Daily Republican., 1880-10-12
a SPEECH FROM eARrIELD.
What He 1eId the Cleveland hat
fallen the OtheF Day.

What He 1old the Cleveland hat
| fallen the OsheF Day.
The First Voters Garfield and Arthur
Battalion Of Cleveland went to Mentor
last Thursday afternoon by spcciA
train Of six oars, and called on Genera
Garfield at his Lawnasld home. Tn.
train stopped at the farm, and march
ed 70 the residence, where Herman W
Grannis, President Of the organization
made Q brief eulogistic address, Il
which Gen Garfield responded thus
Mr.. Chairman and Young Gentlemen
This is no ordinary event in the his
tory Of any man-indssd in the history
Of any, people, when, as lam told, Their,
are 400 young men here who hav,
made this journey, not for any persona
purpose but to express that great gen
ersI earnest purpose that arises In th,
hearts of active, intelligent young men
when they first grappls with the grea
questions Of their country. | know o
nothing quite like this In our history
With all TIE pleasure IL brings, an
bound to say it brings little olsen
ohsntmsnt TO me in this. Always Il
this time have been accustomed Il
consider myself young man. Laugh
ter and applause.
II, before yonr arrival, anybody had
raised the question, saould have as.
serted-with a good deal of indignation
If anybody denied it-that l myself
was a young man. But they tell Inc
you are 10 cast your first National vote
at q Presidential election. II that is 81
young man as am, voted before any
of you were born. Laughter and ap
plause.l you are young, and voters
borrowing the language OF Rip Var
Wrinkle, when he awoke from that lonl
sleep: "Who In the world am ~
Laugh ter and applause
must have passed the very fash Of
youth at least. But, young gentlemen,
| have not so far left the coast OF yonth
10 travel inland but that | can very
we'll rsmsmber the state Of young man.
heod from an experience in 1t OF some
years, and there is nothing to me 10
this world so inspiring as the posi-
bilities that lie locked up in the head
and breast Of youngman. Applause. ]
The hopes that lie before him, the great
aspirations above him, all these thing9,
with the uutried pathway Of life open
ing up its difficulties and dangers, in
spire him to courage and force and work.
1t is q spectacle that the very gods
would look down upon In ancient Ro.
man days with more than ordinary
interest. Applause.
Now, let ms say single word or two
in answer 10 this great kindness and
compliment, OF your coming to my
house, about some OF the thoughts that
know get into the hearts Of many men
and inspire them. and some deIusions
that are likely to get into their minds.
Let me speak Of one delusion that
think, from the remarks Of your chair
man, you are not likely to have,
1t is a delusion that affects all men
more or less, particularly the young
men, the delusion that good things and
great things are some way off yonde-,
away abroad. That 10 one of the delu.
sions that hope you are not living in.
Now 10 illustrate that. Where | spent
my childhood there Is lovely little
brook and gorge where we used to go
down and find slate stones and white
them out into pencils for ourselves, that
were batter than all other pencils that
were brought from abroad. But If ANY
boy ever brought iuto our school what
Is not in any English dictionary, but in
The school boys dictionary, a bong hten'
pencil, he could get whole handful OF
,ur homemade pencils for it, and yet
,very one OF ours was better than the
beat he brought from abroad. There
was delusion among us that outside
If us, away from us was glory, was
greatness. Now, as to our country, let
rs not get any such delusiop into our
heads. know all about abroad.
know what it is to enlarge our
minds by it. But ! want you to feel,
N the depth OF your heart, that there
Is no abroad in this world that is half
equal TO the glory of being an Amsri-
IAN here at home great applause ], and
,o-day, right here in this yard, is
offended specimen of American sover.
signify, the roof and crown Of this
world OF sovereignty. Enlarge it into
he million Of men who vote, and you
rave the grand, august sovereign Of
his last and the best born of time, the
American Republic Applause. Now
hat tae Sovereign shall BE- unshackled
orsver, that that Sovereign shall be
when he stands at the (
,allot-b box to order the supreme will OF
he nation, that that Sovereign shall
70 unintmidated by mortal mau when
.e utters that final omn.fc word that
ommands the continent-that is the I
rsat purpose that all true Americans
hould keep in their minds. [Grest
pplause
When see such a band Of earnest t
Dung men as meet here to day, | feel |
srtain that il they could dsplcy them. Il
slves as a ballot-bo guard to defend C
be purity of the American ballot-box
applause !, to stand around 1t as t
round the cradle of our heir apparent 8
American sovereignty-such guard
IL ~.