to ( ertain victory with its gretest marshal at , ia head. l'lir seeondl was in eloquent languagc by Ir. Bradlcy, of Kcntucky, aftcr which ] Jen. James A. Garlield, of Ohio, presentad t he name ol Gou. John Sherman, of ühio. s [fi said : Mr. President, - i have witnessed the exraordlnary BOCMeti ofthiH couvention willi t ndiili' No emolion touche my I heart more quickly than sentiment in honor of a great and noble charactcr, but as I eat on these seats and witnessed these demonstrations it scemed to me you were a human ocean in a tempest. I have seeii the sea lashed into a fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man; but I remembcr that it is not the billows but the calm level of the sea troinwhieh all heights and depths are roeasun d. When the storm has paned aod the hour of calm settles on the ocean, when the sunlight bathes its sinooth surface, tlien the astronomer and mrveyor takes the levcl fiom wlüch hcmca.sures al! torrestrial he4ghtt and deptlis. Gentlemen of the conventlon, your present temper muy urn ,„....u t„. l„..,ltnful pulse of our people. When your enthusiasm lias pnssed, when the cmotions of thU hour have subsidcd, we suaü h'ud the calm level of public opiuion below the storm, f rom which the thought of a mighty people are to be measured nnd by which their final action will be determined. Not here in this brilliant circle where fifteen thousand men and women are assombled is the dealiny of the republican party to be decreed. Not here, whcrel sec the euthusiastie faces of seyenhundred and ññy-e i. deleg.ites waiting to cast their lots into the urn and determine the choice of therepublie.but byfour million republican firesides, where the thoughtful voters, with wives and children about theru, with the calm thoughts inspired by love of home and country, with the history of the past, the hope of the future, and knowledge of the great men who have adorned and blessed our nation in the days gone by- there God prepares the verdict that shall determine the wlsdorn of our work to-night. Not in Chicago in the heats of June, but in the sober quiet, that comes to them between now and November, in the silence of delibérate judgnient, will this this great question be settled. Lot us aid them to-night [Great applause.] But now, gentlemen of the convention, what do we want? [A voice: " Garfield," followed by applause]. JJear with me a moment. Ilcar me for this cause, and for Twenty-five years ago this republic was wearing triple chaina of bondage. Long familiarity with trafile in the ixxüos and souls of men had parajyzed the conscienees of amujority of' our people. The baleful doctrine of state sovereignity had shackleU and woakened the noblest and most beneflcient powers of the natioual government, and the graspiiigpowerof slavey was seizing upon the vergin territories of the west and diagging them into the den of eternal bondage. At that crisis the republican party was born. It drew its lirst inspiration from that fire of liberty which God has licht wl in every human hcart, and which all the powers of ignorance and tyranny can never wholly extinguish. The republican pai ty carne t deliver and save the republic. It entered the arena where the beleaguered and assailed teroitories were struggling for freedoin.and drew around them that sacred circle of liberty which the demon of slavery has never dared to cross. It made theiii imc forevor. Strengthened by its victory on the frontier, tlie young i)arty, under the leardership of that great man who on this spot twenty years ngo was made its leader, entered Uu. national capítol and assunied the liigli duties of govermnent The light whicli shone from its bomer dispelled the darknc ¦¦¦ n trfelch slavery had enshroiuUtl the capitol, and its heat melted the shackles Of every slave, and consumed in the fire of liberty every slave-pen within the shadows of