The Columbus journal., 1880-10-20

not bigot He does not agree will
me: do not agree with him OF
thousands of things: but on tn,
great luminous principle that
EVERY MAN MUST GIVE TO EVERY
OTHER MAN
every right that he claims for him
self we do absolutely agree. Ap
plause.l | would despise myself i
| would vote against man in poi
itics simply because we differed
about what is known as religion.
will vote for a liberal Catholic, {
liberal Presbyterian, a liberal Meth
odist, a liberal anything ten thousand
times quicker than | would vote
for an illiberal free-thinker. Ap
plause. | believe in the right.
believe in doing to other people IL
these matters as would like to have
them do TO me. Gen. Garfield is az
honest man every way; intellectual
every way. He is poor man; he
is rich in honor, in integrity he is
| wealthy, and in brains he is mil
lionaire. daughter and applause. )
| know him. and if the people of IL
| linois knew him as well as | do he
would not loose 100 votes in this
State. He is a great, good, broad,
kind. tender man, and he will do, II
elected President, what he believes
to be right. [Applause.l | like
him, too, because he is a certificate
of the splendid form OF our Gov
ernment. like him because, under
our institutions, he came from alb
ject poverty to occupy the position
he now does before the American
people. lie will make Hope the
tailor of every ragged boy. He will
make every boy think it possible, no
matter how poor he is, no matter
how hungry he may be, he will
make every one of these boys be-
lieve that there is in their horizon
some one beckoning them to glory
and to honor. Applause That is
the reason | like this country, be-
cause every body has a chance. |
like it because the poorest man can
live hoping his boy may occupy the
highest place. That is the reason |
like this country. That is one of
the reasons | want to see Gen. Gar
field elected. He belle yes in honor,
he believes in liberty, he believes in
an honest ballot, he believes in COL
lecting the revenue, he believes in
good money, he believes in Gov
ernment of law, he believes that this
is absolutely a Nation, and not
confederacy, and | believe in him.
[ Applause Throwing aside, throw
ing to the winds all prejudice, all
partisanship, all hatreds, beg of
every one who hears me to con-
scientiously
DECIDE EACH FOR HIMSELF
what, under the circumstances as
man, as a patriot, as lover of JUS
tice, he ought to do. That is all |
want you to do. Be honor bright.
| Laughter. Do not be led away
by the appeals of gentlemen who
once belonged to the Republican
party. Vote TO sustain the greatest
possible cause, human liberty. |
know and appreciate what our lib
erty has cost. We are reaping to-
day the benefits OF the sufferings of
every hero who ever died. We are
to-day enjoying the benefits con-
ferred upon Us by our heroic dead.
We are to-day great, united, and
splendid people, simply because
somebody was great and grand
enough to die that we might live.
Now, do you believe if the dead
could rise from their grayes-the
men fallen on all the battlefields of
the War-could they rise from the
unknown graves that made this con-
tinent sacred, how would they vote
next November? Think of it. Let
us be true to the memory of every
man that ever died for us. APP
plause.
Let me ask you another question
How do the men who wished TO
destroy this Government wish you
to vote now? How would every
Rebel in the South, could he have |
came to the North, have voted in |
1864? How would every Rebel in |
the South, if he could have visited 1
the North, how would he have vo-
ted in 1865, in 1872, in 1876? How |
would jefferson Davis vote if he |
were in the North to-day? How
would the men that starved our
prisoners at Andersonville and Lib
by,-and Andersonville and Libby
are the mighty, mighty wings that