Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-10-15

cock and say that Garfield took away from
the Held OF Chickamauga rs much honor as one
knows what no is talking about, and no talks
about II well. have known him for years. ]
know him as well as l know any other man,
and toll you that he has moro brains, more
education, wider and more splendid views
than any othernlan who has been nominated
for tho Presidency by any party since was
born.
General Garfield s nm honest man every way;
intellectual every way. He Is poor man; h. G
Is rich In honor, I'm Integrity he Is wealthy, and
IN brains hc Is millionaire. know him, and
II the people OF Illinois knew him as well as |
do he would not lose 100 votes In this State.
He is great, good, broad, kind, tender man,
and he will do, IL elected President, what he
believes to be right. I like him, too, because
he Is u certificate of the splendid form of our
Government. like him because, under our
institutions, he came from abieot poverty to
occupy tho position he now does before the
American people. He will make Hope the
tailor of every ragged boy. He will make ov-
cry boy think II possible no matter how poor
he Is, no matter how hungry he may be, he
will make every one of those boys be-
lieve that there Is in their horizon some
one Reckoning them to glory and TO honor.
try, because everybody has chance. like II
because the poorest man can live hoping his
boy may occupy the highest place. That Is the
reason like this country. That IS one of the
reasons | want 20 see General Garfield elected.
He believes In honor, he believes In liberty, he
believes in an honest ballot, he believes in col
lectng the revenues, he believes in good
money, he believes in Government of law,
he believes that this is absolutely n Nation,
and not cOnfcdcrucy, and believe in him
Throwing aside, throwing to the winds, all
prejudice, all partisanshp, all hatreds beg
OF every one who hears me to conscentiously
decide each for himself what, under the cir
cumstancCS as man, as patriot, as n lover
of Justice, he ought 10 do. Do not be led away
by the appeals of gentlemen who once belonged
to the Republican party. Vote to sustain the
greatest possible cause, human liberty. We
are rcaping to-day the benefits of the suffer
tngS OF every hero who over died. We are
to-day enjoying the benefits conferred upon
us by our heroic dead. We are to-day a
great, a united und asplendid people, simply
because somebody was great and grand enough
o,S to die that we mig might liye. Now, do you you
graNe'-tho men fallen on all the battlehelds
OF the war--coull they rise from the unknown
graves that made this continent sacred, how
would they vote hoXt November Think of IT,
Let us be true to the memory of every man
that ever died for us.
Let me ask you another question: How do
tho men who wished to destroy this Govern
ment wish you to vote now2 How would
every rebel In the South, could he have
come to the North, have voted in 1S642 How
would every rebel in the South, If he could
have visited the North-how would he have
voted in 1868, in 1872, in 1876? How would JEFF
ferson Davis vote if he were in the North to-
day. How would the men that starved our
prisoners at Andersonville and Bihby-aud An
dersonville and Libby are the mighty mighty
wings that will boar the memory of tho Con-
men who starved our brave boys there vote If
they were in Illinois now2 Every one of them
would hurrah Tor Hancock.
Let us be honest. We are rcaping the re-
ward of all these great and glorious actions,
and every good man who has ever lived in
the country, no matter whether he has been
prosecuted or not, has made the world bet
ter.
The other night happened to notice a sun
set The sun went down, and the west was
full of light and fire, and said: There, there
is the perfect death of great man; that sun,
dying, leaves a legacy of glory to the very
clouds that obstruct its path. That sun, like
great man, dying, leaves legacy of glory
even to the ones who prosecuted him. and the
world Is glorious only because there have been
men great enough and grand enough to die for
the right" viii any man can any man, afford
to die for this country? Then he can afford to
vote for it. If n man can afford to fight for it
and die for it, can afford to speak for it.
And now beg of you, every man and wom-
an, no matter in what country bOrn-if you
are an Irishman, recOllect that this country
has done more for your race than all other
countries under Heaven; If you are a Ger
man, rccolcct that this country is kinder to
you than your own father land-no matter
what country you come flOm, remember that
this country is an asylum, ana vote as in your
conscience you believe you ought to vote to
keep this flag in Heaven. | beg every Amer
lean to stand with that part of the country
that believes in law, in freedom OF speech, in
All honest vote, in civilization, i'll progress, in
human liberty, and in universal justice.