The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-17

admiration and respect for John Sher-
man, for Gov. Mckinley, for Thomas B.
Reed, for Iowa's great son, for the
favorites of Illinois, Wisconsin and
Michigan. But when L am told that the
credit for the brilliant diplomacy of this
administration belongs exclusively to
the Secretary of State, for the admins
tration of its finances to the Secretary of
the Treasury, for the constructions of its
ships to the Secretary of the Navy, for
the introduction of American pork in
Europe to the Secretary of Agriculture,
for the settlement, so far as it is settled,
of the currency question to Senator John
Sherman, for the formulation of the
tariff laws to Coy. Mckinley, for the re-
moval of the restrictions placed by
foreign Nations upon the introduction of
American pork to ministers at Paris and
Berlin, am tempted to seriously inquire
who, during the last four years, has been
President of the United States, anyhow.
Caesar, when he wrote those common
taries, which were the history of the
conquests of Europe under his leader
ship, modestly took the position of
Eneas when he said: "They are the
narrative of events, the whole of which
l saw and the part of which was"
Gen. Thomas as the rock of Chicka-
manga, occupies a place in our history
with Leonidas among the Greeks, except
that he succeeded where Leonidas failed.
The fight of Joe Hooker above the
clouds was the poetry of battle. The
resistless rush of Sheridan and his ste"d
down the valley of Shenandoah is the
epic of our civil war.
The march of Sherman from Atlanta
=, i ln nh nf
gallantrv and strategy. 1t detracts
nothing from the splendor of his fame or
the merits of the deeds of his lieutenants
to say that, having selected them with
marvellous sagacity and discretion,
Grant remained the supreme commander
of the National army. All the proposed
acts of any administration before they
are formulated are passed upon by the
cabinet council, and the ablest Secre-
taries would have failed with lesser
President.
But for the great good of the country,
and the benefit of the Republican party,
they have succeeded because of the sug-
gestive mind, the indomitable courage,
the intelligent appreciation of situations
and the grand magnanimity of Benjamin
Harrison.
1t is an undisputed fact that during
the few months when both the Secretary
of State and the Secretary of the Treas
ury were i'll the President personally as
sumed the duties of the State and the
Treasury department, and both with
equal success. The Secretary of State,
in accepting his portfolio under Presi-
dent Garfield, wrote: Your admins
tration must be made brilliantly success
full aud strong in the confidence and
pride of the people, not at all diverting
its energies for reelection, and yet COM
pelling that result by the logic of events
and by the imperious necessities of the
situation"
Garfield fell before the bullet of the
assassin and Mr.. Blaine retired to pri-
vate life. Gen. Harrison invited him to
take up that unfinished diplomatic
career where the threads had been so
tragically broken. He entered the
cabinet. He resumed his work and has
won higher place in our history. The
prophecy he made for Garfield has been
superbly fulfilled by President Harrison.
In the language of Mr. Blaine, "the Rresi-
dent hes annarnlled a ra.nleCtiOn nv the
logic of events and the imperious nccessi-
ties of the situation"
The man who is nominated here to-
day, to win, must carry certain well
known number of the doubtful States.
Patrick Henry in the convention which
started rolling the ball of the independ-
ence of the colonies from Great BRAIN
said: 81 have but S0In9 f + i%,i e ibo lam ann
my feet aro osstucu anu Il''C 10 Iho l"ilp
Uii' Experience. | know of no way OF
judging of the future but by the past"
New York was carried in 1880 by Gen.
Garfield and in every important election
since that time we have done our best.
We have put forward our ablest, our
most popular, our most brilliant leaders
for Governor and State officers, to suffer
constant defeat The only light which
illumines the son of hope, the dark
| record of those Y years, is the fact that
in lSSS the State of New York was
| triumphanty carried by President
Harrison. lie carried it then as a
gallant soldier, wise Senator, states
man who inspired confidence by his
public utterances in daily speeches from
| the commencement of the canvass to Its
close. He still has all these claims, and
in addition an administration beyound
| criticism and rich with the elements OF
popularity with which to carry New
| York again.
Ancestry helps in the old world, anC
handicaps in the new. There is but ont
distinguished example of son over
coming the limitations imposed by the
pre-eminent fame of his father and theI
rising above it, and that was when thu
younger Pitt became greater thai
| Cheatham.
| With an ancestor a signer OF thu
declaration of independence, and another
who saved the Northwest from savagery
and gave it to civilization and empire
and who was also President of the United
States, poor and unknown lawyer o
Indiana has risen by his unaided effort
to such distinction as lawyer, orator
soldier, statesman and President that h,
reflects more credit upon his ancestor
than they have devolved upon him, and
presents to American history the parable
of the younger Pitt
By the grand record of wise an;
popular administration, by the strength
gained in frequent contact with thu
people, in wonderfully versatile ant
felicitous speech, by the claims of pur
life in public and in the simplicity of
typical American home, l nominate
| Benjamin Harrison.
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