New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-05
AZ TRUE NOW AS THEN.
A. TRUE NOW As Then
FROM CARFIELDS SPEECH AT CLEVELAND On
THE SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE THE
OHIO ELECTION OF 1879.

OHIO ELECTION OF 1879.
Now, fellow citizens IA word before leave you, on
the very OF the holy day OF God-a III moheu. W
conseeate ourselves finally to the great WORK o. ne ~,
nght n grcnt many young mcf-youns men WIZ a
So%s TO- In' onS f adHce vY very brsn thing
said by boy the other day, mp m one Oh our "Vf,m
western counties lie said to me, ce ,,cas, That
was not the brilliant thing. Said 10 nm. Wny INV
Why, san he, my father Is Republican; an1 l All
over; but want TO BE- All independent man, ana n,
don't want anybody to say Iha. ds s1o% %oss and
have a hall mind TO vote the Democratic ticket lust
my sd admire aiG not the iS Spirit Of E
boz that wanted to have some Independence of Ills
own. ,o,,, vote The Re
publcan ticket lust because your father votes It,
Don't vote the Democme ticket even u ne does vote
poll "si s" @ s' % md sS; ysS5 sa
hitch if among the living and not among the dead
+ YOU are at all Inclined 10 pitch it among the Drm9
V, n Sr pa'p n,ne whSr we survey the ground where
hope you will not shortly lie. IL Is a $40 p''cf
yo i me- " far m more like graveyard than like camp
for the living Look at 1t : billSwed all over e,
exploded theories Of dl,grnced doctrines l1n can
not NE In comfort In such place ,ooE down on il
and read sacred to the Memory OF SQan, .nt
sovereignty and Dred scott Decision innoh . una
IA ln ~
afi .. ycmrsIdied by the hand OF Abraham Lincoln
and here lies Young man, this Is not the plSSe
for yon But look little furher here Is amot d,s
tincI,hed friend said, there towers 10 tne sey a
monument Of four million pair OF human read ON II,
In h fr%% i@s " i Sacred to Memory q
Human >ayery FOR io iagS Sf isa % was divine
nif ase , pS They defended 1t. they stood
around It. they foowed j. to i,s S EsSd as Of ASahan
lincoln: dead by the power Of the Republican part!
here Young man. But here Is another-s niue
hinstone tomb-nnd read across its yellow iace' ~
lniid bloody lines. these words "eacred T 70 ise
Memory Of State Sovereignty and Secession Twelve ,e
millions Of Democrats mustered around !, IN arms 10
Keep IL alive but here 1t lies shot 70 ae"'a " tn
rnea ~ ashes under the blazing rnfters Of the burn
Ing Confcderacy II is dead wona 10. , NAV. ni,bt
ar look such place But III. S @5Snds lsoTs
me graz nTn ee@s Of paper with the word fat on
hrm. and down in curiosity w9nds9s 10 WIN" hne
the little ve Ras ' Esb 1n nursed in the brain Of ali
the fanacl,n Of the world rocked By Thomas s E o,ha
rnehan, The land But It died on the hrs OF Jan.
nary 1870 and the hundred ana Iorty nt Onn
Of sod that God made and not nat power x oSoa
us tr Ce' onI "a; that inns Is no place to put your
Norug lie. ,. at. c.mn ~ liberty
Of ,cr Of law. Of freedom. Of justice OF al mat Is
eD undrr these night ''Se Ts n s nundrd and
agiy thonSand -6diers. the noolest band that ever
irod the earth. died 10 make ms camp no LA
mos 1 here There are dead ideas here Hang
ont our banner from under the blue stW ,n, n 1at
,,"tu H. shall sweep The green turf nnder your I.e,.
r. hnne, over our cump. Read away up Ihder u,e e
Stars the inscription We have written npU nd,, The
shv acro,S on starry banner that frst w"ra we
uttered twenty five years ago. s ns' ,, %, the
. so, aIv shall never extend over auo'n'I ioos o,as
,.rritory Of the great West Is that dead or MI III,
Aivei thank God, forryermore ana Then II was
a hone n promise purpose. Ioi .o, ~ t,Tth
yfih The ,rars-immor'a history ana ,iiol"i Ia,
Cme down The glorious steps OF orr hanmer Ive W.;
u,,t record We have made We have Nhui,a"1 49,
nr iIoli and with orr rnth II s"rrls t'r s,o. and
r , IN y1ur Young life where AL Is n'lns ahu WHERE
rp",h,ng is dead tut the heroes tha d"fehu'o IT,