Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-08
the PLumEp KNIGHT.

Speech of Robert G. Insersoll in presenting |
the name of James @. Blaine for the pres |
idential nomination at Cincinnati in June, !
1876. ~ ~.
Mr.. Chairman, iadies and gentle
men: Massachusetts, may be satisfied
with the loyalty of Benjamin H. Bris-
tow; so am I; but if any man nOminat-
ed by this convention cannot carry |
the state of Massachusetts,, am not
satisfied with the loyalty of that state.
Ii the nominee of this convention can
not carry the grand old commonwealth
of Massachusetts by 1900 majority. l
would advise them to sell out Faneuil
Hall as democratic headquarters. l
would advise them to take from Bun
ker Hill that old monument of glory.
The republicans of the United States
demand as their leader in the great
contest of 1876, man of Intelligence,
man of well known and approved
political opinions. They demand
statesman; they demand a refOrmer
after as well as before election. They
demand politician in the highest,
broadcst and best sense
MAN OF SUPERB MORAL COURAGE.
They demand man acquainted
with public affairs, with the wants OF
the people: with not only the require
mants of the hour, but with the de-
mands of the future [Applause.l
They demand man broad enough
to comprehend the relations the gov
ernment to the other nations of the
earth. They demand man well vers-
&l,a ,,n,,nrc .Int:o, ouA praro0a.
tives of each and every department OF
this government. They demand a
man who will sacredly preserve the
the financial honor of the United
States: one who knows enough to
know that the national debt must be
paid through the prosperity of this
people: one who knows enough to
know that all the financial theories in
the world cannot redeem a single dol.
lar; one who knows enough to know
that all the money must be made. not
| bv law, but by labor; one who know :
enough to know that the people Of The
United States have the industry TO
make the money, and the honor to pay
il over just as fast as they make it,.
| Applanse.)
The republicans of the United States
demand man who knows that pros
perity and resumption, when they
come, mus: come together that when
they come they will come hand in hand
through the golden harvest fields !;
hand in hand by the whirling spindles
and the turning wheels /; hand in hand
past the open furnace doors hand in
hand by the chimneys filled with Eager
fires greeted and grasped by the count
less sons of toll.
This money has 10 be dug out OF the
earth. You cannot make il by passing
resolutions in political convention.
[Applause.
The republicans of the United Sta'cs
want man who knows that this gov
eminent should protect every citizen
ut home and abroad /; who knows that
any government that will not defend
its defenders, and protect its protect
ors. is disgrace to the map of the
world. They demand man who be-
lieyes i'm the eternal separation and dl-
yorcement of church and school. They
demand man whose political reputa-
ton is rs spotless as star but they
do not demand that their candidate
shall have certificate ofmOral charac-
ter signed by Confederate congress
| That man who has
IN FULL, HEAPED AND ROUNDED
| MEASURE
all these splendid qualifications, is the
present grand and gallant leader OF
the republican party-James q. Blaine.
| Our country, crowded with the vast
and marvellous achievements of its first
century, asks for man worthy of the
past, and prophetic of the future
asks for man who is the audacity OF
genius: asks for man who is the
crandest combination of heart, con-
science and brain beneath her flag
such "A man is James G.. Blaine. APP
plause.
For the republican host, led by this
| intrepid man, there can be no defeat.
This is a grand ycar-a year filled
with recollections of the revolution
filled with the proud and tender mem
Dries of the past with the sacred
legends of liberty-a year in which
the sons Of freedom will drink from
the fountain of enthusiasm year IN
which the people call for man who
has preserved in congress what our
soldiers won upon the field year in
which they call for the man who has
torn from the throat of treason the
tongue of siander-for the man who
has snatched the mask of democracy
from the llideous face Of rebellion for
this man who. like an intellectual ath-
lete. has stood i'm the arena of debate
and challenged all corners, and who Is
still total stranger TO defeat. lap
plause.
Like an armed warrior,
LIKE A PLUMED KNIGHT.
James G. Blaine marched down the
halls of the American Congress and
threw his shining lance full aud fair
against the brazen forehead Of the de-
fa,ners of his country and the maiign-
crs of his honor. For the republican
partv TO desert this gallant leader
! now. is rs though an army should de.
sert their general upon the field o'
battle. (Applause.
James G. Blaine is now and has been
for wears the bearer of the sacred
standard of the republican party.
call il sacred because no human being
can stand beneath its folds without
becoming and without remaining free
Gentlemen of the convention, in the
name of the great republic, and thu
only republic that ever existed upon
this earth in the name Of all her de
tenders and of all her supporters IN
the name of all her soldiers living; IL
the name of all her soldiers dead upon
the field of battle, and in the name OF
those who persisted in the skeleton
clutch of famine at Andersonville and
Libby, whose suflerings he SO vividls
remembers, Illinois dominates for tho
next president Of this country thai
prince of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lead