, 1880-04-25
Lucas. County, Ohio, Will Send a
Delegation Instructed for
Blaine.
Oregon Republicans Also Take Much
Stock in the Man from
Maine.
Another Batch of Specu1ations
as to Tilden's Program.
BE Is Now Believed to Be Satisfied
with Having the Naming Of
the Man,
THURMAN.
TT1yT e CDEErY9 An rrY -t-~e

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$ THURMAN.
LITTLE SPEECH AT COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS, O., April Ex-senator Thur
q I man arrived in this city at 3 O'Clock thi.
= afternoon, and was met at the de
a pot by Supreme Judge O'Key tht
= Hon. 81. A. Dougherty, and George
W. Moneypenny, and escorted to thf
Neil House. The Senator was serenaded al
, half-past O'Clock. He was introduced by
D. c. Jones, and responded in half-hour's
speech to large crowd, Of which the fol,
: lowing is an extract:
J, THE SPEECH.
!, MY FRIENDS AND FELLoW-TowNsMEy
II any one Of you were far from home, and
should receive warm and cordial welcome
rom 1H,i strangers M whom you had never seen;
for that kind attention. But grateful as one
may teel for the welcome of strangers, there
is something much nearer the heart in
fhs E;andS Ee'c0e aeG t9 his R home by ones
for politeness from those we have never
seen, but when we are welcomed home BY
those With whom we have dwclt, whom re
recognize as our own t9wllsme1n, and with
spared, there is feeling more deep than
| gratitude, more powerful than respect. So
feel tonight at this welcome which you
have been so kind as To, give me, and I but
feebly express my emotions when thank
you for 1t with all my heart and when also
return to the orator who has spoken for sou
fo-inight my sincere appreciation Of his too
My friends, as I passed through Newark
to-day purchased q Columbus paper, and
| to my great surprise found that I was ex-
pected to make q speech here tonight. l
t2s fpeak n all SINCERITY and ruth when say
terday morning that T knew could come and
| visit my home, and had no certainty at all
| that you would know that was coming, and,
expected fSa @ to ON make . speech; and this being
@ % ds1sr faa yda nave no d}a Rdafpape& nea
fG%H Gaagter te Pho ehaG5S1 IA ndt with thaR speech
speech from me was at ali necessary. / |
came hers to SGT; little rest, after ~nve !
onfns NJ nj fanse labor without recreation
needed some rest, some repose; and I came
to get it among my friends in Columbus lap
plause],; but, since YOU have been told that
would speak Tonight, and have been kind
Gn9{uE to come mnf tG hear it you'd be IN
upon
TIE POLITICAL QUESTIONS,
or some Of them, that agitate the country.
e hoH wv Tt br;q pgrmt mf howGye1 my friends to
speaker, and therefore it is but seldom that I
am tedious. shall speak to you, therefore
very briefly indeed, but what do saw I conn |
mend to your careful and thoughtful consid-
r. NY friends, It has been said that every
Presidential election is a crisis in this Re
PUBLIC, and, though it might be doubted |
whether in the past that remark is so abso-
yet it would be admitted that III later years !
every Presidential election has in fact been |
crisis in our affairs and no one can tell how
loang Ia 1t may thus continue to be. But
n h1t1F* f1<41 n3.-A.1 I
certain. and That is that the Presidential eiec-
ton will be regarded as long as the history {
OF th's country shall be read and studied, as
WY i5ss % say Rf nfS 5S Of the he Rspges And
Is Is not my wont. to magnify things. Why, c
then, do say that this is a crisis in public
affairs? Because. my friends, in my serious ! 9
determine whether substantial liberty, sub +
in America. :
tJgdge ae1 Thurman tSa then spoke for some min
opponents Of the Democratic party, thai 7
$ We. need, strong Government" The Il
meaning of the phrase was that we should | p
AVE stronger National Government to rule Il
,ver the whole people Of this country. The
SHOULD BE CONTENT C.
vlth the Government as it has existed for | Il
hree4uarters OF century, under which we 4
oe1hnd avs ioqrlshea ara as no other people have
mods IS tfnag frsaght with eGbyeFament benaesasS
. the people, and safety, security, and
roSperX to the State The other mode
leans ne r4ln M and ultimate destruction to the
tate The, first is to so constitute your M
GXe1nment ,ffE and So administer it that it in
~ ~ eanne cna,engs and receive the affection Of a
la!l not merely obey, but that they shall TIC
we're, esteem, ana love it, A Government no
5s ; supported 2dp by its people, whatever may ia
nt}F' 1Ts IG}fm' however few may be the powers sex
irtb o + isftrongfSt ron f the ot1
eG o1aInad our tfSSaefatheFs hought they
:Mates, at and such, a Government The Demo va
attic party has always advocated. pa
THE OTHER NODE ~ ~,
strengthening a Government Is tn are
5ga1eea aade aries Il meTSy by great c
some length, and illustrations Of the re-. re-. mi mi
Its Of such kind OF government were riyen nos
% rfiielenGe ira to the rule Of Great Britain ch(
erean9 appaafon The Empre aa Of Russia ete
~, ~ tae FORMER mode was that by which the
moe Ta party sought to administer the
-teJ tednmeht, "a en-, While the Republican party re-
h ie concluded as follows: SNOW. nv nc hea
i;nds, eng n ny Judgment, the great question ~ eo-e
zen a,,t Is to be solved is whether or no the Cor
Gjjgtn q gon OF t onr Government in the future Sta
whether it shall be that streneth t Cou
t despots, and despots alone. emniov helt
9 ere ast IS much more that might SPEAK to Stat
essQ q q me necessity of reform Of the ton
;eFing taxes and all these sn6eets5 wifh q
4, lcn you are more or less familiar: h"t
mlsed you that I would not weary J1S vnnr
yaaTx 'TTe, nao]s ana POPE you will not allow me