New Ulm weekly review., 1884-06-11
Gov. c. X. Davis


the Hon. James G.. Blaine, Gov. C..
x. Davis Of Minnesota spoke as fol-
lows: s
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the
Convention: In the face Of the demons
tration which we have seen and have
heard, it would seem scarcely necessa-
~ to second such a nomination which
appears already forgone conclusion.
-[Cheers and applause. In the name
Of the people Of Minnesota it gives me
the greatest pleasure to second the
nomination of James G.. Blaine, [vigor-
Gus cheers. who has never been de-
feated by the ..people. Cries of no,
never has been defeated. He has borne
his great faculties so nobly year after,
year in success and adversely that he
has grown so completely into the affec-
tions of the people Of this country, that
at this moment he is in his own person
the embodiment, the definition Of their
choice for president of the United
States. [Cheers and applause and
cries s.louder.''l This preference is
not the growth Of any locality or any;
one idea. It springs not from any cold
calculation Of expediency, although It
is confident with the highest expedien-
cy-the expediency of success. It is.
the majestic voice of three millions of
the great party of the Union, of national
progress which emancipated man,
which raised the country from the hell
of civil war and made it so great that
neither foreign foe nor domestic fac
tions can affect it where it stands Sc
cure on the eternal basis of right where
on it has been placed Mr. Blaine lis
not the man of any state; he has grown
far beyond that. To-day his persistant
popularity, his magnificent personal
traits, his unfailing tact, his unwaver-
ing loyalty to his party and his COM
manding craftsmanship are honored in
every country from Maine to California
(applause) and from the St. Lawrence
to the Gulf. Without the aid of that
thing called organization, without self
seeking, with no such condition to his
success as the ruin of another man, he
stands here to-day with all these attri-
butes, and the people of this country
ask this convention to crafty their
twice deferred desire. Applause
He stands upon the friendship and con-
fdence of Garfield, and when the life
of the nation seemed ebbing away with
the spirit of the son of Ohio; when all
the functions of the government were
languid; when business men felt the
need of security, it was upon the arm
of the great secretary that the nation
leaned, He has conducted our affairs
so as to make us respected abroad, and
that, too upon principles almost coequal
with the foundations of this government.
[Applause. He has undergone defeat
in two conventions, and risen from each
with greater strength than before. APP
plause.] The campaigns which fol-
lowed were most momentous, and inn
periled the very existence of the party.
Did he sulk in his tent like Achilles be-
fore the walls of Troy? [Cries of
.'No! .'No!' from all over the hall. I
No; he rose upon the ruins of his adj
versity and made them the monuments
of his glory. Cheers He led, his
competitors through the road of tri-
umph to the White house. No word
came from him that the nomination
was unfortunate; no auspices from him
of want of success. But then, he, this
man from Maine, came forth with all
his armament like magnificent war
vessel; every pennant flying, every sail
set; every man at his post, and every
gun laundering from it's side. APP
plause.] This IS the man faithful to all
trust; superior to any fortune; beloved
as no American statesman has ever
been, whom we present for your suf-
frage. [Cheers and applause.