Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-06-16

our history With Leonidus as among Greeks. *
cept that be succeeded where Leonihus failed
the poetry OF battle. The resistless rush Of
Sheridan and his steed down the valley OF the
Shenandoah is
THE EPIC OF THE CIvAE4 WAR
The march OF Sherman from Atlanta to tho
sea ID the supreme triumph OF gallantry and
strategy. This detracts nothing from the
splendor OF the fame or the merits OF the lives
OF his lieutenants, that, having selected them
with marvellous sagacity and discretion, Grant
still remained the supreme commander OF the
national army.
All the proposed acts OF any administra ton
before they are formulated are passed upon in
cabinet council and the measures and sugces-
lions OF the ablest secretaries would have failed
with lesser president, but for the great good Of
the country and the benefit OF the Republican
party, they have succeeded. because OF the sug-
telliSent appreciation OF situations and the
grand magnimity OF Benjamin Harrison. 1t is
an undisputed fact that during the few months,
ths the Of b. o rae
the duties 81 the state department. s' and
OF 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 brilliant,
successful and strong in the confidence and
pride Of the people, not at all diverting its en-
ergy for reelection, and yet compelling that re-
suit by the logic OF events and by the imperious
necessities Of the situation" Garfield iell be-
fore the bullet OF the assassin and Mr. Blaine
retired to private life. Gen. Harrison invited
him to take up that unfinished diplomatic
career where it's threads had been so tragically
broken. He entered the cabinet. He resumed
his work. and has won higher place in our his
tory. The prophecy he made for Garfield has
6een fued BY
has compelled reelection by the logic Of
events and the imperious necessities OF the stu
ation."
THE MAN WHO Is NOMINATED HERE TO-DAY,
to win, must carry certain well known number
Of the doubtful states. Patrick Henry in the
convention which started rolling the ball OF the
independence OF the colonies from Great Britain.
said: 81 have but one lamp by which my feet
are guided. and that is the lamp of experience.
know OF no way OF judging OF the future but by
the past" New York was carried in 1880 by
Gen. Garfield, and i'll every Important election
since that time we have done our best. Wehave
put forward our abest, our most popular our
officers, to suffer constant defeat. The only light
which illumnes with the sun OF nope the dark
record OF these twelve years is the fact that in
1888 the State of New York was triumphantly
carried by Gen. Harrison. He carried it then as
gallant soldier. wise senator. statesman
who inspired confidence by his public utterances
canvass to its close. He still claims it, 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 o d world and l.andicaps i'll the new. THERE'S
but one distinguished example OF a sen first
overcoming tine limitations imposed by the pre-
above it, and that was when the younger Pitt
became greater than Chatham. With an
ancestry as siener of the Declaration OF indie
peEdence and another who saved the North
west from savagery and gave it to civilization,
and empire. aud who was also president OF the
United States, poor and unknown lawyer OF
Indiana, he has even, unaided, gained distinc-
ton as lawyer. orator, soldier, statesman and
president that reflects more credit upon his
ancestors than they have devolved upon him,
and presents in a case more the parallel OF the
younger Pitt. By the grand record OF q wise
and popular administration, by the strength
V BY '4T the Claims Of nnre
life in pubic and III the simplicity OF a typical
American home, nominate enjamln Harrison.