The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-15

or above the clouds was tho poetry OF batt,e
The resistless rush OF Sheridan and his steed
down the valley OF the Shenandoah IA the enio
o. our ciVii war. The march OF Sherman from
Auanta 70 tne sea Is the supreme triumph of
gallantry and strategy. II dotracts nothinS
from the splendor or the fame or the merits OK
the deeds OF his lleutenants to say that, having
selected tnem with marvellous sagaoity and dis.
erection, Grant sull remained the supreme com.
mander OF the national army. An the proposed
acts OF any administration before they are for
mulated are passed upon In cabinet council and
the measures and suggestions Of tho ablest sec.
rotaries would have failed with lesser presi.
dent but for the great good OF the country and
the benefit OF the republican party they have
suooeeded because Of the suggestive mind, the
inaomi!sDle courage tho Intelligent Sppreois-
tion OF me situation and the grand mAEnanimi.
ty Of benjamin Harrison. II Is an undisputed
fact that during the few months when both tho
secretary OF state and the secretary of the treas.
Wy Wsre III, the president personally assumed
tne duties OF the departments and with BvoceeA
The secretary OF state. In accepting his portfolio
under President Garfield, wrote: Your admin.
istration must be made brilliantly successful
and strong In tho confidence and pride OF the
people, not Of all diyerting its energies for re.
election, and yet compelling 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 private life. Cen
Harrison invited him TO take up that unfinished
diplomatic career where Its threads had been 30
tragicaliy broken He entered the cabinet He
resumed sss,d his TS TSrk and has won high place In
has been superbly fulfilled by President Har.
rison- In the language OF Mr.. Biainei ''The
president has compelled reelection by the
the situation"
The man who is nominated here to-day, 10
win, must carry certain welllnown number
OF doubtful states New York was carried In
1889 by Gen Garfield, and In every important
election since that time a hnya dOna has
and we have put forward our ablest our moet
popular, our most brilliant leaders for governor
and state of1icers TO suffer constant defeat The
only light which iliumines with the sun OF hope
tho dark record OF those twelve years Is the fact
that In 1883 the state OF New York was trum.
phantly carried by President Harrison. He
carried II then as gallant soldier, q wise sena
tor, q statesman who inspired confidence By his
public utteranoes in daily speech from the com
mepcement OF the canvass TO the close He still
has oil those claims, and In addition an admin
istration beyond criticism and rich with the ele
ments OF the popularity with which to carry
Ancestors help in the Old World and handicap
In the new. There Is but one DISTINGUISHED eI
ample OF son first overcoming the limitations
imposed by the pre-eminent fame of his father
and then rising above II and that was when the
younger Pitt became greater than Chatham
With On ancestor signer Of the Declaration OF
Independence, and another who saved the north.
west from savagery and gave IL 10 civilization
and who was also president OF the United
Statos, poor and unknown lawyer Of Indiana
has risen by his unaided efforts to such distinc
ton as lawyer. orator soldier, statesman and
president, that he reflects more credit on his an
cestors than they have devolved on him. and
presents in American history the parallel OF the
younger Pitt, by the grand record OF wise and
popular administration, by the strength gained
by frequent contact with the people, In wonder
fully versatile and folicitous speech; by the
claims OF pure life In public, and In the sim
plicity Of loyal American home nominate
BENJAMIN Harrison.