Daily Republican., 1880-08-12
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
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Garfield,
Those who have bt en- Telding the i'm
promptu speeches which General Car
field made on his late journey to an
from New York will see in them tn
character OF the msu the Republican
have for Q candidate for the Presidency
Compared with those which Andrew
johnson and Horace Greeley made wher
they were swinging around the circle
they shine like gems Of purest thought
He never fails to say something to fur
nish food for reflection and set the peO
pie to thinking. From the platform o.
his car at Syracuse he said to the as
sembled thousands
"When / was here two years ago you
were busy in debating the question
whether you could force the hard times
out Of Syracuse with printing presses
and fat money. But after elaboration
you concluded to work by the old road
on which the guide board stands whore.
on God wrote: "By the sweat Of thy
face shalt thou eat bread" You FOL
lowed that road about year longer
and it brought you out on the high
summit of prosperity which shines and
smiles all over this great land of ours,
and 1t smiles all the brighter because
you deserve it, by keeping faith and
maintaining the truths of the multipli-
cation table in your financial doctrine. !"
This has different ring from the
meaningless platitudes contained in
Hancock's letter of acceptance in which
he makes bid for votes in the North
by making promises which he knows
he will never be permitted to fulfill
even were he disposed to fulfill them.
The more we read the pure gems OF origi
nal thought that continually we'll up
from the great large heart Of Garfield,
the more We admire the man, and this
is the secret Ct his great il creasing
popularity all over the country.
Whether as a canal. boy, q rowing woed
cutter, student at night wien the
labors Of the day were over, country
school teacher, principal in an institu.
ton of learning, lawyer of superior
ability, volunteer. soldier who tender
ed his life TO his country, a memter OF
Congress for many years, or as the Re-
publican candidate for the Presidency,
we see in his life those traits OF charac-
ter that combine TO- make the boy, the
youth, the man noble and great. His
career from early orphanage to the day
when the hopes and desires Of millions
of his countrymen are centerei upon
him has been remarkable for its sim
plicity and purity Of purpose, for ita
self-relianoe and its courage in the face
Of all dificulties.I is scarcely necessary
for US TO refer to his services in the
councils Of the nation. They are known
and read by all intelligent observers OF
events. His constituents who sent him
to Congress were. not disappointed in
him. They saw him coming gradually
to the front in body of men noted for
the nomber of its strong detateis and
legal minds and at last had the salts
faction of seeing him male the leader
of the great Republican phalanx.
His nomination for the. Pre,idency
has given universal satisfaction to the
Republicans of the nation, and 10 many
Democrats also who admire self-made
men and ripe scholar, and will vote
for him. The Republicans realize that
in him they have a lstandard-bearer
who is oae of themselves man right
from the ranks of the people, man
Whose sympsthies and interests are o.
anu WIN q mon VIM hao AOb
been educated an aristocrat, but Is one
OF the pest and deepes Ut scholars Of the
age, a man who does not feel himsel
above acknowledging the friendly salu-
tattons of his humble neighbor,, a man
who has friendly smile and kind
word for the lowest of the lowly, and
who plants himself on the broad plat
form of our Common brotherhood.
Such a man..is James A. Garfield, the
Republican candidate for the Presidency
The humble laborer, Il precepIor, til.
scholar, the citiz-n soldier, the accom-
plished States nan, the eloquent orator
where is his match ? He il fit to b.
President.
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