Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-08-12
GARFIELD IN NEW YORK.

An Immense DemOnstra% ion Able
and Eloquent Speech by the Re-
publican Candidate for President.
The reception and serenade rendered
to Genetal Garfield in New York City,
Friday night, a. The headquaI sers of the
National Republican Committee, by the
Veterns of the War aud the "BOys in
Blue" was a brilliant success. The
avenues and streets were tn, onged with
an eRtusiactic crowd.
Shortly after eight o'clock squad of
police opened passage in the th-ong
estimated to be ten thousand strong, and
escorted General Garfield to the rooms
of the committee. As the Presidential
candidate was recognized, cheer after
cheer rent the ar, and even after he dis
appeared within the enclosure of the
committee rooms, the fealty of the crowd
expressed itself by hOaise shoIting un-
til the General appeared On the balcony
to review the procession, when a scene
of great enthusiasm ensued. Hats few
in the air and it was with the greatest
difficulty the police were able to keep a
clear passage way for the Boys in Blue
to pass.
Fist was celored organization and
then came the Garfield and Arthur clubs
of the different Assembly districts.
After the clubs had settled in their re-
spective places, General Sharpe int o.
duced General Gariald, who was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause, which
10 or n6 hn
cheers had died away he spoke as fol-
lows:
Comrads of the Boys in Blue and fel-
low citizens of New York: l cannot
look upon this great assemblage and
these old veterans that have marched
past US and listen to the welcome from
our comrade who has just spoken, with
out remembering how great thing it is
to live i'll this Union and be part of it.
Applause. This is New York, and
yonder toward the Battery, more than a
hundred years ago, young student OF
Columbia College was arguing the ideas
of the American Revolution, American
Union against the un-American loyalty
to Monarchy of his college president and
professors. By and by he went into the
patriot army, was placed OH the staff of
Washington cheers to fight the battles
of his country [cheersl and while in
camp before he was twenty-one years
of age, upon drum head he wrote d
letter which contained every germ of
the Constitution of the United States.
Applause. That student, soldier, states
man and g eat leader of thought, Alex
ander Hamilton, of New Yo'k, made
this Republic glorious by his thinking,
and le't his lasting impress upon New
York, the foremost State Of the Union
Applause. And here on this island,
the scene of his early triumphs, we
gather tonight, soldiers of a new war,
representing the same ideas of union and
glory, and adding to the column of the
monument which Hamilton and Wash
ington and the heroes of tie revolution
reared.
Gentlemen, ideas outliye men. Ideas
outlive all things, and you who fought
in the war for the Union fought for i'm
mortal ideas, and by their might you
crowned our war with victory great
applausel, but victory was worth moth
ing except for the fruits that were un-
der it, in it and above it. We meet to-
night as veterans and comrades, to stand
sacred guard around truth for which we
fought loud and prolonged cheers, and
while we have life to meet and grasp the
hand of comrade we will stand by the
great t.uths of the war ["Good," good"
and loud cheers and, csmrades, among
the convictions of that war, which have
sunk deep into our hearts, there are some
we can never forget. Think of the great
elevating spirit of the war itself. We
gathered boys from all our fans and
shops and stores and schools and homes,
from all owe" the reppblic, but they went
forth unknown to fame, but returned
enrolled on the roster of immortal heroes.
fGreat applause. They went in the
spir t of those soldiers of Hen at Agin-
court, of whom he said: ''Who this day
sheds bis blood with me, to-day shall be
my brother. Were he ne'er so vile, this
day shall gentle his condition. and he
did gentle his condition and elevate the
heart of every working soldier who
fought in it, Gapplausel, end he shall De
our brother for evermore, and one thing
we will remember: We well remember
our allies who fought for US.
Soon after the great struggle began, we
looked behind the army of white rebels
and saw 100000 of black people COM
manded to toll as slaves for our enemies,
and we found that the hearts of this
100000 were God-inspired with spirit
of liberty, and that they were our riends.
Applause. We have seen white men
betrav the flag and fight to kill the
Urion, but in all that long dreary war,
we never saw tiaito.s in black skin.
Great cheers. Our prisoners, escaping
from the starvation of prison, fleeing to
our lines by the light of the North star, !
never feared to enter black mans |
cabin and ask for bread. Good, good
that's So and loud cheers. In all that |
period of suffering and danger, no Union
soldier was ever betrayed by black |
man or womsn [applausel, and now that
we have made them ee, so long as we
live vii! stand by these black citizens. |
| Renewed applause.l We will stand by
them until the sun of liOe tv fixed in the
ornament our Constitution shall shine
with equal rays upon every man, black
or white, throughout the Union. TCheers.
Now, fellow citizens and fellow SOL
diers, in this there is all the benifcence
of eternal justice, and by this we will
stand forever. Great applause. The /.
great poet has said that in individual
life we rise ION stepping stones Of our
dead selves to higher things" and the