the capitol. Our great national industries, by an unprotected policy, were themselves prostrated, and the streams of revenue flowed in such feeble currents that the treasury itself was well-nigh empty. The money of the people was the wretched notes of two thousand uncontrolled and irresponsible state banking corporations which were fllling the country with a circulation that poisoiied rather tlian sustalned tlie life of business. The republican party changetl this. It abolished the Babel of confusión and gave the country a curreney as nation;il as lts flag, based it upon the sacred faith of the people. [Applause]. It threw its protecting arm arouml our great industries, and stood erect as witfi new life. It filled with the spirit of trae nationality 31 the great f unctions of the government. It coufrouted ;i rebtlliou ot uaex&mpled magnitude, with slavcry 1k'hiud it, and under God fought the final hattle of liberty until the victory was won. [Applause]. Then aller the storms of battle wero heard the calm words of peáce spoken by the conqueriug nation, and saying to tlie conquered loe Uiat lay prostrate at ita feet : "This is our only revengo- that you joiu us in lifting into the serene firmament of the constitution, to shine likc stars forever and ever, the immortal principies of truth and justice that all men white or black shall be free and stand equal before thé law. Tlien came the questions of reconstruction, the public debt, and the public faith. In the settlemcnt of these questions the republioan party has conipleted its twenty five years of glorlous existence, and it has sent us here to prepare it for another lustnun of duty and of victory. How shall we do this great work ? We can not do it; my frieiids, by assailing' our republicau brethren. God forbid that I should say one word, cast a fhadow upon ny name on the roll of our héroes. The coming fight is our Thermopyla;. We are standiuc upon a narrow isthmus. If our spartan hosts are united, we can withstand all the Greeks that the Xcrxes of democracy can briiig against us. Let us hold our ground this QWi year, for "the stars in their course" flght for us. In the future, the cenmis to be taken this year will bring reinforocments and continitcd power. But in order t- win this victory now we want the vouof every republican, and of every Grarit republican, and every :mti-Grant repubücau in America, of every Blaine man and every anti-Blaine man. The vote of every follower of every candidate 3 needed to make our success certain. Therefore, 1 say, gentlemen, and brethren, wc are here to takc ealm counsel together and inquiro what wc shall do. We want a man wlioee life and opinions embody all the achievpmentsof which I have spoken. We want a man who, standing on a mountain height, soes all of the achievments of oür past history, and cariies in his hcart the meinury of all its glorious leeds, and when looking forward prepares to meet the dangers to come. We want one who will act in nospiiitof unkindneas towards thost' we latcly met in battle. The republican party olï'ors to our l)rcthren of tlie south the olive branch of peaceaud invites tliem to rcuewed brotherhood, on this supreiiu' iMMidition : That it shall be adiuittcd, forever and forevermore, that in the war of the union we wore right and they were wrong. On that supremo condition we meet thfin as brotlnen, and on other wc isk them to share with us the ble3Sings and honoiti of this great republic. Now, gentlemen, not to weary you, I ain ilxiut to present a name for your considcrition - tlie name of a man who waa tin:omrade, and associate, and friend of nearly ill thesu noble dcad, whose faces look down upon tu trom these, walls to-night. Keferrtñg to poi traits of OiddiDgs, Iinoln. Sinnner, Wade, Cluimller, :md other inuoeut Americana, hjtnging in the hall.] - A man who began bis career of public iervice