The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-30
IRVINE RESOLUTIONS.
, Meeting Of Clergymen in
New York City
,nDRESS JAMES G. BLAINE.
hitch a Reply is Made in which
protective Tariff is Re
ferred to.
,nnREss JAMES G. BLAINE.
Look Out for EN-!

NEW YORK, October 29.-At 10 o'clock
nc morning the gentlemen's parlor Of
.Lo Fifth Avenue hotel was filled with
-Iorrvmen of various denominations,
- had gathered to meet Mr.. Blaine.
VII E;Io mi minutes later Rev. DR.. James
T I-:". oiled the assemblage to order,
h,E5o Rev DIR. Burchard was chosen
an and Rev. DR.. Macarthur,
col,,r1tar The exact number OF clergy
So, present is variOusly estimated at
nm fl.o-l 200 to 1000. Many were from
ltG- noints and were unknown here.
~ King presented the following reSolu-
ton: 1,ol;o,,o N Of
tho triumpb Of principles of the Repub..
i;csn nartv is essential to the welfare OF
The country and to the preservation OF
The results of the late civil strife, ana
consequently that the election OF us
CONSERVATIVES in the persons OF Blame
. and Logan is imperative.
Second-That we believe In the purity
If the personal character OF THESE
Standard-bearers, and also believe IN
their trained capacity as statesmen to
moot the claims of the high offices for
which they are in nomination.
Tbird-That we protest against
he coronation of conceded per-
sonal impurity, as represented
Inv tbe head of the Democratic ticket,
and while we declare the necessity, we
do not eyade the responsibility OF de-
Caring our Judgment to the world OF
This insult to Christian civilization, en-
bodied in such a nomination for the
Presidency of the Republic.
FourthEThat we are opposed to put
ting a premium on dislOyalty, as pre-
sented by the candidate for the Vice
Presidency by the Democratic party.
Fifth-That we exhort all weIl-mean..
ing and loyal citizens, regardless OF
party, when purity is at stake, not by
voting for the prohibition candidate, to
cast a half vote for the Democratic can
didate, with the semi-sanctlon OF I'M
purity and dissipation, nor to cast a
whole vote for the man whose name Is
now a conspicuous synonym OF lncapa-
city and incOntinency.
Sixth-That we eXhOrt our follow cit
liens to cast one vote for virtue IN the
home, for protection for the right OF the
bUmblest citizens at home and abroad,
for protection for American industries,
for a settlement of international differ
ences by arbitration, for a war against
polygamy, for decent treatment OF the
Indians, for the preservation OF the
results of the wars of the Revolution
and of the Rebellion, and for every Sa
cred interest of our beloved cOun
try, by voting the Republican
ticket at the ensuing election.
Blaine responded, thanking the clergy
men for the great compliment which
he knew to be extended to him as q
representative of the Republican party
whose creed and. practices are in har-
mOnv with the church. He denied that
any man could point out single mea-
sure of that party which could not
challenge the appreciation of Christian
ministers and the approval Of God.
A number of ministers spoke, when
Mr., Blaine responded as follows:
"Nr. Chairman and Reverend Gentle
men-ThiS is altogether a very remark
able assemblage; remarkable beyond
any of which I have known In the his
tory of political contests in the United
States, and it does not need my per-
SOnal appearance that you should know
that I am very deeply impressed by 1t.
l do not feel that | am speaking to
these hundreds OF men merely; l am
speaking to great congregations and the
great religious opinion which is behind
them, and as they represent great
Christian bodies, l know and realize the
full weight of that which you say to me
and of the influence which you tender
to me. Were it to me, personally,
confess that 1 should be overcome by
the compliment and weight of conf
dence which it carries, but [ know
that it is extended to me as a represent
=
whose practices are in harmony with
the churches. The Republican party
from its very outset, stood upon the
impregnable platform of opposition tC
the extension of human slavery, anC
stood on that platform till it was drifted
by the hostility it provoked, into {
larger assertion of national sovereignty
and thence into a bloody conflict t.
maintain it from that onward. l defy
any man to point to a SINGLE measure o.
the Republican party which could no
challenge the appreciation OF Christian
ministers and the approval OF GOD, anc
when, as one Of the reverend speaker:
has said: / narrowed the issue, when
spoke OF 1t, coming down to a question
of the tariff, did not mean to exclude
1t therefrOm. | could not mean that thu
great history of the party which is it.
wealth and its creed, and which gives Il
you and to all that stand behind you
the assurance that, whatever issue it at
tempts to enforce, it will do it in gooC
faith. They can no more separat
the party from its issue THAI
you can separate a man from
his character, and when the grea
makeup of public opinion is rea'
1t takes into account the origin an
progress, and measures the characte
OF the party and the character of it
public men. What I meant by sayin
mat the tariff was the conclusive issue
was that it steps to the forefront, not i
exclusion Of a thousand other impOl
tantlssueS, but for this critical occasion
and at the close of this great campaign
II stands forth as the issue which repre-
sentS bread to the hungry, clothin
10 the naked, and prosperity to the en-
tire people; and tariff Is, Therefore
merely, as a national issue, distinct an
separate from the great moral ISSUE
because, as 1 have said before wester
audiences, l say here, you cannot In
press a man, if he is hungry, with an
other thought than that he shall
fed: YOU cannot imDreSS n man If