Daily Republican., 1880-12-06
ADDRESS BY THE Pm EslDENT'
ELEUT,
General GsrneId's speech 10 the
Ohm EIeotOra

General GsrneId's speech 10 ths
j Ohio Electors.
| Daring the visit OF ths Ohio 4 isctori
at Mentor on Thursday, after 4 ne ad
dress Of General Grosvenor In thsiI
behalf, General Garfield addss 'sed
them 10 the following language; :,
| am deeply grateful to you for IL Is
call and for these personal a,d pnbh
congratulations. II I we're 70 look
upon the late campaign and its result \
merely In the light OF personal strue.
gle and . personal success, 1t would
probably be ~ gratifying as anything
could be In the history Of politics. II
my own conduct during the campaign
has been in any way help and
strength 10 eur causs, am glad.
II is not always an easy thing to be-
have we'll. II, under trying eircum.
stances, my behavior as Q candidate
has met your approval, am greatly
gratitied bat the larger subject, @
your congratulations to tho couRlry on }
the triumph Of the Republican party, ;
qpsns theme too vast for me to enter B
upon. venture, however, to mention
reflection which has occurred TO me 4
In reference to the election Of yes,er- O
day lsuppose that no political event l.
has happened in oil the course of this 81
contest since the early spring ahich O
caused 90 little excitement and indesd
10 little public observation as the pres s
identiAl election which was held yes n
terday at midday. ~
The American people paid but little q
attention to the dstsils Of tho prssiden- u
tial election. Although you and all II
he members Of the electoral colleges Ia
had an absolute constitutional and q
Ischnioal right 10 vote for anybody you o.
,hoose, and although no written law b
iirected or suggested your eh 1ios, yet .!
avery American knew that the August b
sovereign Of this republic, the 9,OOO,- al
BOO volers, on an early day in Novem.
Der had pronounced the omnipotsnt
lat Of the chsice, and that sovereign,
assuming as IL does, that which he had "
ordered to be done, entertained no ct
loubt but that his will would be i'm. AZ
3licitly ebeyed by all the colleges in r
all the states. IL
That is the reason why the people In
we're go serenely quiet yesterday. They W
iad never yet found an American who
allied to keep his trust for q presiden. cl
ial election. From this thought VI
lrew this lesson, that when that om- III
lipotent sovereign, the American peo. 81
NJ, speaks to any oue man, and orders m
lin TO do duty, that man Ia under vi
he most solemn obligations Of obedi- I'll
nee which can be conceived. except vi
hose which the God OF the universe th
night impose on him. Yesterday, de
hrough your votes and the votes o! on
thsrs in tho various states OF the tn
Jnion, 1t is probable the returns will g.
how that cur great political sovereign VI
Gs laid his commands upon me. Il o
. has donS 30, au as bound by his
i'll and his grsa. inspiration and pur pr
oss as could be bJund by any con. vi
Iteration that this earth can impose l
U any human being. ~
10 that proseace, therefore, stand Va
nd am awed by the MAJESTY and su- =
lority OF such a command. In 30 far rel
> can interpret the best aspirations 81
nj purposes oi cur august sovereign, vi
hall sesk to rsalizs them. You aud l,
nd those who have acted with us in me
le years past, believe that our sover. MI
gn loves liberty and desires for all vi
le inhabitants OF the republic peace lh
nd prosperity under the sway Of jus. on
Co and equal rights. Gentlemen ] wa
iRnk you for this visit, for this vel. gu
'me, for the suggestions that your
ressucs and your words bring, and lie
r the hope that you have EXPRESSED pr
laL in the arduOus and great work KIN
oiore us we may maintain the stan. tat
ard Of nationality and promote all vii
lat is good and worthy in the country GRO
ld during the coming four years we wi'
ay raise just as large crop Of peace, .
'osperity, justice, liberty and culture ">
it is possible for forty nine milliens 1
people to raise. va
H0veruor Foster, was master OF csre.
onies, presenting the visitors to Gen rep
al Garfield. After an interchange OF sig
eetingS, tEo hours were passed in in. Wis
rmal social intercourse, after which wa
o company returned here and dis see
reed for their homes, except Gov pa'
nor Foster, who remained at Mentor. gra
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