The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-15

hood, would sooin 70 become party 70 great
wrong like this. It has never been possible to
doubt that tho Democratic party in Tho House
of Representatives has Just such men, and
enough to prevent the contamination OF Q
wrong 10 dagrant a. the one proposed by Mr.
Finley and his client from tho Second district.
It has not been. II will not be. Tho people
OF this district will have no doubt, 1t the
election In November. give due noaice.
In accepting your nomination, let mo assure
you that while I appreciate most highly tho
honor conferred, l also feel profound sense
of tho great responsibilities that It brinRs with
it. think am safe in sayinR that, With one
or two exceptions, there il no Congressional
large population ~ in this, and none where
there efe 90 ra.ny large and varied interests to
be looked after and cared for. None in which
tnero has been more wonderful growth and
development in the past, and where there in
likely to be . greater in tho future. With an
are. Covering nearly, or quite, one-half tho
State, aud . population large enough for At
least TWO districts, it has interests of such mag
nltudo that whoever attempts to represent
them fairly in the Congress of the country, can
not fail to be impressed with the responsibility
resting upon him.
The Red River Of the Nc-th. With valley a.
rich in Agricultural wealth ~ that of the f.
nous Nile, from it, western boundary. At tho
other extreme on the northeast, with an empire
Of exceeding richness Intervening, It the head
OF the great inland ses Of the continent. stands
Daluth. with her lake commerce and her sys-
tenn of railroeds already threading vast re-
gion, and bearing to her docks the products Of
the new northWest. While on the hesdvstera
OF the St. Croix and the Mississippi. are tho
cities of Saltwater, st. Paul and Minneapolis.
with their Immense core &C, Inan afactures
and gigantic industries of various kinds. Have
you ever thought what vast district this is7
aad that it man il going to Congress at ali,
he should be proud tnat he represents such =
district. All these great interests, in case Your
nomination il ratified BY the people in Novem.
Der, it will be my duty ~ well a. my pleasure
and pride to promote, and advance in every
proper and legitimate manner.
l-es!-e to speak but briefly of the great M
tional oaIapaign upon which we arc about en-
terlng. campaign - important and far
reaching in its consequences % any since ;he
organization of the Republican party.
Twenty years ago We were confronted by tho
solid South, demanding that human slavery,
with ito withering blight, should be extended
over the free territories of the Northwest: And
further, that it should be recognized a an in
etitution of the country, not local, but national
IN sts character. To resist this aggressive
movement .: the slave power the Republican
the campaign of 1860. under the leadership Of
Abraham Lincoln. had made it, first suocessful
stand. We all remember the terrible years of war
that followed. This generation il not likely to
forget the great sacritices that were made. The
best blood of tho country flowed like water.
and lts treasure poured forth without stint.
The resources and credit of the country
were taxed to the uttermost, until it fairly
staggered under the burden-all this that the
government OF the people, recoguizinR the
equal rights of man, might be maintained, and
the union OF the States might be preserved in
its integrity. When Gen: Lee surrendered his
sword to the great soldier of the century at
Appomattox, under the famous apple tree Il
was supposed that tho issues growing out Of
the war were settled, and forever; that slavery
had passed away, and that the insiduous doc.
trine Of State rights, its counterpart, had re-
ceived ita final quietus. But yet, after the
lapse OF twenty years, We are again confronted
with the same solid South, and with tho same
spirit as of old. Slavery in form, it is true,
has been abolished. but the condition
OF tho enslaved has been but
slightly improved. il at all,
while the doctrine of State rights is insisted
upon with the same assurance ~ before the
war. In word, the South does not recognize
the results of tho war ~ final. It does not rec
osni.e its cause =. = lOst one. Tho i,snss S.s
They were clearly defined in the extra session
of Congress year ago. Mr.. Blackburn, tho
Democratic leader of the House. in his famous
speech of the session, threw down the gauge of
battle, and gave notice of the intentions of his
section and bis party. Having captured both
G to
strickened the last vestige of your war
measures from tho statute book"
The first step in the Democratic programme #
capturing the government entire, and wiping
out what the gentleman was pleased to cali
war measures" and to which this speech was
especially directed, was an attempt to repeal
the election laws: enactments, under the opera
tion of which the purity of the ballst-box has,
to reasonable extent, in ths large cities, and
especially in the great city of New York, been
preserved. He proposed, frat of all, to break
down all barriers erected against fraud on tho
ballot-box; to open vide the door to . system
Of repeating ballot-box stufiing. fraudulent
Brooklyn and New York alone, and robbed the
Republican;party of the State of New York in
the campaign of 1868. Without the State of
New York the South cannot hope to capture
the government. Hence MIR. Blackburn's de-
sire to wipe out the "vestiRe'' that protects the
purity of the ballot = Thi. done
to strike out from. the statute book ali ieeisi.-
tion that had been found necessary to preserve
the results of q war waRed in the defense of
the government. To repel all this, the grand
old Republican party IL again called to the
front. The campaign before ~. q in 1860, 10
one OF ideas and of principle. Our lines are
formedx for that hloodless conflict which
must determine the future of our government.
Al to his duty, NO Republican can for mo-
ment hesitate. The record of the party in the
past il sufficient guaranty for the future.
The Democratic party has. with singular
Inconsistency, it seems to me, put forth ~ its
standard bearer Gen. Hancock, = gentleman
and brave soldier, who, strangely enough, be-
to destroy a government, for the preservation
of which he drew his sword in 1861.
The Republican party, on the other hand,
has chosen as its leader Gen. Garfield,
both = brave soldier and at tho
same time wise and experienced
whose every act in public life has been in har-
mony with the principles of human liberty and
human progrcss; who at all times has stood in
the front rank of those battling for the princi-
pies of government. recognizing alike the rights
OF all. He is = conspicuous example Of what
under our institutions man can make himself.
Like Lincoln. he sprang from the people. Like
rank of American statesmen, and like him, he
has been called to lead the great Republican
party to victory.
Let me say, in conclusion, that accept the
nomination 80 generously rendered me, with the
assurance that nothing shall be left undono un
my part to promote and advance tho interests of
the Republican party in this district and State,
and - far ~ in e lies the best interests Of our
beloved republio.I
Anecdote of Charles Lamb.
The following anecdotc of Charles
Lamb is recalled in recent number of
the London Standard: Lamb was lnvit-
ed to meet a somewhat mixed company.
One was Mr.. D retired cheesemonger,
WHO had been for years in some commits
sion connected with the poor laws. He
was pompous man, with grand affec-
fafi0n OF hQVinr been horn To thu oxalAod