Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-20

and barbarisln of chattelhood into the
clear, bracing and elevating air of
American citizenship. Loud APP
plause.l And vet with such an achieve
ment, that shines with the light of
planets against the sky, a railroad
wreckcr, embodying the sentiments of
his party. speaks of it as a career of
.malaladministration Within that
time this "intestine war" to which he |
refers, this intestine war, which, in
1864, he declared was Il failure, was
waged, Union has been saved, and
the greatest achievement ever record
ed in history, passed to the credit of
the Republican party represented here
tonight. [Great applause.l Within
that twenty years, in that splendid,
that glorious twenty years, the
national honor has been saved against
the assaults of his own party, who
sought to destroy it. In that twenty
years the national credit has been
maintained, when he and his party
would have debauched our honor by
the reputation of our public debt.
Applause Within that length of
time this administration, which he
characterized as maladministration
has taken newly-made citizen by the
hand, has made him a citizen, has
given him the right of suffrage, has
embodied that right in the constitu-
ton, by the grace and help of God,
means to secure him in its full enjoy
mcnt. Loud applause.
Speaking of the Republican candi-
date, he said:
This brings me, gentlemen, to con-
sideration quite briefly of our candi-
date-the history of James e.. Blaine,
[Great applause.l This is and will be
no defensive campaign. Have no
anxiety whatever about that. This
old powder has been bnrned once, and
the tattoes which we see upon him are
the inscriptions of splendid achieve
ments, placed there by an admiring
people, who have elevated him away
above the SANDERS and detractions of
his enemies, and will place him in the
most commanding position of the ma
ton which he has done SO much to
honor. [Roars of applause.l Why,
the brokers of Wall street are afraid
of Mr. Blaine's foreign policy. With
studdering fear, with qnivering lip
and trembling nerve, mention for
eign policy and they instantly take
| to their fortifications and their earth
works. What kind Of a foreign poll
cy is it? What kind of foreign pol
icy does our platform demand? What
kind of a foreign policy do you re-
quire ? What kind of a foreign policy
do YOU want? What kind of a foreign
policy do the emergencies and necessi-
ties of the nation absolutely and inn
peratively exact We are not respect
ed abroad. | say we should be. APP
plsuse. We are unexpected at home.
/ say this should not be. Renewed
applause. ! want no war. | want
long summer days of prosperous
peace. | know of but one way to Sc
cure them, and that is promptly and
at once to place ourselves in such n
position that insult or assault can
he so readily resented that
neither will ever be made. Tumul-
tuous applause When we are
made the sport of every foreign power,
when we have not adequate seaport
defences. we invite assault. We stand
a great big bulky, sturdy nation, with
our hands helplessly at our side, ut
terly unable, not only to protect our
interests elsewhere in the world, but
utterly unable to defend and justify
ourselves at home. The condition is
one of shame, indignity and outrage
upon ourselved that every spirited
American will rejoice to see at once
corrected. want something more
than this. Now, | am speak
ing merely for myself. | am
binding nobody. The time has come
when the old notion of our in
sularity and freedom from alliances
with foreign powers must cease. We
are to-day six days from Europe. Near
cr. much nearer, than Cincinnati was
to New York fifty years ago. We have
trade with every part of the world.
We have products i'll every civilized
land beneath the sun. Our CONNER
cial interests are all over the globe
There is not gunboat over which the
! flag of this great nation floats adequate
to defend an insulted American in the
meanest seaport of the smallest nation
on the face of the earth. I"Good" and
applause Moreover Il may be radicaD
the time has come, it is full upon us,
without meaning any wal, that the old +,
old theory of nou-interventiOn must
be exploded. We are interested in
what is going on all over the world.
Our trade must be protected and
cared for where ever it extends. That
nation is unfit 10 be called nation
which will not defend the impcfiled
rights Of its citizens at home or
abroad, wherever they are assaulted.
[Great applause i give TO my coun-
try allegiance l recogize its laws; |
obey Loyalty and willingly on all occa-
sions, wherever obedience is required.
| expect protection, and when my
government fails to give it to me il is
my right to take its Constitution in
my hand and say: "Iou clustering,
bullying. Dragging, non-performing
YOU have agreed to or quit business.
[Great applause. There is no war in
this. Moreover. don't want to see
the butter and cheese and the wool of
Ohio go 10 Brazil by the way of Liver
pool. Applause Tie route is too
circuitous. | want TO see it 90 straight
from Cincinnati or Cleveland to its
South American destination, bearing
the stamp Of the eagle; rather than by
circuitous way, twisted by the way
of Liverpool, and bearing the fraudu-
lent mark of thc lion and unicorn
Now gentlemen, that does not mean
war. That is James G.. Blaine. That
is his foreign policy. That is my for
eign policy. That is your foreign pol
ley. That is the foreign. policy of cv
cry solid. leve.- headed, right-thnking
man i'm America, who Is not broker
and who is not on the wrong side Of
the market"