National Republican., 1884-06-12
ARTHuR SECONDED.
hts Record Reviewed by Hon. Honry II.
bingham, OF PennsyIvHnIn.

Tho following Is the speech Of Hon. Henry
II. Bingham in soconding tho nomination Of
President Arthur in tho Chicago convention
Republican Pennsylvania will utter no un-
certain sound in tho coming November
contest, when the sullragos of her industrious
people will roll up 10000 majority for the
nominee of this convention. applause
Honest, outspoken, and we'll defined differ
ences exist in tho Pennsylvania delegation
as to whose namo would clustor around 10
the largest expression Of public confidence
and approval, and best typify tho principles
Of our party but that individual choice will
bo expressed only in the deliberations of this
representative gathering, and its wise decis-
ion onco rendered, tho candidate who shall
carry tho banner Of our party will find the
sturdy sons of the Keystone state laboring
and battling for republican success. lap
plause.
1 rise to second tho nomination Of Chester
A. Arthur, of the state of New York loud
applausel, and in doing so but voice the
unanimous sentiment Of tho Pennsylvania
convention, as we'll as tho expression OF every
republican convention in the union, when
they point with pride to his wise administra-
tion of public affairs congratulate the people
upon the marked prosperity of the country;
proclaim his unsworving integrity, and
declare his unquostoned capacity aud fitness
for tho discharge of overy responsibility
great purposes, in His omnipotenco and
omniscionce, has placed upon him. [Great
applause.
Tho unknown man OF four years ago has
become the best known within tho confines of
tho republic. [Applausol What man can
do is best determined from what he has done
Recognizing the supreme duty resting upon
tho highest wisdom and best Judgment Of this
patriotic body, no namo, no record so illus
tratcs all that will contribute to peace, pros
perity, and national honor as that of the
distinguished statesman who four years ago
resolved in national convention tho plaudits
of tho people, as generous and rs enthusiastic
as yours are tonight was proclaimed tho
choice of the convcntion-a judgment ratified
by the votes of millions of freemen--and
who to-day renders to this body the record of
his work and the fuldllment of every duty
which his great Office has demanded. Great
applauso Thirty-eigh statos declare, "Well
done, thou good and faithful servant" After
three years of administration ho presents n
party reunited. LApplauso.l 1t is for this
convention to declare whether that party
shall be invinciblo. lApplause.l Three
years of administration and every principle
we have inscribed upon our broad banner Of
liberty is more deeply rooted in tho minds
and hearts of tho American people. APP
plause.l Flaming all over the horizon of our
partys birth We reud of tho liberty of man
and equality under the law. Abraham Lin
coin [great applausel believed, as the republi-
can party believed, that all men were created
equal, and whom tho havoc Of war was at
its highest and tho dead were legion
ho proclaimed to tho republic the oman-
| cpation of the black man, and to-day in
all this broad land tho sun never rises upon
| bondman nor sets upon q slave Applause |,
| Gods great chosen ruler. Applausel. We'll
done good and faithful servant. And when
the convention of 1864 assembled, the repre'
sentatives of the people called upon him to
carry the banner for law, for liberty, for the
union. and for victory [applausel, that great
and silent soldier sent by the armies of the
west to break down tho seemingly impreg
nablo barriers surrounding Richmond
triumphantly carried tho matchloss and
masterful armies of tho north into th'
capital of rebellion and received the capitu
iation of treason upon tho memorable fiolc
Of AppomattOx. Applause.l Great in war
he was greater in peace. The sutfrages Of til,
people lifted him into tho chair of Washing
ton and Lincoln, and so faithful and wei
was every duty performed, national homo
and integrity maintained, that in tho repub
lican convention of 1872 no Other name than
that of Ulysses 5. Grant was considered, ant
ho deservedly received tho unanimous nomi
nation of his patriotic party. lApplausel
Tho wise, honest capable, and safe admins
tration of Rutherford H. Hayes lapplause
commended itself to all the friends of goot
government. Accepting MS hlgn trust, N
announced to the nation unqualifiedly hi
determination to lay down the robes o
authority at the expiration of his torn o
office and return home to the people of hi
state, where no had been npon many occa
sions honored and always loved. Grea
applause.l
Who ca n ever forget the inspiring scene
and proceedings in this hall four years ago
when We Joined Ohio and New York in bond
so firm that only death do us part. Loud
cheeringl The name of James A. Garfield
[groat applause called forth the enthusiastic
Endorsement of the people Of that safe ropub
lican state and the power the 1orco, an
the strength of the name of Chester A. Al
thur welded to tho republican column uncer
tain and doubtful New York. [Great AZ
plause.l Had Garfield livcd-but no-hi
great possibilities only an all wise Providenc
knows. He was indeed the peoples idol, an
his memory will bo ever green and his gray
ever watered with the tears of the million
of the republic.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust;
He is gone who seemed so great;
Gone, but nothing can bereavo him
or the force he made his own,
| Being here, and we believe him
Something far advanced in state.
| And that he wears truer crown
| Than any wreath that man can weave him;
God accept him, Christ receive him.