The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-02-28
WGERS0LL ON BLAINE.
A Aastsrly Speech That Has Taken Its
Place IN History.
The Great InaIaeI,s Effort NJ the Gin
einnatl Convention In 1670--
Christening blaine tsThe
Plumed Knlght.1

the powerful speech Of Ingersoll in nomi
mating Blaine for the presidency in 1874
is recalled, and believing that the HERALI
readers will find il Of interest, We repub
lish it.
In 1876 Ingersoll went to Cincinnati al
the head Of the Illinois delegation and
was selected by the Blaine forces assem-
bled there from all parts Of the union tc
nominate their favorite candidate. Sew
eral other aspirants for the presidential
honor had been placed in nomination, and
in presenting the name Of Mr.. Bristow,
Senator Hoar had intimated that he was
the only man capable Of carrying Massa-
chusetts. When the occasion arrived ior
the nomination Of Blaine, Ingersoll took
the platform and spoke as follows:
Massachusetts, may be satisfied with
the loyalty Of Benjamin II. Bristow; 50
am 1; but II any man nominated by this
convention cannot carry the state Of Mas
sachusetts l am not satisfied with the
loyalty Of that state. II the nominee Of
this convention can not carry the grand
old commonwealth Of Massachusetts BY
seventy-five thousand majority, l would
advise them to sell out Faneuil Hall as q
democratic headquarters. would advise
them to take from Bunker Hill that old
monument Of glory.
The republicans Of the United States
demand as their great leader in the con-
test Of 1875 a man Of intelligence, a man
Of integrity, man Of well known and APP
proved political opinions. They demand
statesman; they demand a retormer
after as well Us before the election. They
demand politician in the highest, broad
est and best sense-a man Of superb NOR
al courage. They demand a man ac-
quainted with public affairs-with the
wants Of the people; with not only the
requirements Of the hour, hut with the
demands Of the future. They demand a
man broad enough to comprehend the re-
lations Of this government to the other
nations Of the earth. They demand a
man well versed in the powers, duties,
and prerogatives Of each and every de-
partment Of this government. They de
mand man who will sacredIy 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; one who knows
enough to know that all the financial
theories in the world cannot redeem q
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 people Of tie
United States have the industry to make
the money, and the honor to pay It over
just as fast "a they make It.
The republicans Of the United States
demand man who knows that prosper
ity and resumption, when they come,
must come together; that when they
come, they will come hand in hand
through the golden harvest field; hand in
hand by the whirling spindles and the
turning wheels; hand in hand past the
open furnace doors; hand in hand by the
flaming FORCES; hand In hand by the
chimneys filed with eager fire, 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 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 its defenders,
and protect It's protectors, is a disgrace to
the map Of the world. They demand q
man who believes in the eternal separa-
ton and enforcement Of church and
school. They demand q man whose po-
litical reputation is spotless as q star; hut
they do not demand that their candidate
shall have q certificate Of moral character
signed by q confederate congress. The
man who has, in full, heaped and round
ed measure, all these splendid qualifica.
TORS, is the present grand and gallant
leader Of the republican party-James G.
Blaine.
Our country, crowned with the vast and
marvellous achievements Of It's first cen.
tury, asks for q man worthy Of the past
and prophetic Of her future; asks for {
man who has the audacity Of genius
asks for q man who Is the gTandest com
bination Of heart, conscience and brair
beneath her AaR-sucll man is Jamel
q. Blaine.
For the republican host. led by this In
trepid man, there can be no defeat.
This Is . grand year--a year filed will
the recollections Of the revolution; fllleC
with proud and tender memories Of tn
past; with the sacred legends Of liberty
q year in which the sons Of freedom vii
drink from the fountains Of enthusiasm
q year in which they call for man VII,
has preserved in congress what our sol
diers won upon the field; q year In which
they call for the man who has torn from
the throat Of treason the tongue Of sian
der-for the man who has snatched III,
mask Of democracy from the hideous fac,
Of rebellion; for the man who, like an in
tellectual athlete, has stood In the areni
Of debate and challenged all corners, ant