The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-27

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BLAINE's WASHINGTON RESIDENCE.
tons and Immediately after it the death
of Emmons Blaine at Chicago No COM
ment can add color to this bare statement
of the facts. Only Mrs. Walter Damrosch,
nee Margaret Blaine, her sister Harriet and
James q. Blaine, Jr. remain to comfort
their afflicted mother When the heat en-
gendored by the late campaign shall have
cooled the world will judge very leniently
the actions of the secretary during the
Minneapolis convention.
Ingersoll's Eloquent Tribute.
The noblest eulogy on the departed
statesman's political career and principles
was that uttered by Colonel Robert G In
gersoll in the Republican national conven-
tion of 1879. Itis therefore submitted here
entire as the flttest ending of this sketch.
Massachusetts may be satisfied with the oy-
atty Of Benjamin II. Bristow So am l. But il
any man nominated by this convention cannot
carry the state OF Massachusetts,. am not sat
ished with the loyalty Of that state. II the
nominee of this convention cannot carry the
grand old commonwealth OF Massachusetts, by
15,cpo majority, l 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-
mRnd as their leader In the great contest In
lsiO u man OF intelligence, II man of integrity,
man OF well known and approved political
opinions. They demand a reformer after as
well as before the election. They demand q
politician in tho highest, hroadest and best
sense-a man OF superb moral courage. They
demand a man acquainted with public afIairs
with the wants of the people, with not only the
requirements of the hour, but with the de-
mands OF the future. They demand u man
broad enough to 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.
Ihcy demand man who will sacredy pre-
serve the financial honor of the United States;
one who knows enough to know that the ma
tional dobt must be paid through the prosperity
OF this people; one who knows enough to know
that all the financial theories in tho world can
not redeem n single dollar; one who knows
enough to know that all the money must bs
paid not by law, but by labor; one who knows
enou2h to know that the people Of the United
States have the industry to make the money
and the honor to pay 1t over just as fast as they
make 1t.
The Republicans of the United States de-
mand n man who knows that prosperity and
resumption when they come must come to-
ge:her; that when they come they will come
hand in hand through the golden harvest fields;
hand in hand by tho whiring spindes and the
turning wheels; hand in hand past the onen
furnace doors; hand in hand by tho flaming
forges; hand in hand by tho chimneys filed
with eager hre-greeted and grasped by the
countless SONS of toll.
This money has to he dug out of the earth.
You cannot mako it by passing resolutions in a
political convention.
4'he Republicans OF the United States want a
man who knows that this government should
protect every citizen at home and abroad; who
IN n fFpxa arFNrN1 1sf,tt tl,nV
fend Its defenders and protect its protectors is
adisgrace to the map of the world. They do
mRnd utan who believes in the eternal soma
ration and enforcement of church and school
They demand man whose political reputation
Is spotlcss as n star; but they do not demand
that their candidate shall have n certificate Of
moral character signed by Confederate con-
gress. The man who has in full heaped and
rounded measure all these splendid qualiiica-
Tons Is tie present grand and gallant leader Of
the Republican party-Jamrs q. Blaine.
Our country, crowned with the vast and
marvellous achievements Of its first century
asks fora man worthy OF the past and prophetic
of her future; asks for u man who has the au.
dacity of genius; asks for man who Ia the
erandest combination OF heart, conscience and
brain beneath her flag, Such q man is Janes
G.. Blaine.
For the Republican host, led by this intrepid
man, there can be no defeat.
This is grnnd year-a year filed with the
retoIleetlens OF the heYOlutiOn, 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: a year IN which the peO-
pie call for a man who has preserved In con-
gress what our soldiers won upqn the field; a
year In which they call for the man who has
torn from fhe throat OF treason the tongue of
Islander; for tho man who has snatched tbs
mask OF Democracy from the hideous face OF
rebellion; for the man who like an intellectual
athlete, has stood in the aroma OF debate and
challenged all comers and who is still total
stranger to defeat.
Like an armed WARRIOR like plumed knight,
James e. Blaine marched down the halls of the
American congress and threw HIS shining lance
full and fair agninst the hrazen foreheads OF
the defaniers OF his country and the maligners
of lis honor.
For the Republican party to desert this gal
liant leader now Is rs though an army should
desert their general upon the field OF battle.
James G. Blaine is now and has been for
years the bearer of the sacred standard of the
Republican party. | call IL sacred because no
human being can stand beneath it's folds with
cut becoming and remaining free.