The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-10-28
600 BUSINESS MEN
OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
VISIT GEN. GARFIELD AT HIS
HOME.
THE GENERALS ADDRESS OF
WELCOME.
NOBLE WORDS, WORTHY OF
REMEMBRANCE.

Gen. Garheld's home, to pay their
respects to the business mems candi-
date for President. Mr.. Geo. h
Ely acted as spokesman for the par
ty of visitors, and made a happy lit
tie speech to Gen. Garfield, to which
the General made the following elo.
quent response:
GENERAL GARFIELD's WELCOME.
Mr.. Ely and Gentlemen of CIe7e-
land: This is a new situation laugh
teri and new sensations arise with
it. I should be altogether unworthy
of this State and of my native eoun-
ty if I did not feel a deep sensibii-
ty at this expression Of your conf
dence in me, and at this greater eX-
preston, more significant expression
of your understanding Of what the
great contest now pending in this
country is as related to our prosPeri-
ty. Applause.
You are business men Of Cleve-
land, and that means a great deal
You are citizens of Ohio, and that
means more. Applause. You are
citizens of the Republic, and that
means a great deal more. In your
three-fOld capacity I greet you and
thank you for this demonstration
of your confidence. Let me speak
a moment about these three thoughts.
You are business men. Suppose,
not this yard full alone, but all the
business men of America, were as
sembled together, what would theydO?
Rather, what would they not do if
they could get from the eternal pow
ers an insurance policy that for four
years to come there should be no
disturbances in the great forces that
play upon the business prosperity
Of this people? Applause. The
power that could underWrite such a
policy to you would call from you
more sacrifice, in a mere business
sense, than you ever made under any
circumstances, for any offer that
could be made to you. Now, no
such guarantee will be given by the
supernal powers. But while frOsts,
and pestilence, tempests, and all the
great accidents that come to Us
without our power to prevent,
are beyond our reach, yet there is a
great political organization in this
country that can give you a policy,
underwritten by its faith and by its
own hand, against all the evils that
can come to you from bad legislation
and the reckless wickedness Of bad
finance. Applause. For such q
business insurance the business men
of Cleveland and the business men
of America are manifestly willing to
make some effort and bear some sac
rifce. Applause. And that, I take
it, is the business meaning Of this
assemblage here to-day. Applause. ]
Now, the second thought I had
was; You are citizens Of Ohio, and
you are the living illustrations Of the
frst-born children of the pioneers
who planted Ohio. When your
fathers were born Ohio was unknown
except as a trackless wilderness, and
yet where not a dozen smokes from
any white mems cabins assembled to
the sky from all this territory, now
three and a quarter millions Of hap
py people, prosperous, honorable,
successful, are living and guiding
the destiny of a community as great
in numbers and wealth as all who
inhabited the thirteen colonies when
our forefathers won their independ-
ence. Applause. ] What a spec
tacle is this And all this prosperi-
ty was won by the simple, plain,
straightforward process Of down
right hard work. Applause ] That's
what did it. Labor first laid out the
raw material that God made, and
then capital, which is only another
name for crystalized labor saved up,
applause, protected and saved by
the strong arm Of justice and equal
law. Now, that is Ohio. Applause
and laughter.
Well, now, there is a third and.
larger thought. Proud as you are
of what you have done for Cleve-
land, for Ohio, yet your pride rises
at a little piece of bunting with stars
and stripes on it, that speaks Of a
great continent, with a government
that covers it from sea to sea, from
lakes to gulf, and that you, as citi-
zens of that Republic, have a right
to walk on every foot of it as the
equal of any man that lives any
where Cgreat apPlause, and that the
of black men that I see
here and there have Just as good
right as the whitest of US all. APP
plause. ! These are the thoughts
that come to me as I look upon these
faces. You are in the
midst of a great contest, gentlemen.
On that contest, on the struggle of
it, on the issue of It, on my relation
to it, I say nothing. For the time
being I am out of politics, but I am
with you. Laughter and applause ;
and cries, ''We'll stay with
you."]
And now, gentlemen, I thank you
for coming here I thank you for
these wise and earnest words Of en-
couragement which your chairman
has spoken, and I thank you for your
purpose of standing by your faith to
the end, let it lead Us wherever it
will [applausel and I finally hope
to have the pleasure of taking you
all by the band. fGreat applause
ONE HOUR AT MENTOR FARM.
The 900 gentlemen one by
one passed by the General and were
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