The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-07

terwards twice as Civil Magistrate, he ga,
his highest, noblest effort to the Republi
Is such absurdity an electioneering jul
gle or hypocrisy's masquerade? The
is no field OF human activity, respons
bility or reason in which ration
beings object to an agent because he ha
been weighed in the balance and nj
found wanting, and because he has III
eouaIed experience, making him excel
tionally competent and fit. From the ma
who shoes your horse to the lawyer VIII
pleads your cause, the officer who maj
ages your railway or your mill, the docte
into whose hands you give your life, th
minister who seeks to save your soul, wins
man do YOU reject because you have trie
him, and by his works have known him
What makes the Presidential Office an ez
ception to all things else in the commo
sense to be applied to selecting its incum
bent? Who dare to put letters on the fre
choice and judgment which is the birth
right Of the American people? Can it b
said that Grant has used official place ant
power to perpetuate his power? He ha
no place and official power has not beer
asked for him. Without patronage O.
power, without telegraph wires running
from his house 10 this convention, with
out election contrivances Cries OF "Oh
Obi" and laughterl without effort on hi
part, his name Is on his country's lips, ,anc
he Is struck at by the whole Democratic
party, because his nomination would bt
the death.blow to Democratic success. Ht
ia struck at by others who find offenst
and disqualification In the very services
he has rendered land in the very expert
ence he has gained. Show me BETTE
man; name one and atm aswered; but de
not point as disqualification to the very
facts which make this man ft beyond al
others. Let not experience disqualif!
or excellence impeach him. There Il
no third term Ia the case, and the pretenst
will die with the political dog.days which
gendered 1t. Nobody is really worried
about third term except those hopelessly
longing for a first term, and the dupes they
had made. Without bureaus, committees
officials, or emissaries to manufacture
sentiment in his favor; without intrigue OIL
effort on his part, Grant is the candidate
whose supporters have never threatened
TO bolt unless the convention did as they
said. He is Republican who never wav
ers. He and his friends stand by the
creed and the candidates OF the Repul licar
party, holding the rightful rule OF ma
1ority as the very essence OF their faith
and meaning to uphold that faith against
the common enemy and the charlatant
and guerillas who from time TO time de-
ploy between the lines and forage on the
one side or the other. The Democratic
party is standing protest against progress
Its purpose Is spoils, its hope and very
existence is solid South, its success is a
menace TO prosperity and order. This
convention Is master OF supreme oppor-
tunity. It 9an name the next President
Of the United States, and make sure Of his
election and his peaceful Inauguration. II
can break the power which dominates and
mildews the South. 1t can speed the Ma
ton in a career OF grandeur, eclipsing all
past achievements. We have only to list.
en- above the din and look beyond the dust
OF an hour to behold the Republican par
ty advancing to victory with it greatest
Marshal at Its head. Tremendous ap.
plause,
Mr.. Bradley, Of Kentucky, seconded the
nomination.
SPEECH OF dENERAL GARFIELD
in presenting the name OF John Sherman.
Mr.. PREsIpRNT-I have witnessed the
extraordinary scenes Of the convention
with deep solicitude. No emotion touches
my heart more quickly than sentiment
in honor Of great and noble character,
but as | sat on these seats and witnessed
these demonstrations, itseemed TO me- you
were human ocean in tempest
have seen the sea lashed into fury and
tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves
the soul OF the dullest man; but remem.
Der that 1t is not the billows, but the calm
level OF the sea, from which all heights
and depths are measured. Applause.
When the storm has passed, and the hour
of calm settles on tho ocean, when the
sunlight battles its smooth surface, then
the astronomer and surveyor takes the
level from which he measures all terres-
trial heights and depths. Applause.
Gentlemen OF the convention, your
present temper may not mark the health
iul pulse OF our people. When our enthu-
siasm has passed, when the emotions OF
this hour have subsidized, we shall find
that oalm level of public opinion below
the storm from which the thoughts Of a
mighty people are to be measured, and by
which their final action will be determined.
Applause. Not here in this brilliant
circle, where $4,000 men and women are
Is the destiny OF the Republi-
can party to be decreed. ["That Is so."
Not here, where see the enthusiastic
faces Of seven hundred apd flty-six dele
gates waiting TO cast their votes into the
urn and 10 determine the choice OF the
Republicans, [applausel, but by four mil
lion Republican hresiaes, where the
thoughtful voters, with their wives and
children about them; with the calm
thoughts inspired by love Of home and
love Of country; with the history Of the
past, the hopes OF the future and the
knowledge Of the greet men who have
adorned and blessed cur Nrtlon in days
gone by; there God prepares the verdict
that shall determine the wisdom OF our
work tonight. Applause Not in Chi.
cago, in the heats Of June. But in the
sober quiet that will come to them between
now and GoVember, IN the silence Of de-
liberate judgment will this great question
be settled. [Cries Of "good"] Let us
aid them tonight. Great applausel. But
now, gentlemen OF the convention, what
do we wantP A voice, Garfield" fol-
loged by spplause. Bear with ne 2 no
ment, hear iue ior' this cause aud for a
moment, "be silent that you may hear"
TCries Of "good!"l twenty-five years ago
this Republic was wearing triple chain
ot bondage. Long familiarity with traffic
IN the bodies and souls OF men had para
lyzed the consoienyes Of majority Of our
people. The balelul doctrine OF State SOW
ereignty had shackled AMI weakened the
noblest and most beneficent powers Of the
National government end the srasping
power OF Slavery was selzing the virgin
Territories Of the West and dragging them
into the den Of the eternal bondage. At
that crisis the Republican party was born
II drew It's first inspiration from that frs
Of liberty which God has lighted In every
human heart, and which all the powers Of
ignorance and tyranny can meyer wholly