New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-07
GENERAL HARRIsON's ADDRESS.

Cries OF BlalDe. were thtn ne.slu IIoih Nh'ous
quarters. General Sharpe stepped forward and
said Senator Blaine has not yet arrived, but
now have the honor TO introduce to you grandson
of old General Harrison. of OhiO-General Ben Han
rison. of Indiana" lCheers.l General Harrison
then said:
MY FELLow-C1rIzENs 1 would glad y have been ex-
cused from addressing his great audience tonight bu
the opportunities and frendness OF some OF your dis
tngushed citizens have drawn to this platform J;
and since have looked the faces OF this great as
semblage feel that shall find with You what did not
fee-lhe energy cay word ortwo for the Republican
party (Cheersl | remember with much pride
the part which the great sete OF New
York took in the war lCheelsJ
remember that on every battlefield OF that bloody
tss, the blood OF New-Yorkers shed for the Tag
IApplausel recoect tonight that In National
cemetery have vlsited-on the Lower Mississippi. in
our STATE. and wherever had the privilege TO step
into one cities OF the dead whore the pous
care Nation has gathered the shattered bodies OF
her dead childrenthat all of these have seen the
peadstOnes of NewY York soldiers lCbcers.l And
recoIect the great influence that went out from this
commercial metropolis, from its commercial citizens,
from of wealth. from It's bankers IN aid OF our
Nation tApplausel I remember how the hinges OF
your money vaults in New-Iork opened with patriotic
haste to supply exhausted treasury Of Nation
fApplause1 And when recoect this tonight, do not
wonder at this great outpoarng OF the citizens IN New
York in response 10 a call which challenges into lie all
the great rec0llections Of the war. lApplause]
Ms countrymen how grand the spectacle was when
TINT Army gathered They came like the rush Of tor
made when the gun Snmter shot the quiet people OF
the North angry life taDplausel and remember
with what entire zeal those marches were MADE ana
those bait es fought eydencng courage unsurpassed
IN tue annals OF aud recolect, my countryinen
that when the over and the great valor OF
these Northern States, under the leadership OF our Gen
erals had subdued the rebellion IrecOlcet that
al frat rlua
And feel that the energy viii hold together IN
this political contest aud gam the Zap
plause what bold piece Of impudence 1t would have
been if those rebels had proposed 10 Grant to
dsbaud his army and send 1t home whilst Lees pckets
were sill tie lne lCres OF "Never'l And yet.
my friends Il IS scarcely important that they should
appeal great States Of the North that furnished
that arIn they sbould break that bond OF political
as the rebel pickets are on the frontier;
of any sovereign States. Great cheersl
Break up those reasonable associations in your South
ern States. T. that we call Democracy gave tree
voice 10 the Republican electors III al those ses ana
let them have their due political influence; and then we
will consider the question OF diVding In the North'
Wny my counfrymen, believe 1t would have been
past the creduy OF any living man at ire close OF me
wouldn't il nave ssddoued that great triumphaI
march at Wasalngton-lhat army oil Shrlm@.
with irrsistbe force to savannah rally ana
last 20 look into the forces OF Grants great Army
CO. as %S' o SooG e and when or Tue @
of these brave western DOys saw The gliut
OF tue the dome OF their Nations capitol, aud
walked through its great avenues reword,d an nov
richly bY cheers and enthusiasm or the people that
gathered TO receive hem. for AL the toll OF the tight
would saddened hc glory OF that great day
conld whca rebel Orgldieis are IN
the control OF our government ahl Wnch we NaiohS
soldiers crippled III the great war; nave becn turned cut
places about Your National Lcgsihtme 10
give places to the rebels9 "A voice. We VIII put
them back again"] Should say So An! now can any
soldier feel tDat he s az home when his po,c9 asso-
Citations e HIM into union WIN these Now, do
not desire peri euate animosites, but want tue lei
good-natnred lGreat cheers aud sppiauseJ Now.
L propose TO persecuto no man because he
was rebel. In every social aud
b,siuess relation. II he Is true man. viii Eye him M
cause e bel no, MOI aud II is for tis distinctly
and ayOWcdy IN bis canvass III the SOuth thit he Is
chosen sat Ia high places. Why. my e0unuymeu
these Democratic eoppefhesds ia Indiana are now claim
checrs.l This in the tremendous euO!im
Ity OF pndcnce hing have ever sern tGr'ai
applause You have heard the story o. TIE
old uIan who went into the garnet when tie
bear eaLpc into the house, end left the obi
woman Win the To fight the intruder; ANA how
when she had killed the beast hc crept fEoni his sale
glory. (Gieat auglterl This story Is worse hau thai
mann OF leSe fellows were ngltlDg Win the Dear lap
plalSs and aughteFl aud tire OLD woman had Two an
tagosists and when she killed the bear the Oh man
achievement fGrpat aughtcrj 10 ts NOT Only on tbls
0nestOn, the money question: on WHICH we pave
had to night a battle for tue trnth IN winch
you are deeply concerned But now caft
topa unfren5iipess can't tie old armies OF Grant ana
slernau stand togetherl lAPpausel Lei us tOueI
slbOws-IDdiana and New iork-as they did in 10
Aookcrs good old corps and rally round that citizen
soldier who Is our loader now holding our lines TO-
yether until US az Appomatt0x the rebels dsbaud,
shen We wiz 80 home. lGeat cheers aad applause.I