The weekly clarion., 1880-06-16
Gen. Gariield's Speech Putting John Sher-
man in Nomination.

. Hear me for this cause, and for a momen
. "be silent that you may hear. Cries Of
good Twenty-Five years ago this Republic
was wearing triple chain Of bondage. Long
familiarity with traffic in the bodies and souls
of men had paralyzed the conscleuces of n ma
iurity Of our people. The baleful doctrine OF
. State sovereignty had shackled and weakened
. the uabIest most henehcCnt powers of the Ma
. roual government, and the gras ping power of
slavery was seiziug the virgin territories
of the West and dragging them into the den Of
eternal bondage. At that crisis the Repupil-
can party was born. II drew its FIRST IuspIra-
tiun from that fire OF liberty which God has
. lighted IN every human heart, and which the
powers Of Ignorance and tyranny can never
. wholly extiuguish Applause The Repub-
Ican party came TO deliver and save the Re
public. 1t entered the arena when the be
leazuerod and ussailed territories Were strug-
Cling for freedom, and drew around them the
sacred circle OF liberty which the demon of
. slavery has never dared to cross 1t made
them free forever Loud applause and cries
of good. Streng hened by IFS victory on
the frontier, the young party under the leader
ship of that great man who on TINS spot,
. twenty years ago, was made Il leader. en-
tered the national capitol and assumed the
high duties of government. LApplause.I The
light which shoue from its banner dIspelled
the darkness in wine slavery had eushrouded
the capitol and 10 that melted the shackles OF
every slave aud consumed in the hre OF llbvr
tv every slave pen within the shadow of the
capitol. Our great national industries by an
unprotected policy were themselves prostrated
fee BILE currents that the treasury itself was
well-uigh empty. The money OF the people
was the wretched notes Of two thousand uh-
controlled and irresponsible State banking
corporations, which were filing the country
with circulation that poisoned rather than
sustained the life of business. Loud ap-
plause1 The Republican party changed all
this Il abolished the babel of confusion and
gave the country currency as national as Its
flag and based IL upon the sacred faith OF the
people. Applause 1t threw lts protecting
arm around our great Industries ana they
stood erect as with new life. 1t filled with the
s.irit of true nationality all the great fuuc-
lions of the government. It confronted re
belliou Of uneXample1 ma guitude with slavery
behind it ana under God fought the nnai bat
tie of liberty until the victory was won lAp-
plau>e1 Then after the storms of battle were
aeard the sweet calm words of peace spoken
by the oouquering nation and saying TO the
conquered Toe that lay PROSTATE Al ITS feet
This is our only revenge, that you joln us IN
lifting into the serene ornament Of the Con
stitution, to shine like stars forever and ever
the immortal principles OF truth and justice !
that all men white and black shall be free and
stand equal before the law. Loud applause
Then came the questions Of reconstruction,
the public debt and the public faith In the
Setil lPment of these questions the hepubllcau
party conn leted ITS % years of glorious eIls-
tence, and it has sent us here 10 prepare 1t for
another lustrum of duty and Of victory. How
shall we do this great work We cannot do Il,
my friends. by assailing our Republican breth-
rem. fGreat applause and cries OF good J COD /
forbid that 1 should say one word to cast
shadow upon any name on the roll OF our ne
roes. This coming night Is our Thermopy lac
We standing upon a marrow lsthmus 1t
our Spartan hosts are united we can withstand
all the Greeks that The Aerxes of Democracy /
can bring against Us. Let US hold our ground |
this one wear for .the stars in their course |
light Tor us in the fatHre. The census to be |
taken this year viii bring relnfsreements ana !
continued power. LApplause-] But IN order !
TO win this victory now we want the vote OF |
everv Republican. Of every Grant Republican /
and every anti-Grant Republican IN America |
great applause of every Blaine man, of every /
ant; Blaine man. The vote OF every candidate |
is needed t. make our success certain LAp- |
plausel Theref0re say, gentlemen ana
brethren, we are here TO taAs CALM counsel
together and inquire what We shah uo- = !
voice. Nominate Garfield, and great ap |
nlause5 We want man whose life and opln-
ions embody all the achievements OF which
have spoken We want nan wao, standing /
on a mountain height sees all the a. Achievements |
NJ ..r mast history and carries in his heart the
memory ci ell its glorious deeds, and who, /
looking forward, prepares TO meet the Iaoor
and the dangers to come. We want one WHO 1
will act in no spirit of unkiudness toward /
rbose We lately met in battle. The Republican
Marty offers to our brethren of tho South
the olive branch of peace ana lnvIjes
them TO renewed brotherhood on this
supreme condition That ii shall be ad-
mittei forever and foreTermeTe taat IN
the war for the Union we were right anu Trey
were wrong LCheers.1 On that supreme
condition
no other. We ask them to share with us the
blessings and honors of this great republic
FAuplausel Now, gentlemen, not TO weary
Won. l am about TO present name for your
consideration--the name of a man who was
the comrade and associate spd friend of near
lv all these noble dead whose faces look down
nnon ms from these walls tonight lcheersI
referring TO the portraits of Giddings, Lin
coln Summer Wade, Chandler and other en-
;nent Americans h&ngingin the nalt)-a man
who beran his career Of public service twen-
tv-sve Years ago who's first duty was courage
ouslv done in the days of peril on the plains
of Kansas When the FIRST red drops ef that
bloody shower began TO fall, which hnaity
swelIed into the deluge Of q war, [eheers1 he
brayeIy stood by young Kansas then and re-
turning to his seat in the National Legislature
through all the subsequent years his pathway
has been marked by labors performed In
every department of legislation. You AK Tor
bia Monuments. / point you to twenty-five
years of national statutes. ICheers-l Not one
11re.t bene6cient statute has been placed on
- statute books without his intelligent and
oovsrfnl Aid. rCheers.l He aided these men
r formulate the laws that raised our great
armies and navies, and carried up through
| the var his hand was seen In the work
manship of these statutes that restored anu
1 brought back the unity of the married pain, o.
States. His hand was IN all that great 1sgislA
/ ton that created the war currency, bat IN
still greater work that redeemed the promises
Of the government and made the currency