The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-02
JAMES G. BLAINE
THAT LEADER OF LEADERS
speech of Robert G.. ~Ingersoil, of HI
inoIs. in the Republican Con.
vention of 1870.

demand a statesman. They demand a
refoTmer after, as well as before, the
election. They demand a politician in
the highest, the broadcast, and the best
sense of that word. They demand a
man acquainted with public affairs,
with the wants of the people, with the
requirements of the hour not only, but
with the demands Of the future. They
demand a man broad enough to COM
prehend the relation of this govern
ment to the other nations of the earth.
They demand a man well versed in the
powers, duties, and prerogatives of each
and every department Of this govern
ment, They demand a man who will
sacredly preserve the financial order Of
the United States; N who knows
enough to know that all the financial
theories in the world cannot redeem a
single dollar; N who knows enough TO
know that all the money must be made,
not by law but by labor; one who knows
enough to know that the people of the
United States have the industry to
make the money and the honor to pay
1t over just as soon as they can. The
republicans Of the United States de-
mand n man who knows that prosperity
aud resumption, when they come, must
come together; when they come they
will come hand in hand through the
golden harvest field; hand in hand by
the whirling spindles and the turning
wheels; hand In hand past the open
furnace doors; hand in hand by the
flaming FORCES; hand in hand by the
chimneys filled with eager fire, raked and
grasped by the hands of the countless
sons of toll. This money must be dug
out Of the earth. You cannot make it
by passing resolutions in II political
convention. The republicans of the
United States want n mar who knows
that this government should protect
every citizen at home and abroad; who
knows that any government that will
not defend its defenders, and will not
protect its protectors, is a disgrace to
the map of the world. They demand a
man who believes in the eternal separa-
ton and enforcement Of church and
school. They demand a man whose
political reputation is as spotless as a
star; but they do not demand that their
candidate shall have n certificate of
moral character signed by the Confed-
crate congress. The man who has, in
full, complete, and rounded measures,
all OF these splendid qualifications is
the present grand and gallant leader Of
the republican party-James G. Blaine.
Our country, crowned by the vast
and marvellous achievements of its
drst century, asks for q nan worthy of
her past and prophetic of her future;
asks for a man who has the audacity of
genius; asks for a IA who has the
grandest combination of heart, con-
science, and brain the world ever saw.
That man is James G.. Blaine. For the
republican hosts, led by this intrepid
man, there can be 10 such thing as de-
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