The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-30

III pfONOkeu lnuO larger ASSERTION Ol uaUlOnal
sovereignty, and thence into bloody conflict to
maintain it From that onward defy any man
to point to single measure of the Republican
party which could not challenge the approval of
Christian ministers and the approval of God
and when, as one of the reverend speakers has
said, I narrowed the issue when L spoke of
its coming down to question of the tariff, did
not mean to exclude therefrom-I could not
mean it-that great history of the party which
is its wealth and it's creed and which gives to
you and to all that stand behind you assurance
that whatever issue it attempts to enforce it will
do it in good faith. They can no more separate
the party from its history than you separate
man from his character, and when the great
makeup of public opinion is ready, it takes into
account the origin, the progress, the measures,
the character of the party and the character
of its public men. What meant by saying
that the tariff was the conclusive issue,
was, that it steps to the front, not in exclusion
of thousand other important issues, but for this
critical occasion, and at the close of this great
campaign, it stands forth as that issue which
represents bread to the hungry and clothing to
the naked. and prosperity to an entire people;
and the tariff is therefore, mostly as a ma
moral issues; because as l have said before to
Western audiences, say here you cannot i'm
press a man if he is hungry with any other
thought than that he shall be fed; you cannot
impress a man, if he is naked, with any other
thought than that he shall be clothed; and there
fore that public policy and that craftsmanship is
highest and best that attends to the primal needs
CT human nature first, and says, here is bread
for the hungry, here is clothing for the Naked;
and the tariff which protects the American
laborer in his wages, the American capitalist in
his investments, the inventive talent
of the country in its enterprise is the issue
which lies at the very foundation of the pros
perity of the American people and the very
foundation of the success of the Christian relig-
lon When you send out your missionaries to
destitute places, you clothe the little naked
children and give them food at the first step;
therefore l repeat, that the great conflict of 1884
closes with the people of the United States
standing face to face in two parties, saying
whether they will adhere to that policy of pro
lection which has trebed the wealth of the
United States in twenty years, or whether they
will abandon it and return once more to the
failing theory of free trade. [Cries of tNeverP
'neverl
sit involves other issues. too No nation
can grow so powerful as the United States has
grown and is growing without contlnu-
ally enlarging its relations with other ma
tions AS these relations become enlarged they
become complicated, and therefore the foreign
policy of the United States goes right along with
its domestic policy, supplementing and compile
menting it. We cannot, in any affair of our
destiny and our policy, separate the one from
the other. Now, gentlemen of the church,
address an earnest word to you. The policy of
the United States in the past and in the future
must be one of broad, liberal principles, and
that policy must be one, in my Judgment,
which draws nearer within the circle of the sym
pathies of the United States those other
struggling republics of North and South Amer
ica-which brings them first into trade relations
and then into closer personal and moral rela-
tions; and l believe that we shall not only have
that great gain that comes from intercourse, but
we shall enlarge with the civilization of the
Anglo-Saxon until it's limits shall include the ut
most southern point of the lower continent
Il did not intend, in accepting and acknowl-
edging the great sense of obligation 1 feel for
this honor, to go into prolonged political
speech. L have but indicated the two leading
points which 1 think are involved in the pending
election. 1t only remains for me to say to you
that l recognize at its full worth-aud its full
worth ls very gleat-the me aning of this assem-
blage We have no union of church and state
but we have proved that the church is stronger
without the state, and we have proved that no
state can be strong without the church. Let us
go forward as we have gone, the state growing
and Strengthening by the example of the
church, and the church growing and strengthen
ing by liberal cooperation with all the great re-
forms which it is the immediate province of the
government to forward and improve. Gentle
men, 1 thank you again and bid you very
cordial good morning"
Mr.. Blaine was then greeted with three ring
ing cheers, and Rev. Dr. Macarthur called for
and led in three equally hearty cheers for Mrs.
Blaine. Mr. Blaine then descended to the foot
of the stairs, and for some time remained shak-
ing hands with the clergymen who had visited
him.
The exact number of clergymen present at the
meeting was 1,020 Many were from other points
and were unknown here
At $3.50 this afternoon the business men formed
on lower Broadway and moved up to Mad son
square, where they were reviewed by Mr. Blaine
from large stand erected for that purpose The
parade was the greatest demonstration of the
kind ever Sc On in this country. Twenty thou
sand voters marched for four hours through the
dashing rain. The enthusiasm of the business
men has turned the political tide in New York
All signs now point to a Republican victory.
MR.. BLAINE'S WALKING STICK.