Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-29
A MODEL NOMINATION SPEECH,
By Col. ROberl J. Ingersoll.

By COls hODert - lngcrSOU.
We have carefully preserved, awaiting
the frat opportunity 70 pIeee on record in
the tiles Of the JouRNAI, the model speech
Of Col. ROBERT .. ISeERsoLI, oi IlInois,
JAMES q. BLAINE Mt the Gin.
cinnati Convention in June. Sentiment
and enthusiasm will not die in country
that can boast OF such sons as INeE
and BLAINE. We print the speech in full
below aud trust II will bc preserved as
gem i'fi itI-f lffftf.t
Massachusetts may be satisfied with
the loyalty OF Benjamin II. Bristow. So
am !. ApplauseI But IL any man nom.
mated by this Convention cannot carry the
State OF Massachusetts,, ! am not satisfied
with the loyalty of that State. [Tremend-
Gus applansc.l If the nominee of this
Convention cannot carry the grand old
Commonwealth by 10000 majority,
would advise them TO sell out Faneuil
Hall as a Democratic headquarters. ZAP
plause would advise them TO take from
Bunker Hill that old monument of glory.
The Republicans of the United States de-
mand M their leader in the grent contest
of 1873, n man Of intellect, a man OF in
togrity, Applauscl a man Of well-known
and approved political opinions. Zap
plRuse.1 They demand reformer, after
as well NJ before the election. [Applause /
They demand politician IN the highest,
the broadest, and the best sonse of that
word. [Applause.1 They demand man
acquainted with pablic affiirs, with the
wants Of the people, with the requirements
Of the hour not only, but with the demands
Of the future. They demand a man broad
enough to comprehend the relation of this
Government to other nations Of the earth.
(Applausc.] They demand a man well
yerscd IN the power, duties, and preroga-
tivca Of each and every dcpirtm Mt Of this
Government. Applause. They demand
man who will Sncredly preserve the
financial honor Of the United States. Ap.
plause.l One who knows enough to know
that the National debt must be paid from
the prosperity Of this people [appausel
one who knows enough to know that ali
the financial theories in the world can not
redeem single dollar [applauae1 one
who knows enough ta know that aIhmnney
must he made, not by Law, but by Labor
[applausel; one who knows enough To
know that the people have the industry To
over just as fast as they can. The II pub
licans of the United States demand man
who knows that prosperity aud resump-
tion, when they come, must come together
[applause1; when they come they will
come hand in hand through the golden
harvest Of the fields [applause]; hand in
hand by the whirling spindlrs and the
turning wheels; hand in hand past the
open furnace doors; hand in hand past
the flaming forges hand in hand by the
chimncys filled with eager FIRE, reeking
and grasping by the hand of the conauer-
ing sons OF toll. lApplause.
This money has got to be dug out OF
the earth. You can not make it by pas
sing resolutions in n political meeting.
| The Republicans Of the United States want
man who knows that this Government
should protect every citizen at home or
abroad; who knows that every government
that will defend its offenders and will not
protect its protectors, is disgrace to the
map of the world Loud applause1 They
demand n man who believes in the eternal
enforcement OF the Church and schools
| Loud apPlause. They demand a man
whose political reputation is MS spDtless as
a star, but they do not demand that their
candidate shall have a certificate of moral
character signed by a Confederate Congress
| lVociterous applause. The man who has
in full heat and rounded measure all the
qualifications is the present grand and
gallant leader Of the Republican party
James g. Blaine. Loud applause.
! "Our country, crowned by the vast and
marvellous achievements of its first century
asks for man worthy of her past ant
prophetic of her future; asks for mar
who has the audacity of genius; asks ful
man who has the grandeSt combination
of heart, conscience and brain beneath
her flag. [Applause.] That man is Jane,
&. Blaine. Tremendous applause Fo
the Republican hosts, led by this intrcpiC
man, there can be no such thing as defeat
[Applause.] This is grand yenr-a yea
filled with recollections Of the Revolution
(applause]; filled with proud and tende
memories of the sacred past; filed will
legends Of liberty year in whicl
the sons of freedom will drink from tn
fountain OF enthusiasm; year in whic
the people call for the man who has pre-
served in Congress what their soldiers wo
upon the field. Loud applause] A yea
in which we call for the man who has tor
from the throat Of treason the tongue E
5 the slanderer. Loud applause Til
, man who has snatched the mask of Den
ocracy from the hi,leons face of the rebe
lion; the man who, like the intellectu;
ath lete, hath stood in the arena of deLat
e challenging all comers, and who, mp I
the present moment. is a total stranger
defeat. [Applause.] Like the arme
warrior, like the plumed knight, Jam,
q. Blaine marched down the halls OF til
r American Congress and threw his shinin
lance full and fair against the brazen for
head of every traitor 10 his country, All
every mnligner of his fair reputation
, Tremendous applause.
Time being called-ten minntes on
being allowed to each Speaker-the Coz
! vention, ms with one voice extended II
I time with shouts of go on He conclude
: Hs follows
For the Republican party to desc
that gaIlnnt man now, is as though the a
! my should desert their General upon Il
: field OF battle. Applause.1 James
Blaine is now and has been for years Il
bearer of the sacred standard of the II
: publican party. call il sacred becau
Q no human being can stanl beneath
folds without remaining free. Loud n
: plause.1
e "GENTLENEN OF THE CONVENTION 81
: the name OF the great Republic, the on
Republic that ever existed npon the su
: face of the earth in the name Of all b
b defenders and all her supporters; IN Il
l. name of those that perIshcd in the skeI
!. ton clutch of famine at AndersonvilIe al
! Libby lapplaus], whose suff,rings he
J = vividly remembers, Illinois nOminates (
: the next President Of this country III
|, prince Of parliamcntnrians, that leader
r leaders, James q. Blaine" Lond and u
\ roariOus applause.
I This is the same Tilden who was Il
I Chairman of the New York Democrat
n State Committee durin9 the whole