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TO YOUNG MEN.
A Ringing Appeal by General Garfield a
Year Ago

~ 4OONH uA6N.
Ringing Appeal by General Garfield
Year Ago.
The following is an extract from speecl
delivered at Cleveland, Ohio, last October
see IN this great audience tonight
great many young men-young men who
are about to cast their first vote. | want
to give you word of suggestion and adj
vice. 1 heard very brilliant thing said by
boy the other day up in one of the north.
western counties. He said to me: "Gen.
eral. have great mind to vote the Dem
ocratic ticket" That was not the brilliant
thing. l said to him: 'Why ?" "Why, u
said he, my father is Republican, and
my brothers are Republicans, and am a
Republican all over, but want to be an
independent man, and l don't want any
body to say. That fellow votes the Repub-
hcan ticket Just because his dad does, and
have mind to vote the Democratic
ticket Just to prove my independence. 1
did not like the thing the boy suggested
but did admire the spirit of the boy that
wanted to have some independence of his
own. Now, l tell you, young man, don't
vote the Republican ticket Just because
your father votes it. Don't vote the Dem.
ocratic ticket even if he does vote it. But
let me give you one word of advice as you
are about to pitch your tent in one of the
great political camps. Your life is full and
buoyant with hope now, and l beg you,
when you pitch your tent, pitch it among
the living and not among the dead. If
you are at all inclined to pitch it among the
Democratic people and with that party, let
me go with you for moment while we
survey the ground where l hope you will
not shortly lie. 1t is sad place, young
man, for you to put your young life into.
1t is to me far more like grave than like
a camp for the living. Look at it 1t is
beloved all over with graves of dead is
sues, OF buried opinions, of exploded theo-
rles, OF disgraceful doctrines. You can
not live IN comfort in such place. Why,
look here. Here is little double mound.
look down on it and read Sacred to
the memory of Squatter Sovereignty and
the bred Scott Decision" A million and
halt OF Democrats voted for that but it has
been dead fifteen years-died by the hands
OF Abraham Lincoln, and here it lies.
Young man, that is not the place for YOU.
But look little further. Here is another
monument black tomb-and beside it
there towers to the sky a monument of
four million pairs of human letters, taken
from the arms of slaves, and | read on its
little headstone this "Sacred to the mem.
DRY of human slavery" For forty wears
OF its Infamous life the Democratic party
taught that it was divine-God's institu. |
ton. They defended it, they stood around
it, they followed it to the grave as a
mourner. But here it lies, dead by the |
hand OF Abraham Lincoln. Dead by the |
power of the Republican party. Dead by
the justice of Almighty God. Don't camp |
there, young man. But here is another.
a little birthstone tomb-and | read across
its yellow face in lurid, bloody lines, these
words: Sacred to the memory of State
Sovereignty and Secession" Twelve mill.
ions OF Democrats mustered around it in
arms to keep it alive, but here it lies, shot
to death by the million guns of the repub-
lie. Here 1t lies, its shrine burnt to ashes
under the blazing rafters of the burning
1t is dead l would not
have you stay in there minute, even in
this balmy night air, to look at such a
place. Is there any death in our camp
\ es yes Three hundred and fifty thou.
sand soldiers, the noblest band that ever
rod the earth, died to make this camp a
camp OF glory and of liberty forever. But
here are no dead Issues here. Hang out
our banner from under the blue sky this
llgh6 until 1t shall sweep the green turf
lnder your feet 1t hangs over our camp.
Read away up under the stars the inscrip. .
ion we have written on it. lol these ,
years. Twenty-Five years ago
he Republican party was married to Lib
rty, and this is our silver wedding, fellow
itizens. A worthy married pair love each |
'ther better on the day OF their silver we'd ,
ling than on the day Of their first espous- $
is ; and we are truer TO liberty to-day and ,
Iearer to God than when we spoke our first 7
gord of liberty. Read away up under the :
ky across our starry banner that first word :
Ve uttered twenty five years ago What is {
Slavery shall never extend over an =
ther foot of the territories of the great a
Vest" Is that dead or alive? Alive. !
hank God for evermore And truer to- ;
light than it was the hour it was written :
hen 1t was hope, a promise, a purpose. I
tonight 1t Is equal with the starsIim- Y
Mortal history and immortal truth. Come I
own the glorious steps of our banner Fv. 1
ry great record We have made we have h
indicated with our blood and our trutb \
sweeps the ground and it touches the "
tars. Come there, young man, and nut in =,
our Young life where all is living, and 5
here nothing is dead, but the heroes who 8
blended it. Gentlemen, we are closing G
MS memorial campaign. We have got our a
nemies on the run everywhere. And all d
gu need to do in this noble city, this Can. g
al of the Western Reserve, is to follow them Il
p and finish it by showing the rebellion a
nder once more. We stand on an 18th n
lus. This year and next is the narrow ii
thmus between us and perpetual victory. t,
yon can win now and win in 1850 then
lie very stars in their courses will fight
IT US. The census will do the work and q
III give us thirty more freemen of the IL
orth in our Congress that will make mn p;
T the rebellion of the South. We are
,sted here as the Greeks were posted at e!
to meet this one great bar. st
lrian, Xerxes OF the isthmus. Stand in 10
,ur places, men of Ohio Fight this bat. Mt
e, win this victory, and then one more a
It's you in safety forever II