twenty-five years ago; whose llret luty was courageously done in the days of [tevü on the plains ot Kansas, when the Srst red drops of that bloody shoWer began o fall, which linally swclled into the uelïge of war. He bravely stood ly young Iv ausas Uien, and roturulna to his seat iu Jic nutional leslllature, through all the mbseciucnt years his pathway bas been narked by labor perfcnMd U every dejartment of legislation. You ask forhismouuments. Ipointyou .o twenty-flve yeara of ntUontü statatea. [Ooottnsod on sci-diid I THE CHICAGO COXVEMION. The Spotchrs Putting in Nouiinalloti tho Candidatos, tho Platform and Hallots. [Contlnuod from First Page.] Not 0110 great, beuefioent statute btt been placed on our statuto booka without lúa intelligent and powerf ui aid. Heaided these luin lo formúlate the laws that raised our grcnl anules and navios, and carriod us through the war. 1 1 is hand was seca in the workiuunsuip of Üiose statutes that restori'd and brought back "the unity and marricd c-alm of states." His hand was in all that jrreat legialation that crcatcd the war currenoy, but in a stiU greater work that redeemcd tho promises of the governnieut and made thecurrcncy equal to gold. And wlion at last he passed from the halls t' legislation into a high executivo ottoe be displayi-d that expcrlence, Intellleence, liniuic'ss, and poiso of charactor wb,lch hus ëarrled us througli astormy perlod of thrce yiars, witli one-lialf Uie public in-ss eryinjr Crucifii l'iin ! " and ;i hpstilc congresa seekinp to prevent success. In all this he remnined unmoved, until Tictory orowned him. The grent rtsc.'d afl'airs of tho nation, and the real business intereats of the country he has güarded and preserve) while executitlg the law of resumjition, and effeeted lts object, vithouta.ini. and against the false proiihecics of one-nalf of the press aiul all the demooraoy of this continent. Hbhasshown himselt ablc to meet, with calinnese the great eitierrendeg of the vcrnment. Kor twenty-tive years he haa trodden theperilous heights ot public duty, and against all the shafts of malice, has borne his breast He lias stoot! in the blaze of " thaflicrcc liglit that beata -5.1.. .k. ti,.o , but its tiun'csn.vy nas found no flaw in his honor, no staln on his shield. I do not present him as a better rnpublican or a better man thau thonaands of others that we honor, but I present hitu Cor ybnr delibérate consweration. I nominatV .lolin Sliennan, of Ohio. FAppteuse liisting several minutes.] Mr. K. B. Elliott, of South Carolina, seconded the noinination in au eloquent uppeal. The next nominatlon was that of Oeo. F. Kdniuuds, oí Veiuiont, and Mr. B. F. Billins, of thnt state, was the lüun who made the speech : Gentlemen of the convcntlon, tliat quiet state in New England, earliestboru into the union aftcr the old thirtccii, wliosc people liave always been loyal to liberty, eutlaisiastically urges the name of her most dlstingulsbed sou aa the fittest nominec to bc inscribed upon the presidential banner. Her delegates bring tftxt message here of joy and pride alike .sujirtnie, bocause they know no stite that has a better righl to name a rcpublican candidato, and that no state can name a bitter man. ï or the nrst time in her history, although always in the advancc gaard of "tho repübllcan bosta, Vennont tlms coinés to the front in a national convention. She tlms comes, not sceking a rewurd for the loyalty whicli she lias show in tlie years to come. Her republioanisin in not born ot' selüshncss; it is bied in her bono and it runs in her blood. Nor does shc tlms come because the man she names for the presidency sprang from her loin.. He is no longer hers; lio is the possession and the pride of the nation. Still more, Vermont would cali on lier everlastiug mountaius to fall on her and liide her beÉore sne wouW Ehrust any mere local pride or soltish