National Republican., 1884-10-06
DEMOCRACY AND THE BIBLE.


Mr.. Blaine introduced Emory A. storrs, the
brilliant Chicago lawyer to the crowd which
greeted him at Bellefontaine, Ohio aud Mr..
Storrs proceeded to make tho following charac.
tcristio remarks;
There is no surer sign that the democratic
party is getting afraid than when II begins to
quote Scripture Within the last two weeks u
democratic orator IN Cincinnati had been
| wrestling with the Old Testament. He likcnod
| his party to the Israelites Of oldon time who
| had been wandering in the wilderness but
now saw the promised land. Republicans ac-
eepted the analogy, The Old lsraelites wan
dered forty years in the wilderness but the DEM
| ocTatic modern lsraelitos hnd only wandered
| twenty.fOur years. They yet owed the republi
cans sixteen years more wandering before they
got even, with their brethren of ancient days,
| lRoars oflaughter.l
Carrying out the analogy, Il was to be ob.
served that but three of the original lsrnelitish
wanderers gotto see the promised land Dem
| ocrots said they wanted change. They were
| going TO have one. They would have change
| from tho wise, patriotic, and decorous admin
| istration of Chester A. Arthur TO the wiso
| splendid, spirited and patriotic, administra;
| tion of James G. Blaine. lGreat laughter and
| enthusiastic cheers. II the democrats want
change they should change over to the re-
| publican party.
assume that there arc great many demo
Gratis here. hope so, because our mission Is
not merely to call the righteous, but sinners to
| repentance. Renewed cheers and laughter. J
| want to say to you that there is nothing IN
this world half so impartial as fair and good
government, and there Is nothing that brings
| prosperity like 1t. The republican party has
| forced good government upon the democrats
for the last twenty-five years IL has made
| them prosperous against their Will, We are n
! great missionary and evangelizing party.
| lRoars of laughterl We emancpated at one
time 100000 OF black men, and Mt the same
| time brought liberty to the same number OF
| white democrats. Loud cheers and laughter
| We have given the democrats prosperous
| homes against their protest We have given
| them splendid industries against their obiee-
/ ton. We have given thcm contentcd ftreSideS
while they protested against 1t. They now
want to change their prosperity. But we like
them too well to send them into the bad days
| of democracy. Ny dcmoeratic friends, YOU
| have got to have n free ballot and you cannot
help IT, We are going to give you fair count,
| and you cannot help it. We are going TO dig
nifty your labor, and you cannot help IT,, We
are going to make you prosperous and you
| cannot help 1t. We are going to have your In
| dustries protected intelligently and success
| fully and you cannot help II. You need not
protest against II. We are going to give you tour
| years more of splendid American policy. Quit
kicking against It, Take the good things this
| republican party offers to you. We're going to
| give you horizontal prosperity [great laughterh
| where every man is prosperous according to
his deserts. We're going to give you hori'
zontal ballot where every citizen votes alike
| But we won't give you n horizontal tariii,
| which means that all American industries are
Hat Just alike. Now, my fcllow-citizens, there
never was a campaign more pregnant with
great and splendid issues than this 1t would
| be an astonishing thing for the republicans of
the old imperial state of Ohio to hesitate for Il
single instant what their duty and mission is
to be. ] know where | am speaking; know
| whom | am addressing. | know that | am
speaking to a liberty loving, God-fearing com
muning. of men and women. This Old,
splendid state of Giddings Wade, and Chase!
| 1t is the state where Grant and Phil sheridan
were born; 1t is the state of the sainted and
distinguished Garfield, the friend of James g..
Blaine. Loud and enthusiastic cheers Now,
gentlemen, time is short. The day of election
| Is approaching rapidly. As look upon this
| magnificent demonstration. and while witness.
ing other large demonstrations, Democratic as
well as republican, 1t has seemed to me that
the old-time party bitterness has absolutely
passed away. | want the young democracy to
| share in the glories of the past and the future.
Why, my democratic friends, open your front
door and let the sunshine of good government
stream into it, [Applause.l Give us four
we havo had, and sunshine and prosperity
shall gleam over every farm and gid every
plowshare throughout your great state, we
are great people, and stand in the midst OF a
We have Il great past. We have no slavery on
the soil of the republic. We have solid cur.
rency. We have commerce soeXtended that
its sails are whitening every sea.
| We have fields all glad and smiling under.
meath the glorics of this splendid autumnal
day. Throwing aside everything of partisan
ship, and remembering everything of patriot
ism, looking back with reverence upon the
great names of our history, for your own sake
for my sake, for Gods sake, let us remember
that there stands typifying these glories of the
party u man who is carrying in his hand the
torch of civilization the man whom YOU have
this day been proud to honor, Jamer q. Blaine
Enthusiastic cheers