Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-08


closer to the people and more fairly distrib-
utlng power 1t nominated Garfield and
Arthur, and the people of the United States
by majority of both the popular and cleo
toral vote have ratified that nomination.
| Applause. In their election sectionalism
found its last ditch and persisted. Hereafter
all acquiescing in the legitimate results of the
war-the country will be divided on issues not
marked by geographical lines and the decision
of which will not imperil the safety of So
ciety nor the peace of the republic. Finances
wears the national debt will be so reduced
that in the general prosperity its attendant
evils will scarcely be felt. The tariff will be
laid for revenue and incidental protection,
will be adjusted for the present to foster
home industry, and in the end to enable
America to successfully contest for trade in
the marts of the world. The Chinese aues-
ton will soon be settled to the satisfaction of
all. Applause Will be settled upon
basis which will not disturb COM
mercial intercourse with the Orient, which
will prevent Chinese immigration and which
will reflect no dishonor upon our country.
[Cries of "Thats SO" and applause.] A
free ballot, fair count, equality before the
wherever they may be are CT our greatest
trophies in this battle secured. No section
alism no Chinese immigration speedy but
honest reduction of the National debt !;
tariff for revenue with incidental protection !;
free ballot; fair count; equality before the
law and protection to American citizenship,
are the grand results of the victory on No
vember I'd, won by the American people.
Loud and long applause General Garfieid's
life has been an eventful one. He has felt
the sting of poverty and has worn the yoke
of its servitude. Upon the stricken field OF
battle he has won the golden stars. On the
floor of Congress he has been the leader Of
his party-the Bayard Of debate. Success in
life has not turned the good impulses of his
heart nor bent him from the course of that
Justice which is administered in mercy.
Bright as the stars, pure as the love OF
God, he stards out the incarnation of
true repuhlicansm. Applause. In his
election toll has been enobled-labor crowned.
With his own strong arm did he cleave the
way from the towpath to the White House.
[Cheers The genius of Liberty which pre-
sided over the councils of our fathers, which
was with them in the long and weary watches
of the Revolution, which was above the sui
phurous canopy when Americas battle-fag
received its baptism of blood and fire, still
keeps her vigil; smiling tonight in approval
upon her adopted children, she beckons them
on their destiny. Pointing to. fertile fields
and happy homes-to contented people and
prosperous countryside bids her children
remember that these are gifts of freedom I;
that here alone in all the world man walks
in the glory of the presence of his Maker
the master of his own fate. Loud applause.
The Republican party in part waged battle to
secure free ballot that it might be made the
cornerstone upon which to rear temple to
free thought and free speech. It was in
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in place; the temple In all its beautiful pro-
portions is rising upon the sight of mankind !;
within will be garnered up the hopes of free
dom; without, our chosen leader will guard
the approaches that no harm may come to
the treasured rights for which Washington
fought and Lincoln died, and, to preserve
which, you gave Garfield to be President of
the "free and United States of America"
Cheering
MIR. Haymord's effort was one of his best,
and was received by the large assemblage
with all the warmth and enthusiasm with
which it was delivered.
t. B. MCFARLAND
Was then introduced, and spoke briefly,
earnestly and with vigorous effectiveness.
He was often applauded. and his delivery
was marked by an emphasis OF feeling that
was met by quick and pronounced response
on the part OF his auditors.
There is just one word that expresses the
exultation of all national Republicans to-
night, and that word is "Hurrah ~ [Cheers |
We feel tonight as we felt when we heard
OF the fall of Vicksburg, or the fual surren
der at Appomattox. lApplause.] This is
not mere triumph of one set of men over
another. 1t involves more than mere political
power 1t involves more than mere busi-
ness prosperity. The result of the recent
struggle will reach, for good, far down into
posterity. l aliude now not to the mere tenn
porary issues involved. There were questions
in it about the tariff, about national finances,
about public economy, about the regulation
of certain foreign immigration-alli important
[Applause. But the result has significance
broader and deeper and grander than all
these. 1t means that vast majority
Of the American people from ocean to ocean,
and from the Ohio river to the northern
lakes, at a most critical juncture, have again
proclaimed with voice almost as loud as the
rattle of musketry and roar of cannon with
which they had before proclaimed it on an
hundred battlefelds, that this is a nation
[Great applause Gentlemen, that phrase,
''this is a nation" always has been, is now,
and for generations will be, the key note of
American politics. That is the sentiment for
which many gallant American has fought,
and many one has died, and it is the senti-
ment for which L fear many gallant Ameri-
can will have to fight III the future. 1t ought
to ring in every loyal ear with a sound as
stirring as to the Highlander was the war
note of Lochiel. Applause. From one stand
point our success is not very great, numerically.
IT you count all the Southern rebels against
US, and exclude all the loyal men of the South
who were not allowed to vote for us, our
popular majority is small. But it must be
remembered that we had to carry, and that
we did carry, nearly every State whose peo-
this nation. From this standpoint our VIC
tory was like that of Waterloo. [Cheers. ]
And how manly and generous was our con.
duct of the campaign compared with that of
our opponents. We relied upon the history,
and character, and conduct, and principles
and measures of our party; they upon per-
sonal abuse, Misrepresentation, forgery and
solid lying. They occupied themselves with
lingering up dirty garbage from the gutter.
The forgery of a letter from Garfield
to Morey, near the close of the canvass, lost
us on this coast at least five thousand votes.
But, although fraud " has done its worst" it
did not do enough. Applause. General
Garfield to day stands before the country
honored as no ether man has been. He is a
member of the Congress of the United
States he is a United States Senator elect;
he is President-elect of the nation. [Great
cheering Now, gentlemen, like Demo-
crat first-rate-in his place. Socially and as
friend and neighbor, and in business rela-
tions, he is all right But politically, in
spite of his good qualities, he is mischievous
and dangerous. l would like to impress
upon his mind that for him at least the post
of honor is the private station. What is
there in the Democratic party to attract the
best instincts and the worthiest sentiments of
human nature? What noble impulse does it
appeal to? What generous emotion does it
invoke What is there about tin its his
tory or characterize fill spirited man with
enthusiasm, to inspire him with high thoughts
or stimulate him to noble deeds? A voice
Don't ask conundrums." Cheers and laugh
teri Has it been friend of liberty? Why,
its greatest effort was to see that no limb was
freed, that no chain was broken. Has it
been patriotic party? Why, it has always
tried, and is now trying, to dwarf the grand
passion of American patriotism into a little
local attachment to petty State. Has it
been the party of progress in any direction
No. 1t never helps forward the movements
of the country. or the race. 1t drags eter-
nally at the tail-end of everything It's mis-
sion is to stop things. Its forte is dead
weight. 1t is such stuff as handicaps are
made oft only to weigh down the bound
ing nation, to exhaust its energies and lessen
its speed. [Applause.] Leave it you fell
low-cit;zens who have been Democrats, leave
it forever, and join that grand national Re-
publican party whose past is blazoned with
GLORY whose present sees all the DEPARTMENTS