Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1888-06-15
SENATOR DANIELS SPEECH
He SECONDS THE NOMINATION oil
THE OLD ROMAN.

~ Speelal Telegram 10 Inc Baltl-
more Sun says:
In response to repeated calls, Sen.
ator John w. Daniel, of VIRGINIA,
stepped forward and said: "Ihe old
and the young Democracy of the Old
Dominion speak here and now, and
will join the great acclaim of the
American people when they shall
speak again in November next for
Allen G. Thurman. Fifty years ago
and more there went beyond the AL
leghany, from the good old town of
Lynchhurg, (from where l haiD, a
preacher of the Gospel, who carried
with him his wife, his boy, his Eible
and his household goods. He set.
tied in the splendid young Common
wealth of Ohio. The boy became
The father OF the mau by his force of
character and rose to the high places
of his peoples confidence and love.
They made him their representative
in Congress; they clothcd him with
the crmne Of the chief .iusticeslip of
their court; they made him Governor
OF their State; they sent him rs n
Senator OF the United States. He
was statesman of the country, of
wide and worldwide rcnown; in the
church of Israel teacher and n
leader of men. He measured to the
depth Of every eXigency and rose TO
the height of every occasion until he
became The beacon of the peoples
hope and the centre Of the States
desire. Cheers.] III an age of cor
ruptlon he was an cXemplilication of
purity; in an aye of extravaganza he
was the sentinel of economy; in an
age of sectionalism lie knew only his
country; in an aye of hate he was
the incarnation of fraternity; in an
age of scandal the salt Of his good
name never lost its SAVIOR. Cheers. I
They say indeed that the grand old
man is old. There is no hair that
glistcns on the patriarch's brow that
did not grow white in Democratic
service. [Chccrs. The revolving
years that nave circlcd around his
head have each OF them left in it's
track new ring of glory. [Cheers.1
Can not say of him in the language
OF the poet, Age may DER his brow
be flung, but his heart. his heart is
e:cr young? [Checrs.] Oldindecl,
but not too old to receive the tardv
honor OF apcople to whom he has
been faithful or to requite them with
renewed and faithful service. Why
not nominate him now, my country
men, and by ncclamation LIQUID
cheers. lie stands before you the
living embodiment of Democratic
virtues. He stands before You the
illustrated cpitome of Democratic
history He stands before You the
faithful champion of Democratic
principles. He stands before YOU
the riehtful heir of Democratic hon
ors. Cheers. He exhibits the
grandeur of the American patriot.
Lie is the highest type of the Amcri-
can. He is the fitting companion of
Grover Cleveland CHEERS. to receive
by bis side the mantle OF Thomas A.
Hendricks, of Indiana. [cheers,] and
the people of this whole country will
be as glad at heart when they see the
grand old Roman take in hand the
savel OF the Senate as they are to-
day to see that other, that fair com
panion of Grover Cleveland, welding
the sceptre of that happy home, the
White House, and that dauntless.
brave patriot himself, guiding with
firm and untrembling hand the des.
TIMES of this great nation. Cheers
and cries of time J and Go Oh ~
One minute! in the name Of the poo.
pie of Virginia, upon whose soil he
was born, cheers and in the name
of the people of Ohio, his adopted
hOme-in the name of the Democracy
of this great nation, incorruptible,
unterrifed and unconquerable, fling
this banner to the breeze, waving a
bandanna handkerchief the symbol
of his name. Loud cheers 1t is
an emblem Which, like the cap of lib.
ertyi equality and fraternity, needs
only to be seen to carry its message.
ltgoes to the field to day with the
benedictions of the wise and good,
side by side with the flag of never
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