The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-02
Dlaius' and victory. ~

The voice Of tho Republican people
has been heard and needed. From the
pine forests Of Maine and the mountains
Of PennsylyAnia, from the region Of thf
great lakes. across the fertile fields Of
illinois and the broad prairies Of IoEr
10 the rugged peaks II Colorado and
tho golden shores Of Cslifornis thai
Noice has been ringing out the name, d
'tBlAins ot MAine The roar which
Shook the vast hall where the Republic.
an Convention was assembled was ghu.
. faint echo Of the peoples voice, The
immense vote which declared james G.
Blaine the leader Of the Republiosa
hosts in the great struggle Of 1854 waa
but tho ratification, Of the peoples
choice already masie. Not the conven-
ton, but the people, made Blaine the
nominee. q For the convention to have
rejected him would have been A defiance
Of the clearly-expFessed wish Of the Re,
publican voters. m would have been
at once blunder and a crime. a.il,.l
Wild as, was the enthusiasm which
swept that great assemblage of its feet
at the announcement OF the nomination
of the peoples fayorite. It was but
feeble indication. of the tremendous
wave Of enthusiastic energy whose re-.
sistless tide will carry all before it this
fall, and bear Blaine In triumph into
the White House next March. No man
who actually received the Presidential
nomination since the existence of the
United States had, as a candidate, SO
strong o hold on the affections of the
masses of his party as has James e..
Blaine at the present moment. Strong
in his convictions, courageous in main
tanning them; daring in attack and bril-
liant in strategy he has won the devo.
tion of his followers and the admiration
of his enemies. His history as a public
man is that of the Republican party,
the one can not be dissociated from the
other. He is the typical Republican.
His history for the same period is largo
ely that of the Nation. He is the typical
American. a 70 Eat
1t would have been impossible to
make nomination that would be bet
received in Ohio, or that would exercise
stronger influence for good on the for
tunes OF the Republican party in this
State at the coming elections. In North.
ern Ohio especially Blaine is the popu.
lar idol. He had by his course
in Congress secured the admiration
of the people of tho Western Reserve,
whose Republicanism is of the staunch-
est type. His intimate association with
Garfield, and the part he bore in the
tragic events of the closing months oil
the martyred Presidents life, complete
ly won their hearts. He became the
natural heir to the affection they bore
the deeply loved and cruelty lost Gar
field. No man named in connection
with the nomination, or who might un
der any circumstances be connected
with that position, could so stir the
hearts Of the people of Ohio, particular
lyin the Republican strongholds, ant
bring out the Republican vote to tn,
last man, as can James G. Blaine, th'
personal friend, the devoted adherent
the political other self of the martyr
President, James A. Garfield. His nom
ination insures a sweeping victory il
+ October and crowning triumph il
November. sh y.
From this day the State which ha
given four Presidents to the Nation
and has material for as many more, will
work with all its might for ''the MAJ
from Maine" and from the lake to th,
river it will ring with shouts of "Blain,
and Victory. ~ Cteveland (O.) Herald