The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-06-30

SPEECH OF CHAIRMAN HEATH.
1t is a great honor to preside over a CON
vention that so largely represents the
brain and Drawn of this grand, old State
l thank you for the compliment. From
the birth of the Republican party Maine
has Loyalty and royalty supported all its
nominees for the Presidency. We have
never taltered. We never will.
When the great Pathfinder came over
the Rocky Mountains from the Golden
Gate Maine met him with a triumphant
majority. under the lead Of that man of
men, that patriot of patriots, my friend
and Your friend, Hannibal Hamlin peace
to his honored memory forever and ever.
When cod chaStened this nation for its
sins. when mothers clasped babes to their
bosoms and prayed for the father on the
tented field, when the Angel of Death
stalked abroad by day. and i'll so many
homes was heard the beating OF his wings.
an oVcrluhn@ Providence raised up for
this people the immortal Lincoln. Twice
Maine held up his hands in the hours that
tried men souls. \ man of SORROWS. he
placed his hand in the trusting clasp OF
the Almighty and led his chosen people
out tll IONI ~ lulp Ullt lolHlSttl IllN
life his character. his achievements are
the heritage of the Republican party
Twice Maine Sttied to her faith in the
LOYALTY of the hero that crowned with APP
pamattox knoc Ked at the doors of Heaven
and wide open swung the gates to receive
his noble soul. Maine wept to see him on
his bed of pain on Mount McGregor fight
inc grim death until his trembling hand
could pen the lines to give his loved and
loving wife a home Death waited at the
outer door and dared not enter while love
sat at the bedside guiding the pen of the
hero of hundred battles. Grand III his
life, 4rander in his death, his deeds are
ON inheritance. ours ours.-let Democ-
racy keep silent before his mighty name.
Living they reviled him; dead, they blush
fol shame at their unpatriotic ingrati-
tude
MI Heath referred to the loyalty of
Maine to Hayes and Garfield, and to the
affection with which she followed Blaine,
to whom he referred as the Sheridan OF
Politics. Continuing he said:
That man loves Blaine most, who serves
his party best Our hearts 90 out to him
to-day as he morrns his noble son. The
PLAYMATE OF my YOUTH the friend of my
manhood-to know linn was to love him
grief
In 1888 by the greatest majority since
the election of Chamberlain fresh from
the glory of Gettysburg-w proclaimed to
the world onr faith in the integrity, the
mastery ability, the untiinching Republic
,ansm of that soldier statesman who
presi}es over the destinieS of this Great
Republic. We meet to-day. to assure
him to say to the world. that his mag
niiicent administration, without spot OF
flaw on Flemish, commands our respect,
challenges all criticism. and wins our
hearty and answering loyalty.
The men and women OF Maine believe in
the dignity OF labor In the greasy hand
OF the mechanic they see the mark of a
kingly manhood. They begin the day
with toll and with the setting sun look for
THEN pay in money that shall not change
in value with the flying clouds. They
know that President Harrison stands for
stable money as firmly as he stood for
popular sovereignty upon the hills OF
Resaca.
Along our rock bound coast are thou
sands of men that 90 down to the sea in
ships. Since the Fourth of March 1850
how many have been outraged in the ports
Of little Canada? Ask the hardy fisher
that has been Americana VIII they change
for a Cleveland. who shivered in the White
House at the yelping of Canadian ours?
Has any true American had cause To blush
for his country honor at home OF abroad
during the present Administration?
Referring To the influence OF reciprocity
upon the merchant marine and to the mp
building of the navy Nh Heath asked:
VIII Maine say to General Hyde. that
man ot iron nerve. courageous in war and
peace. that he must shift his yards to the
shores of the Clyde: Referring to the
Republican position on the pension qlle>-
ton he said: soldiers of Maine, whom
Shall it be, the Eangman of Buffalo. who
leioired in your defeat on the peninsula
and from his Chair of State stabbed YOU
iii the back with his insulting vetoes. OF
your cOmrade who slept with you lay night
the earth his pillow, his tent the canopy
Of Heaven. and by day marched with you
and Sherman from Atlanta to the sea?
We are magnificently led in the State of
Maine. The record OF the great Secretary
need dwell upon it? 1t is written upon
your heart of hearts. In the Senate our
Hale and our Frye, match them who can
In the lower house Maine Big Four
more than lead, they command. Mark
one towering above his fellows like a state
ly pine on his native hills, the great speak
er OF the great Republican house.
When the Democratic majority sought
to debase the peoples money, the hand
OF crime was palsed before the irresistible
logic of Nelson Dingley When they
sought under the standard of free wool to
assasSinate the farming interests of Maine.
they crnged under the singing eloquence
of Seth l.. Milliken. When Democratic
parsmony threatened the American navy,
opposition wilted under the burning elo-
quence Of Charles A. Boutelle. We meet
to-day to round out our leadership with d
nominee for Governor who will honor his
State as much as his State will honor him.
My friends, we receive the first attack
of the enemy We strike the first blow in
removing from the sea of politics this an
cient and pestiferous obstacle to national
progress. The antiquated hulk of Demo
cracy i'll Maine has long been marked on
the political chart as derelict. | would
not say the craft is water-logged that
would jar upon the traditions of true
Democracy. Gentlemen, | wish | haC
time to pay my respects to the fragrant
and mouldy record of the Democratic
party TO every indictment for its life OF
sin and iniquity, it pleads guilty anc
promises reformation. 1t is rich il
promises, bankrupt in Achievement The
Republican panty has never made prom