ambition into the comiséis of this critioal epoch. Vennont riaèq to the height of the occasion. She looks backward thro' the years; she looks forward throiifrh the years, and she i'cars the inlinlte peril, the gnominy, aye, the crime, coming over this govermneiit urider the adininistration of a revolutionary democracy- and she long for victory, the victory of patriotism at tlic polls and the virtory of statesmanship aftcr Ghe polls, and slie implores this convention to let no unnecessary issues, to Iet no dismi i Is bom of hot Rtvjudices, to Iet no personal ainbitions, to let no dissensions, tolet do anythlngpnt ttaat victory In peril. She prays you that victory secure by oing straight to the consclence and the Entelligence of the people, notonly by her platform, ringing wi tb. honor and lioncsty from money clear up to human riglits, but by putting on that platform a candidato far botter thau the platform, because known ererywhere through theleiigtliand breadth of tl' land as jts verv inoarnation.long tried and ncvti Ibiind wanting. A candidato u:ik aówliere, strong everywhero, he will COOipáCt tl' party, bring cvery independent into lino, and will recruit even from the enctny. That is victory here and now, victory for years to come. Any otuer coursc for bode disaster and courtsdefeat for years to como. Such a caiidUlate, liealinjr all dissensions, of wondrous abllity, of afrgressive integrity, of the largest experienee In public affairs, of the hfghest statesmanship, Ia that bravo, clean, vigilant man, on whoin reets no sliadow of reproach, to whom in every crisis in the councjls of the nation we turn Wlth joy and confidence, the central figure and leader of the enate, the foremost type and defender of what is best In the repuulican faith, the ideal candidato, seeking not the office, worthy the best days of the reluiii... h.v!inn, promlae and the nortcuts of victory. It isGeorge F. Eflmumls. aihi QeOTge F. Kdmunds Vennont nominates for the presfdency, and gentlemen we pray you to welcome this breezc from the Green mountains. How quickly it will swell into a gale, and how surely it will sweep the land. [Applause.] The name of Wm. Wiudom, of Minnesota, was presented by Mr. E. F. Drake, of that state; and the name of Elihu B.Washburne, by Mr. Cassody, of Wisconsin, but our space will not permitot' the pubücation of their Seche3. Suflire it to n:iy they were most excellent. THE PLATFORM. From yaturday'.s report of the proceedings of tho national convention we tako the following report of the committco on resolutiond, which was adaptcd, as was al.-o tho civil servia: amendmeut at tho olote. On tbese planks all true lovers of their country, as well as all republicana can unitc : Tho Kpublican pnrty, in wUlonal conventlon 'iKsi'inl.lcil ui Uu' i-tnl al 31) iins slm-i' the lwlenil jveruiiiünt woh firat coitinilHtMi to it cAMrge, HubmitH u the joople r the Uuitud stiitos tüls brlui roportol itB adialDlHtrittiun: It suppruMsed a rebelllou, wliich lnul urniod neiirly l,0UU,00U of men to subvert the iiational HUtliortty. It roi'onatructi'd tho Union of mostut ¦ wlth frocilom iiiBlt'ful of Hlavery tu Uh corner-uUtue. It tmusíormeU 4,W0,tm human Iwlngs froru the llkeneus of ttalngs to the ranlc of II. ltrelleved eonn-sn from thn ïufumoim work of huutlng iugluvü HlaveH, hihI charguü It to ace that luvcry doen nut exlst. It ha ralswl the value of our paper currenoy from SS per cent. to par wlth (oíd. It lian restored upou a Hulul IuisIh paymit cerlaln for all thn national olillgatloim, umi hus glven us a curreney abolutTy moni and li-gal, umi equal lu overy part of our extended country. It ha llfted tlio credit of tlie uattnn i min the polntwhere ftlx per oeut. houd soldat8tl,to (hut where foor per (jont. bouüa aro nisn ly HoiiKlit at a premium. Wilder lts udminlfltratlon rallwnyB have ncreased from 81.