St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-31

support at the hands of Englishmen or
English ministers, and what we con
tend is that self-respect is the first law
of nations. as it is of man. and, that
while England would resent to the last
degree any Intervention in her dOmes-
tic affairs by an American minister, SO
should we resent the least intervention
in our domestic affairs by a British min
lister. As long as he is British minis
ter he is entitled to the entire respect of
the whole American people. Diplo-
matte respect is the first law Of all in
tercOurse between nations. He is en-
titled TO every protection and respect.
but he is not entitled to the right of in
terrening in our domestic affairs; and
II the people want to resent it, they can
resent it one week from to-day, and
they can resent it in very simple way.
They can resent it by
VOTING FOR ENJANlN HARRISON
for president. They can resent it by
voting for protection for American man
ufaetures. They can resent it by re-
storing to power that great party with
whose existence the prosperity of the
United States for twenty-fOur years was
identIfied-the Republican party. which
in peace and i'm war has held high the
honor of the country under all circum-
stances. Now. gentlemen, as | have
said once before, and | repeat here, for
| want it to come out, there has been an
attempt by the Democrats, very
Sickly attempt. to sneer, and very
Sickly Sneer, at Gen. Harrison. They
call him the grandson of his grand
father. Well. Gen. Harrison stands. as
much as any man in this world ever
stood, on his own merits. He was
young lawyer that struggled to the
front of the bar unaided. He was
soldier who Oh the field of battle won
the approval of that great general,
whose approval is the highest title to
honOr-Gen. L. S. Grant. He stands, if
any man ever stood, on his own merits
as man, but when they attempt to
Sneer at man because he comes of q
good stock. l resent it. If you go clear
to the sands of Arabia to get go)d blood
in your horses. or TO the shores of the
German ocean to get good blood for your
cattle, let US recognize good blood in
man when we find him. And he has
got lineage of which any great noble
house of England might be proud. 1t
is lineage, not of nobility, but lin
cage of ancestors that on all fields of
patriotic efforts has been distinguished
by
BEING AT THE FRONT.
His father was an able and patriotic
member of congress: his grandfather
was the first governor of that great
Northwest Territory which now makes
five great states. He was delegate in
congress. He was United States SEN
atOr. He fought three great battles for
the emancipation of the Northwest from
the Indians; and last of all. he was
president of the United States. His
great grandfather was governor of Fir-
ginia in revolutionary times. He was
Signer of the Declaration of Independ
ence. He would have been president of
that great congress and sat where John
Hancock sat, and signed his name where
John Hancock signed, except for his ma
tive mOdeSty. which induced him to
give way to the man from MasSachu-
sets. And back of all that. in those
great civil wars which ragged i'll England.
and gave constitutional liberty to that
country, which we brought across the
ocean. his at-great-grandfather
Thomas Harrison, 80 years ago, took
an honorable part. Gentlemen. unless
the man had merit himself. L never
would quote his ancestry. But | hurl
back the sneerS of the Democrats:
HURI II IN THEIR TEETH:
and there is not one among us that
would not give his eyelids to have the
lineage OF Gen. Harrison. And when
ever man lives that does not have an
honest pride in great and honorable
and patriotic ancestry that man is dead
to some of the highest attributes of hui
man pride and human character. Now.
gentlemen. all that is in answer 10 the
sneers. We run Gen. Harrison on his
own merits. As a man. as soldier, as
a senator. as statesman. as a Republic
can, as a protectioniSt he fills every re-
quirement. He is the very embodiment
of every issue that is to-day before the
people on which the Republican party
take their position. And | say TO you
again, as ! said before, that, if you in
New York do your duty on this day
week. he will be the next president of
the United States.
Mr.. Blaine returned to New York
this evening.