The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-15
Baltimore Celebrates the 150th Ami.
Versary of Her SettIement.-A Mag
nIicent Demonstration.

General Garfield to the Young Voters OF
His District.
CLEVELAND, Oct. S.-The Garfield and
Arthur battalion of Cleveland went to
Mentor this afternoon by special train of
six cars and called on General Garfield
at his lawn-field home. The train stop
ped at the farm and the battalion, headed
by band, marched TO the residence,
where Herman w. Grannis, president of
the organization, made brief address,
TO which General Garfield responded,
thus:
Mr. Chairman and Young GentEemen:
This is no ordinary event in the his
tory of any man, indeed in the history
of any people, when, as / am told, there
are four hundred young men here who
have made this journey, not for any per
sonal purpose, but to express that great
general, earnest purpose that arises in
the hearts of active, intelligent young
men when they first grapple the great
questions of their country. l know of
nothing quite like this in our history
with all the pleasure it brings, l am
bound to say 1t brings little disappoint-
ment to me in this: always up to this
time have been accustomed to consider
myself a young man. [Laughterl If,
before your arrival, anybody had raised
the question l should have asserted it
with good deal of feeling, if anybody
had denied that myself was young
man. But they tell me you are to cast
your first national vote at a presidential
election. If that Is so, young
man as am, / voted before any
of you were born. Laughter
and applause) If you are young and
voters. borrowing the language OF Rip
Van Wrinkle, when he awoke from that
long sleep, who in the world am 81
daughter aud applause.) / must have
passed n very flash of youth at least,
but young gentlemen have not so far
left the coast of youth to tIavel miami,
but that / can very well remember the
state Of young manhood from an ex-
perience in il of some years, and there is
nothing to me in this world so inspiring
as the possibilities that lie locked up in
the beau and breast of a young man
| (Applause.) The hopes that lie before
him, the great inspirations around him.
the great aspirations above him, all these
things with the untired pathway of life
covering up its difficulties and dangers
| inspire him to courage and work. It Is
q scene that the very gods would look
down on IN the ancient Roman days
with more than ordinary interest. Now
let me say q single word or two In an
swer to this great kindness and compli
ment-your coming TO my house; about
some Of the thoughts that know have
got into the hearts of the young men 10
inspire them. and some delusions Ina
are likely to get into their minds. Lei
me speak of one delusion that think,
\ from the remarks of your chairman
you are not likely to have; q delusior
that affects all men, or more particularly
the young men; the delusion thai
good things and great things are away
off yonder. That is one of the delusion.
that hope you are not holding fast
To illustrate. Right over here, fifteeI
miles. where / spent my childhood
there is lovely little brook, and gnrgI
where we used to 60 down and find slatl
stones and whittle them out into pencil
for ourselves, that were better than al
the pencils brought from abroad but
anybody ever brought into our schoo
what is not in any English dictionary
but in the school boys dictionary
-bOughten pencil" he could get who'll
handful of our homemade pencils for il
and vet every one of ours was better thai
the best that he brought from abroad
There was delusiOn among US that ihl
outside world opened way for US 4
greatness. Now as to our country. LIE
us Lot get any such oelusion into GU
heads know 1t is q good thing for u
to know all about things abroad; {,
know what it is; to enlarge our mind
. by it. But want you to feel in tn
, depths of your hearts that there is n
abroad in this world that Is half equal .
the glory of Young America here at home
lGreat applause,l And to-day, RICH
here in this yard. is splendid specimel
OF American sovereignty; the roof an
crown of this word of sovereignty. En-
large it into the millions of men VIII
vote, and you have the profound, angus
sovereign of the best government of thes
times, the American republic. Now tha
that sovereign shall be unshackled fol
ever; that that sovereign shall be unpul
chaseable when it stands at the ballc
3 box to order the supreme will of the M
ton; that that sovereign shall not be in
undated by mortal man when il utter
5 that final smnific word that command th
: continent, that is slie great purpose tbs
, all true Americans should keep in thei
, minds. lApplause.l When see sue
band OF eal nest young men as meet m
here today, feel certain that if the