Ü0Ü miles In lwü) Uj moro tlmu 82,000 milos In 1K7U, and our forelgnt rade htt lniTfMxiil from f?UU,G0i to 8l,lWJ,00ii in thf awie timo, and our exporta, whirli wero $Ï(I,UOU Ichs thanoür Importa Iu lswwure ian.OW.oOi) more thau our ImportH lu isyy. Without renorting to loan It hius, ainoe UM war clobfcd, defrayed the. ordlUfiry exptnstwi of govomment , and besldeH paylng the occrulnK Interest on the public dubt aud dlsburninK amuially more thau s:h),uOO,uuu for noldteiV pcuKioiiH, 11 haa puid SSH8,UUO,U00 of the public dubt, aud by rofundlUK the balaDco t lower ratijs, imH roduoetl the unnual lntcreHt. ehargo irorn neurly 161,UO0,0(XI to lef tlmn $K,0(W,OUÜ. All the industries of the country havu been ri-vived. Labor 1m In Iemand ; wtiy havo lnrrcfusod ; aud throughoat the country tuero Is eyldence of u roming provperlty greater tlmn we hiLvoevur onjoyoa. On this record the Kepubllcan party askH for the contlnued conflrtenco and support of the people, and thi.srunvi'iitton sabmllH for their approval the followiug ptateuientHof the principie and purposes wlileh will coutlnu to guldc and iiiKpIre lts eltbrUi : 1. We alllrm that tho work of the past 211 yearshag been such os to coiuiin'nd ltxell to the favor af tho nation and tbat the fru I is of t he costly victorlcK whicli we have achloved, throueh liiiintiuHO diltioultu's, Hhould bc preHervod ; tliat thfl poaoe rogalinKl shoulil ba ehurlHlied ; that tho (ÜHwcvered Union, now hnpplly retored, should bo pcrpetimtcil, and that InellberUettetHRea to thisKoneralion shouldbe transniiil'd to the lulure gencratiouH ; that the ordor egtubllHhod aud the credit acqulrtxl thould never be unpeaohsd; that Uio]mhisIouh promlHed should Imi paid ; that the debt, 8o Hiuch reduced, hou ld Ihj oxlliiKUished by tho full ayment of evuryilollar thureof ; tlmt vvivlng lnduHtrleH Khould be farther promoted ; and Unit th coxnmoroe, already so great, bhould ba Ntt'H4lllly eucouraged. 2. 'l'huconstitiition if the United BtateH Ir a supremo Iaw and not u mero contract. Out of oonlederuteri8tatoA it made a HOvereluu uatlon. Sonir powerH ure deniod to the uatiun, whllo othcrH are denied to the stteH, bat the bmmdary bolween tho powors dele;it-d and those reHorvod Is to be determinad by tho nationat and not Ibe stuUi trlbunalN .(. 'l'he worlt of popular oducatlou is ono left to tnetsMe of the soveral statcs, luit It is tho duty of th national goveruiuunt U ald thut work to t he ex ten t of lts cousll tu tlonal abllity. Tlie lntellcence of the nutlon Is l)u( the aggron:U' ui til tntellKonce In the Hovval Htateo. hmiI thedostlny of the natlon must bo Kuklad i mi by the eontoua of any oae sin i ¦, out hy tho nverage gontous of all. l. The uüiiHlltutlon wlnely forbidH congrrsH lo inako any law roüpecUug an cstuhlttihinont of rollgion, but lt Ir Idlo to hopu thut tlie nut ton can to proteoted ugalnRt the lnfluênoea of KuctftTlaiilhiu whllooncli HtiUo Ik rxpoHod u lts lomlniitlon. We, tht-reioro, ri'commoml tliat tlio oonatitutlou be ko aniemU'd as to lay tho same prohibiilon on tho leKlsluturo of each state, an.l to forbld tuo support of sect&rlan schools. 5. We reftfllrm the belieft; avowed In 1870, tliut thoilutltw lovled for tho purpoae of roven - uo hIiouU so dljiorinilniito as to favor Aimrioan labor; tliat uo furtlier Krant of publin tlomaln Hhoukl le matte to any rallwny or other corporatlon ; tliftt slavery havliiK jrlshed In tho Hiato. 