Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-26

10 plo>k<4tts oAa o1orx.
This convention IS master Of supreme
opportunity. can name the next presi-
dent Of the United States and make sure
Of his election and his peaceful inaugu-
ration. IL can break tho power which
dominates aud mildews the south II
can speed the nation ia career Of gran
dcnr eclipsing all past achievements.
We have only TO listen above the din
and look beyond tie dust OF AN hour To
behold the Republican party advancing
20 victory with IFS greatest marshal at
its head
GARFIELD'S EuloGY OF SHERMAN.
Delivered at the Convention Of 1850
That Nominated GARFIELD.
have witnessed the extraordinary
scenes Of this convention with deep So
icitude. No emotion touches my heart
more quickly than sentiment in honor
Of great and noble character. But as
sat on these seats and witnessed these
demonstrations it seemed to me you
were u human ocean in . tempest.
have seen the sea dashed into fury and
tossed into spray, and its grandeur
moves the soul Of the duilest man. But
remember that it is not the pillows,
but tho calm level Of the sea from which
all heights and depths are measured.
When the storm has passed and the
hour Of calm settles on the ocean, when
sunlight battles its smooth surface, then
the astronomer and surveyor takes the
level from which be measures all ter
restial heights and depths.
Gentlemen Of the convention, your
present temper may Got mark the health
full pulse of our people. When our en-
thusiasm has passed. when the emotions
of this hour have Pubsided, we shall
find the calm level d public opinion be-
low the storm from thich the thoughts
Of might people ale to be measured,
and by which their nal action will be
determined. Not here in this brilliant
circle where $4,000 men and women are
assembled is the destiny of the republic
to be decreed: not here, where l see the
enthusiastic faces of 756 delegates wait
ing to cast their votes into the urn and
determine the choice Of their party, but
by 1900. GOO Republican iresides. where
the thoughtful fathers. with wives and
children about them, with the calm
thoughts inspired by love Of home and
love of country, with the history of the
past, the hopes of the future, and the
knowledge of the great men who have
adorned and blessed our nation in days
gone by-there God prepares the verdict
that shall determine the wisdom Of our
work tonight. Not in Chicago in the
heat Of June. bnt in the sober quiet that
comes between now and the melancholy
days of November, in the silence Of de-
liberste judgment, will this great ques-
ton be settled. Let us aid them tonight.
But now, gentlemen Of the conven-
ton, what do we want2 Bear with me
o moment. Hear me for this cause. and
for moment be silent that you may
hear. Twenty-Five years ago this 70
public was wearing triple chain Of
bondage. Long familiarity with traffic
in the bodies and souls of men had para
lyzed the conscience of majority Of
our people. The baleful doctrine Of
state sovereignty had shocked and weak
ened the neblest and most beneficent
powers Of the national government. and
the grasping power of slavery was seiz-
ing the virgin territory of the west and
dragging it into the den Of eternal
bondage.
At that crisis the Republican party
was born. 1t drew its first inspiration
FROM that fro of liberty which God has
lighted in every mans heart, and which
an the powers of ignorance and tyranny
can never wholly extinguish. The Re-
publican party came to deliver and save
the republic. Ii entered the arena when
the beleaguered and assailed territories
were struggling for freedom. and drew
around them the sacred circle of liberty
which the demon of slavery has never
dared to cross. 1t made them free for
ever. Strengthened by its victory on the
frontier. the young party, under the
leadership Of that great man who, on
this spot twenty years ago was made
its leader, entered the national capital
and assumed the high duties of the gov
ernment. The light which shone from
its banner dispelled the darkness in which
slavery had enshreuded the capital, and
melted the shackles of every slave and
consumed, in the fire of liberty, every
slave pen within the shadow Of the
Capitol.
Our national industries. by an impov-
erishing policy, were themselves pros
trated. and the streams Of revenue flowed
in such feeble currents that the treasury
itself was well nigh empty. The money
Of the people was the wretched notes Of
1000 uncontrolled and irresponsible state
banking corporations. which was filling
the country with circulation that poi
soned rather than sustained the life Of
business. The Republican party changed
all this. 1t abolished the babel OF con-
fusion and gave the country currency
as national ss its flag. based upoa the
sacred faith Of the people. IL threw its
protecting arm around our great indus
tries and they stood erect as with new
life. II filled with the spirit Of true ma
tionality all the great functions Of the
government.
1t confronted a rebellion Of uaexam.
pied magnitude. with slavery behind it.
and under God fought the final battle Of
liberty until victory was won. Then,
after the storms OF battle. were heard
the sweet, calm words 81 peace uttered
by the coneuering nation. and saying TO
the conquered foe that lay PROSTATE at
its feet. This 10 aur only revenge: that
vea JON us IN lifting 10 the serene srma-
ment 81 the constitution, to shine like
stars fer ever and ever. TIRE immortal