The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-10-25
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Si'E tnS 4 STRONG SPEECH FOR
Gs4fi ELAND IN NEW YORK.
Eae l'ith of W hat he Said on Thursday.
e-f4thered rom the New i ork Press of
FRIDAY.

AZ 4 :tli 'bi w NAT ne S3:u on \ HUrSday,
Gathered rom the New York Press Of
FRIDAY.
Things that have happened once may
happen again. But We shall 20 as We
ought to 60, and stay as we ought to stay
We are willing to hold up the arms Of any
Moses that will lead rs against the Canaan
ties the ilivites and the Jebusitcs If this
election goes wrong, we are not going
wrong. We are not going under; we have
come to stay
An English Prime Minister said years
ago, In the long run, England will al
Wa 90 with the dissenters conscienccs,
ana say today Of any compact body Of
intelligent men who have consciences, and
are willing % use them, that III the long
run TINS country VIII go with Intelligent
consciences. Wen, am not here tonight
seeking any office ! certainly am not
here seeking any renoWn. | suppose YOU
read the morning papers Wei, YOU
certainly nave no chance to read my
mails, or il might augment your IDEAS Of
the mast mess Of mankind. | am not here
in the expectation Of lining seat for
any son of mine. | hold 40 bonds nor
Land grants. | am here simply as Il citi-
zen, an old man, at Il time Of life when
most men choose to retire into quiet. But
us long rs my country, Or the admiuistra-
tion Of its government is imperlcd | viii
know no quiet. y voice: Thank God for
that ! Times are coming when men viii
be glad to THANK, God for anything. If
an man is discouraged by Ohio's vote,
we don't want him. When Joshua was to
go against an adversary with his $1,000
men, q think it was, more OF less,) and
the other side was $50, 900 strong, the
Lord told him to tell everybody that was
afraid, or had wife a;l children at home
whom he wanted to see, 10 so. The re
suit was that they went till Joshua had
only 900 men. When the Lord looked
over those he said: 1t IS too many and
put them through q bapti.slnil test, and
three hundred We're all that remained.
But they were men that had lamps in tie
pitchers. The pitchers We're empty, but
the lamps We're bright, and three hundred
,nen were enough to overcome 100, 900.
Men that mean something, that count re-
prOach as a compliment-m that
would rather die than give up IN any
right cauSe-thOse are the men we want.
q am not here tonight to speak dis
paraging words Of Mr. Blaine. Ia his
private life and person believe him to be
most ainiable geltlnnan. of courteous
demeanor, of genel >as bart and IN
open hand. :oara 4G - ceG. | am
not here to prove upon i441 t:.a Ittsre@k
able falls ahooesS t.lat have been charged.
Finance has not been my study. | leave
to YOU that know more than do whether
the series OF letters which ho wrote and
which were written to him evidently in
TIE natural COURSE 0i isQSines5-W whether
they present 70 your minds the portrait Of
a simple, honest, .jefferSon-like, Madison
like statesman. Cries OF No, no" Ac-
coltling to the feeble lights which | have
! % l,,Tt nni hot no Il
Iuence a. 4 public officer IL government
for purposes of private life On that sub
Ject | am NIthout Il single doubt or scruple,
and vet | am a charitable man.
Il am not, however, here to prove that
matter i is as the representative OF
tendencier tIlat an opposed to Mr.. Blaine.
lie may b f3ure and innocent in all these
respects, bat he has a character quite
aside from these facts and charges. His
genius for politics, his idea of manage
ment IN politics, the whole notion which
he cItertains OF what a government ought
TO do and may do his use Of funds, his
patronage Ct johbers, regardless Of the
public YeIfare-it is the whole style of
The statesman that l am opposed to. And
at this time, with more than a hundred
millions surplus on hand, with q large
and active body Of manufacturing men
that want to keep that hundred million on
hand and find ways to use it without dis
turbing nopolists-with this vast treas
ury that would make an honest man al
most tremble for his integrity. | 90 not
wish to see q man as President whose
opinions of the power of money are III the
slightest degree doubtful.
HAnd for myself, | 50 firmly believe
that those qualities which this time-pre-
cisely this tlme-requlres exist III our can
didate, strong, good sense, unlmpeachabie
integrity, kind listener to suggestions,
but a firm carrier-Outof his own purposes,
a man that though adhering to one party
as the best instrument Of serving the coun-
try. vet means to serve the country and
not the party. When such a man Is pre-
sented for the sutfrages Of this great pco-
pie, | cannot but feel that they are struck
with blindness if they do not thank God
and put him into the presidential chair.
eff therefore, there be any here present
tonight that are disposed to vote for Mr..
Blaine with groans and signs, any Of such
hundreds as have heard saying lit Is
not our chOice-We don't like him, but we
cannot 90 the Democratic ticket, i say
to them my friends, Mr.. Blaine was the
choice OF the worst part of the Republican
party in Chicago, Mr. Cleveland was the
choice Of the best part of the Democratic
party.