Huntsville gazette., 1892-10-29
Sanator IngalI Upon President
Harrison.

At Topeka, Mr. Ingalls, thus ex
pressed his opinion of Mr.. Harrison's
character, ability and rank as Pres
ident'
II have never been, ladies and gen
tlemen. an idolate- of President Harri-
son. | IN under no personal obligation
or official obligationsto him. In that
great struggle waged against the COM
bined hosts of iniquity and disloyalty in
this State, in which | went down, | had
never even the assurance of personal
sympathy from the administration.
Therefore, | have no occasion for idol
ton Of President Harrison, for the wis
dom Of his administration of the affairs
Of the nation at home and abroad, is
without parallel or peer in the whole
history OF American citizenship. ZAP
pause He is the only man who mas
sat in the Presidential chair for the last
half century that could take every de-
partment himself and run it without
assistance. (Applause). He is an EN-
inent lawyer, and he was a gallant and
| heroic soldier. He has been an efficient
and trained legislator. 1t is not often
that man grows after he is 50years old.
Ordinarily by that time man is guaged
and scrutinized and weighed so that his
specific gravity and cubic contents are
known as they will continue to be to the
end Of time. President Harrison is dis
| tinctly greater in intellectual stature and
in mental vigor since he has passed from
the Senate than ne YVES before, and he
s.ands today immeasurably higher in
the estimation of the American people
than he did when he was first sworn in
to Office nearly four years ago. ZAP
plause). The series Of speeches that
President Harrison made in the cam
paign preceding his election, and the
series OF speeches that he has since N ide
in his tours across the continent in rec
sponse to the invitation Of the people,
and that he has made at various gather
ings to his comrades upon various oc-
casions, have never been surpassed at
any time in political literature. affirm
that for versatility, for lofty patriotism,
for beauty and grace of diction, force
and vigor, they have never been excells
ed, and believe he has no superior IN
the compass Of political oratory, either
ancient or modern. He is a courageous
man; be is not afraid to do right; he is a
patriotic man; he believes in tie Amer
ican people, and he spells the word
nation with the biggest letter N there
is the alphabet.
"The State paper that he wrote in res
ply to the objections of Lord Salisbury
to the continuation Of the modus viven-
di in the sealing difficulty with Great
Britain, is, in my judgment, one of the
| finest. and one of the ablest and one OF
tie strongest State papers OF this centus
ry. He wrote it himself. He had nc
Secretary Of State, and he is just exact
ly as competent to conduct a negotiation
with one OF the foreign powers OF Europe
as he is competent and willing to look
over the private papers in the case of .
pensioner applying for pension. And
| hope j do not trench vpon the propri-
eties OF this time and this place and this
occasion when say believe there is no
American citizen, whatever may be bis
| political affiliations, that not feel, as he
sits in the shados OF that most direful
calamity that can darken the energies
of mans soul, that it is something to
have in this day of tribulation and dan
gera Chief Magistrate who is neither
| afraid nor ashamed in this age of anarchy
and communism, of naterialism and
sguosticism, who has faith anG belief
in that Supreme Being who is the ar.
bitter alike of the destinies Of nations
and of the faith and fortunes of men.
/ know that in this great crisis he can be
relied upon with entire faithiulnes S
and fidelity"