St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-20

OF the grave responsibilities of the posi-
ton, and ii they are successfully met it
will be due to the continuance of your
generous favor and the beStOWal of your
loyal assist 'nce. have no words in
which to fittingly express my heartfelt
appreciation of your. confidence. l
thank you, gentlemen, not for myself
alone, but for that great and growing
West which never disappOints the eX-
pectations of the Republican. party. [
come from state whose vast domain
has been largely appropriated by the
surviving veterans of the army of the
republic, under the beneficent pro-
visions of the homestead and pre-emp-
tiOns laws enacted by a Republican con-
gresS. And. true to the heroic recollec-
tions of the past, the
HoMESTEADERS OF THE WEST
still march on under the banner of Re-
publicanism. In victory and defeat, in
sunshine and in storm, in prosperity and
in adversely, the mighty West retains
the courage of it's convictions, and holds
that devotion to principle, though it
brings defeat, is better than success
achieved by broken VOWS and political
dishonor. We are met in national con-
ventiOn for deliberation and conference.
The Republican party of the United
States relies upon the wisdom of its as
sembled delegates for such action as
will ensure success. If we are prepared
to honestly and fairly meet the supreme
issues of the hour with a clear, fearless
and ringing declaration of principles.
and to nominate a ticket which will
commend itself to the loyalty and in
telligence of the country, we can grand
ly win. We enter upon the proceedings
of this convention prepared to sacrifice
individual Judgment to the wisdom of
the majority and to lay down personal
preferences on the altar of party sue
cess. When our candidates are chosen
we will all join with heart and soul in
the grand chorus of rejoicing, and the
RAINBOW OF OUR HARMONY
shall give certain promise of the glory
OF victorious morning in November.
When the Democratic party, at the
close of the last presidential election,
robbed US of victory honestly and
| fairly won, we patiently waited for the
certain coming of the justice of the
years. We hoped and believed that 1888
would right the great national wrong of
1884. Right it, not only for the Repub-
lican party, but also for the grand and
glorious candidates whose names were
the inspiration of that wonderful cam
paign. The infinite wisdom of an all
wise Providence has otherwise decreed.
warriOrstatesman the Black Eagle of
Illinois, has been summoned by the
silent messenger to report to his old
commander beyond the river. But, al
though John A. Logan is dead in the
body, yet he lives again in the illumi-
mated pages of his country'S most splen-
did history; lives in the grateful love of
a free people whose union he so gal
lantly fought to preserve; lives in the
blessings OF dOwn-trodden race, whose
freedom he so manfully struggled to
| achieve; lives in the future song and
story of hero-worshiping world; and
along the highway of the nations glory,
side by side with old John Brown, Abra-
ham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant, his
soul goes marching on. The other, that
gallant leader, the chevalier of Ameri-
can politics, the glory Of Republicanism
and
THE NIGHTMARE OF DEMOCRACY,
our Henry of Navarro, is seeking in
foreign travel the long-needed relaxa-
ton and rest from the wearisome
| burdens of public life and service.
With sublime magnanimity, with his
Incompatible greatness, he has denied
| US the Infinite pleasure of supporting
| all things party harmony and success.
he has stepped from the certain ladder
of his own laudable ambition that some
other man may climb to power AS his
| true friends we cannot, dare not COM
NIT the political crime of disobedience
! to his expressed will. We cannot place
| him at the head of tie ticket, but we
| will make him commander-in-chief at
| the head of the forces in the field,
where he will be invincible. And,
| though James G. Blaine may not be our
president, yet he remains our uncrowned
| king, welding the baton of acknowl-
edged leadership, supreme in the al
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