Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-07-08
Extracts From Political Speech De-
ivered by the Would be Assassin
Of President Garfield. ,
At a Political Meeting Less Than a
Year Ago, in New York, be Used
the Following Language. 3.o
Garfield Referred to as a Scholar, Sol.
dier and Statesman-Make Him
President. 9a
Gniteau's Speech .

Gniteau's Speech.
The appended speech was delivered by
Guiteau in New York, August g., and
issued in pamphlet form by the Republl-
can National Committee: {
**** In 1856 the republican party
was organized. ltwas an ofshoos Of the
old wing party, founded by Henry Clay,
he Of natchless eloquence and by Daniel
Webster, the favorite and gifted son Of
New England and the defender Of our ma
tional constitution. In 1885 Fremont,
the standard bearer of the young republi.
cans, was defeated for the Presidency by
Buchanan, backed by the slave oligarchy.
In 1861 the republicans elected to the
Presidency Abraham Lincoln-the i'm
mortal Lincoln. This was the signal for
a grand onslaug ght by the slave oligarchy
on the principles Of liberty and progress.
In 1861, after years Of agitation for and
against American slavery, the cannons
were heard booming around Sumter, and
our national existence was in peril. m
JEFF DAVIS AND HIS Co-TRAIToRs
had ceceded. They had stolen some OF
our forts and implements Of war, and
were trying to run a government on their
own account They had trampled under
foot our national flag that gllad old en-.
sign Of our republic. Wha the rebels
assaulted Sumter it stirred Ne north to
its depth. ITO arms! To .arms!''s re.
sounded all over this broad land. * : : = =
When President Lincoln called for 49,
900 troops to suppress the lncipient re-
bellion Can't Grant determined to oEss
his SERVICES to the geyernnak and went
to Springfield and interviewed Gov. Yates:
After some delay - Y
HE WAS GIvENA POSITION
and finally was sent into the field as col
onel. Little by little he arose until he
became general of tine national army.
From Galena through tine war to the
White House was but step. From the
White House around the globe, the recip-
lent Of the greatest ovations ever given to
mortal man, was but another. Such pros
perity would have crazed most men, but
it. did not Grant The great silent man 8
head is just as level to-day as when he
sold cowhldes in the streets Of Galena.
The military genius of Grant is not sur
passed by that of Alexander, julius Caesar
or the great Napoleon. Originally a
Grant man am we'll satisfied with Gar
fields nomination. Nothing but an act
of God," said the great Senator from
New York, "can prevent Grants nonain.
atom General Garfield was born In
poverty, and has attained his present po-
sition under Providence by his own efforts.
When the war came he was president Of a
small college in Ohio, and promptly
offered his services to the government in
suppressing the rebellion. After nearly
three years service he was made Major
General. He was then elected to- Con-
gress and has held the position ever since.
His long service on some of the most i'm.
portant committees shows that. 5t.Ea
HE IS A SQUARE: MAN
and can be implicitly trusted. Some
people say he got badly soiled in that
Credit Mobilier transaction; but I guess
he is clean handed. Last winter. he was
elected to the United States. Senate in
place of Senator Thurman. and to-day he