Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-28

wcrxi IT e4pisassisssi. AMI that Fire s-.su
Harrison had accepted The re.s.-natssa i,
the fessess s,ss-siisIe words. THIS il sss.s 81
plz1e ard Bas i, not the time TO es,nuaea
Or -ssen sssrruise On sept B ISg.. III
Blasse ADDRESSED 70 Chairman JOSEPH, II
Aanisy, Of the Maine Republican epfssfait
ter, his last public letter on politics u
Nex York. the residence Of Whiseiaw Held
be made his last speech
social and Dcneseie-
These " BIO knew James IT, BIaine ouiy a
q public man knew bat half OF his life gu.
that not the more attractive. His aEcestr,
was Of the native American nohilisy, an,
his own family life was Of strangei
varied character, middle age Of analloye,
happiness being followed By an evening Q
almost continuous calamity and SORROW
, The Giiiespiss and Blaines were people @
standing before the Revolution, and tn
Colonel Blaine who was eommissary gen
eral Of the northern department. OF Wash
ingt0n's army was the secrefary's grand
father. Neal Gillespie, his mothers father
was scholar Of high standing and direct
ed his grandson's studies down 10 tbs lin
be entered Washington university. E.,pa
honor is due the ancestors Of Mrs Blaine
who was Miss Harriet staDweod, of fam
lily that settied in Massachusetts, in TIL
early days Of that COLONY, and went theme
to siaine ia Last asy guar. VI Ats Yio.ierfs.
IngerxolFs Eloquent Tribute.
The nohlest euiogy on the d..parse
statesman's political career and principls
was that uttered by Colonel Robert q, II
gersoii in the Republican national eusiyer
ton Of 1876 II Is therefore submitted her
entire astiie fitJest ending OF this sketch
Massachusetts, may be satisfied with LIT 81,
ats Of Benjamin n. Bri.inw. So ar / hi
any man nofsinefe'. BY this conventions tsWfa
earry ths state If Massachusetts an, art sstl
i.fed with ia. loyalty u that stale, u til
nnfsinee Of this convention cannot carry ii
grand old common Y. .aitb Of Massachusetts, b
sltssi majority, .ouk! advise them tn ,ri ~
fanouil hall n Democratic headquarters
u otihi advise them Ia take from Bunker III
that old monHn.ntof glory.
Tie Republicans al the United States "a.
n.sslsi As their isadrr in the great contest
$50 man al Intelligence, t,isa 81 Integrity
man u We'll knawu and spprn, eti tt,iitss
opinions. They demand Il reforrS-t Hitrf y
= ~il a.. i-~fpFe the election. rbet dentatfi
politician in the highest. hfnasiesi and s-ga
rensss n,wt 81 s8I.'rh is;nFnl fot, Fsts.c fht'
Istnaud a man acquainted with t;il,lc affair
siti, th-' q ants of the lsopie with t'i oris III
requirements of tLc hnpr, bat with the Il,
| nplud- Of itr fliare, They demand IA M,
ir'lsd .tru.,i, 10 comprehend the reiatiaiir {
lht. government 90 ili. other natn,n~ nj III
esrti. The, demand "a man weii sers.si III Il
ps,4' rr-. dHi r- and tferngAtives of zach AN
.srps pan Htl'nt Of this government.
They 9it-iHsid :, man . lao rtii saereflty pr
.vrAe the tuAisiai ir,iiur 81 the tnii,s stale
sH.- s. ipi ku..t's r7tau:h to- kHaw that the II,
rt iieti tiis-t lie, Il,id through he prp-ts.rit
~ sIa- i,+utilt.: uln. a hn kt,ov- puaug To no
tiuiE all tht Enaieiti theerir, ia thu world car
not r,'iecn = singh i"iar one y ha know
rnu'.gt a. kun, that All the money must /
paid not u, laH. l.ut bs lab ''He s h" new
,-poush 10 knu;s that the iHuple at ihv mt.
state haze the industry 10 make the none
and liz, honor Ia pay it over just as fast a. the
make u.
