Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-06-07
lhorRsoLL NAMES BLAME.

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iNoeRsoLL NAMES BLAINE.
TIE Ssms.s speech 81 the Cissisassi
Csa,estiss % 1878.
Massachusetts, may DO satisfied with
the loyalty of BENJAMIN II. Bristow; 20
arm I: but II any man nominated by this
convention cannot carry tho state Of
Massachusetts,, ! am not satisfied with
the loyalty 81 that state II the nominee
of this convention cannot carry the
grand old commonwealth of Massachu.
sets by 1900 majority. I would advise
them 10 sell out faneuil hall ~ Dem.
ocratic headquarters. ] would advise
them 20 take from Bunker Hill that old
monument u glory.
The Republicans Of the United States
demand ne their leader In the great con.
test In 1919 q man Of intelligence. q man
Of integrity. man Of well known and
approved political opiniona They do
mand rcformer after NJ well as before
the election. They demand politician
In the highest. broadcst and best sense
. man Of superb moral courage. They
demand . man acquainted with public
affairs. with the wants of tho people;
with not only the r-quiremcnts Of the
hour. but with the demands of the IN.
turc. They demand inan broad enough
TO comprehend the relations Of this gov.
ernment 10 the other nations of the earth.
They demand q man well verse,i In tho
powers. duties and prcrogativcs Of each
and every department Of this govern
ment
They demand man who will sacrcdly
preserve the financial honor of the
United States; one who knows enough
to know that the national debt must 10
paid through the prosperity Of this pco-
pie; one who knows enough 90 know
that all the financial theories In tho
world canno, redeem q single dollar.
one who knows enough 20 know that all
the money must IL paid, not by law. but
by labor; one who knows enough 20
know that the people of the United
States have tho industry 90 make tho
money and tho honor 20 pay u over Just
~ fa., ~ they make H.
Tn. Republicans % the United States
demand man who knows that pros
Jsriiy and resumption. when they come.
must come together: that when they
come they will come hand In hand
through the golden harvest fields; hand
In hand by the whirling spindles and tho
turning wheels. hand In hand past the
oJ-n furnao. doors: hand In hand by
the flaming forges; hand In hand by
the chimneys filled with eager hre-
greeted AMI graspcd by tho counties
sons % toll.
This money has 20 10 dug out OF the
earth. You cannot make u by passing
resolutions la q political convention.
The Republicans of the Uni,~l States
want man who knows that this gov
ernment should protect every citizen at
home and abroad; who knows that any
government that will not defend its de-
Tenders and protect its protectors IL o
disgrace 10 the map % the world. They
demand q man who believes In the etsr-
nalscIaration and enforcement of church
and school. They demand man whose
political reputation IL spotless n star;
but they 10 not demand that their can.
didaic shall have = certificate Of moral
character signed by . confederate con.
grcss. The man who has In full. heaped
ani rounded measure all ihess splendid
qualifications IL the present grand and
gallant leader of the Republican party
James u. Blaine.
Our country. crowned with the vast
and marvellous achievements Of It's hrst
century. asks for q man worthy OF the
past and prophetic OF her future: asks
Tor n man who has the audacity Of
genius: asks Tor man who Is the grand.
60, combination % heart. conscience
ani brain beneath her hAg. Such Q man
u James q. Blaine.
For the Republican host, lei by this
intrepid man. there can be no defeat.
This Is = grand year-a year hlled
with the r-collections of the Revolution.
filled with proud and tender memories
of the past; with the sacred legends Of
liberty; q year In which the sons of free
dom will drink from the fountains Of
enthusiasm; q year In which the people
call for man who has preserved In
congress what our soldiers won upon
the field; year In which they call for
the man who has torn from the throat
Of TREASON the tongue u slAnder; for the
man who has snAtched the mask Vt
Democracy from the hideous face OF re-
bollion; for the man who. like an intel.
lectual athlete. has stood In the arena
of deba,. and challenged all comers, and
who l. still q total stranger 20 defeat
Like an armed warrior. like plumed
knight. James q. Blaine marched down
the halls u the American congress and
threw his shining lance full and fair
tgainst the brazen foreheads OF the de-
iaincr. of his country and the maligneS
% his honor.
For the Republican party TO desert
thi. gallant leader now Is A. though an
army should desert their general upon
the field Of battle.
James q. Blaine 10 now and has been
for years the bearer Of tho sacred stand.
ari Of the Republican party. ] call II
sacred because no human being can
stand beneath its folds without bccom.
ing and remaining free.
Gentlemen of the convention. In the
name of the great republic, the only re-
public that ever existed upon this earth;
In the name of all her defenders and Of
all her supporters; In the name Of all
her soldiers living; In the name OF all her
soldiers dead upon the field OF battle,
and In the name of those who perished
In the skeleton clutch of famine at An
dersonville AMI Libby. whose sufierings
he 90 vividly remembers, lllinois-llli.
nois noninates for tho next president OF
this country that prince of parliamenta-
nans-that leader Of leaders-Jsmes q.
Blaine.
coNkLINo's GREAT EFFORT.
ME- speech Sessias,iss 0rsst ., Chicago
is 1850. 1
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