The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-15

only can reward thesU labors commensurate
ly and the tongue must have more thar hu-
man inspiration which can acknowledge 99ieir
sacrifices
It remained for t<e man who fled from the
battlefield, where they remained, to demand
what creed they 95TofeSSed who never asked
the soldier his creed before they TniHl;Stered
TO him Ii remained for the bgOt H. politics
to vote public money to a charitable Organi-
zatIoR representing his creed, ami JC refuse IL
to these nurses of his cOuntry'S soldiers he
cause their creed is not his : II remained for
that RUNAWAY from the batticff0l65, that un-
grateful bigot in politics, to asi, tae suffrages
of Irish American voters to make him PreS-
dcztt
In the 6tt<-fifth Congress, q Jew months
before the death of brave old "1meS Shields
-iuFiSt. statesman and soldier man whose
long yearS of fidelity to his SdCp ptcd country
and of bravery in her dcfCaSE, should have
made al-Fsen forget where he was born, and
remember only the country and cause for
which -lf. fought-d bill wes introduced in
the hons, authorizing the President to ap-
point tse hu3ry and intTe Trss veteran a brig
adler general in the UntcU States army, on
the rctis1d list, with rank and pay from and
after tae passage Of the .sct 1t was then
known shat the hero of ti3ree waTS-the ex-
SUpresEe Court Judge Of Illinois, the only
man Who had ever repTcs ssnted three States
in tnC nitCd States Sefiate-waS fast ap-
prOaeAing his end. The bony hands of the
gTlnFF peCtrc were stretching forth to Clutcsl
the ,valoTouS frame tina; had defled foreign
foe Gnd domestic vale the once StroRC
bodE riddlcd with balls and Scared ami
SDayEcd with wounds. y is not to hold togeth-
CT = ucl longer. lie .lad been stricken wesh
paralysis. To wounss5 and disease was adj
CtCt one more misfor<s. .ne-pOycrty. On the
beech as u Judge ~ the camp and on the
march a soldier; s. the halls Of public de-
/ liberation as a make Of his country > Laws.
ne had been what al ages and all nations
have agreed is Gods nobleSt works
tsoncst man. lie hsd never robbed the enc
nv hc conquered. He had never dcspo5isti
i.l1e people VINO reIs Sed their trust in him
No bTibe had stained the hands that hat
drawn Il patriot S-swOrd No improper ia
ducementS, thinly- disguised as fees, " had
i.pTOcured the exercise of his influence With
heads of corrupt and coTTupting cOmbina-
ti0ns. He never bought nor was he eyerT'Te-
scented with stock in corporations whose in
! terests required X gislatiOn to bc modified by
his voice and his vote. For ali these reasCnS,
/ he was poor ms Il and his poverty wa eX-
treme. The bilh-O place him on the retired
/ list would have furnished, at a very small
cost to his country, comfort and security for
the very short period which his wounds
would permit lrim to live and against that
dill was recorded the vote of the SOldie who
ram away from tae battcfie!dS 20 the IoiitI-
clans SDois Of the knOw-nothin@ wEO OPP
posed the resolution Sympathizing with Ihe
efforts of the Irish people to obtain for hem
selves in their own land the liberty they
fought and dleG 20 secure for and.Ef the
bigut who voted to give public mones to q
religious organization OF PrOtestaHt7 and
withhold it troIa charitable organization of
Catholic women whose beneyolence was adj
miuiStered without regard to creed. DANES
\. Garfield crowned his unworthy zecOrd
by voting against the bill which would have
made comfortable and contented the few re-
manning days of the aged, brave, honest,
noble, poor and sick James Shields FoI
this, fellOW-citiZcns, make him President OF
the United States.
7 You, especially, my Iri>l-American fellow
citizens, YOU. especially, are harangued by
demagOgUcs to vote for him. NOu know his
record ROW. 1t was always consistent to-
ward you. From 1867 to 1879 he never miss
ed an opportunity to ScOrn yOur race and to
pour out his contempt on your aspirations.
His record Is before you. The people of the
United States abhor intolerance, no matter
who may practice il. The executive fUnC-
lions dieni6ea by the elevated ami liberal
spirit Of Washington shall never be disS-aced
by 4 knov-nothing and bigOt