The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-06-12
OUR NOMINEE.

The general anxiety as to the action OF
the Chicago Convention has, after week
of unparalleled suspense, been removed
by the nomination of General James a.
Garfield, of Ohio, man who should be
thoroughly acceptable to every true Re
publican, and whose election should be
the object of active personal endeavor,
upon the part of every elector who be-
Heves that the ascendency of Republican
principles and measures, are essential to
the prosperity and peace of the nation.
1t is IL fact not to be overlooked, that the
unusual and protracted contest between
the friends of General Grant and Mr..
Blaine must have resulted in personal
indifference, that might have seriously
ieopardized the success of either at the
polls, and although the friends of both
may still feel some degree of disappoint
ment at the defeat of their favorite. yet
the candidacy of General Garfield, affords
a common ground on which all can har-
monize and unite, for the success of the
grand old party, to which the friends of
every Presidential aspirant are supposed
to be equally devoted In its results,
then, dispassionately considered, we rec
ognize the action of the Chicago Conven-
ton, as happy issue out of the party
troubles, necessarily incident upon indi
vidual candidates., SO warmly contested.
His nomination, therefore, should pro-
/ woke no antagonism, since he has no
grudges to satisfy, no thwarted ambitions
! to be atoned for, no favorites to reward,
no enemies to punish. Tohis triumphant
election we pledge our own. and the
united effort of the Republicans of Mary
| land.
| The personal and political record of
| General Garfield is one that his party can
! a patriot soldier, who, in the hour of the
nation peril, was faithful and true, he
challenges the admiration and gratitude
of his countrymen. Like General Grant
himself he is of the people, embued with
their feelings, and inspired by their SYM
pathies. Among them he has learned
the useful lessons taught by honest am
bition and friendless endeavor. His
early career is the homely story which
the American people delight to read. 1t
is the recital of the story of manly strug-
gle for preferment, of conscious reliance
upon honesty of purpose, of individual
principle, of personal integrity. The
early promise of the youth, finds its full
fruition in the matured character Of the
man.
| If the American people need as an oc-
cupant of the Presidential chair a states
man of thorough and tried experience,
they can find him in the person of James
! \. Garfield. When scarcely twenty eight
years of age, his ability and promise
were, in 1859. recognized by his election
to seat in the State Senate of Ohio
Upon the first outbreak of the rebellion,
he was in the field, from which. in 1862.
then a Major General, he was called to a
seat in the Lower House of Congress-
Reelected nine successive times, and
| serving eighteen consecutive years. he
! finally, in the present Forth-sixth Con-
gress, became the recognized leader of
his party, having been during his terms
of services identified with all the promi-
| 1lia p,a AZ which t1,iS in,
portant epoch of our national history
was so prolific. At the last session Of
the Ohio Legislature, he was chosen a.
the successor of Senator Thurman on
the 4th of March next. We predict his
higher promotion to the Presidency by
the votes of the American people.
The temper and character Of General
Garfield. indicating his desire to concili-
ate and harmonize every element of the
Republican party, at a time too when
his own candidacy was not thought of, is
very forcibly illustrated ill his eloquent
review of the history and successes Of tho
Republican party i'll his speech nominal,
ing Mr.. Sherman at Chicago. "The Re.
publican party" said he, has finished
its twenty-five years of glory and sue.
cess, and is here tonight to ask you tC
launch it on another lustrum of glory
and victory. How shall you do it, No,
by assaiHng any Republican. The bat,
tie this year is our Thcrmopylac. We
stand on the narrow isthmus. and the lit.
tie Spartan band must meet all the Greeks
Xerxes can bring against them, and then
the stars in their courses will fight fol
us. To win the victory we want the vote
of every Grant Republican, and of every
Blaine Man, and Of every anti-H.aine man.
We are here TO take calm counsel tG-
gethcr, and to inquire what we shall dc
for the Republican party
The independent press, in noticing his
conciliatory course at Chicago, as indi-
eating his higher allegiance to the party
whose interests he wished to promote
above those of any individual, paid an
unconscious tribute To his one very essen
tial requisite for the Presidency-~his JIM
partial dispassionatenesss. One core
| spondent-not dreaming that he was
complimenting the next President Of the
| United StateR--te!egraphed to his paper
that General Garfield is one of the gen
t!emen of the convention He did not
mean this i'll an invidions sense. There
were plenty of gentlemen in the conven-
ton. But the idea lie intended to con
vey, was, that in his zeal for the nomi-
nation, General Garfield regarded the
feelings and opinions Of others, that he
manner, the highest and truest attribute
of Il gentleman.
Such is brief notice of the man whom
the Republicans and Independent voters
of the country propose to make the next
President of the United States. Although.
| personally, our choice was another yet
we accord no less u cordial support to the
| man worthy OF the honor we propose to
confer upon him. The man who with
holds from General Garfield lis epthusi-
astic support, because pcrchance he pre-
ferred General Grant, or Mr.. Blaine, or
| Mr.. Sherman, or Mr.. EdmundS, gives but
doubtful proof of the genuineness of his
Repubicanisil. 1t is the duty of every
true Republican to bury with the past all
| irritating recollections of personal differ
| encpS over ran1ilotpS We c1u - as :,