The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-06-24

At Republican ratification meeting
held in Brooklyn, N. T., on the evening
of the 14th, Henry Ward Beecher spoke
for an hour. Among other things he said:
Am me great Rsc RlssssFe t1R!sss to sRPsSss PSs
Republican party to the administration of the
Government for the next four years after the
ensuing March. We ought to enter into this
conflict which impends not tamely, with ex-
citemcnt If you please, and enthusiasm, but
without bitterness. We should not be misied
backward and forth from one to smother. AS
we go into the conflict let US remember that
n man is not any the less because he Is ira
of party, and not be misled by clamor, misrep-
resentations and abuse.
Mud is not argument. There is always 9
that is free between the two parties that gen
sIsy are W,Se any pay yas
continued in power, there will always rise up
what may be called second form OF "ins and
of men in that same party that think they
could manage it just as well as the leaders,
and there grow up, therefore, connicts IN the
bosoms of parties as there has in the bosom
-of the Republican partyi Now every party Is
an organization, and wo bc to the party that
phs pians, spiis % up e and in % confusion Happy is
tho party that has a clear-headed leader in
every State and in the Nation: aea men men
amenities and cancellations required and come
to have too firm a grip. and it Is eminently
4 rebuke to the party, that they should gov
ern with less vigor. l look upon the aboli-
tion Of the unit rule In me great Convention
IN the time to come. Believing there must be
q machine and engineer, yet l think II the
and engineer. and therefore 1 am very happy
TO sec the Chicago Convention so far hold back
sse ssoe % sne ope
selection Of the Mngistrncy and the determine
tion of policies. In other respects the great
sol h<e
help myself. 1 for one desired that Grant
should have been nominated, but since ne was
forbidi and all the more when the second
choice gave to us a man in many respects adj
mirable, man that for some functions seems
expressly adapted by the providence OF GOD
for the emergencies of our day. The end OF
this great canvass upon which we are now
SesnS dens. We arc ' not aeStina for man. but for
party, for the sake Of q policy and the prin, n
cples Of tina, party II Is the party y1S S are &c
measures they propose to inaugurate or con
summate. Now looking over our candidates
ton for and confidence in General Gmficld.
Mr.. Beecher considered at length the
history of the two parties. and said:
Through the long struggle OF reconstruc.
tion the Democratic party has not helped bul
| has hindercd, and the recon5truction OF thii
meoy ss sse worl of he
Congress it has now had the Goyernment IL
| its p ,wer, comparatively speaking. Whal
| single measure has It proposed or rendered
| successful2 What single step has It taken te
sp.H specie paymcntsp en- D Did it change the fraudH
! lent vote of State after Slater Did II builc
high the barriers around about the Saiot.o14 , nH
| said in closing, that General g irhcld was Z
Christian gentleman. " A man who has knowI
day when he went barefooted on the farm OF
along the track of the canal; man WHOSE
hands have handled tools sas as os ns been brouSh
| up with a golden spoon in his mouth nor pam
| pered, but who has steadily built up his Tor
| auirks and dubious policies, but by straight
forward manlincss, until he stood In over
Nafion gsna %Sa'ss has stood there for fteen
| twenty years, and again and again been SEN
back there with the utmost trust by those WHIT
shown great firmness of conviction win
great kindness in urging his convictions. H,
without making enemies of those whom h
smote. He has friends as warm among nj
antagonists as among his own party men. ant
| IL he shall come to the administration OF tina
great trust of Government with the full sym
pafhy of his party believe his Administra
Administration, % m I as National as that which ha
been given TO US by any tim IN ,ne ,on
had. Ii is the best compliment 1 can pay 4
his partner who will need preside at the Whit
House, that her voice has not been heard Il
the streets and that she has dwelt In the sweet
ness and obscurity of her own home. Thos
! who know her know only to praise, and n
greater praise con be given 70 any woman thai
| to say she is fit to succeed Mrs. Hayes in tn
l conduct of tho civilities Mt the White House
| Now, let me urge every man not to allow him
| self to be carried away by mere party heats
and not to allow himself to be unnervcd b
disappointments within his own party. Lie
every faction lower its banner; let all separs
tions pass away for the sake of the Nation an
for the sake OF humanity: let us lift agaf
that banner of the Republican party whic
took the country through disruption and wnl
and through intestine turmoil, and through O
commercial disturbances, and has held stead
fastly in its course until the fair haven of pcac
and prosperity lies in full sight. Let us nc
| pull down its banner Just on the eve Of the u
ter consunmatiOn and accomplishment OF II
| noble career, but, with bearts Inspired with
| noble patriotism, let us lift up the Rcpublica
| banner again, and put Garfield and Arthur
| the chnir of Washington.