The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-07

9 tanned the life of business. loud az
J. plause. The Republican party changed
/. all this. II abolished the Bable Of confu
Q sion and gave the country q currency a
+ National as its flag, and based 1t upon th
i sacred faith OF the people, Applause.
| II threw It's protecting arm around 0u
/ great industries, and they stood erect, al
/. with new life. II filed with the spirit o
: true Nationality all the great functions o
l the Government; 1t confronted rebellion
, Of unexampled magnitude, with slavery
behind 1t, aud, under God fought the fin
I al battle OF liberty until the victory was
} won. Applause Then, after the storms
! OF battle, were heard the sweet, calm
words OF peace spoken by the conqueriDg
} Matt IN, and saying to the conquered foe
that lay PROSTATE at its feet "This is our
only revenge, that you join US in lifting
into the serene armament OF the Constitu-
tion, to shine like stars forever and ever,
the immortal principles OF truth and JUS
tice that all men, white or black, shall be
free and stand equal before the law.
Loud applause Then came the ques-
tions OF reconstruction, the public debt
and the public faith. In the settlement oi
these questions the Republican party has
completed it's twenty-five years Of glorious
existence, and 1t has sent us here to pre-.
pare 1t for another lusrum OF duty and OF
victory. How shall we do this great work
We can not do 1t, my friends, by assailing
our, Republican brethren. Great ap-
plause and cries OF "Good."l God forbid
that l should say one word to cast
q shadow upon any name on
the roll oil our heroes. This coming fight
is our Thermopylp. We are standing upon
q narrow isthmus. II our Spartan hosts
are united we can Withstand all the
Greeks that the Xerxes OF Democracy can
bring against US. Let US hold our ground
this one year, for "the stars in their future
course" fight for us in the future. The
census TO be taken this year will bring re-
Inducements and continued power lap
plause] but in order TO win this victory
now we want the vote of every Repuhli-
can, of every Grant Republican aud every
anti-Grant Republican in America great
applausel; Of every Blaine man and every
anti-Blaine man; the vote OF every fol-
lower of every candidate is needed to
make our success certain. Applause.
Therefore, say, gentlemen and brethren,
we are here to take calm counsel together,
and inquire what We shall do. A voice,
"Nominate Garfield" Great applause
We want man whose life and opinions
embody all the achievements OF which |
have spoken. We want a man who, stand
ing on mountain height, sees all the
achievements. OF our past history, and
carries in his heart the memory OF all its
glorious deeds, and who looking forward
prepares to meet the labor and the dan
xers to come. We want one who will act
In no spirit OF unkindness toward those
we lately met in battle.
The Republican party offers to our
brethren OF the South the olive branch oi
peace, and invites them TO renewed
brotherhood on this condition: that 1t
shall be admitted forever and forever
more, that In the war tor the Union, we
were right and they we're wrong
[Cheers. On that supreme condition we
meet them as brethren, and on no other
do we ask them to share with US the
blessings and honors OF this great Repub-
lie. [Applause.l Now, gentlemen, not to
weary you, l am about TO present name
for your consideration, the name OF man
who was the comrade, and associate and
friend OF nearly all these noble dead,
whose faces look down upon us from
these walls tonight, [cheers,] (reierring to
the portraits OF Giddings, Lincoln, Sum.
ner, Wade, Chandler and other eminent
Americans hanging in the hall,l a man
who began his career OF public service
twenty-five years ago, whose first duty |
was courageously done in the days OF
peril on the plains Of Kansas, when the
iirst red drops OF that bloody shower be.
gan to fall, which finally swelled into the
deluge Of war [cheersl; he bravely
stood by young Kansas then and
returning to his seat In tho
National Legislature, through all
the subsequent years his pathway has
been marked by labors performed In every
department Of legislation. You ask for
his monumental point you to twenty.
Eve years OF National statutes. Cheers.
Not one great benefcent statute has been
placed upon our statute books without his
intelligent and powerful aid. tCheers
He aided these men to formulate the
laws that raised our great armies and
navies that carried us through the war.
His hand was seen In the workmanship
OF those statutes that restored and brought
back the unity OF the marred calm OF the
States. His hand was in all that great leg.
islation that created the war currency,
but in still greater work that redeemed
the promises OF the Goverppelt and
made the currency equal to gold; and
when at last he passed from the halls OF
legislation into high executive office, he
displayed that experience, intelligence,
frmness and poise OF character which has
carried US through stormy period OF
three years, with one.half OF the public
press crying "cruciiy him." and hostile
Congress seeking to prevent suG0ess. In
all this he remained unmoved, until
victory crowned him [Applause. The great
fiscal affairs Of the Nation and the great
business interests OF tho country he has
guarded and preserved while executing
the law OF resumption, and effected it's
object without a jar and against the iAlse
prophecies OF one.haN Of the press aud
all the Democracy OF this continent. Ap.
plause. He has shown himself able TO
meet with calmness the great emergencies
of the Government. For twenty-five
years he has trodden the perilous heights
Of public duty, and against all the shafts
OF malice has barred his breast unharmed.
ne btOOu III tuI ula.u VI tuht huICo LkGt |
that beats against the thlone," but its
iercest ray has found no flaw in his
armor, no stain on his shield. ! do not
present him as better Republican or
better man than thouGands Of others that
we honor, hat present him for your de.
liberate consideration. ] nominate John
Sherman, OF Ohio.
TApplause, lasting several minutes.
j. o. Winkler OF Wisconsin, and R. B.
Elliot, OF South Carolina, made speeches
seconding Sherman's nomination. The
latter asserted that the Republican party |
need not in any event expect a single
electoral vote from State south Of Mason
and Dlxon's line, That although many
Of the Southern States had Republican
majorities yet It was impossible to secure
the facts ottheir superior numbers at the