National Republican., 1880-10-16
A v1s1r 10 GENERAL GARFIELD.
Talk Upon the Business Interests OF the
Country.

OOunbTfs
CLEVELAND, Oct. 15.-An excursion party
filling thirteen cars went TO Mentor to-day,
under tho auspices OF the Cleveland Republi-
can Business Mems club, to congratulate Gem
oral Garfield on the result of the October cleo
tions. George II. Ely, president of Che club,
made speech, to which General Garfield re-
responded as follows:
Mn. ELY AND GEErLEMEN OF CLEVELAND: This
is a new situation and new sensations and suggcs-
tions arise with 1t. | should be altogether un-
worry of this state and of my native country If
did not feel deep sensblity Mt this expression OF
your confidence In me, and Mt this greater, more
significant expression OF your understanding Of
what the great contest now pending in this coun.
try means In It's relation tg our prosperity You are
business men Of Cleveland, and that meausn great
dcul you are citizens Of Ohio and that means more.
YOU are citizeus of the republic, md that means
great deal moro, and In your thrcc-fold capacity
greet YOU and thank you for this demonstra-
ton of your confidence. Let me speak moment
about these three thoughts. You arc business men;
supposo-nOt this yard full alone but all the busi-
ness men Of America were assembled together.
What would they dO2 rather what would they not
do If they got from the eternal powers hn insur-
ance policy that for four years to come should be
no disturbance In the great forces that play upon
tho business prosperity OF this people? The power
that could underwrite such policy 10 you would
call from you more sacrifice In mere
business sense sense than you ever nude under
will be given you by the supernatural powers, but
while irOsts pcstilcnCc, tcmpests and oil the great
accidents that come to us without our power to
prevent are beyond our reach, yet there is n great
political organization in this country that can give
you policy, underwrittcn by its faith and I'm It's
own hand, against all the evils that can come to
you from bad legislation and the rcck ess wicked
ness of bad finance. Forsuch business Insurance.
the business menofClevoland and the business men
Of America are manifestly willing TO make some Of
fort and bearsono sacrifice, aud that take II. sthe
business meaning Of this nssemblngc here to-day.
-Now the second thought had WINS: You arc clli-
80 upl ~ orn 1ir of a.
first children of tho pioneers who planted ONO.
When your fathers were born Ohio was unknown,
except us trackless wilderness, and yet where the
smoke from not dozen white mems cabins as
cended to the sky in all this territory, now three
ana n quarter millions of happy people, prosper.
Gus. honorable and successful, are living aud
guiding the destlnieS of Il people as great in NUM-
bcrs and wealth us all who inhabited the thirteen
colonies when OUT fathers won their independence.
What spectacle Is tllnt And all this prosperity
was won by the simple plain, straightforward pro
cess of downright hard work. That was what did
1t. Labor first laid out on tho raw materials that
God made and then capital. which Is only au-
other name for crystallilcd labor, saved up.pro-
lccted aud saved by the strong arms of equal and
justi aud honest laws. Now there Is OHIO. Well,
as you are of what you have been and
what you huye done for Cleveland, for
Ohio yet your pride rises at u little piece
OF bunting, flag with stars and stripes upon it,
That speaks of great continent, with n govern.
ment that covers 1t from to sea, from the lakes
70 the gulf and that you as citizens of that repub-
lie have right to walk on every foot of II os the
equal of any man that lives anywhere, md that
the score of blncS men that see here and there
have just as good right as the whest Of us all.
Now these are the thoughts that come TO me ~ |
look upon these CuyuhOga faces.
You are In the midst OF n great contest, gentle
men, On Tint confession the struggle of IT, on the
issue of II, OIL my relation to It'll say nothing,
For the time being am out of politics, but | am
with you; and now, gentlemen, j thank you for
coming horo-l thank you for these wise and ear
nest words encouragement which your chairman
llas spoken, and thank you for your purpose of
standing by your faith to the end, let it lead us
wherever IL will"