The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-30
AFAMDUS SPEECH
YEARS
AGO.
That of Col. Robert G.. IngcrsOll in
Placing Blaine in Nomination at
Cincinnati.

Cincinnati.
In view Of recent events, a repro
duction of the speech in which James
G.. Blaine was first placed in nomina-
ton for the presidency before national
Republican convention will interest
many readers. The speech was made
by Robert G.. Ingersoll at the Cincin-
natl convention of 1875. 1t is given
below exactly as it was printed in the
newspapers the morning after its de-
livery. Col. Ingersoll said:
Massachusetts, may be satisfied
with the loyalty of Benjamin H. Bris-
tow: SO am l. (Applause.) But if
any man nominated by this convention
cannot carry the State of Massachu-
setts, l am not satisfied with the 10y
atty of that State. (Cheers, applause
and laughter.) If the nominee of this
convention can not carry the grand
old commonwealth of Massachusetts,
by $1,000 majority, would advise
them to sell out Faneuil hall as a
Democratic headquarters. (Cheers
and laughter:) l would advise them
to rank from Bunker Hill that old
monument of glory. The Republi
cans of the United States demand as
their leader in the great contest of
1876 man of intellect, man of
integrity (cheersJ, man of we'll known
and approved political opinion.
(Cheers.)
They demand statesman. They
demand a reformer after as well as
before the election. (Cheers.) They
demand politician in the highest, and
broadest, and best sense of that word.
(Cheers.) They demand a man &C
quainted with public affairs, and the
wants of the people, with not only the
requirements Of the hour, but with the
demands of the future They demand
man broad enough to comprehend
the relations of this government to
the other nations of the earth. (Ap-
plause.) They demand man we'll
versedin the powers, duties and preoga
tives of each and every department Of
this government. (Applause.) They
demand man, who will sacredly pre-
serve the financial honor of the United
States. (Cheers.) One who knows
enough to know that the national debt
must be paid through the prosperity
of the people; one who knows enough
to know that all the financial theories
in the world can not redeem single
dollar (applause); one who knows
enough to know that all the money
must be made, not by law, but, by
labor (cheers); 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. (Applause.) }
The Republicans of the United States
demand a man who knows that Pros
perity and Resumption, when they can
come, must come together. (Cheers.) }
When they come they will come hand
in hand; hand in hand through the
golden harvest fields; hand in hand
by the whirling spindle and the turn
ing wheels; hand in hand past the
open furnace doors; hand in hand by
The flaming forces; hand in hand by
they chimneys filled with eager fires.
This money has got to be dug out
Of the earth. You can not make it
by passing resolutions in a political
meeting. (Applause.) The Repub-
liCans of the United States want
man who knows that his government
should protect every citizen at home
and abroad-(cheers) )-who knows
that any government that will not
protect its protectors is disgrace to
the map of the world. (Applause.)
They demand man who believes in
the eternal separation and divorce
ment of church and schools. They
demand a man whose political reputa-
ton is spotless as star, but they do
not demand that their candidate shall
havea certificate of moral character
signed by a Confederate congress.
Great cheering.) The man who has in
full habit and unbounded measures all
of these qualifications is the present
grand and gallant leader of the Re-
publican party, James G. 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 (applause); asks for man who
is the grandest combination of heart,
conscience and brain beneath the flag.
(Applause.) That man is James G..
Blaine. (Applause.( For the Repub
+! lican hosts led by this intrepid man
there can be no such thing as defeat.
| (Applause.) This is grand year-a
year filled with the recollection of the
revolution (applause); of the sacred
past, filled with the legends of liberty
"a year in which the sons Of freedom
will drink from the fountain of enthu
siasm (applause); year in which the
people call for man who has preserved
in congress what our soldiers won
upon the fields (applause); a year in
which we call for the man who has
torn from the throat of treason the
tongue of SANDER (applause); man
that has snatched the mask of Demo
cracy from the hideous face of rebel
lion; man who, like an intellectual
athlete, stood in the arena of debate,