Daily Republican., 1880-08-07
GARFIELD sERENADED.
An Eloquent speech from the Next
Presfd emit or the United States.


An Eloquent speech from the Next
President or the United States.
The reception and serenade rendered
last night to General Garfield at the
headqu arters Of the National Republi-
can Committee on Fifth avenue, was
brilliant success, the avenue and sur
rounding streets being thronged with
an enthusiastic crowd, numbering
about 10, 900 persons. When General
Garfield appeared on the balcony he
was greeted with loud and prolonged
cheers After reviewing the procession
he spoke as follows:
Comrades of the Boys in Blue and
Fsllo citizens Of New York; 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 q
thing 1t 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 q
young student Of Columbia College was
arguing the ideas Of the American Rev
olutien and tho American Union
against the un.American loyalty to
monarchy and to his college presidents
and professors. By and by he went into
the patriot army, was placed on the
staff of Washington [cheersl to fight
the battles of his country [cheers],
and, while in camp, before he was
twepty-one years old, upon a drum.
head he wrote q 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 BE.
public glorious by his thinking and
left his lasting impress upon New
York, the foremost State Of the Union.
Applause. And here,on this island,
the scene Of his early triumphs, we
gather tonight, soldiers Of the new war,
representing the same ideas OF union
and glory, and adding to the column Of
the monument that Hamilton, and
Washington, and the heroes Of the Rev
olution reared.
Gentlemen, ideas outlive men. Ideas
outIive all things, and you who fought
in the war for the Union fought for i'm
mortal ideas, and by their might you
crowned our war with victory. lGreat
Applause. But victory was worth
nothing except for the fruits that were
under It, in it, and above it. We meet
to. night as veterans and comrades to
stand sacred guard around the truths
for which we fought, loud and pro-
longed cheering] and while we have
life to meet and grasp the hand of a
comrade we will stand by the great
truths of the war. ["Good" "good, !"
and loud cheers.
/ And we will remember our allies who
fought with us. Soon after the great
struggle began we looked behind the
army Of white rebels and ssw 1000, 600
of black people condemned to toll as
slaves for our enemies; and we found
that the hearts Of this 100000 were
God inspired with the spirit Of liberty,
and they were our friends. Applause.
il We have seen white men betray the
flag and fight to kill the Union but in
all that long, dreary war we never saw
Ia traitor in black skin. [GreAt
4 cheers. Our prisoners escaping from
the starvation Of prison, fleeing to our
lines by the light of the north star,
never feared to enter the black mans
cabin and ask for bread. "Good,
good l'' "That's 80 ~ and loud
cheers. ,
In all that period of suffering and
danger no Union soldier was ever be-
trayed by black man or woman. Ap'
plause. And now that we have made
them free, SO long as we live we will
stand by these black citizens. Re-
newed applause We will stand by
them until the sun Of liberty, fixed ia
the armament of our Constitution,
shall shine with equal rays upon every
man, black or white. throughout the
Union. GCheers.1 Now, fellow-citi-
zsns, fellow soldiers, in this there is
all the benevolence Of eternal justice,
and by this we will stand forever.
rGreat applause. The great poet has
said that in individual life we rise on
stepping stones of our dead selves to
higher things, and ths Republic rises
on the glorious achievements Of Its
dead and living heroes to a higher and
noblsr national life. [Applause.
We must stand guard over our past,
as soldiers, as patriots, and over our
country as common heritage of us all.
| Applause thank you fellow-citi.
zsns, for this magnificent demonstrs-
ton. In so far as represent in my
heart and life the great doctrines for
which you fought, accept this demon
stration as a tribute to my representa-
tive character. [Applause.
In the strength of your hands, in the
fervor of your hearts, In the hrmness
of your faith, in all that betokens great
ness of manhood and nobleness OF
character, the republic finds its security
a,d glory. Applause l do not enter
upon controverted questions. The time,
the place, the situation forbid it.
respect the traditions that require
one to speak only ofthese themes which
elevate us all. Again thank you for
the kindness and enthusiasm OF your
greeting. Tremendous cheeripg,]
Kids Opeued for the RemOVat OF
Slpuern ctlOns In the Delaware.
Col. J. N. Macomb,U U. s A. on Thurs
d.v at philadelphia, opened bids for
Improvements in the channel OF 1he
Delaware river and It's tributaries. For
continuing the dredging Of the Cherry
Island flats the American Dredging 10.
of Philadelphia, proposed to DO the
work at 25 cents per cubic yard; Ma
tional Dredging Co. Of Washington, at
q 7-l0 cents per cubic yard. j
The proposals for removing the rock
| from Schooner Ledge were: National