Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-10-23
raE AxEmEN OF INDIANA.


An indianapolis DeleEaii"n a
Linen Duaters and rbree-Corner
ed straw Hats - Gen. Garnsld's
Address on the Deeds OF Indiana
Soldiers and Indiana Hopubii'
cams.
MnNTcR, Ohio, OCT. l9.--About 4OO
members OF the Lincoln Club OF lndi'
sne polis came to Mentor this morning
by SPECIAL train to pay their respects
TO Gen. Garfield. ALI wore linen dus-
terra and taree -cornered straw hats, as
a burles4ue on the rich costumes Of the
Jefferson Cllb Of their city. Coming
up the farm lane from railroad, led by
band, they made q novel appearance
On arriving al the house. Gen. Garfield
appeared, and N. G. MeLain, Chairman
Of The club, made brief address, in
which he eulogizsd the Republican
Party and it's candidate. He said the
club came 10 bring the good news from
Indiana, and to give assurance OF a
greater victory under the inspiration
Of General James A. Garfeld's leader
snip.
ten. Garfield responded as follows:
Gentlemen: You have come az bear,
ers Of dispatches, 80 your Chairman
tells me, and l am glad TO see the
bringers of the news. Your uniform,
the name Of your club, and the place
from which you come are all full OF
suggestions. You recollect the verses
that we're quoted about the old Cont
mental soldisrs-the old three .oornered
hat and the breeches, and all that 80
queer. Your costume brings back to
our memory the days Of the Continen
tails OF l77s, wboss principles l hope
you represent. You are called the Lin
colin Club, and Lincoln was himself a
revival, a restoration Of the days OF
l77e and their doctrines.
The great proclamation OF emancipa,
ton While he penned was the second
Declaration Of Independence - broader
and fuller, the New Testament Of hu-
man liberty and then you come from
Indiana, supposed to bea Western State
but yet in the traditions older than
Ohio. More than 100 years ago a gal
lant Virginian went far up into your
wilderness, captured two or three forts,
took down the British flag and reared
the stars and Stripes. Vlncennes and
Cahokia and a pos. 10 Illinois we're q
part Of that capture. Your native State
was one Of the first fruits Of that splen
did fighting power which gave the
whole West to the United States. And
now these representatives Of Indiana
come representing the revolution in
your hats representing Abraham in
your badges, and representing the vic
tory both Of the Revolution and of Lin
colin In the news you bring. l could
not be an American and fail to welcome
your costumes, your badges aud yo1r
selves.
Many Indiana men we're my COM
rades in the days Of the war. re-
member regiment Of them that was
under my command near COrinth,
When 1t was necessary for the defense
of our forces to cat down little piece
of timber, rs acres, We UNLOCKED from
my brigade about A o00 now axes, and
the Fifty.ffth Regiment OF Indiana
Volunteers chopped down more trees in
half day than supposed it was pos.
sible could fall in any forest in week.
1t appears that in the great political
forest from which you have Just come
Your aEes have been busy again. es-
pscislly welcome the axemen OF the
Flfty.ffth Regiment who may happen
to be here, and thank you all, gentle
men, for the compliment Of your visit
and the good news you bring. | do
not prize that news half so much for
its personal relations to yOu and to me
as / do because it is q revival of the
spirit of 1776, the spirit oil Abraham
Lincoln, the spirit of universal liberty,
and the spirit Oh just and equal law all
over this land. That gives your news
its great significance. Gentlemen, l
thank you again, and l shall be glad to
take you by the hand.
After being introduced 10 Gen. Gar
field aud family, the party, with three
cheers and saluts from Its cannon,
took the train for Cleveland, where
the club passed the afternoon.