Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-10
The Trapelt.a Candidate.


The Travelling Candidate.
CHAUTAuoUA, Aug. "a large crowd
gathered in the rotunda of the hotel this morn
ing when line was formed and consultation
held by General Garfield, who shook hands
with each person as he or she passed. The
general later wrote his name in albums for a
number of ladies'. The ceremonies in doors
over an enormous crowd assembled around the
platform on the grounds, from which
Governor Kirkwood made short address.
General Fisk presentedlGen. Garfield, who was
greeted by the Chautauqua salute, and i'm
mediately afterwards by three hearty cheers.
Gen. Garfield spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens: You have done so much to
me since | arrived on this shore that am quite
unable TO tell what sort of m IN am this morn
ing. daughter l had never been here and
really did not know what you we're doing Last
evening asked Mr.. Vincent rather brusquely
to tell me what Chautauqua means, what your
work here means, and he filled me SO full of
your idea / have not yet assimilated it SO as TO
he quite sure what manner OF man l am since
got hold of it. But this
/ see: You are struggling with
one of the two great problems of civilization.
The first one is a very old question, how shall
we get leisure. That is the object of every ham
mer strike, of every blow that labor hes struck
since the foundation of the world. (Applause) J
The fight for bread is the great primal fight,
and it is SO absorbing a struggle that until one
conquers to some extent, he can have no leis-
ure. We may divide the struggles of the hu.
man race into two chapters. First, the fight to
get leisure, aud the second what TO do with
our leisure when VIC have done it. | take it
that Chautauqua has assai ed this second prob
lem applause.
Like all blessings leisure Is very bad thing
unless it is well used. Tne man with fortune
ready made and With leisure on his hands, is
likely TO get sick of the world sick of himself,
tired of life and become useless. wasted
man. What shall you do with your leisure?
understand Chautauqua is trying to develop
new eneries, largeness of mind and culture in
the better sense with the varnish scratched of,
our friend Gov. Kirkwood says. (Applause.)
Ne are getting over the fashion of paint ting
ami vanishing our native woods. We
are getting down to real grain and finding
whatever is best and most beautiful in it, aud
If Chautauqua is helping to develop in our
people the native stuff that is in them, rather
than to give them the varnish and gewgaws of
culture, it is doing WE'LL Chautauqua has
filed me with thought, and in addition to that
you have filed me with gratitude for your kind
ness and for this great spontaneous greeting in
the early morning, earlier than men of leisure
get up. (Laughter.) Some of these gentle
men of the press around me looked distressed
at tho early rising by which you have compel
led our whole party to look at the early sun.
(Lauehter.) This greeting on
a lake slope towards the sun is
very precious to me and l thank YOU all,
This is mixed audience of citizens and will
offend the proprieties Of the occasion by dis
cussing controverred questions or entering
upon any political discussion. | look in the
faces of men of all shades of opinion but what
ever Que party affili iii ms, trust there is in
all this audience love of our bsne6cent iusti-
tutions which makes it possible for free labor
to earn leisure, and for our Institutions to
make that leisure with something. NApplause.)
Our union and our institutions under the
blessings OF equal laws, equal to all colors
and all conditions, open ca
reer for every mar, h w4oever
humble to rise to whatever
place the power of a strong arm, strength of
clear head and associations of pure heart had
left him. That prospect onght to inspire every
young man in this vast audience. applause
! heard yesterday and last night the songs of
those who were lately redeemed from slavery,
and felt that these too, were one of the great
triumphs of the republic. (Applause.) l be-
leve in the efficiency of forces that come down
from the ages behind us, and l wonder if the
tropical sun had not distilled its sweetness.
and if the sorrow ofcenturies of slavery had
not distilled its sadness into the verses which
were touching the sweet voices singing the
songs of liberty, as they sang them wherever
they go. (Applause.) And now, fellow citi.
zens' thanking you all, goodbye. (Applause.l
Three cheers for Gen. Garfield were given.
followed by three cheers for the next Pres-
dent. The visiting party made its way through
the throng to the toat landing. Here the
jubilee singers repeated two or three songs the
general had taken the most pleasure in. He
thanked them and in tone audible only to
those close by; 'The old prophet said Ethiopia
shall stretch her hands to God. believe God
of nba1 !; hoy f,,+ ~, nL, u
Ethiopia. There Was a renewal of the ap-
plause by the thousands upon the shore as the
boat moved off.
At all the little landings along the lake. ap-
pleuse greeted the party. a. Lakewood the
boat was left. The party stopped few min
utes at the LakeView house, where Gen. Garfield
met several old acquainGanees. No speeches
were made. The general and party were then
driven to the railroad station and the train
started on the homeward journey.
crowd of several thousand closed round
the traiu when 1t stopped at Corey. General
Garfield was welcomed and being introduced
by Isaac B. Brown responded as follows:
Fellow citizens: s8ould be destitute of all
proper feeling if l didn't recognize as cordial
and generous greeting as this. This is Erie
county, your speaker tells me- and he has prop.
erly called this the keystone State. Any r1an
IN the world mighs be proud 10 be q citizen of
such STATE, but after all, great as Penusyl-
Vaula is. sue is NOT Sreat eHOuSn Tor all the
possibilities of Americans. 1t is still greater
TO be citizen of the whole re-
public and feel that you have the rights
in it wherever the flag flies, from the gulf to
the lakes and from ocean to ocean. Its all our
country, your country, my country, redeemed
by the valor of our people made illus,rious
by the patriotism of our fathers, and of those
who are still with us on the earth. thank
you, fellow citizens, for this demonstration aud
congratulate you upon the benifcence and
blessings that our country gives us all.
There was much applause. Mr.. Coliyer also
spoke briefly. Knots of people were gathered
at the depots ct Union City and other towns
where the train did not stop. The
general took of his hat and was
applnuded. At Cambridge short stop
was made. Mr.. Conger introduced Gen. Gar