1U twln bnrbnrlty, polyKauiy.mUHt illo lu the territorios; tliat ovorywüoro tho jiroUctiou nocordetl to a cltlzon of Amorloan nlrtli munt be socurod to oIMzouh by Amorloan adoptlon ; that wo OBteem lt the duty of oongresH U devolop and lmprovo our walor courMCs aud harbora.but that furtlier subsidos to prívate porsona or corjxn'atlonH must ooasö; that tho obllgatious of thú ropubllo to niou whopresorved lts lutiKrily lu tho day of battlo are uudmilKhoil by the lapso of 15yera slnce tholr vlctory. Thelr perpetual honor I aud shall forever bo tho gratoiul prlvelogo aud sacrod duty ol lüo Ameritan peoplo. ti. Hluoe the duty to rotúlate InimlKriUlon betwoou the Unlted States aud roreign imttonn reots wlth tho ootiKr.H or the (Jnlted States and lt trenty niaklng powern, tho ropublican party, rogardliiR the uurefctricted iinmlgratlon of Chlnoftoasan evll of great magnitude, invoko tli oxorelsB of tliat power to rostralu and limit thut iininluratlon. by tho enactmout of suoh JiiHt and reusonnblo provlslous uu wlll produoo thatrosult. 7. That tlie purlty and pntrlotUm whlch charactcrlzod the callcr cnreer of H. B. Huyes, In poace and war, and whloh gulded tho thoiiKht of our prodocoHaora to hlm for a prosldoutlal randldnte, havo oontlnued to Inspiro htni lu hlscoroer as ohlof executlvo, and that hlstory wlll acoord to hlm the houors whlch aro due to an etllclont, Just aud couraKoous fultlllniout of tho public buslueKs.and wlll honor lilH IntorposltloD between tho people and proponed par1 lKan luw. 8. We charge upon thedomocratlo party tho liabltual sacrifico of patrlotlsm and Justlce to a ku promo and lnsntlaole lust of oflleo and patroniuce; that to obtaiu posHcsslou of natlunal and state kovci mnonts aud the control of placo Ud posltlon thoy have obstructcil all otrortB to proiuote the purlly and to conservo tbc freedom of suffrago; thoy have devlscd fraudulent OonlnoaUoni and roturns ; havo laborcd to uusost lawfully olectod momhors of Ut secure at all huarda tho vote of a majorlty of the seats lu tho house of representativos ; have ondoarored to ocoupy by forco and fraud the places of trust glvon to otliers by thu people of Mul' n.irifwtcsons: have, by metlioüa victoïis In principio aud tyranlcal In practico, attaclud partlslau lcglslatlon to bllls upou whoso passage tho vory niovoment of the goverument depouds ; havo crushed the riahts of tho Individual, havo vlndlcated tho principies and sought the favor of rebelllou acalust th uatlou aud havo endeavored to oblltorato tho sacred ruemorleB of the war, and uo to ovorcome 1U luestlniably good resulta, freedom aud individual equallty ; aud we alllrm lt to be tho object and purpose of tho republlcau party to use all legitímalo mean to restore all the states of the Uulou to the most perfect harmouy whicu may be practicable, and we submlt to the practicable, sensible pooplo of the Uaited States to say whether lt wonld not be dangerous to the doarest lntcregts of our country at thls time to surreuder the admlulstratlon of tho natlonal govorumont to a party whlch seeks to ovorthrow the oxlatlng pollcy, under whlch wo are so prosperou, and thus brlng destructlon and where thcre uow 1 order, coufldeuco aud hope. A CIVIL SKRVICK AMKNDMEHT. Mr. Baker of Massachusetta moved the followlue resolution as an amondment to tho report o? the comraltte on reaolutlous : The republlcau party, adherlug to a principie afürrnod by lta last national conventlou ; of respect for the constltutloual rulo covering appointments to offlee, adopt the declaratlou of President Hayes that the reform of elvil cervlce Hhould be thoroughly radical aud complete To thls end it demauda the co-operatum of the legislativo wlth the exeentive department of the government, and that cougress shall ko leglsUito that fltuess, oscertalned by propor practical tests, sVialladmlt to the public service; that the tonuro of administrativo ofllces, oxcept those through which tho distlnctlve pollcy of tho party lu power Is earried out, shall be mailt' permanent during good behavlor and that the power of romoval for causo, with duo rospoiiKlbility for tho good couduct of subordínate shall accoiupauy tho power of THE BALL0T8. The first ballot by States was as follows : ti ui c o . "g S g STATIS AND J S P 5 TOHIKS. g -2 S O Ü 5 S $¦ Alahainft -. 6 1 j Arkansas u California 12 "."." Colorado 6 "....