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

GOfys
JUDGE WEST, OF OHIO.
Convention at Chicago, June, 1854, Nom
mating James G. Blaine for the Presi-
dency.
As q delegate to the Chicago conven-
tion of 1860, the proudest service Of my
life was performed by voting for the nom.
nation Of that inspired enancipator, the
first Republican president of the United
States. -Four and twenty years of the
grandest history of recorded times have
distinguished the ascendency of the Re-
publican party. The skies have lowered
and reverses have Threatened, but our
| flag is still there, waving above the man
sion of the presidency, not stain on
its folds, not cloud on it's glory
Whether it shall maintain that grand as
tendency depends upon tho action Of this
waits the result. On it are fixed the eyes
of 20,0o0,000 of Republican freemen in the
north. On it. or to it. rather. are
stretched forth the imploring hands of
| 100000 of political bondmen of the
south, while above, from the portals of
| light, is looking down the immortal spirit
| of the immortal martyr who first bore ii
to victory, bidding us lsail and God speed
Six times in six campaigns has that banner
triumphed-that symbol of union. free
| dom, humanity and progress-sometim
borne by that silent man Of destiny the
| Wellington of American arms. last by
him at whose untinely taking off nation
swelled the funeral cries and wept above
great Garfeld's grave. Shall that banner
triumph again?
! the inspiration of whose illustrious char
acter and great name will fire the hearts
of our young men, stir the blood of Our
manhood and rellindle the fervor OF the
veterans, and the closing of the scvelitti
campaign will see that holy ensign spfsn
ming the sky like a bow of promise Pa
litical conditions are changed since the
accession of the Republican party to
power. The mighty issues of the freedom
and bleeding humanity which convulse,s
the continent and aroused the republic,
rallied, united and inspired the forces of
patriotism and the forces of humanity
in one consolidated phalanx. have
ceased their contentious The subo,di
nate issues resulting therefrom arc settled
and buried away with the dead soldiers of
1 L1IO pdSO. L0 oil LIS VI l1C SUM Solll iiItt
against us. Not an electoral gain can be
expected from that section ii triumph
come, the Republican states of the north
must furnish the conquering battalions
from the farm, the anvil and the loom,
from the mines, the workshop and the
desk, from the hut of the trapper on the
snowy Sierras, from the hut of the fisher
man on the banks of the Hudson The
Republican states must furnish these
conquering battalions if triumph come.
Does not sound political wisdom die.
tate and demand that a leader shall be
given to them whom our people will fol-
low, not as conscripts advancing by fu
nereal marches to certain defeat. but
grand civic hero, whom tho souls of the
people desire, and whom they will follow
with all tho enthusiasm of volunteers, as
they sweep on and onward to certain vic
tory, representative of American man
hood, a representative of that living Re
publicanism that demands the amplest
industrial protection and opportunity
whereby labor shall be enabled to earn
and eat the bread Of Independent employ
ment, relieved from nendicant competi-
tion with pauper Europe or pagan China?
In this contention of forces, to whose can.
didate shall be intrusted our battle tlag2
Citizens, am not here to do it, and may
my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth
If do abate one tithe from the just fame
integrity and public honor of Chester A.
Arthur, our president. abate not one
tithe from the just fame and public integ
rity of George e. Eamunds, of Joseph r.
Hawley. of John Sherman, Of that grand
old black eagle of Illinois. And ! am
proud to know that these distinguished
senators whom have named have borne
like testimony to the public life, the pub
Lie character and the public integrity of
him whose confirmation brought him to
the highest oftice-second in dignity only
to the office of president itself-the
first premiership in the administration
of James A. Garfield. A man for whom
senators and rivals will vote for the sec,
retaryship of state of the United States is
good enough for q plain flesh and blood
Gods people to vote for for president.
Who shall be our candidate2 Not the
representative of a particular interest or
q particular class. Send the great procla-
nation to the country labeled s.The Doc
tors Candidate" The Lawyers Candi-
date" "The Wall Street Candidate" !" and
the hand of resurrection will not fathop1
his November grave
Gentlemen, he must be representative
of that Republicanism that demands the
absolute political as well as the personal
emancipation and enfra1schisement of
manlSind-a representative Of that Repub.
licanism which recognizes the stamp of
American citizenship as the passport to
every right. privilege and consideration,
at home or abroad whether under the
sky of Bismarck, under the Palmetto,
under the Pelican. or Oh the banks of the
Mohawk. that Repu blicanism that regards
with dissatisfaction despotisnl which
under tho sic senper tyrannis' of the
Old Dominion eliminates, by slaughter,
popular maioritie.s in the name of Democ.
racy-a Repnbticnnisn as embodied and
stated in the platform of principles this
day adopted by yaul' convention
Gentlemen, snch u representative Re-
publican is James G. Blaine, of Maine. If
nominated tonight his campaign would
commence Tomorrow and continue until
victory is assured. There would be no
powder burned to lire into the hacks of his
leaders 1t would only be exploded to
illuminate the Inauguration Tho brazen
tMoats of the cannon i'll yonder square.
waiting TO herald the result of tic con
vention would not have time TO cool be-
fore his ,.aGio would be caught UP OH ten
thousand tongues of electric tal1e. It
would sweep down from the old Pine Tree
state. It would go over the hlls'and val