Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-03-15


Tho r.,nht;can. ri the United State. de-
msnd a. their leader In the grea. contest Of
Is7c man of integrity. a man Of
velI.tno~u and arnroyed political
o,;r;er. rtcv demand a .tatesmau.
III. da,r.rs = rsf,,,ney aftcr. a. well "a be-
r.. ~. .I.<,;1n Tbev demand a rali,ician
IN ~. h;ob.s, tho broades,. and the best sense
~ ,,,., -ard Tbey der,and man aeouaint-
ed vi,h nubI;c aFair. with the wants Of the
reopIc. with the reauircmentz Of the hour
not oply but with the demands Of the future
They demand man broad enough TO com
urehend the relation of this Government 20
The o,ber ca,ion. ~ the Garth They de-
,n.oJ . ,o., motf var..d &, The rover. du-
,;e. and nrerooa,;ve. az eaci, and every de-
nsrt,nsn, ~ ~ Covcynmen, Thee demand
a man Who will .acyedly ,,re.er.e the fnan-
cial honor of the Tinted States: one who
know. enougb 10 know that the national debt
mu.t no Maid ,byouob the prosocrity of this
pcoule. one who knows enough TO know that
ali the financial theories in the world
cannot redeem n single dollar; one who
know. enough 10 know that all the money
must he male M, bv Law. but by labor; one
who knows enough 10 know that the people
Of the United state, have the Industry to
make the money and the honor to pay it over
inst a. sooo as they can. The republicans
~ the United states demand man who
know, that uro.t,erity and rcsumption when
,hcv come. must come together; when they
come they will come hand in hand through
the golden harvest field. hand in hand bv
the wbirling .pindles and the turning wheels.
hand IN hand mast the omen furnace doors
hand in hand by the flaming forges hand in
hand by the cbimneys filed with eager fire,
raked and ora.ned bv the hand. of the count
le.. son. of toll This money must be dug
ont of the earth Yon cannot make il by
nas.;ny yesoIu,ions in n politicaI convention.
The rcpublicans of the United States want
man who know. that this government should
nro,ect every citizen nj home or abroad: who
tpow. ,ha, any Government that will not de-
fcpd Il. defenders. and will not protect its
oro,cctors il disgrace TO the man of the
world. They demand n man who believes
in the eternal separation and enforcement of
church and school They demand n man
whose nolitical rcnutotion Is "a spotless a. a
star. but they do not demand that their can
dida.e sball have A certificate of moral char
actcr signed bv the confederate congress.
The man who has. in full. completc and
rounded measure. nil Of these splendid auaI-
i6ca,ions il the present grand and gallant
Leader of the rcpublican party-.James G.
Blaine.
Onr country. crowned bv the vast and mar
yellous achievements Of its first century.
asks for man worthy of her past and pro.
phetic of her future: asks for n man who ha.
The audac;tv of ycnius. asks for n man who
has the orandcs, continuation of heart CON
science and brain the world ever saw That
man is James G.. Blaine. For the repubIi-
can hosts. led by this intrepid man. there can
bc no such thing as defeat. This il n Grand
ycar-a year filled with the rccollcctions of
The Revolution: filed with proud and tender
memories of the sacred mast: filled with To-
vcnds of Iberty-a wear in which the sons of
freedom will drink from the fountain of en-
thusiasm-a wear in which the people call for
the man who has preserved in Congress what
their soldiers won upon the feld--a wear in
which thew call for the man who has torn
from the throat Of treason the tonvu, of slam
der. the man who has snatcbed the mask of
Democracy from Tn. b;deous face of tho Re'