The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-06-22

AAS ioAAOhAhE ~ AhN bHeAh hPcseh aAA1 l
by Mr Ingersoll, Of Illinois. upon an.
the name Of James G. Blaine,
before the National Convention last
Thursday. IL was perhaps the grandest
oratorical effort heard since the days Of
Patrick Henry:
GExTLENEx OF THE COSy ENrIOx- -Massa-
chusetts may be satisfied with tho loyal.
ty Of BENZ. II. Bristow-so am !. Zap
plause But IL any man nominated by
this Convention can not carry the State
OF Massachusetts,, / am not satisfied of
the loyalty Of that State. Applause I
II the nominee Of this Convention can
not carry that grand Commonwealth Of
Massachusetts" by 5000 majority. I
would advise them to sell out the Fan
euil Hall as Democratic headquarters
would advise them to take from Bunk.
er Hill that old Monument Of Glory.
The Republicans Of the United States
demand a. their leader in the great con
test Of 1876. a man Of intellect, a man Of
integrity. a man Of we'll known and ap
proved political opinions. They demand
a statesman; they demand a reformer az
ter as well as before the election. gAp.
plause They demand politician in
the highest. broadest, and best sense Of
that word. lApplause They demand
a man acquainted with public affairs.
with the wants Of the peoIl,. with the
requirements Of the age not only, but
with the demands Of the future: they
demanded a man bright enough TO com
prehend the relation OF this Government
to other Nations Of the earth; they de.
mauded a man well versed in the pow
ers, duties, and prerogatives Of each sew
eral department Of this Government they
demand a man who will sAcredly pre-.
serve the financial honor Of the United
States lapplause one who knows
enough to know that the National debt
must be paid through the prosperity Of
this people, one who knows enough 10
know that all the financial theories in
/ the world cannot redeem a single dollar,
| that all the money must be made not by
law, but by labor; that the people Of the
United States have the industry TO make
money, and the honor to pay il over Just
as fast as they earn IT, Loud and pro.
longed applause The Republicans OF
the United States demand O man who
knows that prosperity and resumption,
when they come, must come together
When they come, they will come hand
in hand; they will come through
the glittering harvest fields, through the
whirling spindles and the turning wheels.
hand in hand by the flaming forges. and
hand in hand by the chimneys filled
with eager fire, creaked and grasped by
the hands OF the countless sons Of toll
lApplausel This money has got to bs
digged out OF the earth. You cannot
make il by passing resolutions at polit
ical meetings. Tho Republican party
the Republicans Of the United States
want a man who knows that this Govern
ment should protect every citizen Al
home and abroad; who knows that any
Government who will not defend its de
tenders, and will not protect its protect
ors, Is disgrace to the map Of the world
Applause They demand a man VIII,
believes in the utter separation and di
yorcement Of Church and school anC
Church and State. They demand a mar
whose political reputation is spotless a.
star, but they DO not demand that thei
candidate shall have a certificate of NOR
al character from n Confederate Con
gress. The man who has a full. heapeC
and abundant measure Of all these stan
dard qualifications is the present grand
gallant leader Of tho Republican party
James G.. Blaine. Loud and ropeates
cheering, many Of the delegates rising {,
their feet.
Our country, crowned with the vas
and marvellous achievements Of its fire
century, asks for a man worthy Of he
past and prophetic Of her future. AK
Tor man who has the soul Of genius as K
for the man who has the grandest com
bination Of heart. mind and brain b
meath her flag. That man is James q
Blaine. Loud applause For the Re-
publican hosts, led by this intrepid man
there can be no such thing as defeat.
Thi. is a grand year. year filled will
recollections Of the Revolution. file,
with proud aud tender memories OF th
sacred past, filled with legends in whicl
the sons Of freedom will drink from th
fountains Of enthusiasm; year in whicI
the people call for a man who has pre-
served IN Congress what our soldiers woi
upon the field; year in which we cal
Tor a man that has torn nom the thraa
OF treason the tongue Of slander. a maj
that has snatched the mask OF Democra
cy from the hideous face OF rebellion. ia,
man who, like an intellectual athlete
has stood in the arena, challenging al
comers, and up to the present momen
Is perfect stranger to defeat Like al
armed warrior, like a plumed knight
James G. Blaine marched down the hall
W Ah1 @AAANAANAh N1AANNNht anu ANNtW III
shining lance full and fair against III,
5razen forehead OF every deiamer anS
mEligner Of his country. lApplause.
For the Republican party to deser
that gallant man now is as for an arm
to desert their General upon the field o
battle. James G.. Blaine is now, and ha
been for years, the bearer Of the sacre,
standard Of the Republican party Zap
plause.
l call il sacred because no human be
ing can stand beneath its folds without
becoming and remaining free.
Gentlemen Of the Convention, in tn,
name Of the great Republic the only re
public that ever existed upon this earth
in the name Of all Of her defenders, anc
OF all her supporters; in the name Of al
OF her soldiers living, and in the name o
all her soldiers that died upon the felC
Of battle; in the name Of those that per
ished in the skeleton clutch Of Famin,
at Andersonyille and Libby Prison, w hos,
suffering we so viyidly remember. iii
nois-lllinois nominates for the mex
President Of this country that prince o
parliamentarians, that leader of leaders
James g. Blaine. Loud and continued
cheering.