Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-25
man of the United States Applause
We find that the nation has been preserved

escutcheon of America, that the freedmen
have been raised from the mire of slavery
and the ashes of degradation to
THE SOLID ROCK OF CITIZENSHIP,
With all its privileges and all its duties
We find the national credit restored, anC
made permanent; we find the Government
paper money, the despised greenback OF
the war, made equal 10 gold dollar, il
whatever country or whatever cline the
citizen may chance to offer it. We find the
national debt honestly upheld, honestly
paid as it became due and most wonder
fully reduced. We find the industries of the
country reawakened. glowing with ligh
and with wealth. and with hope all over the
! country. We find the hillsides and The
] valleys dotted with workshops, wherein
industrious men are building up homes fol-
/ themselves and their families; we find the
manufactures of the land rehabilitated
we hear the busy hum of prosperous labor
/ brought to'every corner of the nation we
find the interest burden reduced more than
one hundred and twenty-five millions OF
/ dollars annually; we find Federal taxation
/ constantly reduced we find every pledge
made by the Republican party kept; We
| find the honored soldiers and sailors that
! saved the country-God bless them, now
and forever more [great applausel pen
| stoned in the enormous sum of six hun
| dred and fifty millions of dollars we find
the American citizen protected at home and
| abroad we find the United States of Amer
! lea more prosperous than ever beforc-its
! exports greater its people richer, its
! strength, its greatness, its perpetuity as
sured, its claim as the home of the free,
THE ASYLUM OF THE OPPRESSED,
Made real and permanent and true, its ma
tional spirit fostered and increased, while
| its flag is loved at home and is respected
t and feared everywhere in the world. APP
! plause. For our candidates we have men
! to admire, leaders to love, captains it is a
pleasure 10 obey.
! When the Republican National Conven-
| ton met last June in Chicago TO select the
standard-bearers of the Republican party
in 1884, there came demand from all
parts of the Union, from every portion, ev-
cry faction, and | may say from every mem
Der of the Republican party, demanding
| the nomination for President by that Con-
ventiOn of q Republican leader, of a man
known to the party and the people, of a
candidate with public record, of a candi-
date because he deserved it for himself and
, not because he might run well in some par
ticular locality. No mere available p"
candidate was wanted this year by the Re
publicans. The nomination of a man was
not wanted because he was unknown or
destitute Of enemies; but from the east
the south, the north and the west the same
cry was heard from Republicans, Give us
a well-known and well-tried Republican
candidate, with a public record" In 1876
the tried and trusted leaders of the party
had been thrust aside for an available and
unknown man. In 1880 the tried and
rod Of l,n
thrust aside likewise, but with better re-
suits, however Applause.] In 1884 the
Republican party had determined that
despite bosses and machines" de-
spite politicians and newspapers, avail
ability" should no longer scare and rule
the party. but that a party leader, aparty
man. Republican with a record, should
be nominated.
THIS FEELING WAS DEEP
Heartfelt and enthusiastic. We of the
Pacific coast I" had il" in the language of
the streets; bad" Tie people, at that
Convention, for once had their way. A
man, in every way that you view him, was
nominated; a Republican was nominated :;
leader was nominated man, a Repub-
lican, and leader was nominated leader
with public record and private record
for the world to stand by was nominated
As look back at the history of his life,
it is inseparablv connected alike with the.
institutions of our country and the record
of orr PARTY. I see him commencing life
poor. honest industrious. studious. | see
him working his way through school and
college. see him when, having by his own
hands and his own aid accumulated some
knowledge and some little means, engage
ing successfully and honorably in the bust
ness of teaching in academies and colleges ;;
then | behold him travelling across the
country towards the east settling among
the nine-cIad hills of the eastprnm0st state
of the Federal Union then I view him as
citizen and editor WORKING for tbe GOOD
toiling for the neopIe aiding the country
and beneffina the Rennhlican portv recoG-
nized as q mower and y loader many MANY
wears a1o Then I behold him nj the
earIv aGe of ~ cnterino CONGRESS in 1863
amid The terrible tbr6es of the greateSt
civil war known to the civilized World
Already known rs he was for his n"triot,
ism his intense Amer;caniep, and his
ability 7 SEQ him in Congress raniJIv
acbieying the I.adorsbin of that nod
wo ,,t zoe sI,vavs for Tho naonIa fnr fraedo,1
for nafioneI evistenra and The notionai
cradit fnr boresf ,onev
- eN'i'' 10 --o-'l',' ---ll'
FOR PROTECTION TO AMERICAN LABOR
And capital alike, voicing the true senti-
inent of the people and the party. Then
behold him as Speaker of the House of
Representatives, the third officer in the ma
ton, and | see him there, just, impartial,
honest accurate, no ruling or decision of
his reversed during the entire time that he
held the Speakers chair, holding the turbu-
lent House of Representatives to its work,
guiding the labors of all, winning the
plaudlts OF friends and foes alike, and eS-
tabllsh1ng record solid, secure and grand.
Then | behold him, removed from the
Speakers chair by the Democratic major
lty, bounding at once to the position. oner-
Gus tiousli ilollofAoiei % IeaueT vi 'he he
bnrIs de, dastrnction and ronf'sion into the
ranks of the Democracy in Congress rs he
nroves himself a thorn in fbcir Sides wax
mo or slenning 7 see him maintaininc the
honor Of the RenuhIican nortv
seizinq the connarbead Gov of Nov
York in one hand and the
rebel Hill of Georgia in thn other roreat
applauspl' pouring the patriotic fire of his
inst INDIGNATION mon them until their
miserable souls shriyel nm in abect appeals
for mercy to the man that was castipatino
them in public. as thev deserved TAn7
plause.1 And then I behold him. when a
scoundrel. bribed to do him damage. had
stolen from him his private letters. Selling
them Selling them from the villain
and Keeping them with his own
GOOD richt arm then see him marcbina
down tbe aisIes of the halls Of CONGRESS-
reading those letters in the face and eyes
and to the ears of his prosecutors AMI as