The Republicans af the | nted states Il,
ma nd Il man " iiu knows that prosperity aa
! r,=un pti"n ah.n they come must come II
-eihri; that when they come they viii cor
hafi, in hand through the golden harvest field
hand n, band 10y the y biriin,: spindles and III
tufnin. ~heel>; hand in hand past the o,e
fHrnacr d,sTs hand in hand by the aniii,
ferg.t-. hand In hand by the cbimnes- file
anl, ps.r fire greeted and t.ra-ped by n
countless -t,Hr uf ipil.
fhi- fp"it,, has 10 be dug out at til. rsr,i
! M raunot make it by passin. resolutions N
political convention
i he Republicans of the United States want
rt,n who knows that this government sitoul
protect every citizen nj home and abroad. wi
|s,uoN- tiat amy government that will not d.
| trud IT, defenders aud protect its protectors
disgrace To The map of the world. They Il,
| In and man who believes in the eternal -eis
| ~ati"n and enforcement of church and -chni
titcs hrptand q man " hose political rcputatid
T. st'otirsS asa star. hut they ii" not 'iprian
thrt their candidate shall have certificate
moral character signed hv y Confederate "a,
gross III. man slio has in full beapr' an
rounded measure all these splendid auait'ics
fi"ns ,, ID. -ert grand and gallant leader
the Republican party .Iam.~ q. Blaine,
our country. CROW md witt, The vas, an
MARI etaus achievements of it- first rcu'ur
ask Ter man worthy Of the past and pruphtt
. Of her future: asks for II who has the ri
'lAeiiy of gtniit-: asks for man wh" is II
. srsn,Iest cUmhinaio ion of heart. con,rienc. an
isr7,ii, beneath her ta- such man is Jam,
u. lliaiae.
| Fur tie Republican host, led by this intrrpl
man there cau he un defeat.
This /, grand }.ar-a year filed with II
r,'t ,ttect ions of The Revolution: hlled W
proud s'1el tctarr memories OF The past. wit
Tie sHrr,i irg."nti- ot liberty. n year IN WHO
tl,. -,,i,> uf freedom viii drink from IN. fulii
tiu- of ouiiiu. i;l-,u; u year 10 which, ,hr t,e'
ile 'ali f"r n tnan " bo iiu< IIrrsrrNr I'd in cui
sre-.- " Ia, nnr soldiers won upon this field.
war in which they call for the man Who Ia
jotu from The throat Of treason the tongue
! -ltirirr: tut the man who has snatchcti II
mask II democracy from the hideous fa,t,
rtrt,eliun, for the man who. like All inieliertu:
/ athlete. has stood in The arena OF debate an
hailenged NIL cutner-, and who Is still Il iuti
,trauger to defeat.
Like auarned warrior. like plumed kni.iI
James q. Hialtic narchetl down the halls nj II
American congress and threw his shining, ian,
futi and fair agaItst the brazen forehead-
the tiefa nisr- OF his country and the malignr
I II his honor
For the Republican party To desert this ga
snt leader now is as though an army sfoul
desert their general upon the field Of battle.
James q. Blaine is now aud has been f,
years the bearer of the sacred standard of Il
F Republican party. call it sacred bcrause :
human hcin. can stand beneath its folds viii
ont becoming and s,maininl. free.
Gentlemen of the convention, in the name
the Grea, republic. tho only republic that ey,
existed upon this earth; in the no mo Of all III
defenders and of all her supporters; in Il
name of al her soldiers living; In tho name
| all her soldiers dead ftpop The field of batti
and IN the name of those " no persisted in Il
skeleton clutch of famine at AnderSonyilie an
Libby. whose sufferings he wildly remen
hers Illinois Illinois uoniuates for the Dci
president of this country that prince of parli;
mrntarians-that leader Of leaders-James
f. Islaine.