National Republican., 1880-08-20
GARFIELD AND ARTHUR.
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in power four years longer the cvil-service
reform would DO made complete, aud honest,
faithful public servants would not he hurled
out of the Office to make room for polihcal
bummer. Tho speaker drew q rapid aud
graphic sketch Of the history of the democ.
racy, which claimed to be tho national
party, from Jackson's administration TO
tho rebellion, TO Grceley's nomination and to
lS5O, when the party with the solid south
to ride into the white house at the
heels of union general. It they can get
Indiana aud New York. together with the
solid south, they will turn ab ,ut aud laugh at
four.fflhs of tho people Of the north, who rep.
resent four fNhs Of the wealth OF the country.
Drawing on the other hand 4 bright picture
Of the republican party, he predicted that tho
north would give such a majority that cleo
toral commissions would be out or question,
aud in that way a solid south would
be broken and scctionalism destroyed.
PROFESSOR r.. T. GREENER
was next introduced. lie said two weeks ago
he stood on the balcony Of the Fifth Avenue
hotel and saw the grand procession Of Boys in
Blue and the concourse Of enthusiastic repub.
licans who greeted the future president and
vice president of the United Statos-Garheld
aud Arthur. The gathering tonight was
similar in character, in numbers and enthus.
asm. He spoke as a solthcrn republican aud
as colorcd man-tho class and tho race
which had through every trial and viclssitude
rcmained true to the vital principles Of the
national republican party. lIo had no time
TO waste on democratic Inconsistencies aud
lack Of principle That party was all things to
all men, ito iniure" rather than Save some."
This battle was one OF principle, was to be
won by steadfast adherence to the principles
OF rcpublicanism aud not by fighting rebels
with quaker guns, or northern democrats with
gloves. We needed q little of "the sword of
the Lord and of Gideon" and should smite
democracy wherever we saw it, whether ell.
rolled under tho banner of Hancock and Eng
lish in open battle or covcrtly sapping the
foundations of the republic in government
offices and District offices, cursng the
hand which fed IL and plotting against
those whose fafse magnanimity gave
it life aud power. For ono he had no
favois TO ask of the democracy. 1t had
opposed the rights of his race consistently
throughout aud he knew by its record at the
south, by the course Oft democratic ma jority
in congress, what the negro had to expect
when they got back into power. Some of the
speakers had referred TO recent experiences
which had converted them; the speaker bad
been converted in South Carolina where Wade
Hampton and Butler and Geary had falsely
broken their pledges to the black voters
TO whom they promised protection. He
had attended the late Onlereuce at New York
and was surprised to hear men--repuhlicans--
lamoly dahating whether they would support
the southern republicans. As we'll might
Napoleon have debated about sustaining the
Old Guard, which stood by its leader at
Waterloo. Whatever there WAS of vitality in
the republican party to-day was represented
by the southern wing of the party. They
demanded FREQ speech, free ballot and the
protection which the United States govern
mcnt owed to every citizen, aud would never
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and that in the fullest measure. Finance,
taxes, revenues, democratic record, demo-
cratic Inconsistencies were all mere bagatelles
compared with the higher, nobler and sterncr
duty of protecting American citizens every
where wherc the flag 1oatcd Given this
issue, embaZon this ou the banner, evoke
some of the courage and fidelity and intrepid
ity Of the old leaders, Giddings, Sumner,
John A. Andrews and Thad Stephens, and
there would be an outburst Of enthusiasm
devotion aud courage which would equal tho
roll of fire which swept the country Ia 1860.
While Mr.. Greener was talking u torrent of
rain began to fall, which created much con-
fusion and discomfort. Umbrellas were raised
in the crowd, but as there appeared no dispo-
sitiOn on the part of the crowd 10 dispersc the
chairman remarked that they were able to
stand this rain better than tho reign of the
democracy, and introduced
GENERAL s. s. BURDETT.
General Burdett, over whose head an um.
| brella was hold, made very happy speech.
| There was an unusual amount OF shouting lie
| said, on the democratic side. 1t reminded
him of the old colored sister at religious
meeting, who, speaking to a rather demon
| strative sister, said: ut amt the real grace,
honey; 1t amt the sure glory; you are holcr-
| ing too loud" IL is the part of the dcmoc-
racy that remained in Canada during the
war that is doing tho shouting. According to
| them, curing the war, on one side
| was arrayed the great eonfcderacy, and
on the other side General Hancock. That man
alone beat back the cOnlederacy. lie would
not have one iOta detractcd FROM the glory of
General Hancock, but he would have Ii under
| stood that 10000 boys in blue stood with him.
In that line there were 100000 men as noble
aud patriotic rs he. The speaker wondered
| that some one had not said that all Grant ever
| did was put up by Hancock. General Han
cock was soldier and u good one, but they
| did not want to elect man now TO
command an army. lie could see the time
coming, If the liberty Of five states continued
| to be crushed down, when it may be necessary
| to elect man 10 command an army, but ii
| will not be Hancock. General Hancock had
never in his life earned q meal by honest labor
! lie did not know what ii was TO struggle
| upward, as that other man did. Looking on
the picture there was nothing on ii but q
Uniform ana nothing under IL unless
IT was n corset. General Garfield wa
a type of our country. lie cleared
| his own way TO fame aud fortune and learned
how to sympathize with all his follows, and
was to-day the peer Of the best of them. They
would elect him because VIC are not nation
| Of cravens and towards. The time was coming
when they would not permit tho south to rule
| By fraud aud violence aud stuiing the census
The chairman announced that Hon. A. G
| Riddle, who was to have delivered Il speech
| being absent would appear by attorney. liz
then introduced Mr.. Francis Miller, Mr.. Rid
dies law partner, who read extracts from the
speech prepared by Mr.. Riddle. In this speech
was the following eloquent reference to Gen
eral Garfield:
"LOwly as he was born, humble rs his elrly
years were, the qualities which made hin
great were all with aud in him then. y,
great men sought him out aud sent him {
| West Point; no Kind fortune smiled aud beck
oncd him away; no new life came aud shct
new grace upon him, or clothed him with new
qualities or Il new character All he ever hat
his father aud mother gave him. God wa
with him, the heavens were over him, aud h,
went on, and on, aud on, till that which was il
him led him out aud up, drew the eyes Of mel
| to him till the nation caught its raw
aud now asks 1t to light up the way OF It's owl
great onward march. This is our mau! Grea
hearted, great sOulod, broad natured, with
mighty mind. lie too was warrior, no
turned out ut West Point but such as Go,
makes when he wants warrior, as he did
| frxssV oil ltnr Of tl., ti,g,.