[ Conneclicut 3 1 7 Delaware 6 Florida g Georgia 6 S 8 „... Illinois 24 10 S Indiana 1 aó 3 1 Iowa 32 Kansas 4 6 Kentucky „ 20 1 3 Louisiana 826 Mainc „ 14 M:tryJand 7 7 2 Massachusetts 3 3 30 1 Michigan 1 21 Minnesota 10 Missisippi 646 Missouri '.. 29 1 Nebraska 6 "."''.. Nevada ó New Haiiipahiit...... lu New Jersey 16 3 ...... New Vork 51 17 a North Carolina ü 14 Ohio 9 34 1 _.... Orejfon 6 Pcnnsylvania 32 2t 3 Khivle Island 8 South Carolina 13 I Tcnnessec 16 6 1 1 Texas 11 3 2 I Vennont 10 Virginia 18 X 1 West Virginia 1 8 9 Wisconsin '73 Arizona M 3 Dakota 1 1 District of Colombia... 1 1 Malio 2 Montana 2 New Mexico 2 Utah 1 1 Washington Territory Wyoming I 1 Total 304 2S4 93 34 30 10 Total vote, 755. Necessary to a choice, 37S. The following tablc gives the total nurnber of ballots, and tho numbor of votes cast for each candidato : d ¦LL j j O M n M Í L O 1 „ 3O 2S1 93 34 30 10 1 35 232 94 32 33 10 I 3 35 8a 93 3 3" 'O 1 4 - 3S S' 95 3 3' 10 I 5 305 aSi 95 32 31 10 1 6 305 2S1 95 31 31 10 2 7 yS 2Sl 'X 3' 3' 10 2 8 306 284 91 31 32 10 1 9 30S 382 90 31 3a 10 1 10 305 28a 91 30 33 10 2 11 305 2S1 92 31 33 10 2 " 304 3 93 31 33 10 1 ¦3 3S aSj 85 3 33 10 4 - 3"5 SS f9 3" 3S 'O 'S 307 ají 88 31 36 10 ¦ 6 306 2P( 88 31 36 10 '7 3O3 a&t 90 31 34 10 'S 304 2S3 92 31 35 10 ") 3S 279 96 3' 3 10 1 20 308 278 93 31 35 10 1 21 305 276 96 31 35 10 1 " 3OS 7S 97 3' 35 10 1 J3 34 75 97 3 JP io J H 305 75 97 3' 35 10 2 25 „_ 302 2S1 94 31 35 10 3 20 303 2S0 93 31 36 10 2 37 36 277 93 31 36 10 2 a 37 79 9' Jl 35 10 2 9 305 7 116 13 35 7 3 3O _.. 306 37o 130 II 33 4 3 31 30S 376 118 II 37 3 1 3 309 270 117 n 44 3 1 33 - 309 376 110 n 44 4 I 34 - 3' a75 irt 11 30 4 17 3S 3"3 S7 99 i =3 3 50 36 y 4' 3 S -¦¦¦ 399 When the 34th ballot wa.s takun 16 of the Wisconsin dulcgates voted ibrQarfield, and upon tbe 35th they were joined by several delegates from other States, to the nuiuber of 50, and the 3fth ballot completed the worfc. The following is the lact ballot : U o Statis andTbkhitories. 'S ; -S 1 J 1 - 1 ' 2 O O w P Atabama 6 4 Arkanküs ia California ia Colorado 6 Connecticut u 1 ielavs.iic 6 Florich 8 Gcorgi i S 10 3 .... Illinois 7 M 6 S Indiana 29 1 Iowa aj Kansas ó 4 Kentucky „„ i 3O 1 Louisiana S S Mainc 14 Marylaml 10 6 Massachusetts 22 4 Mlchigu 2 1 MlpmoU „ 8 2 Mississippi 9 7 Missouri . 1 Nebraskn 6 Nevada 3 2 1 New llanipsluru 10 New Jersey iS , New York ao 50 North Carolina 15 5 Ohlo 4i üregon (1 Peniisylvania 21 37 Rhodc Island 8 South Carolina B Tennesscc 8 15 l Texas 3 13 Vennont 10 Virpinia .1 19 West Virginia 9 ' Wisconsin 20 Ari.OQj 3 Dakrita a District Culuinbia 2 Iiluho a Montana - a Ntw Mexico 2 Utah Washington Territory a Wyuming r a Totil 3W 3 i2 i 5 iniuQcdiately aftor taking this ballot tlio convention took an hour's recess, and upon rcasseiubling a voto was taken by States for Vice-President, and resultod as the following tablo indiuatos: Í . -o Statis and Tihhia 12 TORIES. 5 S 3 S g S 'S Alabauia iS i fl rlranMa .. il -- -- -- - -- - California ... ---- ia -- - - -- - CoJorado ......... 6 ---- - - -- -- -- - -- Connecticut ï2 -- -- -- - -- -- DeUwarc o -- - -- -- -- - -- -- Kloriila 8 Gorfr;t ....... 27 .-- - -- -- - -- - -- Illinois 14 11 huUani s ¦ ? - - ' ' Iowa u K:inss - 10 .- Kentucky 24 .... -- -- - I.oiiisiaua 10 -- -- 4 -- -- -- Maine 14 Maryland 16 - MuMChusetts ' 24 l - " " -- " -' Michigan 6 14 -- - 1 -- MiiumwH 8 1 Mississippi Il - 1 .... 4 -- -- - Missouri 30 - - -- -- - - - -- - Ncbraska 6 Nevada 6 New Hampshirc i 3 4 -- - - New Jersey j 14 ' New York (x, 1 North Carolina 20 Ohio 4" 2 Orcgon .¦ 6 lYnnsylvanU 47 n KhoJc Itland S South Carolina 14 Tmmmn 'i Texas 9 S Vermont 4 S ¦¦ Virginia i' a ' West Virginia 1 9 Wiiconsin a 10 . . 1 1 Atizona a Dakota District of Col uinbla. I I ldaho Montana I ' New Mexico J Utxb WashingtonTerritory 1 ¦ Wyoijung 3 11111111T0Ü1 lïeS u)i (0 3 8 4 I ' '