, 1884-06-22
Blaine Is Formally Notified Of
His Nomination.
Ex-senator Henderson INDUCES
In Some Gush
To Which The Doomed Knight
Feelingly Responds.
Blaine Hears the Story.

lively appearance and long before the
time for the committee appointed by the
National Convention to notify Blaine OF
his nomination to perform hat duty a
considerable crowd had collected around
the Augusta house to gaze with curiosity
upon the members of the committee. A
circus being also in town brought out vast
numbers of people who, with the allied
attractions of the national committee and
the sawdust ring, seemed disposed to
make the day a general holiday. Prompt
ly at II o'clock, the committee proceeded
in a body to Blaine's residence and were
received by Mrs. Blaine. 1t was sug-
gested that the presentation address be
made upon the lawn. Accordingly the
committee and guests proceeded to the well
shaded portion ofthe grounds where a semi-
circle formed aud all present stood with
uncovered heads, making an impressive
scene. The ,r%ustling of the spreading
branches of the great elms, and the buzz
zing of insects, were the only sounds to
disturb the stiffness. When all was in read
mess. Blaine was escorted to the lawn
where he stood within the arc ofthe semi
circle. General Henderson then stepped
forward and presented the address of the
committee. He spoke as follows:
SENATOR HENDERsoN's REMARKS.
Mr.. BLAINE: Your nomination for the
Office of President of the United States,
by the National Republican Convention,
recently assembled in Chicago, is already
known to you. The gentlemen before
you, constituting the committee composed
of one member from each state ana terri
tory of the country, and one from the Dis
trict of Columbia, now come as the ac-
credited organ of that convention to give
you a formal notice of the nomination and
to request you acceptance thereof. 1t is
of course known to you, that besides your
own, several other names, among the most
honored in the c%ounsels of the Republican
party, were presented by their friends as
candidates for this nomination. Between
your friends and the friends of the gentle
man so justly entitled to the respect and
CONFIDENCE OF THEIR POLITICAL Asso-
GATES,
the contest was one of generous rivalry,
free from any faint of bitterness, and
equally free from the reproach ~ofinjustice.
At an early stage in the proceedings of
the convention, it became manifest that
the Republican states, whose aid must be
invoked, at least to insure success to the
ticket, earnestly desired your nomination.
1t became equally manifest hat the desire
so earnestly expressed by the delegates
from those states, was but a truthful re.
Election of an irresistible popular demand.
1t is not thought nor pretended that this
demand had its origin in any ambitious
desires Of your own, or in any organized
work of your friends, but it was recog-
nized to be what it truthfully is, a spon-
taneous
EXPRESSION OF A FREE EoPLE
of the love and admiration of their chosen
leader. No nomination would give salts
faction to every member of the party.
This is not to be expected in a country so
extended in area and so varied in interest.
The nomination of Lincoln IN 1860 disap-
nointod 90 manu Lonos and o,or,hraw %
manv cborisbej on,bitions tbot fo.o short
tin,o d;ao Hoot;on tLrootonoJ 70 r;,on ;nto
onen roroIt in discontont 90 nronon,cod
&c ~ ;mrol ,orao moesos of Tho norty n
oraon;zod onnos;,ion 10 Ito onno;ntoos
For monv ~ aGor tho nou,inotion of
Gorfold in 1880 Jofoot .oomod ;no,itoblo
II o.,L- oo.o III sc H.anno;n+u,on+
f,uowod bv .bo soLor sooond tbouaLt Of
;ndividnol nroforoncos uodrany Yielded
70 tbo oorr;ct;on of Mill dntu Tbo
nron,ntinrs of notriot;sn fnouv roso srno.
, r;or 70 tbo ;rroiations ond
,vr,IoerrIrs ar r1p NORM
Tho rortv IN oror, triol hoe orour
strorcer in the face of tbreotenod dancer
I In tondoriro Won tho nomination il oiyo,
f us Measure to remember those greot
measures which furnished causes for tbe
! marty onrrotnlatiors bv Tho late conven.
: tion at Chicago and which are now crvs.
e talized into the legislation of the countr,