Wichita eagle., 1888-06-24
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL.

/ His Speech in the National Republican
Convention of Cincinnati, June, 1876,
| Nominating James G. Blaine for the
Presidency.
Massachusetts, may be satisfied with
the loyalty of Benjamin a. Bristow-so
am [, but if any man nominated by this
convention cannot carry the state Of
Massachusetts am not satisfied with the
loyalty of that state If the nominee of
this convention cannot carry the grand
old commonwealth of Massachusetts by
$1,000 majority | would advise them to
sell out Faneul hall as a Democratic
headquarters | would advise them to
take from Bunker Hill that old monu-
ment of glory
The Republicans of the United States
demand as their leader in the great con-
test of 1875 man Of intelligence, man
of integrity a man of well known and ap-
proved political opinions They demand a
reformer after as well as before the cleo
ton They demand 8 politician In the
highest, broadcast and best sense-a man
of superb moral courage. They demand
man acquainted with public affairs,
with the wants Of the people, with
not only the requirements of the hour,
but with the demands of the future.
They demand a man broad enough to
com prehend the relations of this govern
ment to the other nations of the earth.
They demand a man well versed in the
powers. duties and prerogatives of each
and every department of this government.
They demand a man who will sacredly
preserve the financial honor of the United
States, one who knows enough to know
that the national debt must be paid
through the prosperity of this people. ono
who knows enough to know that all the
financial theories Of the world cannot re-
deem a single dollar; one who knows
enough to know that all the money must
be made, not by law, but by labor. one
who knows enough TO know that the peo-
pie of the United States have the industry
to make the money and the honor to pay
1t over just as fast as they make it.
The Republicans Of the United States
demand man who knows that prosperity
and resumption, when they come, must
come together, that. when they come
they will come hand in hand through the
golden harvest fields; hand In hand by
the whirling spindles and the turning
wheels, hand in hand past the open fur
mace doors, hand in hand by the flaming
FORCES. hand in hand 10y the chimneys
filled with eager fre-come greeted and
grasped by the countless sons of toll.
This money has to be dug out of the
earth You cannot make it by passing
resolutions in political convention.
The Republicans Of the United States
want q man Who knows that this govern.
ment should protect every citizen. at home
and abroad. who knows that any govern
ment that will not defend it's defenders,
and protect its protectors. Is disgrace to
the map Of the world They demand a
man who believes in the eternal seDara-
ton and enforcement of church and school
They demand man whose political repu-
tation is spotless as star; but they do
not demand that their candidate shall
have a certificate of moral character
signed By a Confederate congress, The
man who has. in full. heaped and rounded
measure. ell these splendid qualifications,
Is the present grand and gallant leader of
the Republican party-James g. Blaine
Our country. crowned with the vast
and marvellous achievements of its first
century. asks for man worthy Of her past
and prophetic of her future; asks for
man who has the nudacity of genius; asks
for man who Is the grandest combination
of heart, conscience and brain beneath her
flag Such man is James e. Blaine
For the Republican host, led hy this
intrepid man. there can be no defeat.
This is q grand year-a year filed
with the recoIlections of the revolution,
filed with proud and tender memories Of
the past. with the sacred legends of lib
eity' year in which the SOILS of freedom
VII drink from the fountains Of enthu-
siasm. a year IN which the people call for
3 msn who has preserved In congress
what our soldiers won upon the field. q
year in which they cali for man who |
has torn from the throat of treason the |
tongue of SANDER for the man who has |
snatched the mask of Democracy from |
the hideous face of rebellion. for the man |
who, ike an intellectual athlete has |
stood in the arena Of debate and chal |
lenged all corners. and who is still q total /
stranger to defeat
Like On armed soldier, Ike a plumed |
knight, James g Blaine marched down /
the halls of the American congress, and /
threw his shining lance full aud fair |