Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-06-22
The Presentation Address.

Mr. BLAINE our nomination for the
Office OF President Of the United States
by the National Republican Convention,
recently assembled III Chicago, is already
known to you. The gentlemen before you,
constitute committee composed of one
member from each State and Territory of
the country and one from the District of
Columbia, now come as the accredited or
gan OF that convention to give you formal
notice OF the nomination. end 10 res,;iest
your acceptance thereof. 1t is, of course.
known to you that beside your own -,
ei"i o'hei ....l,,es among the most honored
in The councils OF the Republican party,
were presented by their friends as candi-
dates for this nomination. Between your
friends and the friends of the gentlemen
so justly entitled TO the respect and conf
dence Of their political associates, the con-
test was one OF generous rivalry, Tree from
any taint of bitterness, eaualls free from
repICaCh OF Injustice. A an early stage
of the proceedings of the convention it be-
came manifest that the Republican States,
whose aid must be invoked at last to in
sure success to the ticket, earnestly de-
sired your nomination. 1t was equally
manifest that the desire, so earnestly ex-
pressed by the delegates from those States,
was but the truthful reflection of an
lhhIlSl0llblE fOiOL LAX DENAND.
1t ia not thought nor pretended that
this demand had It's origin in any ambi-
tious desires of your own or in the organ
lied work of your friends, but it was
recognized to be what it truthfully is-a
spontaneous expression of free people
OF love and admiration of a chosen leader
No nomination would have given satisfac-
ton to every member OF the party. This
vas not to be expected in a country so
extended in area and so varied in inter-
es's. The nomination OF Lincoln in 1860
disappointed so many hopes anil over
threw SO many cherished ambitions, that
for short time tie disaffection threat
ened 10 ripen into open revolt. In 1872
the discomfort was so pronounced as to
impei large masses of the party to organ
ized opposition to its nominees. For
many weeks after the nomination of Gar
field in 1880 defeat seemed inevitable. In
each case the shock OF disappointment was
followed by ''sober second thought" In
diyidual preferences gradually yielded to
convictions of public duty. The prompt
iugs of patriotism finally rose superior
10 the irritations and animosities of the
hour. The party in every trial has
grown stronger in the face OF the threat
ened danger. In rendering you the nom
nation it gives us pleasure to remem-
Der those great measures which furnished
causes for party congratulations by the
late convention at Chicago, and which are
now crystaliZed into the LEGISLATION OF the
country-messures which have strength
ened and dignified the nation-and while
they have elevated and advanced the peo-
pie they have at all times and on all
proper occasions received your
EARNEST AND VALUABLE SUPPORT.
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tecting the ngtion against the assault OF
armed treason; You were present and
helped to unloose tie shackles of slavery
you sssisted in placing a new guarantee OF
freedom in the Federal constitution YOUR
voice was potent in preserving the nation
al faith when false theories of finance
would have blasted national and individu-
al prosperity. We kindly remember you
as a fast friend OF honest money, CONNER
cial integrity, in all that pertains to securi-
ty and repose of capital, the dignity of
labor and manhood, the elevation and
freedom of the people, the rights OF the
oppressed to demand and the duty of the
government to afford protection. Your
public acts have received unqualified in
dorsement and popular approval But we
are not uumindfui of the fact that parties
like individuals, cannot live entirely on
the past. however splendid the record.
The present is the era charged with imme-
diate cares, and the future presses on with
its new duties, its perplexing responsible
ties. Parties, like individuals, however,
that are free from stain OF Vice and faith
in the past, are fairly entitled to the pre-
sumption of sincerity in their promises
for the future. Among the promises made
by the party in the late convention at
Chicago are economy of the party admin
] istration, the protection of citizens, native
and naGuralized, at home and abroad, the
prompt restoration OF the navy, a wise re
ductiOn OF the surplus revenues relieving
| the taxpayer without iDjuring labor, the
preservation of public lands for actual set
| tleIs import duties, when necessary at all
to be levied not Tor revenue only, but for
the double purpose of
REVENUE AND PROTECTION,
the reputation OF internal commerce, the
settlement of international differences by
peacsful arbitration, but coupled with the
reassertion and maintenance of the Mon
roe doctrine as interpreted by the fathers
of the Republic, perseverance in the good
work of civil service reform to the end
| that dangers to our free institutions which
| lurk in the power of official patronage be
| wisely and effectively avoided, an honest
| currency, based on coin OF intrinsic value,
| adding strength to pubic credit and giving
renewed vitality to every branch OF
! American industry.
| Mr.. Blaine, during the last twenty
! three years of the Republican party, has
| built new Republic, republic far more
/ splendid than that originally designed by
| our fathers. Its proportions, already
grand, they may yet be enlarged, its foun
dations may yet be strengthened and its
columns adorned with more beauty still
| To you, as its architect-in-chief, will soon
| be assigned this grateful work
Mr.. Blaine listened to Gen. Henderson,
address standing under an elm tree with
his arms folded on his chest and his eye
usually cast down, but at times wanderins
about and scanning the faces of the audi
ence. When Gen. Henderson had con
cluded speaking Walker Blaine, the can
didate's son, stepped forward and handed
his father the manuscript of his addres.
in reply TO that of the committee. MIR
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