Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-07-12
SpFEOHOFHON. JAS. A. GARFIELD

held in front OF the SLate house. AZ
Columbus, on the evening of the day
on which the Republican State Con-
vention met and nominated our excel
lent ticket, our talented Representa-
tive, Hon. Jas. A. Garfield, was loud
ly called for, and on being introduced
to the thousands assembled, spoke,
substantially, as follows:
FELLOW CITIZENS There is not
room here on this platform, and there
is not room down there, and there Is
not room around this State House,
and there Is hardly room enough IN
Ohio for the Republican party and
the work it has to do this tall.-
There are so many Of you that Tear
YOU will overdO it, and any man
that expects to speak to you tonight
must be able to speak to the State. l
never have seen a time in the recent
history Of the Republican party so
full Of hope, so full of reasons for con-
EratulatiOns, as on this night. W nat
a spectacle do you here present! LOOK
above YOU, look around you, and think
on the stability and glory Of our in
stitutions, resembling the very glory
and stability of the heavens above US.
Tonight the whole universe sweeps
on in its calm peace, every star Keep
ing its appointed round, every hght
cleaning in the eternal firmamenti
and vet all regulated and governed by
law. and all sphered and perfect In
its order. So it is with this glorious
Republic OF ours. These stars, these
States, this glorious constellation OF
States that our fathers hurled out into
the worlds history, to shine forever
and eyermore, and each one q perfect
sphere, are all bound together as one
grand, universal, all-beautiful and
glorious form Of government. And
we here, in the State Of Ohio, one OF
the noblest, brightest and highest
luminaries OF the system, are met by
our representative people tonight TO
rejoice together that We are q great,
glorious and free people, loving our
State and loving the Union above all
else. And who has brought US this
glory? Who has preserved this won
derful balance Of our system? Who
has held together all the planetary
worlds that 90 to make up this gloTi-
Gus system? It is that party that has
given its first love to the Union, and
its sacred love to the State, and which
has said that the Union shall be per-
petuqted and the State shall be free.
There is a better thought than that in
il, my friends. We are able, now
almost for the first TIME in the hiss
tory of mankind, to say that in all
this innumerable company that stand
around these pillars tonight, there
are no classes. We are all one class
or class is not the word. There Is not
under the shining heavens another
country where such an audience as
this can be assembled where you can
say these are all one class. There IS
no horizontal stratification OF society
here, like the rocks Of the earth that
hold one class down fOrevermOrei and
let no other come up to the surface 70
stay there forever. Our stratification
Of society is not like that, but we are
rather like the great ocean, where
every individual drop is free to move,
and where from the greatest depths oil
the mighty deep any drop may come
up to glitter on the surface OF the
highest wave that rolls. Cries OF
"Good 7" GOOD ~ and cheers Not
one man so humble, not one man 80
Door, not one little boy born TO such
poverty, hut that, with a true heart
and a clear brain, and stout arm, he
may rise TO the very top And where
else on the whole face % The babita-
BILE globe can you find another spot,
in our own favorable land, where that
thing can be said to be true? Why
q few months ago q distinguished
Englishman said to me that after
twenty five years Of observation he
was compelled to say that he had
never Known, in all England, a mere
farm labOrer to rise above his class
What q tremendous statement that
was to make. he had never known
one, and to such a man, when he saw
the instance Of Abraham Lincoln
coming up out Of the very depths,
aud rising to be the popular star Of
the peoples party, the center .of ne
worlds desire, be looked upon j win
the utmost amazementl And yet,
fellow citizens, such 8 product is pos
sible in this country Of ours, and TO
whom do we owe that magnificent
system, IL il be not to the party who
have this day put in nomination one
Of their noble and trusted sons. Ii
there be a man in this vast audience
tonight that can tell me one act that
the Democratic party Of this country
has done, in the last twelve years, tc
maintain and hold in its place and
glory this Republic Of ours, that man
knows a chapter Of our history that ]
have not yet read. Laughter and
applause But, fellow citizens, !
cannot look upon this scene without
feeling pride and qualification at the
great work that has been accomplish
ed. that surpasses all my powers tc
describe. Allow me to digress Tor
moment on what may not be pOlltlesi
but which Is nevertheless part ol
our eOuntry's pride. recoileet N
1867, when I stood in the city OF Paris
| and saw the great work OF that one
mans power that tore down the dirty
| tunbledown houses Of Paris anc
built up beautiful avenues and mag
nificent palaces, that after all there
was something splendid in the power
that could thus recreate a city, anC
perhaps there was a good side 20 tht
| thing called despotism, but when
] landed in New York, and saw tina
magnificent marble palace wherein
the merchant prince holds his court
and when 1 saw on one side OF II
little dingy house butting right int
| the side or the marble palace, anC
| learned that q little plucky widow
woman owned that brick house, ano
that there was not money enough II
New York to buy It of her, and no
power enough in the Republic TO taxi
| II away from her. I praised God fO
the pluck Of that little widow and th'
beauty Of our city, and said 70 TN
world, "Let her little brick tenemen
stand fOreVer-mOre unless she wills z
tear it down" And We have seen, IL
the terrible bloody days Of Paris, wha
became Of the One-man power; thi
spring that has passed. Here, fellow
| citizens, is the revolution We hav'
been making to-day over IN the Oper'
House. That is the way we reFolu
tioniZe-those silent ballots, those in
Vulnerable voices, this uprOarou
thunder that shakes no justice, bu
that upholds the hope and glory OF tn
Republic. This is our answer Z
Europe. This is our example to tn
world. Fellow citizens, as 1 said
moment ago, all these, or the saliva
tion Of all these, follows as the legitl
mate glory Of the great Republican
party Of the United States.
Fellow citizensi What does tn
Democrats party say on this question
4 How do they behave on il. viii no
20 over their record. Your distin
guished Senator has done that s