The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-09-11

After picnic dinner the speaking be.
gan. Hon. w hltelaw Reid was first intro
duced. He said:
"You are beginning this years contest In
the old Ohio way-by recruiting your
ranks with the youthful intelligence and
vig0r OF the new generation that COM
ing forward. and then by invading the
paign such an opening promises il q cam-
paign which In Ohio has but one ending.
Whenever the Republican party of this
State Is thoroughly aroused, is thoroughly
In touch with the younger and more pro.
gressiye elements of the community, and.
IN tue lanRuarge OF great Ohioan, moves
upon the enemy's works. IL always
carries them.
of the Ohio Democracy. And yet we have
always had Republicans here who honored
Butler county by their service to the Ma
tion. may not speak of many, but you
will permit q passing reference to perhaps
the most distinguished of them In your
local politics. long known as the fit antag-
onist OF and sometimes victor of the Day.
ton Democrat whom Abraham Lincoln
once banished from the country, but whom
all knew as the ablest and sincerest leader
of the opposition In war times In Ohio. In
the great congressional debates preceding
the war he was fonnd a champion worthy
to meet and able to defeat the distin guished
Georgian who afterwards became IT the Vice
his conrse in his last brief appear
aDce In public life. We can never
forget the service he rendered or the honor
no won in his prime. He was friend to
mate. and you will forgive my desire.
speaking in his own county and near his old
home. to utter word in memory of the late
Lewis ID. Campbell. And how many others
stirring days recallf We must not be sc-
cused Of undue partisanship in calling the
roll of the men who have made our State
shine with the most brilliant radiance In
the whole radiant galaxy. 1t Is not our
ask you TO serve it-through the agency of
the party with which they believed its
destinies the safest. lt was that belief that
changed Salmon p. Chase. OF
of SteubenvilIe, from Democrats
to Republicans It was that belief that
inspired Thomas Ewing. of Lancaster, and
Thomas Corwin. OF Lebanon; that belief
that nerved Ben Wade. of Ashtsbula,
held DeDnison. Tod and Brough to their
trying labors at Columbus. Need l 60
further and remind you where lay the po-
htical sympathies OF other sons OF Ohio.
Grant, of sher.nan, of Sheridan. of Nc
Pherson, Mcdowell. Gilmore. Cox,
Scbenck. Hayes or Garfield Take out
these men and their associates. and what
they stood for, and what is there left OF
the soul-stirrinE history of Ohio for the
last third of century, Take them ont
and what shall we teach our children to
be most proud of in the record of our glor-
i0us Statef
TRIBUTE TO HARRISON.
THE presence of these representatives Of
the honored old college in which Butler
county, and indeed, Ohio and the West.
tako so just q pride is most gratifying.
Miami from her earliest days. taught not
merely letters, but patriotism, and her sons
practiced IL in council and In the field.
One of them did not name just now
among the Ohio generals, since neighbor-
ing State asserts it's claim to this distin-
gulshed Ohioan by reason of the long serv.
ice given and high honor won within her
borders When Oxf0r' counts her jewels DO
sure she will count s ,ck and Dennison,
Groesbech and Chr \nderson. Samuel
Galloway, Duncan .er, David Swing.
Samuel Shellabarg calvin Brice and q
long and shining liz besides; yet still the
name of Benjamin Harrison will lead all
the rest.
Our opponents are just now in deadly
trouble because, as they say, the President
OF the United States Is cold man. Well.
have no doubt he does often cast o chill ON
them; his grandfatbers hat also gave them
great trouble till they found not only that
it was good INT. but that the whole coun-
try knew il. The ice.cart at the White
House door will disappear in like manner
from their campaign literature when they
discover that 10 quite suits q nation OF
sixtytive millions of intelligent and self
respecting free men TO have q President
who does not Rush. does not
slop over. does not play the
demagogue. does not pretend to
be the bosom friend of every man he
meet; who bears himself with the modest
simplicity of the private citizen, and YET
with the dignity and the decorum of the
great station to which they have elevated
him. who measures his words and keeps
them. / am speaking of him in q region
that has known him intimately from boy
hood. and has known nothing of him but
good. do not dwell on the characteris-
the warmth and fidelity of his personal
friendships; his quick sympathy with dis-
wess; his lifelong exhibition of all the