Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-05-19
A NOTABLE SPEECH.

Ex-Gov. Long of Massachusetts,
made the chief speech at the Massa-
chusetts state convention, at which he
was chosen a delegate-at-large. The
close of his eloquent address was as
follows:
The old commonwealth has no fa-
vors to ask and no candidate to urge.
But she does urge this, and she will
send her delegates to the national
convention to press it: l, that the
Republican party put itself upon the
platform of financial honesty, of in
dustrial development, of the equal
protection of life and citizenship, and
eliminating government from the
plunder of selishness and making it
the clean and direct service of the
people; and (2) that the best candi-
date, independent of every other con-
sideration than the honor and interest
of the country, be put at the head of
the column-a man larger even than
the party-a man of such acknowl-
edged worth that the thousands of
influential and sterling voters who
all over the land have become, not
Democrats or Independents, but in
differents, shall regard his nomination
as an earnest that the Republican
party is looking only at the public
welfare and prosperity and who, be-
lieving that, will put their shoulder
to the wheel. Public sentiment Is
healthily ripe. The best is the most
! available. Our Democratic brother
| in distracted and demoralized. Il
anything is lacking to his defeat he
may be counted on with absolute
certainty to furnish it in due season
His own ranks are hopelessly broken
Between his two stools of Presi
Dental choice-money bags on th'
one hand and fatuitous ignorance o.
the interests of the country on the
other-he falls to the ground. Moth
ing but our own folly can lose us th'
victory. Our position is almost ideal
ly fortunate. Rarely have candi
dates for the presidential nomination
commanded the situation so little
and the party commanded it so much
We rely on no man with barrel
We depend on no demagogue. W
appeal to nothing but enlightene
patriotism.
This, gentlemen, is, believe, th
spirit that aninlates your gathering
and the great patriotic and enlight
ened constituency you represent-th
Republicans of Massachusetts,. All
what pledges are you not under. re
membering your glorious past, tn
pure fame of your founders, the bloc
of your young heroes and patriots
spilled in the cause Of human liberty
the indignant shame with which,
later years, you have sloughed 0
barnacles and rot, and the splendi
victory for the honor of the old Con
} monwealth which you won but ha
, year ago and the victorious wreath
of which seem to hang on the wal
| of this very temple. And the future
think of the grandeur of our countr
and its opportunities We, too, Ia
: the foundations of history. Let |
7 rise to our work. Let us lift the r
, publican party-our party-to ST
: higher service. Let us win to it tt
4 freshest blood and the most patriot
sentiments of an Independent peopl
Let us convince our brother of Il
i South that in education, in the gre
| benefactions of citizenship, in the r
/ sources of craftsmanship and progres
e in the noblest conservation of the r
t public to the public welfare, his al
!; ance is with us, and that the Unie
!. is indeed restored as Abraham Lii
| coin and John A. Andrew would ha'
i restored it. Let us make our ranl
such that no citizen who loves b
: country, no man, whether his hea
s is enthusiastic with the generous fe
vor ard purpose of youth, or I'll
with the sober judgement OF age, cs
$ enlist under any other banner ths
our own-one now with the pure viii