The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-11

want the vote Of every Republican, of
very Grant Republican and every anti
Grant Republican in America, lgreat
lpplausel, of every Blaine man, every
anti Blaine man. The vote of every FOL
lower of every candidate is needed 10
make our success certain Applause-l
Then l say, gentlemen and brethren, We
are here to take calm counsel together ana
enquire what We shall do. \ voice,
Nominate Garfield" Great applause ]
We want a man whose life and opinions
embody all the achievements of which
| have spoken. We want man
who, standing on a mountain hight,
sees all the achievements OF our
past history, and carries in his heart the |
memory of AL its glorious deeds, and |
who, looking forward, prepares To meei
the labor and dangers to come. we
want one who will act in no spirit OF
unkindness towards those we lately met
in battle The Republican party offers
to our brethren of the south the olive
branch of peace, aud invites them to re-
newed brotherhood on this supreme con-
dition. That It shall be admitted for
ever and forever more; that in the war
for the union we were right and they
were wrong. (Cheers.) On that su-
preme condition, we meet them as
brethren, and on no other, We ask them
to share with us the blessings and hOnors
of this great republic. (Applause)
Now, gentlemen, not to worry you, am
about to present a man for your consld-
eration-the name of q man who was
the comrade and associate and friend OF
nearly all these noble dead, whose faces
look down upon US from the walls to-
night, (referring to the portraits of Gid
dings, Lincoln, Summer, Wade, Chand-
Ter and other eminent Americans hang
ing IN the hall (cheers) a man who be-
gan his career of public service twenty
five years ago, whose first duty was
courageously done in the days of peril
on the plains of Kansas, when the first
red drops of that bloody shower, began
to fall, which finally swelled into the
deluge of war. (Cheers) He bravely
stood by young Kansas then, and return
ing to his seat in the national lcgis-
lature, through all the suhse-
quent years his path way has
been marked by labors performed
in every department of legislation. You
ask for his monuments. point you to
| tWenty-fi years of national statutes.
| (Cheers.) Not one great, beneficent stat
ute has been placed on our statute books
without his intelligence and powerful
aid. (Cheers.) He aided these men to
formulate the laws that raised our great
the war His hand was seen in the
workmanship of the statutes that worked
and brought back the unity of the mar
red calm of the states. His hand was in
all that great legislation that created the
war currency, but In still greater work
that redeemed the promises of the gov.
eminent and made the currency equal to
gold, and when at last he passed from
the halls of legislation into high exec
utive Office, he displayed that experience
, Intelligence, firmness and pOise of charac
ter which has carried us through a stormy
period of three years. With one half the
/ public press crying cruelty him." and 1
hostile congress seeking to prevent sue
cess. In all this he remained unmOvet
until victory crowned him. Applause.
) The great fiscal affairs of the nation
/ the great business interests of the cOun
l try he has guarded and proven while eX
] ecutIng the law of resumption and at
: fected its object without jar, ant
G against the false prophecies of one hal
S OF the press and all the Democracy @
i this continent. Applause.l lie ha
Y shown himself able to meet with calH
g ness the great emergencies of the govern
/ ment. For twenty-five years he has troC
j. den the perilous heights of public duty
/, and against all the shafts of malice ha
n barred his breast; unframed he has stOO
Il the blaze, the fierce light that bel
i against the throne, but II fiercest ia
has found no flaw IN his honor, n
n stain on his shield. do not present hi
as a noted Republican or better ma
e than thousands of others that We homo
n but present him for your delibera
n consideration. / nominate John She
l. man, of Ohio. Applause, lasting Sc
r eral minutes.
/ CASSIDY on wAsHBURNE.
% MIR. Cassidy, of Wisconsin, in nvn
l. mating Washburne, spoke as follows:
q Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen of ii
l. convention: During the exciting and a
D, duOus duties of this convention / haS
If not occupied to exceed three minutes
II your time lapplause], Notwithstanding
D. am the chairman of q delegation.
l, promise now, if you will respectful
n listen for few moments, not to use U
r. the ten minutes allotted to me by two {
n three minutes. 1t is indeed fortuna
IS for our party and for civilization Thu
D. we have so many able statesmen frOl
n, whom TO select our candidate. A.
re plause.l Far be it from me to detract
II single syllable from the praise justly dU
o. TO any. But we live in a vast countr,
e. whose names have not been presented
IS this convention. Here are 1856 delegate
d representing from 1900, 900 to 5000 OK
IN Republican voters, embracing many u
OF tionalities, having divers interests al
DO theories, scattered over 100000 squa
le miles OF territory, and any view of Oh
be duty is incomplete, and altogether Il
e, narrow, which fails to take in d
Sc whole field, and all the prot
to bilities and imprObabilities
An united support in Mover
rs, Der. 1t may be that In Franc
he and some other nations, success in &C
of acter of the leadership, but in this re
nd resentative government it must ever q
We pend largely upon the broad CONNIE
VS. sense and good judgment of the mass
er- of the people, and hence the truism
of tered by our martyred president, that
in one life is necessary to the existence
he the nation. (Applause) In these Inc
en- whose ability and craftsmanship ha
of become famous in this and other con
es- nents, there is no lack of capacity
,et leadership, much less of disposition
e.1 lead. What we want most just now IL
m. unity of purpose through the emit
ar. party (cries of "GOOd'O for the publ
III and that can best be secured, not by &C
sc, assertion, but by self negatiOn. T
in question is, not whose name will eli
of the greatest applause at the present n
re- ment of time, but whose name is so
re. tablished in the confidence of the p,
he pie rs to allay all opposition in his O'
ed path, and secure the greatest number
20. votes in November. (Applause9 .
lv- man of my choice is not a candidate.
he has not sought any support from a
of quarter, but has rather repelled il.
3D. let us remember that in the tabernac
he of the good, those are not to be chos
l. 4. s.-I, nS.A -
ID the richest crowns, but rather those "
rty empty themselves OF all vanity and C,
on ceit and go down into the aIena-iI
las the face of death-and there contest a
nd labor for the common good. Such ouG
nd to be the rule in every Republican c.
sb. vention. Let US not be too sanguine.
NE comfortable berth is of no account to
en-. passenger when the ship is fast drivi
ed upon the rocks. Let us save the 81
ng and take care Of the berths afterwa
he [Applause.] Our enemies are in pOss
on sion of both houses of Congress. II
1t will demand and claim the right to &
ap- tate the methods and the tests of the el
en- tOral count. With that object in vi
he they have purposely ommitted, as the {
he IInguished senator from New YORK >,
lty emphatically told them, all cOnstituti
ed al and statutory guarantee. With IN
he ordinate lust for executive p1WBF Q
e. patronage on their part, We have nc
Ter ing to gain or expect from a decision
NV theirs in case of repetition of 1874 To
I'm nor of an electoral commission of th
We. choosing. The only secuI
nv is to make certain at the Ok
of of every doubtful state by making che
u.s. of q candidate around whom the emf
NJ party can heartily join and march or
ev victory. That man ascertained with
,af sOnabie certainty, il becomes the bon
he en- duty Of all TO secure the success of
led party, and through that party the sal
nd tiOn of our country, by making that n
ms. the nominee Of this convention. No {
4 a er man has the right TO insist upon
an no man has any right to decline it.
nd the judgment of some men in this C
rty vention, and many with cool heads