Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03

BLA1NE's WASHINGTON RESIDENCE.
tions, 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, DR.. remain to comfort
their afflicted mother When the heat Ell
gendered by the late campaign shall have
cooled the world will judge very leniently
the actions of the secretary during the
Minneapolis convention.
IngersolIs 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
ton of 1876 is therefore submitted here
entire as the fittest ending of this sketch
Massachusetts may he satisfied with the 10y
atty of benjamin H. Bristuw. SO am |. But II
any man nominated by this convention cannot
carry the state Of Massachusetts,, am not sat
isfed with the loyalty of that state II the
nominee Of this convention cannot carry the
grand old commonwealth of Massachusetts, 10y
5000 majority, would advise them To sell out
Faneui hall as n 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 II man of intelligence, man of integrity. "a
man of well known and approved political
opinions. They demand reformer after as
well as before the election. They demand II
politician in the highest, broadest and best
sense--a man Uf superb moral courage. They
demand Il 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 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 prerogaives Of each and
every department of this government.
They demand II 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 single dollar; one who knows
enough to know that all the money must lie
paid not by law. but by labor; who knows
enough to know that the people of the United
States have the industry to make the money
and the honor to pay il over just as fast as they
make ii.
The Republicans of the United States de
mand 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 spndles and The
turning wheels; hand in hand past the open
FORCES; hand in land by the chimneys filled
with eager ire-greeted and grasped by the
countless SONS of toll.
This money has to be dug out OF the earth
You cannot make it by passing resolutions in IA
political convention.
The Republicans of u e United States want a
man who knows that his government should
protect every citizen at home and abroad. wh0
knows that any government that will not de
fend its defenders and protect its protectors is
a disgrace to the map of the world. They de
m and . man who believes in the eternal sepa-
ration and enforcement of church and school.
They demand Il man whose political reputation
il spotless as a star; but they do not demand
that their candidate shall have IA 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 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 a man who has the au-
dacity of genius; asks for IA man who is the
grandest combination Of heart. conscience and
brain beneath her flag. Such man is James
q. Blaine.
For the Republican host, led by this intrepid
man, there can be no defeat.
This is a grand year-a year filled with the
recollections of the Revolution. filled with
proud and tender memories of the past, with
the sacred legends of liberty; a 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 upon the field. a
year in which they call for the man who has
torn from The throat of treason the tongue of
SANDER; for the man who has snatched the
mask of Democracy from the hideous face Of
rebellion; for the man who, like an intellectual
athlete, has stood in the arena Of debate and
challenged all Corners, and who is still "A total
stranger to defeat
Like an armed warrior, like plumed knight
James Il. Blaine marched down the halls OF the
American congress and threw his shining lance
full and fair against the brazen fOreheads OF
the defamers of his country and the maligners
of his honor.
For the Republican party TO desert this gal
liant leader now is as though an army should
desert their general upon the field of battle.
James q. Blaine Is now and has been for
years the bearer of the sacred standard OF the
Republican party. | call ii sacred because no
human being can stand beneath its folds with
put becoming and remaining free.