Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-20
GARFIELD IN NEW YORK.
THE STATE IN A BLAZE OF ENTHU.
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THE STATE IN A BLAZE OF ENTHU-
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One Of the grandest manifesto
tions of popular enthusiasm in hon.
or of Presidential candidate, oc.
Cured in New York City. The Boys
in Blue gave Garfield a grand recep.
ton. 1t is said to be, as it no doubt
was, the most magnificent political
demonstration ever seen in New
York. Space in our columns could not
be better or more timely occupied
than reprinti1g the remarks of Gen.
Garfield, on that occasion. The reeep.
tion and serenade was at the head
quarters of the Republican Nation
al Committee of Fifth Avenue. At
least ten thousand people thronged
the streets, and evinced their enthusi-
asm in hearty cheers, as the coming
President was recognized. Hats
flew in the air, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the police
were able to keep clear the passage
way for the Boys in Blue to pass.
The first was colored organization,
and then came the Garfield and Ar
thur clubs of the different Assembly
districts. After the clubs had been
posted in their respective places,
General Sharpe introduced General
Garfield, who was received with ell.
thusiastic applause which lasted over
ten minutes. When the cheering
died away he spoke as follows
SPEECH OF GENERAL GARFIELD.
Comrades of the Boys in Blue and
Fellow Citizens:-I cannot look upon
this great assemblage and these old
veterans that have marched past us,
and listen to the welcome from our
comrade who has just spoken, with
out remembering how great a thing
it is to live in this Union and be part
of it. (Applause.) This is New
York, and yonder toward the battery
more than one hundred years ago a
young student of Columbia College
was arguing the ideas of American
revolution and American union
against the un.American loyalty to
the monarchy of his college presi-
dent and professor. By and by he
went into the patriot army, was
placed on the staff of Washington
cheers to fight the battles of his
country, cheers and while in camp,
before he was twenty-one years old,
upon drumhead he wrote letter
which contained every germ of the
Constitution of the United States.
Applause. That student soldier,
statesman and great leader of
thought, Alexander Hamilton, of
New York, made this republic glori-
GUS by his thinking, and left his last
ing impression upon New York, the
foremost State in the Union. APP
plause. And here upon this island,
the scene of his early triumphs, we
gather tonight, soldiers of new
war, representing the same ideas of
union apd glory, and adding to the
column of the monument that Ham.
ilton and Washington and the heroes
of the revolution reared. Gentle.
men, ideas outliva men. Ideas out
live all things, and you fought in the
war for the union, fought for i'm
mortal ideas, and by their weight
you crowned our war with victory.
(Great applause.) But the victory
was worth nothing except for the
fruits that were under it. We meet
tonight as veterans and comrades,
to stand sacred guard around the
truths for which we fought. loud
and prolonged cheering.) And
while we have the life to meet and
grasp the hand of a comrade we
will stand by the great truths OF the
war. l"Good," "good," and loud
cheers. And comrades, among III,
convictions of that war which have
sunk deep in our heart, there are
some we can never forget. Think
of the great enervating spirit of the
war itself. We gathered boys from
all our farms, and shops, and stores
and schools, and homes from all
over the republic, but they went forth
unknown to fame, but returned en-
rolled on the roster of immortal he
roes. Great applause. They went
in the spirit of those soldiers OF
Henry Agincourt, of whom he said
"Wbo this day sheds his blood with
me, to-day shall be my brother
were he meier so vile this day shall
gentle his condition." And it did
gentle his condition and elevate the
heart Of every working soldier who
fought in il. (Applause.) And he
shall be our brother forever more.
One thing we will remember. We
will remember our allies who fonght
with US. Soon after the great strug
| gle began we looked behind the
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