The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-30
He addressed the convention

GENTLEMEN OF ThE OIL
this high honor permit me to thank you.
Again we come together TO consent to fee
each others pulses, TO create sentiment and
to be influenced by il, to make one step for.
ward if practicable. No party can live on
its record any more than a thoroughbred
can live on his pedigree, a family on
its traditions, or a country on its history.
Not to advance is to retrograde. There Is
no middle ground. The Republican party IL
the conscience of the 10Th century. Zap
plause.l 1t is a party Of convictions. II
lives, moves and has its being In the mora
sentiment of 500 0 900 people. When
it ceases to represent that sentiment
to a greater degree than any Other
party, then its mission is ended. Because
it embodied a great moral principle, men
have toiled for it, women have prayed for
it, martyrs have suffered for it and heroes
have died for it.
For nearly thirty years its onward march
has been the history of TIE progress OF the
race. lApplause.] Before its birth oul
boosted freedom was a myth. 1t meant
freedom for one race and chains for
another. 1t meant free speech in
one section and sealed dips in another. The
has not been secured. Equal n exact jus
tice has not yet been established. Until il
has been the mission of the Republican par
ty it is not ended. Until equal and exac,
justice is photographed on the hearts
OF q great majority of our people
until new statutes have engrafted themselves
on the lives of our people. until their spirit
the mission of the Republican party is not
ended. [Applause.]
Two AGO
ship of n man who was a fine examplar OF
what the Republican party would do fol
every nan He was the fairest produc,
of American conditions. Many OF
us heard that magnificent exordium
of his at the Chicago convention when he
nominated John Sherman. He said: 81
have witnessed the ocean in a storm and
have been swept by its grandeur, but l know
that all measurements are taken when it:
face is placid and peaceful. l have seen this
assembly stirred to its very depth:
by its emotions and by its sympa
tbies, and l have been aweC
by its tumultuous ~upheavals; but
know the questions we are now con
sidering are not to be settled here, but by
the quiet of a million firesides."
1t was decided by the quiet of a million
firesides. We followed him through the Ions
campaign and noted his temper, his tact, hi,
courage the confidence with which he mel
all new and p%erplexing questions, and the
tact with which he met all corners
singly or in delegations. We ren1embel
his election, his Inauguration n the kiss hi
Office, and then the deep damnation %
his taking off. We followed hin
through the long weeks of sickness
and then to his home. No Roman
consul from the east or from remotest Gaul
coming home in triumph. wendell his way
up the Capitoline hill leading such a pageant
as his, as we laid him away among the hill
of his native state.
In the days of the old French monarchy
when "A king died a lord Of the household APP
peared upon the balcony of the palace anC
breaking a truncheon which he held in hi
hand cried, 1.-THE king is dead, long live tn,
king" SO with us. The President is dead
long live the President. Garfield is gone bu'
Arthur remains.
THE EXPERIENCE OF THE COUNTRY
had been such with Vice Presidents that i
was not surprising that we looked with feal
at the initial acts of our new President
Many of us forgot that he was infused will
the spirit of those principles TO
which the Republican party has al
ways c~ontended; that years ago, wSeI
principles, he had avowed them and stood
between the oppressed and the oppressor
But time has justified the choice of the Chi
cago convention for Vice President. He ha
been loyal to his friends, as any man SHOULD
be, out he has been the President of no fac
ton. He has recognized what we all should
recognize, hat the harmony of u grea
party, where it can be achieved without sac
rifice of principle, is of the first Importance
He has shown wisdom and generosity in rec
ommending measures for the good of th'
whole people, II courage in usins
the veto upon measures he deemed
unwise and improvident. Applause.
He hath borne himself so well il
his high Office that we may all conside
him worthy of the confidence and support o
all loyal men.
STATE FLAIR
Now, my fellow-R Republicans. we come t.
our biennial election. There is to be m
blow of trumpets or beating Of drums. 1t i
going to be a domestic affair. In it, appar
emily, there is no national issue at stake, NJ
great principle involved. 1t is a time whei
our blood is not reused and our best energie,
put forth, and therein lies our danger. Yol
will remember how near we came to losing tn,
state i'm 1874. Our ''contemplated' majorit,
was so large that the Republicans becam
apathetic and the state came near going b,
default. AS it was we lost two or three con
gressmen. This came Of apathy and of bolt
ing. Now, while l believe in the divin
right of boiling l believe it should be
A REPUBLICANS LAST RESORT.
a believe revolution is the last resort o
the patriot. Remember that our party i
the instrument with which we give force
emphasis and vitality to our political ideas
and that to be effective il should not be i'm
paired by defections or disaffections. Zap
plause.]
If we lave any grievances let us RICH
them in the party, and bear the ills we have
rather than fly to others that we know no
nf and which wa NAV no sura will he yynrs,
han those We have. What consti
tutes the strength of the Republican
party is the strength of the individual con
v~ictions of its members. When the issue
are vital and national, then the party, ami
mated by one spirit, comes together an
moves forward resistless as the Macedonian
phalanx of Alexander or the tenth legioi
of Cesar. GApplause.]
But again, this Very i~ndividualism is tn
party's great weakness. When the emer
gency is not apparently so great, Republican
exercise their preference for men and meas
ures regardless of their party ignoring tn
fact that such detection may prove disas
trous to its organization and to it
discipline. 1t is not for m
TO say how far individual preference
or conscientious scruples upon measure
of secondary importance should be permitte,
to lead any of US off in devious way; but
do say that it is well that every Re
publican should weigh carefully tn
effect that his action may have
upon, this great political .engin
which has marked out for us during the las
90 years the great problems of American liz
and human progress. 1t is in these off years
as we call them, that
DUR VIGILANCE SHOULD BE REDoUBLED.
Remember that loss of a single state of
ficer will emhJlden our opponents and hazar'
the future of our party. Remember tina
weakness in this canvass may involv,
the reducing of our majority in the legisla