New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-16
GARFIELD OK THE STUMP.
A CAMPAIGN SPEECH LAST FALL

A CAMPAIGN SPEECH LAST FALL.
GARrIrLp's APPEAL TO YOUNG MEN ~ Quo IL
1ur cAMPAiGN or '70-cLoaiNG sPHIcH ~
CLEVELAND ~ OCTOBER.
Now. fellow-cifIzcns, a word before leave you,
on the eve Of the holy day OF Coda ii moment to
consfcrotc ourselves finally 10 the great work ct
next Tuesday morning / see IN this great audience
-nicht a grca. many young mcu-yOung men VINO
ara about to east their first vote. want 10 give
Won a word Of suggestion and advice. l heard Il
bright thing SAID by Il boy the other day up
in one of our Northwestern counties. lie SAID 10
me-: General, | have a great mind to vote the
Democratic ticket That was not the bright thing
uaughteI / said 10 Inn. Why Why sald
me- my father is Il publican. and my broihcra
are Rcuublioans. and an a Repubiican all over
but want TO he an Independent man, ana oo"'
want ANYBODY tos.y, That fellow votes the Re-
publican ticket just because his dad docs aDd
have half a mind to vote the Democratic ticket
inst TO prove my independence did nos like the
thing the boy slgpes red. but did admire the split
~ the boy that wanted to have some independence
OF his own
Now, tell yOn. young man, don't vote the Re-
rublican ticket just because yOnT father votes H.
Dor't vote tie Democratic ticket, even if he does
VOC IT. LAUGHTER But let me give you Tins one
word of aCvicc, as you are abOu 10 pitch your tcnf
i'm one of the great political camps Your life l. iUll
and bupyaut with hope now, ana beg You, wien
YOU pi ch youI tent. pitch 1t among the lVihg ana
moi among the dead. IAppiausr. II YOU are at all
inclined TO pIich II among the Democratic people
and with that party, lea me go with you Tor n
moment while we survey me ground "herr nope
YOU Will not shortly lie. lLargh'erl 1t - SAD
place, Young man, Tor YOU 10 pnt your young NE
into II IS 10 me far more Ike graveyard than
camp for the living Look at ~ IL Is DhoWed All
Over with the graves oil dead issues. OF buried
opinions. Of exploded theories, OF di~grhccd doe
tr,ure You cannot 1--we in comfort in such place.
~. INV ippk 4.
double mound | look down on IL ana rehd,
Sacred 10 the memory of Squatter Sovereignty and
rlre bred Scott Decision. million ana hall OF
Democrats voted for that. but 1t has been dead
fifteen yrars-dIed by the hand OF Abraham LIN
coin. and here 1t lies. IAppause.l Young man,
"Bnt look htte further. Here is another monu-
ment-a black tOnib-and beside II. as oar dis
unguished friend SAID. there towers to the sky
monument of four million pairs OF human letters
taken from the arms of slaves, ana read on ITS
htle head~toue thIs Sacred TO the memory OF HUI
man slavery For forty years of Its infamous life
the Democratic party tauEht that II was DIVINE
Goa,s institution. They defended 1t, they stood
nrouQd it, they followed to ITS grave as mouIner.
But here II lies dead by the hand oi Abraham Lin
coin. Applause. Dead by the power of !e Re
rub lean party. lApp!ausel Dead by the justice
Of Almighty God. Great applause and cheers.l
Don't camp there, young man.
{" En- here Is anoihcr-a little birthstone .Omb
llaughterl-and read across IFS yellow face IN
nrid bloody lines. these words Sacred 10 the
memory of state sovereignty ana Secession. Twelve
millions of Democrats mustered around If in arms
10 ke.p alive but here it lies, shot TO death by
the million guns Of the Republic, Applause Here
II lies it's shrine burnt 10 ashes under tbe blazing
rafte"s of the burning Confcderacy lApplnuse.I Ii
is dead would not have you stay in there NM
ute even in this bamy night air, TO look ut such
Bnt lust before ] leave it discover a new-made
grave a little mound-short. The grass has hardly
snronied over it, and all around II see torn pieces
Of papor with the word fiat on them Ilaughterl,
and look down III curiosity. wondering what the
little grave is, aud | read on 1t Sacred to the
memory of the Rag Baby llaughterl, nnrsed ~ the
BRAN OF all the ianaticism of the world llanghterl
rocked by Thomas Ewing, George H. Pendeton,
Samuel Carey and few others Throughout the land
But il died Oh the 1st OF January, 1879, and the
one hundred and forty millions OF gold that God
made and not fiat power, he upon IT'S litte carcass
to keep 1t down for ever. Prolonged APPLAUSE.
"Oh young man, come out OF that! lLaughter.l
That Is no place in which TO put your young life.
Come out and come over into this camp Of liberty,
of all that is glorious under these night STAR.
is there any death here in our camp? Yes, yes
Three hundred and fifty Thousand soldiers. the
nobest band that ever trod the earth, died to make
this camp camp OF glory and OF liberty forever.
Tremendous applause
=" But there are no dead issues here. There are no
dead issues here. Hang out our banner from under
the blue sky this night until 1t shall sweep The
green turf under your feet. IL hangs over camp.
Read away up under the stars the inscription we
have written on IL, 10 these twenty-five years.
TWENTY-FIVE years ago the Republican party
married to Liberty, and tins is our silver wedding,
iellow-cltzens. lGreat applause.I A worthily mar
|
silver wedding than on the day OF their first
espousals and truer To Liberty to-day, and
dearer to God, than we were when WE spoke
our first word of liberty. Read away up under
the sky across starry banner that hrs word we
uttered twenty-five years ago! What Is 1t Sla-
very shall never extend over another foot of the
Territories of the Great West lApplause.l Is
that dead or alivef Alive. thank Cod forever
morel lApplausel And truer tonight than IT was
the hour 1t was wrltten lAppause.l Then 1t was
n hope, PROMISE purpose lo-hIpnl III Is equal
with the stars-iminOrtal history ana immortal
truth. lAppause.l ., r. -
Every great record we have made we have yind-
Gated with oar blood aud our truth. 1t sweeps the
oround and IL touches the stars Come there. young
man and put in your young life where all Is living,
and where nothing rs dead but the heroes who de-
Tended i'll lApplausel think these young men
will do that. OF course they WIN
"C,entlemen we are closing this memorable cam
na,ou We have got our enemies on the run every
where. [LauRhter.I And all you need to do in this
,ohIe old CITY, this capital OF the Western Reserve,
20 to follow them up and finish 1t by showing the
rakeio nnder once more. We stand on an 18TH.
INNS This wear and next ~ the narrow istbmus be-
tween us and perpetual victory. III you can win
NOW and win III $780, then the very stars IN their
courses will fight for us. Applause The census
vii do fbe work and will give MS thirty more free
man of the North in our Congress that will make
~, Tor the rebellion of the South Great applause
We are posted here rs the Greeks were posted al
Thermopylm TO meet this one great barbarian.
XeTxes OF the isthmus. Stand IN your places. men
If ,Ihioi Fight this battle. win this victory, and
then one more puts you IN safety foreyerE