The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-06-29

tai. Our national Industries, by an i'm.
poverishing policy. were themselves pros.
trated, and the streams of revenue flowed
in such feeble currents that the treasury
itself was well nigh empty. The money
of the people was the wretched notes of
two thousand uncontrolled and ir-
responsible state banking corporations,
which was filing the country with q
circulation which poisoned rather than
sustained the life Of business The Re.
publican party changed all this. It abol-
ished the babel Of confusion, and gave the
country currency as national as it's flag,
based upon the sacred faith of the people.
1t threw its protecting arm around our
great industries. and they stood erect as
with now life. 1t filed with the spirit
of true nationality all the great functions
Of the government. 1t confronted O re-
bellion Of unexampled magnitude, with
slavery behind it, and, under God, fought
the final battle Of liberty until victory was
won. Then, after the storms of battle,
were heard the sweet, calm words Of peace
uttered by the conquering nation, and
saying to the conquered foe that lay pros
trate at its feet: This is our only revenge,
that you join US in lifting to the serene
armament of the constitution, to shine
Like stars forever and ever, the immortal
principles of truth and justice, that all
men, white or black, shall be free and
stand equal before tho law
Then came the questions of reconstruc-
ton, the public debt and the public faith.
In the settlement of the questions tho Re-
publican party has completed its twenty
five years of glorious existence, and it has
sent US here to prepare it for another
lustrum Of duty and of victory. How
shall we do this great worlz2 We cannot
do it, my friends, by assailing our Repub-
lican brethren. God forbid that should
say one word to cast shadow upon any
| name on the roll Of our heroes. This
coming fight is our Thermopyln. We are
standing upon narrow isthmus. If our
Spartan hosts are united we can with
stand all the Persians that the Xerxes of
Democracy can bring against us. Let us
hold our ground this one year, for the
stars in their course fight for us in the
future. The census taken this year will
| bring re-enforcements and continued
power. But in order to win this victory now
we want the vote Of every Republican-of
every Grant Republican and every anti
Grant Republican in America, Of every
Blaine man and every anti-Blaine man.
The vote of every follower of every candi-
! date Is needed to mako our success
certain; therefore say, gentlemen and
brethren, we are here to take calm coun
sci together and inquire what we shall do
We want man whose life and opinions
embody an the achievements Of which |
| have spoken. We want man who,
standing on mountain height, sees all
the achievements of our past history, and
carries in his heart the memory of all it's
| glorious deeds, and who, looking forward
prepares to meet thelabor and the dangers
to come. We want one who will act in
no spirit of unllindness toward those we
lately met in battle. The Republican
party offers to our brethren of the south
the olive branch of peace. and wishes
! them to return to brotherhood on this su
preme condition, that it shall be admitted
forever and forevermore. that in the war
for the Union we were right and they
we're wrong. On that supreme condition
we meet them as brethren, and on no
other. We ask them to share with us
| the blessings and honors of this great re.
public.
Now, gentlemen, not to worry you, am
about to present name for your consid.
eration-the name of man who was the
comrade and associate and friend of nearly
|
down upon US from these walls tonight;
q man who began his career of public Ser
vice twenty five years ago, whose first
duty was courageously done in the days
Of peril on the plains of Kansas, when the
first red drops Of that bloody shower be
gan to fall which finally swelled into the
deluge of war. He bravely stood by
young Kansas then, and. returning to his
duty in the national legislature. through
all subsequent time, his pathway has been
marked by labors performed in every de
partment OF legislation. You ask for his
monuments | point you to twenty-five
years of national statutes. Not one great
benefcent statute has been placed in our
statute books without his intelligent and
powerful aid. He aided these men to
formulate the laws that raised our great
armies and carried us through the war.
Ills hand was seen in the workmanship
of those statutes that created the
war currency, and in still greater
work that redeemed the promises of
the government, and made tho currency
eqaal to gold. And when at last, called
from the halls Of legislation into a high
executive office, he displayed that expert
character which has carried us through q
stormy period Of three years. With one.
half the public press crying Cruelty him,
and hostile congress seeking to prevent
success. in all this he remained unmoved
until victory crowned him The grea,
fiscal affairs of the nation. and the great
business interests of the country, he has
guarded and preserved. while executing
the law of resumption and efecting Its
object without o jar. and against the false
prophecies Of one-half Of the press ant
all the Democracy of this continent. He
has shown himself able to meet will
calmness the great emergencies of the
government for twenty-five years. He
has trodden the perilous heights of pub
lie duty, and against all the shafts o1
malice has borne his breast unharmed
He has stood in the blaze Of ''that fierce
light that heats against the throne" bu,
its fercest ray has found no flaw in his
armor, no stain on his shield. l do not
present him as better Republican or as
better man than thousands of others we
honor. but present him for your deliber
ate consideration. nominate John Sher
man, of Ohio
FRYE NOMINATING BLAINE.
Els Speech in the National Republican
Convention at Chicago in 1880.