The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-06-16

publican party advancing, with its
ensigns resplendent with illustrious
achievements, and marching to GER
tain victory with its greatest marshal
at its head.
GARFIELD on SHERMAN.
Mr.. President: | have witnessed
the extraordinary scenes of this con
vention with deep solicitude. No
emotion touches my heart more
quickly than sentiment in honor Of
great and noble character, but as
sat on these seats and witnessed these
demonstrations, it seemed to me that
you were a human ocean in a tenn
rpest | have seen the sea lashed in
to fury and tossed into spray, and Its
grandeur moves the soul Of the dull
est man. But | remember that it Is
not the pillows, but the calm level
of the sea, from which all heights
and depths are measured (applause);
when the storm has passed and the
hour of calm settles on the ocean,
when the sunlight bathes its smooth
surface, then the astronomer and sur
vevor takes the level from which he
measures all terrestrial heights and
depths. (Applause.)
Gentlemen of the convention, your
present temper may not mark the
healthful pulse of our people When
our enthusiasm has passed, when
the emotions of this hour have sub
sided, We shall find that calm level
of public opinion below the storm
from which the thoughts of mighty
people must be measured and by
which their final action will be de
termined. (Applause.)
Not here in this brilliant circle,
where $1,000 men and women are
assembled, is the destiny of the Re
publican party to be decreed. Voices
That's so.") Not here where |
see the enthusiastic faces of 756 del
egates waiting to cast their votes into
the urn, and determine the choice of
the Republic (Applause.) But by
100000 Republican firesides, where
the thoughtful voters with wives and
children about them, with the calm
thoughts inspired by love of home
and love of country, with the history
of the past, the hopes of the future,
and the knowledge Of the great men
who have adorned and blessed our
nation in days gone by. There God
prepares the verdict that shall deter
mine the wisdom of our work to-
night. (Applause.) Not in Chicago,
in the heats of June, but in the sober
quiet that comes to them between
now and November, in the silence of
deliberate judgment, will this great
question besettled. (Cries of Good. y
Let us aid them tonight Great
applause.) But, now, gentlemen OF
the convention, what do We want ?
CA voice-"Garfield;" :" followed by
applause.) Bear with me a moment,
hear me for this cause, and for a mo-
ment, be silent that you may hear.
(Cries of "Good.") Twenty-Five years
ago this Republic was
WEARING y TRIPLE CHAIN
of bondage Long familiarity with
traffic i'll the bodies and souls of men
had paralyzed the consciences of a
majority of our people, the baleful
doctrine of State sovereignty had
shackled and weakened the noblest
and most beneficient powers of the
National Government, and the grasp
ing power of slavery was seizing the
virgin Territories of the West and
dragging them into the den of eter-
nal bondage. At that crisis the Re
publican party was born. 1t drew
its first inspiration from that fire OF
liberty which God has lighted in ev-
cry human heart, and which all the
powers of ignorance and tyranny
can never wholly extinguish. (Ap-
plause.) The Republican party came
to deliver and save the republic 1t
entered the arena where the beleag-
ured and assailed Territories were
struggling for freedom, and drew
around them the sacred circle of lib
erty which the demon of slavery has
never dared to cross. 1t made them
free forever. loud applause and
cries of "Good.") Strengthened by
its victory on the frontier, the young
party under the leadership of that
great man, who on this spot twenty
years ago was made its leader, it en-
tered the National Capitol and as
sumed the high duties of govern
ment. (Applause.) The light which
shone from its banner dispelled the
darkness in which slavery had en-
shrouded the capital, and that melt
ed the shackles of every slave, and
consumed in the fire of liberty every
slave-pen within the shadow of the
Capitol.