The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-10-02

General Garfield delivered 3 speech
at Cleveland last October. in the course
Of which be said:
Now, fellow citizens. = word before
I leave you on the very eve Of the holy
day OF Got-bus . 1t moment 70 COM
secrate ourselves finally TO the great
work of next Tuesd.y novsisg. / see
Ia this great audiences tonighs good
many young men, young men Who are
about 10 cast their first vote. want
n give you q word of suggestion aud
advice heard very briiliant thing
said by boy the other day up IN one
Of our north western counties. He
said 10 me. General. nave . great
mind to vo'e the Dsmocratic ticket.
That was hot the brilliant thing
| Laughter / said 20 him. Why ?
Why. saia h-. my father Il . Repub-
licsn. and my brothers are Republicans.
md | am Republican oil over, but |
want to be an independent man. and |
don't want anybody 10 say. That fell
low votes the Republican ticket just
because his dad does.' and l have half
. mind 70 vote the Democratic ticket
just To prove me independents. did
not like the thing the boy suggested.
but did admire the spirit Ut the boy
that wanted To- have some independence
of his own. ~'-i
Now. l tell you. young man. don't
vote the Republican ticket just becsuss
your father votes it. Dou't vote the
Democratic ticket even il he does vote
il. Laughter. But let me give you
one word Of advice. ~ you are about
to pitch Jour tent in QUE OF the great
politicsl camps. Your life is full and
taoyant with haps nov. aud beg you.
when yos, pitch your tent. pitch il
snong the living and not smOng the
dead. [Applauss. II you are at all
inclined to pitch it among the Demo
cratic people and with that party. let
me go ~iih you for moment while W
survey the ground where l hope yon
will not shortly lie. i il Sad place,
young man. for you to put your young
lite into. Ii ia to me far more ike .
than like camp for the iiv-4
log. Look at It! 1t is billowed all
over with the graves of dead issues. of
buried opinions. Of exploded theories,
Of disgraced doctrines. You cannot live
10 comfort in such place. Laughter.
Why look herel Here 10 . little double
leok down on it aud l read:
Sacred to the memory Of Squstter
and the Dred SCOTT decis-
ion.' A million and half Democrats
voted for that. but it has been dead for
fifteen years-died by the hand Of
Abraham Lincoln, and here 1t lies.
[Appiause. Young man, this 10 not
the place for you.
But look little farther. Here 10
another monument-s black tomb-and
beside it. as our distinguished friend
said. there towers to the sky monu-
meat of four million pairs Of human
letters taken from the arms of slaves,
and read on its headstone this: 'Sa-
cred to the memory Of human slavery
FIR forty years OF its infamous life tue
Democratic party taught that it was
institution. They de-
Tended it. they stood around It. they
followed it to It's grave as q mourner.
But here 1t lies dead by the hand Of
Abraham Lincoln. Applause Dead
by the power of the Republican party.
Applause Dead by the justice of
God. Great sppisnse and
cheers. ] Don't camp there, young man.
But hees - another "A iittls prim.
rose tomb tIAughterl and | read
across its yellow face in lurid, bloody
lines, these words: Sacred 10 the mem-
ory Of State Sovereignty and Secession.
Twelve millions Of Democrats mustered
around it in arms to keep It alive; but
here it lies. shot to death by the mil
lion guns OF the Republic. Applause.
Hero it lies. its shrine burnt TO pshss
under the blazing rafters of the hufn
ing Confcderacy. (AppAuse II In
desdl i would not have you stay ip
there minaie. even In thia balmy,
night air. to look at such place.
Laughter.
But Just before leaveit | discover
q new-made grave, little mound
short. The grass has hardly sprouted
over it, and all aroapd i, see torn
pieces Of paper with the word fat on
them laughter and ] look down in
curiosity. wondering what the little
grave is, and ! read on il: Sacred to
toe memosy Of the Rag Baby [langh-
tor -nursed in the brain of eli fsnat-
ici.m Of the world Iang hterl rocked
by Thomas Ewing. George h fsndle
ton. aud few ctbers throug hout tho
land. But il died on the 1st Of Janu-
sry. 1879. and the one hundred and
forty miliioss Of, gold tha. God mais.
and NOT hat power. lie apon its little
carcass to keep il down forever. Pro-
louged applause
oh. young man. come out VI that!
Laughter That is no place in which
to ppt your young life. Come out. and
come over into thi. camp Of libsrty. Of
order, Of Law. OF justice. OF freedom
(.Ameu. ] OF ell thar is glorious uuder
these night stars.
rs there any death here in our ~amp.
Yes! yesl Three hundred and City
thousand soldiers. the mobiles. band thak
eyer trod the earth. died to make this
camp . camp of glory aud Of liberty
forever. Tremendous applause
But there are no dead issues here
Hang out our banner from under the
blue sky this night until il shall sweep
the green turf under your leetl Il
hapgs oses our camp. head avay up
undsr the stare the inscrip ion ne hare
written on il. loi these tseniy Eve
years
Twenty i've years ago the RePubli-
can party was married TO liberty. and