The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-06-21

will all join with heart and hand in the
grand chorus of rejoicing, and the rain,
bow of our harmony shall give certain
promise of the glory of victorious
morning in November.
! When the Democratic party at the
close of the last Presidential election
robbed us of victory honestly and
fairly won, we patiently waited for the
certain coming of the justice of the
years. We HOPED and believed that in
| 1888 the great national wrong of 1SS
would be righted. Right it not for the
Republican party, but also for the grand
and glorious candidates whose names
were the inspiration of that wonderful
campaign. The infinite wisdom Of an
All.wise Providence has otherwise de
creed. One of them-the soldier-the
warrior statesman-the Black Eagle Of
Illinois-has been summoned by the 81
lent messenger to report to his old COM
mander beyond the river But, although
John A. Logan is dead in the body. yet
he lives again IN the Illuminated pages
of his country's most splendid history;
lives in the grateful love of free PEG
pie whose union he so CALAMITY fought
to preserve, lives in the blessings OF
down trodden race whose freedom he so
manfully struggled to achieve; lives on
the future song and story of hero-wor
shipping world; and along the highway
of the Nations glory side by side with
old John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, u.
S, Grant, his soul goes marching on.
The other, that gallant leader, the
chevalier of American politics, the
glory of Republicanism and the night
mare of Democracy, our Henry of Ma.
varre, is seeking in foreign travel the
long needed relaxation and rest from
the wearysome burdens of public life
and service, With the sublime mag
nanimity of his Incompatible greatness
he has denied us the infinite pleasure of
supporting him in this convention.
But the Republican party is not left
without great men to place upon its
ticket We have that honest, able and
experienced financier, statesman and
Senator from Ohio, and his no less dis
tinguished colleague from Iowa; Indi-
ana, Michigan, and Wisconsin present
to us gallant soldiers, while New York,
New Jersey, Kansas, Connecticut and
other states offer iavorite sons. From
this splendid galaxy Of political stars
we cannot choose amiss, The Republi-
can party points with pride to the great
achievements of its past, and offers as
an earnest of its future taithfulness an
unbroken record of services performed
perity, 1t is pre-eminentlly the party of
protection.
1t welcomes to our shores the down
trodden and oppressed of every land,
but it insists that the inestimable bless
ing of American citizenship, purchased
with the precious blood of our heroes
and martyrs shall be extended only to
those who are in full sympathy and ac-
cord with the fundamental principles Of
our Government, and who will Loyalty
support the sacred provisions of the
Constitution of the Unit0d States. And
it holds that Congress has the power to
save American civilization and moral
ity from the lcprosy of Asiatic pagan
ism, degradation and COntagiOn. 1t
maintains that the nation should eX-
tend the benefits of free government to
all true lovers Ofliberty, but it demands
that the law of the land shall be a shield
to those only who obey it and that for
the Anarchist, the Communist and the
criminal American justice has nothing
TO offer but the sword. The reconstruct
ed Democracy has now been in power
nearly four years. lis administration
has been most satisfactory to those who
hold Office under it. Its loyalty has re-
ceiyed the approval Of every enemy Of
the government. The courage OF its
foreign policy has amused the great
powers and pleased every coward. Its |
civil service has been SO thoroughly re- |
formed As to delight Mr.. Virgins. Its |
justice to the disabled soldiers has won |
golden opinions rom those who gave |
them their wounds. Its financial man |
agement has been safe because Of its |
inability to destroy tie resulting pros |
perity Of Republican legislation. And |
Its unparalleled suradGle Of the tariff |
question has been 4 source of wonder
ment to gods and men, 1t is strong |
in the imbecility of "inmocuOus deseue-
tude,' and deserved to live as remi- |
niscence of promises forgotten and |
pledges unrcueemcd. There are those
IN this land who seem TO believe that
the mission of the Republican party is
at an end. That the emancipation
proclamation, AppomatLox and the
constitutional amendments are at once
the monuments of its glory and The
gravestones Of its demise. But the
work Of the Republican party will
never be done until every American
citizen enters into his unquestioncd in
heritance of liberty, equal rights and
justise, until representation in Congress
is based upon votes freely cas- and
fairly counted, until adequate provision
has been made for the helplesSness and
old age Of the disabled veterans and the
widows and orphans of their dead com
rades. Until those policies Of govern
ment which ensure national and indi-
vidual prosperity are firmly established
and until patriotism and loyalty are the
only qualifications except fitness for
official position in the service of the re-
public.
The first days report closes with
speculaliOns as TO the probable strength
of the several candidates. The e place
Sherman first, Gresham second Depew
third, Alger fourth, Harrison filth.
Allison sixth, but close with this signi-
ticant remark:
Some Of the best men of the party
have agreed to work together in an
effort to bring order out Of chaos and to I
prevent the making of n dangerous
SECOND DAY,
The special dispatches to the Mail and
Express describe the opening scene as
follows: The appearance in the conven-
ton hall to day Is pretty much a repeti-
ton of yesterday, Prominent visitors
come first, so as not to lose the opening
order of business AND the pyrotechnlcal
oratory of delegates seconding motions.
Fresh flowers adOrn the Charman's
platform, and the band hidden away in
the loft of the building, js discourslng
sweet music. The confusion that pre-.
vailed Yesterday in regard to location Of