The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-10-15
FRIDAY OCT. 15, 1880
EARNEsr TALK TO YOUNG VOTERS

Ne NEHENNRN0
sion of Young Men.
CLEVELAND. Oct 9-The First Voters
ofthe Garfield and Arthur battalion. o
special train of six cars, and called OF
Gen. Garfield at his home. The tran
stopped at the farm and the battalion
headed by band marched to the residence
j where Herman w. Gramms. president o
j the organization. made q brief eulogisti(
address to which Gen. Garfield responded
rs follows ''Mr. Chairman and Young
Gentlemen This is no ordinary event
in the history of any people, when as
am told there are 400 young men here
who made the Journey not for any person.
al purpose, but to express that great gener-
al earnest purpose that arise in the hearts
ofactive, Intelligent young men when they
first grapple the questions ftheir country
| know nothing quite like this in our
history. With:ail the pleasure it brings me
| am boundto say 1t brings a little Olsen
chantment, accustomed to consider myself
a young man Laughter and applause /.
If, therefore, on your arrival any body haal
/ l.
with good deal of indignation. if any
| body had demanded If. that | myself was
young man but they tell me that you
are to cast y0ur first vote at presidential
election. If that is so, young man as
am. was a voter bofore any of you were
born. [Applausel. Now. young men
| and voters, quoting the language of Rip
III
long sleep. ''Who in the world am 90
Laughter and applausel | must have
passed the very flush of youth at least. bnt.
young gentlemen. have not SO far LETT the
can very we'll remember the state Of
young men from an experience in it of
some years and there IS nething TO me in
this world so inspiring as the possibilities
that lie locked up in the head and breast
of young man. [Applausel The hopes
that lie before hiln, the great inspirations
around him. the great aspiration above
him, al; these things with the untried
pathway of life opening its difficulties and
dangers inspires him to courage and force
and work. 1t is 6 spectacle that the very
gods would look down on even i'm ancient
Roman days with more than admiring in
terest. [Applause Now let me say a
single word o. two in answer TO this great
Kindness and compliment in your coming
to my house, about some OF the thoughts
that know get into the hearts of young
men to inspire them and some delusions
that are likely t" get into their minds.
Le: me speak of one delusion that | think
from the remarks OF the young chairman,
you are not likely TO have. It is a delusion
that effects all men more or less particular-
ly the young men, the slelusion that the
good things are way Off yontler. That Is
one of the delusions that | hope you are
not living. To illustrate that. Right over
here, fifteen miles away where spent my
childhood there is lovely little brook and
slatestones and whittle them out into pen
ellis better than any that were brought
from abroad but if any boy ever
brought into our school what is not
in any English dictionary bat in a school
boys dictionary 'tboughtenr pencils, he
could get whole handful Of our home
made pencils for it. and yet every one OF
ours was better than the best that he
brought from abroad. There was a delu-
sion among us that outside of us. away
from us was glory. was greatness Now.
as TO our country. let us not get any such
delusion into our heads. / know that it
was good thing for US to know all abont
ohrcaSF to E,,0xx xuhaf L. fn onIarra ax,p
minds by it, but want You TO feel in the
depths of your hearts that there is no
abroad i'm all this world that IL half equal
to the glory of being an American here
and at home to-day. EGreat applansel
Right here in this yard is a spleldfd speci-
men of American sovereignty. The roof
of crown OF this world of sovereignty,
enlarge it into millions OF men who vote
and yon have tile grand, august sovereign
Of this last and best born of time, the
American republic. [Applause.1 Now
that that sovereign shall be nnshackeled
forever, that that sovereign be unpnrcllas-
able when it stands at the ballot box to
order the supreme will of the nation, that
that sovereign shall be unintimidated by
mortal men when Il atters the final omin-
Gus word that commands the continent
this Is the great purpose that all true Amer
| leans should keep Ia their minds. fGreat
arplause.] When I see such q band OF
earnest young men as meet me here to-
day. feel certain that they would deplay
themselves as ballot box gaard to defend
the purity Of the American ballot box ZAP.
piaasel to stand around it as around the
cradle Of oar heir apparent Of Anerican
liberty. Such guardians. such defenders
win keep the republic pure and keep it
free.
Yonng gentlemen, your visit TO me gives
me compliment of the highest sort, and
while il Slisenchants me, as said q little
while ago, It slid reaches the hand of the
youpg out to me which take With all