Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-07
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day upon Gen. Garfield were Murat halstead.
of the Cincinnati Commercial; United States
Senator Logan; Justioe Swayne. of the United
Congressman Conger. Gen. Garfield, soon af-
ter breakfast. visited the photograph gallery,
and returning to the hotel held q reception of
veterans of the war and boys in blue.
1ne reception and seranade rendered tonight
to Gen. Garfield ct headquarters of the Repub-
lican national convention, Fifth avenue, turned
out to be a brilliant success, the avenue and
surrounding streets being thronged with an
enthusiastic crowd. The rooms of the COM
| mittee were early thronged with prominent
men of the Republican party.
Shortly after s o'clock a squad of police
| oyened passa GO in the throng. estimated to
be 10000 and escorted Gen. Garfield to the
| rooms of the committee. As the presidential
candidate was recognized cheer after cheer
went up and even after he disappeared within
| the enclosure of the committee rooms the
crowd expressed itself by hoarse shouting
until the general appeared on the balcony to
reviow the procession, when scene OF great
enthusiasm ensued, hats flew in air,
and it was with the greatest
difficulty the police were able to keep clear
passage way for "the boys in blue' to pass.
| First was colored organization, and then came
| Garfield and Arthur clubs of th different as
sembly districts. After the clubs had settled
| in their respective places, Gen. Sharpe intro
duced Gen. Garfield, who was received with
enthusiastic applause, which lasted over ten
| minutes. When the cheers had died away he
spoke as follows:
| Comrades, Boys in Blue, and Fellow Citizens
of New York: L cannot look upon this great
assemblage and these old veterans that have
| frarched past us, and listen to the welcome
DOM eur oomrade who has just spoken, with
| iut remembering how great thing it is to live
n this Union, and be part of it. (Applapse)
This is New York, and yonder, toward the Bat
tery, more than hundred years ago,
young student of Columbia college was
arguing the ideas of American revolution and
American union. By and by he went to the
patriot army, was placed on the staff O. Washing
ton, (cheers,) to fight the battels of the country
| Cheers. And while in camp, before he was
| twenty-one years old, upon a drum head he
wrote the letter which contained the every germ
of the constitution of the United States,
| (cheers).
That student, soldier, statesman and great
leader of thought, Alexander Hamilton, of
New York, made this Republic glorious by his
| thinking, and left his lasting impression on
| New York, foremost State of the Union, and
here in this city stand, the scene of his early
| triumphs. We go there tonight, soldiers of
| New York, representing the same ideas of union
| and glory, and adding to the column of the
monument that Hamilton and Washington and
Gentlemen, ideas outlive men, ideas outlive
all things; and he who fought in the war for
the Union fought for immortal ideas, and, by
their might, you crowned our war with victory.
Great applause. But victory was worth
nothing except for the fruits that were under
it, in it and about it. We ought, tonight, as
veterans and comrades, to stand sacred guard
around the truths for which We fought. (Long
and prolonged cheering.) And, while we have
life to meet and grasp the hand of comrades,
we will stand by the great truth Of the war.
Good, good, and loud cheers
And comrades, among the connections of
that war which have sank deep in our hearts,
are some we can never forget. Think of the
great elevating spirit of war itself. We gath
cred boys from all of our farms, shops and
stores, and schools and homes from all over
the republic hey went forth unknown to fame
but returned enrolled on the roaster of immor-
tai heroes Great applause.) They went
of Argan, who said "who this day
sheds his blood with me shall be
my brother. Were he never So vile this day
shall gentle his condition." and it did gentle
the condition and elevate the heart of every
working soldier who fought in it, (applause,)
and be shall be our brother for ever
more.
Another thing we will remember We will
remember our allies who fought with US. Soon
after the great struggle began we looked be-
hind the army of white rebels and saw 000, 900
of black people, condemned to toll as slaves for
| our enemies. and we found that the hearts of
this 100000 were God-inspired with
this spirit of liberty, and that they were our
friends. (Applause.) We have seen white men
betray the aag and fight to kill the Union but
| in all that long, dreary war we never saw a
traitor in black skin. (Great cheers.) Our
prisoners escaping from the starvation of pris-
on, fleeing to our line by the light of the North
star, never feared to enter the black mans
cabin and ask for bread. Good, good, that's
so, and cheers In all that period of suffering
and danger no Union soldier was ever betrayed
by black man or woman. (Applause). And
now that we have made them free, SO long as
We live we will stand by the black citizens.
(Renewed applause). We will stand by them
until the son of liberty fixed in the armament
| of our constitution, shall shine with equal rays
upon every man, black or white, throughout
the union. (Cheers).
Now fellow citizens, fellow soldiers, in all
this there is benefcenee of equal justice, and
by this we will stand forever. (Great applause)
The great poet has said that in individual life
we rise on stepping stones of our dead selves
to higher things and Republican rises
on the glorious achievements of the dead and
living heroes to higher and nobler national
life. (Applause.) We must stand guard over
our post as soldiers, as patriots. and over our
country as the common heritage of us all. ZAP
plause.) l thank you, fellow citizens,
for this magnificent demonstration.
In SO far as 1 represent in my heart
and life the great doctrines for which
you fought l accept this demonstration as
tribute to my representative character. Gap
plause.) In the strength of your hands, in the
fervor of your hearts, in the frmness of your
| faith, in all that betokens greatness
of manhood and nobleness of character, the re-
public finds its security and glory. (Applause.)
do not enter upon controverted questions.
The time, the place, the situation forbid it.
1 respect the traditions that require me not to
speak of these. Again l thank you for the
kindness and enthusiasm of your greeting.
tremendous cheering.)
CHAUTAUoUA, N. Y, Aug. 6.-General Gar
field telegraphs he will be here tomorrow to
attend the reunion of the Christian Commission
General Hancock has been invited.
Georgia Democrats.
ATLANTA, Aug. 6.-In the Democratic State
convention balloting for candidate for gov
ernor was resumed to-day. The fifteenth bal
lot shows no change from the tenth, taken Just
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