Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-27
Engerson,s Eloquent Tribute.

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the actions of the secretary during the
Minneapolis convention.
Ingerson's Eloquent Tribute.
The noblest eulogy on the departed
statesman's political career and principles
was that uttered by Colonel Robert q In
eersoll in the Republican national conven-
ton of 1915. It's therefore submitted here
entire as the fittest ending of this sketch
Massachusetts may be satisfied with the 10y
atty of Benjamin II. Bristow. SO am |. But il
any man nominated by this convention cannot
carry the state of Massachusetts, | am not sat
isfied with the loyalty of that state. II the
nominee of this convention cannot carry the
grand old commonwealth of Massachusetts by
75.cO0 majority, would advise them to sell out
Faneuil hall as a Democratic headquarters.
would advise them to take from Bunker Hill
that old monument of glory.
The Republicans of the United States de.
mand as their leader in the great contest in
1876 man of intelligence, man of integrity, d
man of well known and approved political
opinions They demand a reformer after AS
well as before the election. They demand a
politician in the highest broadest and best
sense-a man of superb moral courage. 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 de-
mands of the future. They demand a man
broad enough 10 comprehend the relations OF
this government to the other nations of the
earth. They demand n man well versed.in the
powers. duties and prerogatives of each and
every department of this government.
They demand a man who will sacredly pre-
serve the financial honor OF the United States:
one who knows enough to know that the ma
tional debt must be paid through the prosperity
of this people: one who knows enough TO know
that all the financial theories in the world can
not 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 de-
mand a man who knows that prosperity and
resumption when they come must come to-
gether that when they come they will come
hand in hand through the golden harvest fields
hand in hand by the whirling spindes and the
turning wheels; hand in hand past the open
furnace doors; hand in hand by the flaming
FORCES; hand in hand by the chimneys filled
with eager fre-greeted and Srasped by tn.
countless SONS of toll.
This money has TO be dug out OF the earth
You cannot make it By passing resolutions in q
political convention.
The Republicans of the United States want
man who knows that this government should
protect every citizen at home and abroad; who
knows that any government that will not de-
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disgrace 10 the map of the world. They de
m and 3 man who believes in the eternal sepa-
ration and enforcement of church and school!
They demand a man whose political reputation
is spotless as q star; but they do not demand
that their candidate shall have certificate OF
moral character signed by Confederate con-
gress. The man who has in full. heaped and
rounded measure all these splendid qualifica.
tions Is the present grand and gallant leader OF
the Republican party-James G. Blaine.
Our country, crowned with the vast ant
marvellous achievements of its first century
asks for man worthy OF the past and prophetic
of her future asks for man who has the 10
dacity of genius: asks for a man who is the
grandest combination of heart, conscience and
brain beneath her flag. Such man is James
G. Blaine.
For the Republican host. fed by this tn,rep.c
man, there can be no defeat.
This is a grand year-a year filed 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 freedom will drink from the foun.
tains Of enthusiasm; year In which the peo-
pie call for a man who has preserved in con-
gress what our soldiers won upon the field; a
year In which they call for the man who mas