National Republican., 1884-06-12
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust;

Gone, but nothing can bereave him
or the force he made his own,
Being here, and we believe him
Something far advanced in state,
And that he wears truer crown
Than any wreath that man can weave him.
God accept him, Christ receive him.
[Great applause Into the firm, strong hand of
Chester A. Arthur, under constitutional forms
and procedure, tho baton OF power and
authority fell. / will not paint tho picture
of that day and time; great man died, but
% strong, brave, resolute man still stood ut
tho helm, and the old ship rode safely
through the storm into peaceful waters, into
the harbor Of safety and prosperity. Great
applause.l Every trust and responsibility
was accepted; how faithfully every obliga-
tion has been fulfilled, and how true he has
been to the people, to law and to liberty, he
may read who runneth. Applause.
The republican party has not been unmind-
| full of tho rewards and honor duo faithful
leadership and wel-attested public service.
| Lincoln roallirmed in his high Office. Grant
roattirmed in his high office. Peace hath her
| victories no less renowned than war
| Applause. Three years of administration,
and how stand the nations lnances2 On
| tho solid foundation of integrity. Every
promise fulfilled. Ask II response from this
center OF capital and enterprise. Ask the
business men of New York city, who fow
days since assembled in mass meeting,
and whose representatives, 100 strong,
sit in this convention hall. Do
| tho great money centers Of
| the country need resoluto hand, a clear
head and an ineorruptble man iu the exocu-
| tive chair2 Read the recent decis sion of tho
| supreme court on paper money, and then ask
| if capital needs safe and secure administra-
tion. [Applauso.l The treasury OF tho
nation is filled to overRowing and unwiso
legislation is now ready to doplcto the
| surplus. Read tho vGtOos of Chester A.
| Arihur and yOu will find him Courageous IN
rebuke extravaganza even when his own
party has formulated the legislation. APP
! plause Tho foreign relations of tho cOun-
try bring us only love and respect and tho
state department is quiet and at peace with
all the world. lGreat applause. Our home
conditions mark people prosperous, happy
and Contented, capital employed, labor pro.
tectod, fair days living wages for fair
days work. Tho manufacturing interests
find the name of Chester A. Arthur signed to
the legislation of the forty-seVenth congress,
side by side with that of William ID. Kelley,
OF Pennsylvania Mckinley, of Ohio; Nor
rell, of Vermont, and Aldrich, of Rhode
Island. LApplausel Commerce finds in him
n familiar defender, agriculture an advocate,
and labor devoted champion. Great up
plauso,l Tho men of the south will elo-
quently toll how true no has been to their
cause, TO liberty, and the right. Applause.
Civil service reform--IIis record is rounded
and complete There sits upon this platform
tonight the leader and chairman of the Now
York state delegation, Applause Perhaps
for advanced thought, for high leadership, fol
broad national statesmRnship, no man exceeds
him in the country. What was his utterancC
in official declaration as 10 Chester A.
Arthurs fulGllmont and observance of every
requirement Of tho law2 He proclaimed him
faithful and consistent LApplanso.l L can
only trust ana hope that in the deliberations