Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-01-28

came 10 deliver md to save. 4 entered
he arena where tie beleaguercd and A.
dom. and drew around them TIE sacred
circle Of liberty, which the demon Of slavery
has never dared to cross. Il INSIDE them
free forever. Strengthened By its victory on
the frontier, the young party, under tne
leadership Of that great man. VINO, On tnis
SPOT twenty years ago was made its cn1ei,
entered fhe national capitol and assumed
| the high duties Of government Inc ngnt
which shone from IL banner fiumineu "
halfway 10 mower. Every slave pen and
| the shackles OF every slave within the
| shadow Of the capitol were consumed ~
! the rekindied fire Of freedom.
Our great national industries BY cruel
and calculating neglect had been pros
| trated. and the streams Of revenue lowed
| in such feeble currents that the treasury
| itself was well nigh empty. The money Of
| The people consisted mainly OF the wretcnea
notes OF two thousand uncontrolled ape
| irresponsible State banking corporations,
| which were flling the country with en-
eulatfon that poisoned rather tnan eus-
| tanned the life Of business.
| The Republican party changed all Ibis.
! II abolished the Babel OF confusion, ana
| gave TO the country currency as naticnai
Is its flag, based upon the sacred iaitn OF
Il threw it's protecting arm around our
great Industries, aud they stood erect Win
! new life. Ii filed with the spirit Of true ma
| tfonality all the great functions o. Inc gov
erDment. Il confronted rebellion q IN,
exampled magnitude. with slavery penlaa
| il, and, under Sod. fought the hnai oattie
OF liberty until the victory was won.
Then. after the storms OF battle, were
heard the calm words of peace spoken by
| the conqueriDg nation, saying TO the Zoe
| that lay PROSTATE at its feet; "This Is our
only revenge-that you Join us In lifting
| into the serene ornament Of the Constitu-
| ton, to shine like stars forever aud forever,
| the Immortal principles of truth and Jus
tice, that all men, white or black, shall De
| free, and shall be equal before the law /"
Then came the questions OF reconstruc.
ton, the national debt, and the keeping OF
the public faith.
10 the settlement of these questions the
Republican party has completed its twenty
| Ave years Of glorious existence, and II has
sent us here to prepare it for another ius-
trum Of duty and Of victory How shall we
accomplish this great work We cannot
do il, my friends, by assailing our :
publican brethren God forbid that /
should say one word. or cast one shadow
upon any name on the roll OF our heroes.
The coming fight is our Thermopylae We
are standing upon narrow isthmus. II
our Spartan hosts are united, we can with
sts nd all the Persians that the Xerxes OF
Democracy can bring against us. Let US
hold our ground this one year, aud then
| ssthe stars In their courses" will fight for
us. The census will bring re-
endorsements and continued power.
But In order to win victory
now, we want the vote OF every Repub-
| lican -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 candidate is
needed to make success certain. Therefore
say, gentlemen and brethren, we are here
| to take calm counsel together and inquire
| what we shall do.
| We wanta man whose life and opinions
| embody all the achievements Of which l
| have spoken. We want man who, stand
ing on mountain height, traces the vic
-torious footsteps of our party In the past,
and carrying IN bis heart the memory OF its
| glorious deeds, looks forward prepared to
meet the dangers to come. We want one
who will act In no spirit of unkindness to-
ward those we lately met in battle. The
Republican party offers to our brethren
| of the south the olive branch OF peace, and
| invites them to renewed brotherhood on
this supreme condition. That 1T shall be
admitted forever, that In the war for the
Union we were right and they were wrong.
On that supreme condition we meet them
as brethren, and ask them to share with us
the blessings and honors OF this great re-
public.
Now, gentlemen, not to weary you, am
about to present name for your considers
| tion--the name of one who was the com
4 E~l~ IA rvxv oil ha
noble dead, whose faces look down upon US
from these walls tonight referring to por
| traits Of Lincoln, Sumner Wade, Chandler,
and other eminent Americans hanging in
career car nA Il public ie service nv twenty s
| five years ago; who courageously
confronted the slave power in the
days of peril ON the plains of Kansas, when
first began to fall the red drops of that
bloody shower which finally swelled into
/ the deluge of gore In the late rebellion.
/ He bravely stood by young Kansas, and re-
turning to bis seat In the national legisla
ture, his pathway, through all the subse-
quent years, has been marked by labors
worthily performed in every department Of
| legislation.
You ask for his monument, point to
twenty FIVE years of national statutes. Not
one great, beneficent law has been placed
on our statute books without his intelligent
| and powerful aid. He aided in formulating
the laws to raise the great armies and
navies which carried us through the war.
| His hand was seen In the workmanship OF
those statutes that restored and brought
back 1.-THE unity and married calm OF
states.u His hand was in all that
great legislation that created the wal
currency, and In the still
4 greater work that redeemed the promises
of the government and made that currency
equal to gold. When at last be passed from
the halls OF legislation into high executive
Office be displayed that experience, iutelli-
| gence, firmness, and poise OF character
which has carried us through stormy
period OF three years with one half the pub
lie press crying s'crucify him" and hos
tile Congress seeking to prevent success.
In all this he remained uDmoved until
victory crowned him. The great fiscal
affairs of the nation and the vast business
interests of the country he guarded and
preserved while executing the law of re.
sumption, and effected It's object without q
jar, and against the false prophecies OF
one-balf OF the press and all of The Demo
cratic party. He has shown himself able
to meet with calmness the great emer-
gencies of the government. For twenty
five years be has trodden the peril.
GUS heights Of public duty, aud
sgains< all the shafts of malice has
borns bis bfeast unframed. He has
| stood Id the blaze Of ssthat fierce Hight that
beats neaiust the throne. = but bis fiercest
ray has lound no flaw In bis armor, no stain
upon his Shield. i do not present him as q
better Republican or better man than
thousands of others that we honor, but
present him for your deliberate and favor
able consideration. nominate John Sher.
man. of Ohio.