The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-06-29


but when am told that the credit for
the brilliant diplomacy Of this admins
tratiOn belongs exclusively to the Secre-
tary Of state for the administration Of
-its finances to the Secretary Of the Treas
ury for the construction Of its ships to
/ the Secretary Of the Navy; for introduc-
tion Of American pork in Europe 20 the
Secretary Of Agriculture for the settle
ment 80 far as it is settled ofthe currency
question 10 Senator John sherman; for
the formulation Of the tariff Laws to Gov.
Mckinley; for the removal ofthe res
olute restrictions placed by foreign
nations upon The introduction Of Ameri-
can pork TO our minister at Berlin. 1
am tempted TO seriously inquire, who,
during the last four years, has been Pres
ident Of the United States, anyhow?
Caesar, when hewrote those coumen-
taries, whih were the history Of the
oOHquests of Europe, under his leader
ship, modestiy took the position Of Ace
mas when he said They are the narra-
tive Of events, the whole Of which saw.
and the part Of which I was" General
( Thomas. as the rock Of Chicamauga, cc-
/ cupies place in 0ur history with Lsoni-
das among the Greeks except that he SUI
ceeded where Leonidas failed. The fight
of Joe Hooker above the clouds was the
poetry Of battle. The Tesistless rush Of
Sheridan and his steed down the Valley
Of the Shenandoah, is the epic Of our civ
{ il war. The march Of Sherman from At
lanta to theses is the supreme triumph
Of gallantry and strategy. It detracts
nothing from the splendor and the mer-
its of the deeds Of his lieutenants 30 say
that having seiectedthem with marvel
Gus sagacity and discretion, Grant still
remained the supreme commander olthe
national army.
All the proposed acts Of any admiuis-
tration before they are formulated are
i passed upon in Cabinet council, and the
measures and suggestions Of the ablest
Secretaries would have failed with a less
er President. But for the great good Of
the country and the benefit of the Re-
publican party they have succeeded be-
eause Of the suggestive mind, the indomi-
table courage, the intelligent apprecia-
ton Of situations. and the grand magma
nimity of Benjamin Harrison. It is an
indisputed fact that, during the few
months when both the Secretary Of State
aud the Secretary Of the Treasury we're
~. the President personally assumed the
duties Of the S.ate Department and the
Treasury Department, and both with
equal success.
The Secretary Of State, in accepting his
portfolio under President Garfield, wrote:
Your administration must be made
brilliantly successful and strong in the
confidence and pride Of the people, not
at all diveEting its energies for reelection.
and yet compelling that result by the log
ic Of results and by the imperious ueces-
stiles Of the situation Garfield fell be-
fore the bullet Of the assassin and Mr..
Blaine retired to private life. Gen. Har-
rison invited him to take up that uufn-
ished diplomatic career where its threads
had bean so trag.cally broken lie en-
tered the Cabinet lie eresuaed his work
and has Won higher place in our histo-
~. The prophecy he made for Garfield
has been superb,y fGifiled by President
HIrrison. In the}arsglga OF Mr. Blaine
lie President has compelled "a re- cleo
lion by The logic Of events auI the impe-
rious necessities Of the si'uqi9u'
The man who IS n)m;n1isi a.rs to-
day, to win, must cary "a certain we'll
known number Of the doubtful States.
Patrick Henry. in the convention which
started rolling tle ball Of inieps1 iencs
Of the colonies from Great Britain. said
s. have bui one lamp by which my feet
are guided, and TIA. is thoImp Of exps-
rieucc. ] kuov og no way Of i15gingthe
future but by tEe past" Ncg York was
cgrlisd IT, lsS) Hr Cen. Garfield, and in
every important election since that time
We have done our best We have pat
forward our ab,est, our most popular, our
most brilliant leaders for governor and
State offices to sular constant defeat.
The only light which illumines with The
sun Of hope the DARK record OF thess
twelve years is the Tact that in ISSS the
State OF Nsw York Vas triumphantly car
ried by President Harrison lie CARED
it then as a brave soldier, wise senator,
a statesman who inspired confidence by
Ms public utterances in daily speech from
the commencement Of tae canvass to it5
close lie still has sii these claims and
in addition an administration beyond
criticism and rich with the elements Of
popularity with which to carry New York
again Ancestry helps in the oil world
and haudicaps in The new. There is bus
one distinguished example Of a son first
oyeTc1ming the limitations imposed by
the re-eminent fame of.iis father, and
then rising above it, aad that was when
the younger Pits became greater than
Chatham.
~ AL4l an GlANE1-ll 4 1i- -.A-l aA latr A'-Iat-
ration Of Independence, another who saw
ed the Northwest from saVagsry AMI gave
Il u civilization and empire, aad who
was also President Of the United slates.a
poor and nuSnown lawyer Of Indiana,
has risen by his unaidsi cd0rts % such
distinction as lawyer, orator, statesman,
soldier, and President, that he reflects
more credit upon his ancestors than
they upon him, and presents in Amer
lean history the parallel Of the younger
Pitt. BY the grand record Of a wise and
popular administration, By the strength
in frequent contact with the people in
wonderfully versatile ard feliciious
speech, by the claims Of a pure life in
public and in the simplicity of a typical
American home. 1 nominate Benjamin
Harrison.
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