The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-18
IHGeRsoLL.
xloouRNr SPEECH OF THE oRAroRIcAL
ILLIN0IsAN.
Thsushss that Breath aud words that
Burn for Blaine.

In winch Col. ROOt. lngersOIl nOtniDateu
James G.. Blaine for the presidency. As
a specimen of fervid oratory 1t has never
been excelled:
Massachusetts may be satisfied with
the loyalty OF Benjamin II. BristOw SO
am 1. [Applause.l But II any man
nominated BY this convention cannot
carry the State Of Massachusetts, l am
not satisfied with the loyalty of that1State.
fCiieers, applause and laughter. Ii the
nominee of this convention cannot carry
the grand old commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts hr seventy-fiye thousand una
jority. / would advise them ~ cell out
FaneuiI hall as a Democratic headQuai-
tiers. [Cheers ami laughter.] | would
advise them to take from Bunker Hill
that old monument of glory. The Re
publicans of the United States demand
as their leader in the great contest of
1876 man Of intellect. a man OF integrity
[cheers.1 man of well-known aud APP
proved political opinion [cheers.l They
demand statesman. They demand
q refOrrner after as well as before the
election [cheers]. They demand politi-
clan In the highest and broadcast and best
sense ofthat word [cheers]. They demand
a man acquainted with public affairs.
with the wants of the people, with not
only the requirements of the hour. but
with the demands of the future. They
demand man broad enough to colnpre-
the other nations OF the earth [applausel.
They demand man we'll versed in the
pc wers, duties and prerogatives of each
and every department of this government
(applausel. They demand man who
will sacredly preserve the financial honor
OF the United States [cheers]; one who
knows enough TO know that the national
debt must be paid through the prosperity
Vf the people. One who knows enough
to know that all the financial theories in
the world cannot redeem single dollar.
Applause. One who knows enough to
know that all the money must be made,
not by law, but by labor. [Cheers.1 One
who knows enough to know that the peo-
pie of the United States have the indus
try to make the money and the honor to
pay it over Just as fast as they make it.
[Chetrs. The Republicans of the
United States demand a man who
knows that prosperity and resunp-
ton. when they come, must come togeth-
er. [Cheers.] When they come, they
will come hand in hand. Hand in hand
through The harvest fields, hand in hand
by the whirling spMdles and the darning
wheels, hand in hand by the flaming
forges, hand in hand by the chimneys
, II. led with eager fire, reeked and grasped
| by the hands OF the countless sons of toll.
This money has got to be dug out OF the
earth. You cannot make it by passin {
resolutions In a political meeting. APP
plause.] The Republicans Of the United
States want man who knows that this
| (.nVarnmnnf Sh oil
| at home and abroad (cheers1. who know:
that any government that will not defend
its defenders and will not protect its pro-
tectOrs, is q disgrace to the map of the
world. Applause. They demand Q
man who believes in the eternal separa.
ton and enforcement of Church and
schools. They demand man whose DO.
litical reputation is spOtless as q star, but
| they do not demand that their candidate
shall have certificate Of moral character
| signe6bYA confederate Congress. [Greai
| cheering.] The man who has in full
| habit and rounded measure all of these
splendid qualifications is the present
grand and gallant leader OF the Repub.
| lican party, James &. Blaine. (Cheers.
Our country, crowned with the vasi
achievements of its first century, asks fol
! man worthy OF her past, prophetic of
her future: asks tor man who has the
audacity Of genius (applause]; asks for 9
| man who is the grandest combination OF
heart. conscience and brain beneath thu
flag. [Applause]. That man is Jane.
G. Blaine. lApplause.l For the Repub
lican host, led by this intrepid man, Their.
can be no such thing as defeat. Zap.
plause. This Is grand year-a yea
filled with the recOllecti0ns Of the Revo
lution lapplause], filled with proud ant
tender memories OF the sacred past, filleC
with the legends of liberty-a wear il
which the sons Of freedom will drink
from the fountain of enthusiasm fan
plsuse], year In which the people cal
tor man who has preserved in Con
gress what our soldiers won upon thu
| field lcheers1. year In which we call for
the man that has torn from the throat OF
treason the tongue Of SANDER [applause1
| man that has snatched the mask OF
Democracy from the hideous face of re-
belliOn, man who, like an intellectual
| athlete, stood In the arena of debate.
challenged all corners, and who up TO the
present moment Is total stranger TO de-
feat. Applause]. Like an armed war
rior, like plumed knight, James G..
Blaine marched down the halls of the
American Congress. and threw his shining
lance full and fair against the brazen tore,
head OF every defamer Of this country and
maiigner Of its honor. Loud cheers. and
cries OF Tune, ami go on.''l
The Chairman-ls 1t the will of the
convention that the time OF the speaker
be extended ten minutes9 (Cries of
"yes."]
Col. lngersoll then proceeded For the
Republican party to desert that gallant
man now is a. though an army should
desert their general upon the field of bat
tie. tCheers. James u. Blaine is new.
and has been for years. the bearer of the
sacred banner OF the Republic. (Cheers. /
l call u sacred, because no human being
can stand beneath its folds without be,
coming and without remaining free.
Cheers.] Gentlemen OF the convention.
In the name Of the great Republic, the
only Republic that ever existed upon.this
earth, In the name Of all her defenders
and OF oil her supporters, in the name of
all her soldiers that died upon the field
OF battle, and in the name of those that
perished In the skeleton clutch of famine
al Anders0nville aud Libby (cheersl.
whose suffering he so el0quentiy remeni-
Dered, Illinois dominates for the next
president OF this country that prince of
pariimentarIans, that leader of leaders.
James q. Blaine. loud and repeated