The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-06-10
Garileld's speech for sherman.

Gartleld's Speech for Sherman.
Mr.. President: I have witnessed
the extraordinary scenes of this con
vention with deep solicitudc. Nc
emotion touches my heart more quick
ly than sentiment in honor of .
great and noble character. But as
sat on the seats and witnessed those
demonstrations, it seemed to me yor
were a human ocean in tempest.
have seen sea Tapped into fury and
tossed into spray, and its grandeur
moved the soul of the dullest man
but I remember that it is not the bill
lows, but the calm level of the sea
from which all heights and depths
are measured. Applause. When thu
storm has passed and the hour Of
calm settles on the ocean, then thu
astronomer and surveyor takes thu
level from which he measures al
terrestrial heights and depths. Ap
lplause. Gentlemen of the conven
ton, your present temper may mo-
mark the healthful pulse of our PEG
Iple. When our enthusiasm has
passed, when the emotions of thi,
hour have subsidized, we shall fine
that calm level of public opinion be
low the storm from which the
thoughts of mighty people arc tt
be measured, and by which theil
final action will be determined. Ap
plause.] Not here in this brilliant
circle, where $4,000 men and women
are assembled, is
THE DESTINY OF THE REPCBLICAN
PARTY
to be decreed. Not here, where / see
the enthusiastic faces of 756 dele
gates, waiting to cast their votes III
to the urn and determine the choice
of the republic, (applause) but b.
four million Republican tiresides
where the thoughtful voters, with
wives and children about them
with the calm thoughts inspired by
love of country and love of home
with the history of the past, the
hopes of the future and knowledge
of the great men who have adorned
and blessed our nation in days gone
by-there God prepares the vcrdic
that shall determine the wisdom o.
our work tonight. Not in Chicago
in the heat of June, but in the sober
quiet that comes to them between
now and November, in the silence i,
deliberate judgment, will this grea
question be settled. (Cries of good.
Let us aid them tonight. (Great ap
lplausc.) But now, gentlemen of tn
convention, what do we want? G.
voice "Garfield," followed by ap
plause.) Bear with me a moment
Hear me for this cause and for /:
moment be silent that you may hear
(Cries of good.) twenty-five year
ago this republic was wearing :
triple chain of bondage. Ions
familiarity with traffic in bodies ant
souls of men had paralyzcd the con
sciences of majority of our people
THE BALEFUL DOCTRINE OF sTATl
SOVEREIGNTY
had shocked and weekend the no
blcst and most benefcent powers o
the national government, and TIN
grasping power of slavery was seiz
ing the virgin tendencies of tn
West, and dragging them into tn
den of eternal bondage. AT tina
crisis the Republican party was bor1
and drew it's inspiration from tina
fire of liberty which God has lightet
in every human heart, and which al
the powers of ignorance and tyrann,
can never wholly extinguish. (AE
iplause.) The Republican party cam
to deliver and save the republic. l
entered the arena where he beleag
uered and assailed territories wer
struggling for freedom and drew
around them a sacred circle of liber
ty, which the demon of slavery ha
never dared to cross. 1t made then
free sforever. Laud applause AM
cries of good1 Strengthened by it
victory on the frontier, the youn!
party under the leadership Of tina
great man who on this spot twent,
years ago was made its leader, it en-
tered the national capital and as
sumed the high duties of govern
ment. (Applause.) The light whicl
shone from its BANNER dispelled tn
darkness in which slavery had Ell
shrouded the capital, and melte'
shackles of every slave and consume,
in the fire of liberty every slave pei
within the shadow of the capital
Our great national industries, by al
unprotected policy, were themselve
Frustrated, and the streams of reve
nue. flowed in such feeble current
that the treasury itself was we'll nigl
empty. The money of the peopl
was the wretchcd notes of tw,
thousand uncontrolled
IRRESPONSIBLE STATE BANKING con
PORAT1ONs,
which were filling the country wit
a circulation that pois med rathe
than sustained the life of business
Loud applausc.) The Republican
party changed all this, abolished tn
babel of confusion and gave tn
country currency as national as it
flag.
| Mr.. POehler Declines.
The Sibley County Independent