The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-09
TRIED HERO AND PATRIOT.
James &. RIaIDe.

When the Maine candidates name was
mentioned the audience cheered wildly for
fifteen minutes. Judge West, of Ohio took
the platform and said
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: As a
delegate IL the Chicago convention of lc6D,
the proudest service of my life was performed
by voting for the nomination of that in
spired emancipation, the first Republican
president of the United States.
Four and twenty years of the grandest his
tory in the annals OF recorded time has uis-
tinguished tue ascendancy of the Republican
party. Reverses have threatened our iag,
but it is yet there, waving above the man
sion of presidency, not a stain ON
its fold nor a cloud ON its
glory. Whether it shall maintain that
grand asceudancy depends on the
action Of this great council With bated
breath,
A NATION AWAITS THE RESULT;
on it are fixed the eyes OF 10000, 800 of
Rel ubiican freemen in the ryA, OH IL a.
stretched forth the impl0iIag hand of Ii, 0JO-
0UO OF political bondsmen OF the south, while
above from the portals of light is looking
Gown the immortal spirit of the MARTYR
martyr who first bore it to victory bidding
us God speed Applause SIX times Il six
campaigns has that banner triumphed-that
symbol of union, OF freedom, OF humanity
and If progress; led 10y that silent man
Of destiny, the W ellington Of the American
army-UlyS>eS the g.. eat. Later, by one at
whose uutmely taking off nation shivered
AID wepr-apout Feat Garheld's grave.
.Gle eat applause,
SHALL THAT BANNER TRIUMPH AGAIN?
CUmm5tet to uae bearing Of that CHIEF a
voice.. q. Blame The Iusplr ton Of
whose lilustriUus character and great name
If
the blood OF menhuod ard rekIn lie the trrvur
Of the veterans. aid The close of the seventh
campaign wiIl see HIN
SPANNING THE SKY LIKE THE BOW OF
PROMISE.
The great issues have ceased their conten-
ton. The subordinate issues resulting
tharefrom are settled-are buried away with
the dead issues OF the past. The odds Of the
SOLID south are against us. Not an electoral
gun can be expected from that section. II
triumph comes, the north, the Republican
states Of the north, must furnish the con
quering battalons. From the mine, the
workshop and the desk; from the hut of the
fisherman on the banks of the
HUDSON, the Republican states must
finish these conquerlng battles,
if triumph comes. Does no. sound polit cal
vision dictate and demand tLat your ear
shall be given TO him whom our people viii
follow, not advancing by funeral marches to
certain defeat, but
A GRAND CIVIC HERO
whom the souis Of the people desire to serve.
applause, swelling the line with the en-
thusia. III d volunteers as they move On and
onward 10 certain victory Citizens, | am
not here 10 rake enc jot OF title from the
public integrity of g. F. E lmunds, of Joseph
| K Hawley, OF John Sherman, of the grand
Old black eagle of Illinois; and | am
proud to know that these dis
tlnguishsl senators whom have
named, have borne alike testimony to the
public credit and the public integrity of the
man for whose confirmation to tie office,
| second in dignity to the Office of the pcesi-
| dent himself-the first premiership in the ad
, uiuistration of James A Carried, these SEN
| ators and rivals voted
! WHO SHALL BE OUR CANDIDATEP
| Cheers. Calls of Blaine and Arthur. VI
| Not representative of a particular in
! tereSt, of q particular class; send the great
/ apostle to the country. Send the doctors
, candidate, the lawyers candidate and
| the night of the resurrection would
| not fathom his November grave. He must
/ be representative of American manhood, a
representative of the living Republicanism
/ that demands the ablest industrial protec-
| ton, whereby labor shall be enabled to earn
| and eat the food Of independent employment.
( He must be a representative Of that Repub-
! licansm that demands the political following,
as well as the inspiration of nomination; the
representatives of that Republicanism
which is recognized as the stamp
of American citizenship at home or
abroad, whether under the sky Of Bismarck,
Or the banks of the Mohawk; Repuhlicanisn