Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-06-09
FRED {. DAYTON.
lNGERSOll NAMES BLAINE.

L iAf-t - LA ioN.
lNGERsoLL NAMES BLAINE.
The Famou. speech at tho Cincinnati
Convention OF 1870.
Massachusetts may be satisfied with
the loyalty of Benjamin II. Bristow; So
am |: but If any man nominated by this
convention cannot carry the state Of
Massachusetts. | am not satisfied with
the loyalty az that state. If the nominee
of tins convention cannot carry the
grand old commonwealth Of Massachu-
sett- by 5000 majority. would advise
them to sell out Faneuil hall as Dem
ocratic headquarters. | would advise
them 10 take from Bunker Hill that old
monument Of glory.
The Republicans Of the United States
demand as their leader in the great con
t.-st in 1915 a man Of intelligence. a man
Of integrity. a man of we'll known and
approved political opinions. They de.
mand reformer after as well AS hefors
the election. They demand politician
in the highest. broaiest and best sense
man Of superb moral courage. They
demand man acquainted with public
affairs. with the wants Of the people:
with not only the requirements Of the
hour. but with the demands Of the fu-
ture. They demand "a man broad enough
to comprehend the relations Of this gov
ernment to the other nations OF the earth
They demand a man well versed in the
powers, duties and prerogatives Of each
and every department Of this govern
ment
They demand a man who will sacredly
preserve the financial honor Of the
United States; one who knows enough
to know that the national debt must lie
paid through the prosperity Of this peo-
Pile; one who knows enough to know
that all the financial theories in the
world cannot redeem a single dollar;
one who knows enough to know that all
the money must be paid not by law, but
by labor; one who knows enough to
know that the people Of the United
States have the industry to make the
money and the honor to pay it over just
as fast as they make it.
The Republicans Of the United States
demand a man who knows that pros
perity and resumption. when they come,
must come together; that when they
come they will come hand In hand
through the golden harvest fields: hand
in hand by the whirling spindles and the
turning wheels: hand in hand past the
open furnace doors; hand in hand BY
the flaming forges; hand in hand by
the chimneys filled with eager fire
greeted and grasped by the countless
sons Of toll.
This money has TO be dug out Of the
earth. You cannot make it by passing
resolutions in political convention.
The Republicans Of the United States
want man who knows that this gov
ernment should protect every citizen at
home and abroad; who knows that any
government that will not defend its de-
Tenders and protect its protectors is a
disgrace TO the map of the world. They
demand man who believes in the eter
nal separation and enforcement of church
and school. They demand man whose
political reputation is spotless as a star;
but they do not demand that their can
didate shall have a certificate Of moral
character signed by a confederate con
gress. The man who has in full, heaped
and rounded measure all these splendid
qualifications is the present grand and
gallant leader of the Republican party
James q. Blaine.
Our country. crowned with the vast
and marvellous achievements of its first
century, asks for man worthy of the
past and prophetic of her future; asks
for man who has the audacity of
genius; asks for man who is the grand
est combination of heart. conscience
and brain beneath her flag. Such man
is James G. Blaine.
For the Republican host, led by this
intrepid man, there can be no defeat.
This is a grand year-a year filled
with the recollections of the Revolution;
filled with proud and tender memories
of the past: with the sacred legends Of
liberty; year in which the sons Of free
dom will drink from the fountains of
enthusiasm; year In which the people
call for a man who has preserved in
congress what our soldiers won upon
the field: year in which they call for
the man who has torn from the throat
Of treason the tongue of SANDER: for the
man who has snatched the mask Of
Democracy from the hideous face Of re-
| bellion: for the man who, like an intel
lectual athlete, has stood in the arena
of debate and challenged all corners, and
who is still total stranger to defeat.
Like an armed warrior. like plumed
knight, James g. Blaine marched down
! the halls Of the American congress and
| threw his shining lance full and fair
| against the brazen foreheads of the de-
famers of his country and the maligners
| of his honor.
| For the Republican party to desert
this gallant leader now is as though an
army should desert their general upon
the field Of battle.
| James q. Blaine Is now and has been
for years the bearer of the sacred stand
ard Of the Republican party. | call il
sacred because no human being can
stand beneath its folds without becom-
ing and remaining free.
Gentlemen Of the convention, in the
name of the great republic, the only re-
public that ever existed upon this earth
in the name of all her defenders and Of
all her supporters; in the name Of all
her soldiers living; in the name Of all hel
soldiers dead upon the field Of battle
and in the name of those who persisted
in the skeleton clutch Of famine at An
dersonville and Libby, whose sufferingi
he so vividly remembers, nlinois-Illi
nois nominates for the next president Of
this country that prince Of parliamenta
rians-that leader of leaders-James q
Blaine.