The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-06-02

Like the snow-white plume of the bold Navarro
Whose hand would lead to the glorious prize
Where the golden crown of Victory lies
And grasp, when the tumult and strife are done
The scepter of Power at Washington
FL. c. Ballard.
THE MATCHLESS BLAINE,
How IngersOll Nominated Him
Sixteen Years Ago.
Captain w. A. Gavett of this
city has preserved a report of
Robert G. Ingersoll's great speech
nominating James G.. Blaine for the
presidency in 1876, just as it was
given by the newspapers on the
following morning. It is already
familiar to thousands of our read
ers, but the whole country will be
glad to read it again, for it is as
appropriate to the situation to-day
as it was in 1876. Mr.. lngersoll
said:
Massachusetts may be satisfied
with the loyalty of Benjamin H.
Bristow; SO am [. Applause
But if any man nominated by. this
convention cannot carry the State
of Massachusetts, [ am not salts
fed with the loyalty of that State.
[Cheers, applause and laughter.
If the nominee of this convention
cannot carry the grand old COM
monwealth of Massachusetts, by
$4,000 majority, I would advise
them to sell out Faneuil Hall as a
Democrat headquarters. Cheers.
and laughter. | would advise
them to take from Bunker Hill
that old monument of glory. The
Republicans of the United States
demand as their leader in the great
contest of 1875 a man of intellect,
a man of integrity cheers, a man
Of we'll known and approved polit-
ical opinion. Cheers.
They demand a : statesman.
They demand a reformer after as.
we'll as before the election.
[Cheers. They demand a politi-
clan in the highest, and broadcast,
and best sense of that word.
Cheers. They demand a 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
future. They demand a man
broad enough to comprehend the
relations Of this government to the
other nations of the earth. Ap-
plause.] They demand man well
versed in the powers, duties and
prerogatives of each and every de-
partment Of this government.
[Applause.] They demand a man.
who will sacredly preserve 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
that knows enough to know that
all financial theories in the world
cannot redeem single dollar APP
plause]; 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 man
who knows that prosperity and re-
sumption, when they can come,
must come together. Cheers. |
When they come they will come
hand in hand; hand in hand
through the golden harvest-felds;.
hand in hand by the whirling spin
dies and the turning wheels; hand
in hand past the open furnace
doors; hand in hand by the flaming
FORCES; hand in hand by the Chin
neys filed with eager fires.
Ills iuOllcy HIS gov 10 pc aug
out OF the earth. You cannot
make it by passing resolutions in d
political meeting. Applause.
The Republicans Of the United
States want a man who knows that
his government should protect
every citizen at home and abroad
- cheers Who knows that any
government that will not defend
its defenders and will not protect
its protectors is a disgrace to the
map Of the world. Applause.
They demand a man who believes
in the eternal separation and
enforcement of church and schools.
They demand a man whose politi-.
cal reputation is spotless as a star,
hut they do not demand that their