St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-22

dilo Sdlu W Il dtleHu-
ance, Whose body is that?" pointing
to coffin in the same car with him.
THAT is the dead body of your COM
mander, Gen. MCPHERSON" Thus the
commander of the army and the divi-
sion commander had mingled their
blood upon the red field at Leggett's
hill. Wherever, in all the war, the bat
ties wreck lay thickest, there was the
MANLY FORM OF GEN. GRESHAM.
a type of enthusiastic heroism and an
inspiration to the soldier who followed
him. But it is not in his military ca
reer, dashing and brilliant as that is,
nomination. For him peace hath her
victories, no less renowned than war"
After his relations with the army were
voluntarily severed, he was called by
President Arthur into his cabinet to the
office OF postmaster-general. Here he
greatly promoted the expedition of the
mails, shortening materially the time of
their transit across the country. He
also aided in reducing the letter. news
paper and parcel postage. thereby saw
ing millions to the people and encourag-
ing the dissemination of literature and
Intelligence. He was also the first Wig
orously to enforce the United States
statutes against the abuse of the mails
schemes, by which the credulOus and
weak-minded were imposed upon and
their confidence betrayed. 1t is, how
ever, in this discharge of his duties as
United States judge that
HIGHER AND GROWING GLORIES
of his character appear. The image of
Justice among the Greeks was repre-
sented as blindfolded, holding the
scales balanced in her hand, but unable
to see the rank or standing of the parties
before her. Judge Gresham has been
the living ideal of this Grecian figure.
UnmOved by the threatening of power,
he has gone straight on in the line of
his duty to the integrity and right of
the question under consideration and
has administered justice to the high and
low, the rich and poor, with steady
but impartial hand. The contestants in
one of the greatest railroad strikes that
has arisen in our country have also been
before him. By wise and happy de-
cision he administered exact justice to
al, prevented the strike from becoming
universal, public traffic from being
paralyZed, the nation from convulsiOn
and the most serious damage to an un-
known number of individuals. Wher-
ever in all his life he has touched any
thing, it has been improved, beautified
or adorned. He has always had the
happy faculty of quietly doing the right
thing at the right time, and he possesses
In his own great character all the good
qualities of the Republican party.
Under his leadership the campaign cry
will be
LIVE AND LET LIVE"
There Will be no attacks on capital
and no attacks upon labor, but the
country will march on with gigantic
strides in settlement, development and
growth. The true level and system will
be adopted of making all men equal be-
fore the law and placing all mems feet
on level. Then the tall man may
thank God for his height and the short
ness. In personal characteristics, in
the manner and condition of his candi-
dacy. and in his relations to the presi-
dental office, Judge Gresham is more
like Abraham Lincoln than any other
living man. The movement in his be-
half, like the movement for Lincoln. is
the spontaneous and unOrganized action
of the people. Like Lincoln, Gresham
is not working for the presidential Of
fee. He believes that this exalted of
flee should never be sought and never
declined. Like him, too, he believes
that causes which tend great cOnse-
results unaided, and that they cannot
be materially hastened or impeded by
personal interference. Like Lincoln in
character, honest and simple. but ro-
bust, fearless in danger, full of Justice
and of noble heart, he stands out in
prominence
AS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE.
May 1 also be pardoned for saying in
this august presence that back in 1S49,
at the age of twenty-four. / first met
Abraham Lincoln, he being then forty
one. Ever afterwards | sat at his feet,
as Saul of Tarsus sat at the feet of
Gamaliel, and was permitted as we
walked together the journey of life "to
lean on his own great arm for support
l watched his thoughtful face when the
ceived a large vote for vice president at
Philadelphia when Fremont and Day
ton were nominated, and when the
thought of great political preferment
took root in his mind. know from this
intimate relation how confidence and
sympathy may exist between a great
leader and the people without either
knowing the other. can never forget
how in moments of great doubt he
agonized. watched and listened for
tokens of guidance from the common
people as mariner watches for the
sun, to learn where he is and whittier
he is drifting through the darkness and
mists of the storm. The same symathy
and confidence exist between Gresham
and the people that existed between
Lincoln and the people. His heart, also,
has
BEATEN IN SYMPATHY
with the sons of toll, for he has labored
with them in sunshine and in the cold.
He, too. has been promoted from their
ranks, and knows the taste of poverty,
and like them has earned his bread Sin
the sweat of his face.'' He has never
forgotten their lives of privatiOn and
self-denial in their hard struggles for
existence. Whether bondmen or free |
men. he had that sublime faith in their
honesty and patriotism, that like Lin
coin he was willing to have his body
pierced with bullets in their behalf. |
The rich, too, have found ample protec-
tiOn and the adjustment of every right |
in the equipOSe of his character. He |
has always stood with his party for the |
protection of American labor against |
foreign competition and has always be- |
lieved in fair wages for fair work. He !
has advocated liberal pensions for the |
MANNED, worn and dependent defenders |
of the Union. He knows by experience |
how the rebel bullet tears and hurts, for |
he himself has been wounded and car
ried on stretcher from the field of bat
tie and has borne the pains and sees the |
need of the decrepit and health broken
soldier. We should also not forget that
this nation has arrived at that stage of