Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-07

hsktu iOf nun. WltnOut pstSOua&o Ot
power, without telegraph wires running
from his house 10 this Convention, with.
out election contrivances (crics Of "0h!
OH" and laughter without IN effort on
his part, his name Is on his country's
lips, and he is struck ut by the whole
Democratic party because his nomins.
ton will be the death.blow 20 Demo.
cratic success. lie is struck at
by Others who lind otfsnse and
disqualification In the very
services he has rendered, and In the
very experience he has gained. SHOW
me better man. Name one, aud I am
answered. But do not point ~ q dis
qualification To the very facts which
make this man III beyond all others.
Let not experience disqualiiy or excel.
lence impeach him. There is no third
term In the case, and the pretense will
die with the political dog gdays which
engendered IT, Nobody Ia really wor.
ried about third term except those
hopelessly longing for q first term and
the dupcs they have made. without
bureaus, committees, officials or ennis
sarics Ia manufacture sentiment In his
favor, without intrigue or effort on his
part, Grant IL the candidate whose sup.
porters have never threatened 10 bolt
unless the convention did as they said.
He In q Republican who never wa
ycrs. He and his friends stand by
the croed and tho candidates
Of tho Republican party. holding
the rightiul rule oi a majority as the
very ,ssense oi their faith, aud meaning
Ia uphold that faith against the CON.
mon enemy aud tho charlaians and
gurrrillas who from time to time dcploy
between the lines and forage on the one
sid. or the other. The Democratic par.
~ is standing protest ag1iisst proeresx
Its purpose In spoils, its hope and very
existence is u solid South, its success is
n menace 10 prosperity and order. This
is master of q supreme op.
portunity. II can name the next Prrsi-
dent oi the United States, and make surc
pi his election and HIS peaceful lnaugu.
ration. II can break the power which
dominates aud mildews the South. II
ran speed the nation In u career OF gran.
lcur cclipsing NIL past achievements.
We have only 20 listen above the din
aud look beyond tho dust ol Nh hour 10
behold the Republican party advancing
to victory with its greatest Marshal nj
It's head. Tremendous applause.
After the applause and confusion
hal subsidized Mr.. Bradley, Of kon.
Ircky, seconded the nomination Oi
irant in mn eloquent manner.
Pretty speech In Presenting the
Nstknfthc Iceberg OF tho Treasury.
Genefa1 Garfield followed in nominal
ny sherman. lie spoke m follows:
Ma. rRksIDESr--l have Witnessed the
scenes of this Convention
with ducp solicitudc. No emotion
touches my heart more quickly than
IN honor of great and noble
but ns | sat on these nra,s and
witnessed these demonstrations II seem
ri to me you we're human ocean IN u
tempest. | have seen the sra lashrd
INTO fury and tossed into spray; nnd It's
grandeur moves the nnl of the dnllcst
man, but remember that II IN not the
pillows. but the calm level of the sra,
rom which all heights and depths arr
lapplausc when the storm
has passed aud the hour oi calm settles
ln the Ocean, when the sunlight hathes
Ia smooth surface, then the astronomer
and surveyor takes the level from which
hc measures all terrestrial heights and
depths Applan~.
A Brecso from the Iceberg
Guntlcmpn oi the convention, your
present temper may not mark the
hcalthful pulse Of our people, when
pur enthusiasm has passed, when the
Of this hour have subsidized,
W. shall fnh that calm level oi public
opinion below the storm from which
the thoughts oi n mighty people ar" To
be- measured anJ by which their final
action will be- determined. Applause.
Not here In this brilliant circle. where
fifteen thousand men aud women are
IN the destiny ol ia. Rrpub
lican party to bc decided THAT IN so
Not here, where see the enthusiastic
faces ol seven hundred aud ilty.six
Delegates waiting 10 east their votes into
the urn and determine the choice oi the
Republic lappIausc, but by four nil.
lion Republican liresldrs, where the
thoughtful voters, with wives and
about them, with the
calm thoughts inspired by love oi
home aud love Of country, with the
the history 81 the past. the hopes Oi the
inturc. and knOslrdgr oi the great men
v ho have adorned and blessed our ma
ton in days gone 10y. There tod pre-
parcs the ycrdicts that shall detcfmine
the wisdom oi our work tonight Ap.
plausc Not in Chicago IN the heats oi
June. but IN the sober quiet that come
10 them between now and November,
in the silence al deliberate judgment
will this grra, question bc settled. Cries
oi "Good."l let us ald them tonight
Great applause But now. gentlemen
ui the Convention, what 40 Ne ~ant7
IA voice, Garfield" followed by ap-
plau- Hear with me n moment; hear
me Tor this cause, and Tor = moment "be
silent that YOU may hear" lCrcS Of
Good
The Dead and Burned Past.
Twenty five years ago this Republic
was wearing = trple chain oi b. n iage.
Long familiarity With traffic Ia the
bo.iles and souls 81 men hal paraly Eed
the conscirncez of . majority oi our p-o.
pie. The balclul doctrine of state
sovereignty had weakened the noblrst
and most bc etc nj powers d the
National Government, and the grasp.
ing power of slavery was seixing the
yirgin Territories oi the West nnd drag.
ging them into the den oi stsrnal bond.
age. A. that crisis tbe Republican party
was born. IL drew its first Inspiration
from that lire oi liberty which God has
liyit.d In every human beast. and
which all the powers oi ignorance and
tyranny ran never wholly eftinguish.
Applanrr The Republican psny
came Ia deliver and save the Republic.
II entered the arena ~herS tbs bsleag.
uete,i aud asssiled territories ~err srug'
glIny for freedom, and dre- around them
sacreI circ.. Ot liDeuy, which ib"
demon oi slavery has never dared to
cross. II made them free Tor.
ever. Loud applause and cries OF
"y,.Dd y strengthened by its victory
nn the frontier, the young party under
the l.sdsrship OF that srea, man wbo,
on thl. spot, tseniy wears sro. vas
made its leader. II entered the Ne
lional Capital and a-som~d the high do.
ti.s oi government lspplauss. the light
-l.igt, .l.n. ftnfn tts t,aansf disf. ted