The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-06-11
THE LEADER OF LEADERS

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THE LEADER OF LEADERS. |
MEAT Robert G. Ingersoll so apt can
said at the Cincinnati Convention W W.
1876. is as true to-day as 1t was out
,en. and now as then eloquenuy hea
nd correctly typifies the sentiments the
the Republicans of the country oio
"The Republicans of the United Fro
tates demand. said Mr.. Ingersol,
a. their leader IL the great of
,ntest of 1876 a man OF IN na'
.lligence, a man of integrity, ~. i6G
man of well-known and ap- hi,
roved political opinions. They de- we
land a reformer after as well as be- dit
IRE the election. They demand tai
olitician in the highest, broadest, AZ AZ
nd best sense-a man of superb ou
,oral courage. They demand bu
ian acquainted with public affairs, an
= the wants of the people; with I'd
lutu- the requirements OF the p
enough 10, the demands Of the in
OF this govern-an6 a man broad er
tons Of the earth. .he relations
man well vsrsed in the paer ma Bt
ties, and prerogatives of eacl. a
every department of this govern
ment. They demand a man who
will sacredly preserve the financial
honor of the United States one who
knows enough to know that the ma
tional debt must be paid through
the prosperity of this people; one
who knows enough to know that all
the financial theories in the world
can not redeem a single dollar; one
who knows enough to know that all
the money must be made, not by
law, but by labor one who knows
enough TO know that the people OF
the United States have the industry
to make the money and the honor to
pay il over just as fast az they make
il.
THE Republicans OF the United
States demand a man who knows
that prosperity and resumption
when they come must come together
that when they come, they will come
hand in hand through the golden
harvest fields; hand in hand by the
whirling spindles and the turning
wheels hand in hand by the open
furnace doors hand in hand by the
flaming forges hand in hand by the
chimneys filled with eager fire
greeted and grasped by the countless
ans of toll.
lhis mcIiVy has to be dug out OF
the earth. You can nou .-ake it by
passing resolutions in a political
convention.
THE Republicans OF the United
States want a man who knows that
this government should protect ev-
cry citizen, at home and abroad
who knows that any government
that will not defend its defenders
and protect its protectors is a dis
grace TO the map OF the world. They
demand a man who believes in the
eternal separation and divorcement
of church and school. They demand
a man whose political reputation is
!, spotless as a star; but they do not
demand that their candidate shall
have n certificate of moral character
signed by Confederate Congress.
The man who has, in full, heaped,
and rounded measure, all these
splendid qualifications is the pres
ent grand and gallant leader of the
Republican party-James G. Blaine.
Our country, crowned with the
vast and marvellous achievements Of
Its first century, asks fer man wor-
thy of the past and prophetic of her
future; asks for man who has the
audacity of genius; asks for man
who is the grandest combination of
heart, conscience, and brain beneath
her flag. Such a man is James G.
Blaine. For the Republican host,
led by this intrepid man, there can
be no defeat. This is a grand year
"A year filled with the recollections
Of the revolution; filled with proud
and tender memories of the past. !
with the sacred legends of liberty |
year in which the sons of freedom 4
viii drink from the fountains of en-
thusiasm; year in which the peo-
pie call for man who has presery-
ed in Congress whatopr soldiers won
upon the field year in which
they call for the man who has torn
from the throat of treason the tongue
of SANDER for the man who has
snatched the mask of Democracy !
from the hideous face of rebellion
for the man who, like an intellectual
athlete, has stood in the arena of de- ,
bate and challenged all comers, and {
who is still a total stranger to de- /
feat. Like an armed warrior, like '
F!id as knight, James G. Blaine !
history. down the halls of the c
ne park in congress, and threw his t
ed will here full and fair against t
ther place. eheads of the defamers r
- t'.''h os,'hany Y md the maligners of ! !