The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-11

in our history, with Leonidas among the
Greeks, except that he succeeded where Leon
idas failed The fight OF Hooker above the
clouds was the poetry Of the battle. The re-
Bistless rush of Sheridan and his steed down the
valley of the Shenandoah, is the epic OF our
civil war. The march of Sherman from At
lanta to the sea is the supreme triumph OF gal
lantry and strategy 1t detracts nothing from
the splendor or merits of the deeds of his lieu
tenants TO say that having selected them with
marvellous Sagacity and discretion, Gen. Grant
still remained the supreme commander
of the national army. All the proposed acts OF
any administration. before they are formulated
ares passed upon in cabinet courcil and the
measures and suggestions of the ablest secre-
Jaries would have failed with lesser President.
But for the great good Of the country and the
benefit of the Republican party they have sue
ceeded because OF the suggestive mind, In
domitable courage, intelligent appreciation OF
situations and grand magnanimity OF Benjamin
Harrison. II is an undisputed fact that during
the few months when both the Secretary OF
State and the Secretary of the Treasury were
i'll, the President personally assumed the duties
of the state department and OF the treasury de
partment, and both with equal sue
cess. The Secretary of State in
accepting his portfolio under President
Garfield wrote: "Nour administration must be
made brilliantly successful and strong in the
condolences and pride of the people, not at all
diverting it's energies for reelection and yet
compelling that result by the logic of events
and by the imperious necessities Of the stua.
ton" President Garfield fell before the bullet
OF an assassin and Secretary Blaine retired to
private life. Gen. Harrison invited him to take
up that unfinished diplomatic career. where its
threads had been so tragcally broken. he en-
tered the cabinet. He resumed his work and
has won higher place in our history. The
prophecy he made for President Garfield has
been superbly fulfilled by President Harrison.
In the language of MIR. Blaine. THE President
has compelled reelection by the logic OF events
and the imperious necessities of the situation"
The man who is nominated here to-day to win,
must carry certain well-known number of
doubtful states. Patrick Henry In the conven-
ton which started the rolling ball Of the indie
pendence of the colonies from Great Britain,
said: 81 have but one lamp by which my toet
are guided, and that is the lamp Of experience.
know of no way OF Judging of the future but
by the past
New York was carried in 1880 by President
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, leaders for governor
and state officers to suffer constant defeat.
The only light which illumes with
the sun of hope the dark record Of those
twelve years is the fact that in 1888 the state of
New York was triumphantly carried by Presi
dent Harrison. he carried IL then as q gallant
soldier, and wise senator, statesman who in
spired confidence by his public utterances in
daily speech from the commencement of the
canvass to its close He still has all these
claims and in addition administration be-
yond criticism and rich with the elements of
popularity with which to carry New York
again Ancestry helps in the old world, and
handicaps in the new. There is but one distin-
guished example of a son first overcoming the
limitations imposed by the preeminent fame of
his father, and then rising above it, and that
was when the younger Pitt became greater than
Chatham. With an ancestor a sgner
OF the declaration of independ-
ence; another who saved the northwest
from savagery and gave it to civilization and
empire. and who also President of the
United States, poor and unknown lawyer OF
Indiana, has risen by his unaided efforts to such
distinction as lawyer. orator soldier, states
man and President that he reflects more credit
on his ancestors than they have devolyed upon
him, and presents in American history parallel
of the younger Pitt. By the grand record OF a
wise and popular administration, by strength in
frequent contact with the people, in wonderfully
versatile and feliceious speech, by claims of a
pure life ia public, and the simplicity of the
typical American home, nominate Benjamin
Harrison