The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-06-24

cline. Before the year rolls around
some of the ocean fiery-hounds between
4 New York and Liverpool will be flying
the stars and stripes. The contest among
the nations for supremacy on land is al
most, or altogether won by America.
We are now about entering the lists Of
that other contest, the supremacy upon
the waters of the earth. With sound
international currency, with Protection
at home, with advantageous treaties OF
reciprocity with certain foreign nations,
we are ready to enter with all the energy
of the Anglo-Saxon nature into CONNER
cial competition for the markets of the
world. And who that has read the his
tory of the nations doubts that America
will outstrip all in the race? The pro-
phecy is being fulfilled. Bishop Berkely
was right
westward the course of Empire takes its way,
"The four first Acts already past;
"a fifth shall close the drama with the day
"Time's noblest offspring is the last"
And, fellow citizens, what instrument
tality is the best to work out this destiny?
What but the organization that for the
past 30 years or more, save an lnteTreg-
mum of four years, has administered the
affairs of the general government and
shaped its career for q future of magnifi
cence and national glory, the like of
which the worlds history fails to furnish
an example. And under whose leader
ship? Whose, but that of the safe and
solid commander who for four years has
guided the ship of State, Benjamin
Harrison. His administration has been
able. it has been business-like ithas been
broadly and strongly American. He has
gathered brilliant lieutenants about him,
but is none the less the Grand Comman-
der of them all. We would Withhold
credit from none of our great captains.
And while it is true, as has been aptly
said, that one of the Presidents cabinet,
and he the brilliant son of Maine, whose
services to the Republican party and to
the country have been of inestimable
value and who has earned the gratitude
of his countIymen, many stand for
vigorous foreign policy and for recipro-
city, while another may stand for the
new navy that is lifting our flag still
higher among the nations OF the earth,
while others stand for wise and strong
administrations of the the treasury and
war and other departments, while the
name of VIM. Mckinley stands for Pro
lection and is forever linked with one OF
the greatest pieces of constructive legls-
lation ever adopted by Congress, while
"
ministers stand for the American hog in
his triumphant march, conquering and
to conquer the markets of Europe, open
ing and to open her closed ports, while
all this is true, and no man would more
willingly grant it than the President
himself. still it is none the less true that
BENJAMIN Harrison stands for them all.
1t was his hand always at the helm. In
case of sickness or emergency, it was his
brain that solved more than one momen-
tous problem of statecraft. With him
the nation tries no experiment. He has
proven himself so able and $50 clear in
his great office" that his countrymen
can point to him as filling to it's full
measure the chief magistracy of the first
Republic of the world.
And the second name on our ticket is
worthy mate. can give no higher
praise. Whitelaw Reid is Il self-made
man in the best sense of the word. You
know his story from his boyhood to his
manhood. Declining all office till APP
pointed our minister to the court of
Versailles he performed the responsible
duties of that position with such energy
and ability and withal with such tact
that he won the hearty plaudits of both
nations, and ranks with the best repre-
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But Mr.. Reid's surest hold on the effect
ions of Vermont Republicans is that he
is successor of Horace Greeley and the
editor of the Republican Bible" the
New York Tribune.
And now, fellow citizens, must take
no more of your time. With these issues
and with these candidates Vermont will
not fail to do her whole duty. l am
aware it is said that Yer mont is small in
territory and small in population, but
remember it was not the number engag-
ed at Bennington that counted. 1t was the
result, it was the decisiveness, the
thoroughness of the clicking" which the
Hessians received. And Bennington
made Saratoga possible and later on
Yorktown. Let the sons of to-day imi-
tate their sires of the earlier days. Let
Vermonts Republican September this
year be so indicative and so inspiring to
our friends and so overwhelming and
crushing to our enemies as to make sure
magnificent Republican National vic
tory in November.
Gen. Mccullough was frequently in
terupted by hearty applause, especially