The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-06-26

Mr. BLAINE FORMALLY HorIfltp.


able crowd collected around the Augusta
house u gaze with curiosity On III"
members at the committee, Promptly
at II u'clOck the National Committee of
Notification proceeded In u body Ia Mr.
Rlaine's residence aud were received 10y
Mrs, blaine, A. the day was Opprcs-
siNcly hot and the rooms of the mansion
crowded almost 10 suiiucniion IL
was suggested that the prcscnia-
ton address 10y made upon the lawn,
Accordingly the committee and guests
proceeded tn wcll-shadOd portion of
the grounds, whore n semi-rirclo was
formed, and NIL present stood with I'M
covered heads, making an Impressive
scene. When NIL WAS in readiness, Mr.,
Blaine was escorted Ia the lawn, whore
he stood within the are of the semi
circle, Gen, Henderson then stepped
forward and presented the address of
the cOmmittc, reading from manuscript,
lie spoke as follows:
"MR. BLAINE: Your nomination for
the office uf President of the iniicd
States by the National Republican, con-
Vcntlon, recently assembled NJ Chicago,
II already known Ia YOU, The gentle
men before YOU, constituting the COM
mittCc, composed of one mrmlcr rom
each State and Territory of the country,
and one from tho District oi
Columbia, now come as the accredited
organ of that convention 10 give You
formal notice at nomination, ana 10 re-
quest your acceptance thereof. u -,
of course, known to You that besides
YOUR own several other names, among
the most hOnorcd in the councils of the
Republican party, were presented by
their friends nS candidates for this NOM
nation. Between your friends ANA
friends of the gentlemen so Justly en-
titled to the respect and confidence oi
their political associates, the contest was
~. Ina
faint of bitterness and equally free from
rcproach or Injustice. Al an early stage
of the proceedings of the convention
il became manifest that the Republican
states-whose aid must he invoked nj
last to insure success TO the ticket.
earnestly desired your nomination. III
was equally manifest that the desire so
earnestly expressed by the delegates
from those states was but Il truthful
reelection of the irresistible popular de-
mand. IL was not thought nor pre-
tended that this demand had its origin
i'm any ambitious desires of your own,
or in the organized work of your friends,
but was recognized to he what IL truth
fully il, the spontaneous expression by
n free people, of love and admiration of
u chosen leader. No nomination
would have given satisfaction To every
member of the party. This is not to be
| expected in Il country so extended IN
area and so varied in interests. The
nomination of Lincoln in 1860 disap-
pointed so many hopes and overthrow
| so many cherished ambitions that FOR II
short time the disaflection threatened To
ripen into open revolt. In 1877 the dis-
| content was so pronounced rs to imperil
| large masses of the party To organize IN
opposition to its nominees. For many
| weeks after the nomination OF Gariicld,
! in 1850, defeat seemed inevitable. In each
1 Of ali moi m
was followed by sober second thought;
| individual preferences gradually
welded To convictions of public duty;
! the promptingS of patriotism iinally
rose superior to the irritations and ami
mositics of the hour. The party in
every trial has grown stronger in face
of threatened danger. lntcndering you
the nomination, il gives us pleasure to
remember those great measures which
| furnished the causes for party congratu-
| lations by the late convention NJ chicago,
and which are now crystaliZed INTO the
| legislation of the cOuntry-meaSurcS
which have strengthened and
digniiied the nation, and Whlle
they elevated and advanced
the people have ut all times and on all
PROPER occasions, received your earnest
! and valuable support. 1t was your good
| fortune to aid in protecting the nation
against the assaults of armed treason.
You were present and helped to unl loose
the shacklcs of the slave. You assisted
in placinga new guarantee OF freedom,
| in the Federal constitution. our voice
was potent in preserving the national
faith where false theories oi
finance would have blasted ma
tional and individual prosperity.
We kindly remember you as fast
friend of honest money and commercial
integrity in all that pertains to the So
| "a nf. a
of labor and manhood, the elevation and
freedom of the people, and the right Of
the oppressed to demand the duty of the
Government to afford protection. Your
public acts received the unqualified en-
dorsement of popular approval, but we
are not unmindful of the fact that par
ties, like individuals, cannot live entirely
on the past, however splendid the
record. The present is overcfarged
with immediate cares, and the future
presses on with its new duties and its
perpleXing responsibilities. Parties,
like individuals, however, that are free
| from the stain Of violated faith III the
past, are fairly entitled to the presump-
ton of sincerity in their promises for
the future. Among the promises made
by the party in its late convention mt
Chicago was economy in the admins
tration, the protection of citizens, ma
tiycs, naturaliZed at home and abroad,
the prompt restoration OF the navy,
a wise reduction of surplus
revenues, relieving taxpayers without
iniurng labor, the preservation OF public
lands for actual settlers, import duties
when necessary at all to be levied,
not for revenue only but for the double
purpose of revenue and protection, the
regulation of internal commerce, the
settlement of international differences
bv peaceful arbitration, but coupled with
the reassertion and maintenance OF inc
Monroe doctrine as interpreted by INC
fathers of the Republic, perseverance III
the good work of civil service reform
to the end that the dangers to
free institutions which Turk in the power
ofof1icial patronage be wisely ana erect
ually avoided, honest currency based on
coin of intrinsic value, adding strength
to public credit and giving renewed VI
tality to every branch of American IN
dustry. Mr.. Blaine, during the last
twenty-three years the Republican
party has builded up a new Republic; a
Republic far more splendid than that
originally designed by our fathers. Its
proportions already grand, they may yet
be enlarged. Its foundations may yet
be strengthened and its columns adorned
with beauty more resplendent STILL
! To you, as it's architect, will soon be as
signed this grateful work."
: Mr.. Blaine listened to Gen. Hender-
sons address standing under an elm
tree with his arms folded on his chest
: and his eyes usually cast down, but al
times wandering about, scanning the
faces of the audience. When Gen. Hen
derson had concluded speaking, walker
1 \ 49,. ,tf,Ny nod TOW