Official Report of the Proceedings (Volume 10)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...years the Republican party has chosen all but one of its candidates from the West, and the eastern candidate was defeated. For thirty-five years the Democratic party has chosen all its candidates from the East, and during that time only one Democratic President has been inaugurated. For over a quarter of a century no man residing outside of the limits of the Empire State has had the honor of a Democratic Presidential nomination. If the Democracy of New York were united to-day, her honored statesmen might furnish Presidential candidates for a quarter of a century to come, and the Democracy of the greater Northwest and the great Southwest would not complain or seek to pluck one honor from the brilliant stars which New York has placed in the crown of the Republic. All Democrats deeply regret that there is dissension within her borders, which they fear, if a candidate should be nominated from New York, would imperil Democratic success; and they know that there is a country west of the Mississippi River, purchased and made part of the Union by Thomas Jefferson, the father of Democracy, where there is but one Presidential candidate; a country forever honored by the bravery of the gallant sons of the South, who fought in its defense under the lion-hearted leader of Democracy, Andrew Jackson. There is a land, the great Empire of the Gulf, whose brave sons made the name of the Lone Star State immortal in their heroic struggle for liberty, where forever enshrined in memory are the names of those who were baptized in blood at the Alamo; whose deeds stand forth above the bravest acts of men like mighty mountains on the plain. There is a land, fragrant with flowers and orange groves, where the golden rays of the setting sun are deflected from the waves of the Pacific. T...