The Irish standard., 1899-09-09
INGERS0LL's ELoQUENCE.
His Famous Speech Nominating James
G. Blaine.

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The following is the memorable
speech made by the late Robert G
| ingersoll before the national republican
convention at Cincinnati in June, 1876
when presenting the name OF James G
Blaine for the presidency:
Massachusetts may be satisfied will
the loyalty OF Benjamin II. Bristow; sc
am |; but if any man nominated by thi:
convention cannot carry the state o
Massachusetts. | am not satisfied witt
the loyalty OF the state. If the nominee
OF this convention cannot carry the
grand old commonwealth OF Massachu
sets by 5000 majority l would advise
them to sell out Faneuil hall as demo.
cratic headquarters. would advise them
to take from Bunker Hill that old mon,
unent of glory
The republicans Of the United States
demand as their leader in the great con-
test OF 1876 man Of intelligence, man
OF integrity, man of wel-known and
approved political opinions. They de-
mand reformer after as well as before
election. They demand a politician in
the highest, and best sense-a man oil
superb moral courage. They demand q
man acquainted with public affairs, witt,
the wants OF the people; with not only
the requirements Of the hour, but with
the demands Of the future. They de
mand a man broad enough to compre-
bend the relations OF this government to
the other nations of the earth. They de-
mand man well versed in the powers
duties and prerogatives of each and
every department Of this government
They demand a man who will sacredly
preserve the financial honor OF the
United States; one who knows enough
to know that the national debt must be
paid through the prosperity OF this peo-
pie; one who knows enough to know
that all the financial theories in the
world cannot redeem single dollar;
one who knows enough to know that all
the money must be made, 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.
"Tle republicans of the United States
demand man who knows that pros
perity and resumption, when they come,
must come together; that when they
come they will come hand in hand
through the golden harvest fields; hand
i'll hand by the whirling spindles and the
turning wheels; hand in hand past the
open furnace doors; hand in hand by the
flaming forges; hand in hand by the
chimneys filled with eager fre-greetcd
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 political convention.
THE republicans OF the United States
want man who knows that this gov
eminent should protect every citizen, at
home and abroad who knows that any
government that will not defend its de-
tenders, and protect its protectors, is a
disgrace to the map OF the world. They
demand man who believes in the eter-
nal separation and enforcement OF
church and school. They demand
man of political reputation as spotless as
a star; but they do not demand that their
candidate shall have certificate OF
moral character signed by a confederate
congress. The man who has, in full,
heaped and rounded measure, all these
splendid qualifications, is the present
grand and gallant leader OF the repub-
lican party-James G. Blaine.
Our country, crowned with the vast
and marvellous achievements of its first
century, asks for a man worthy of the
past and prophetic Of the future; asks
WI q AAtAil wiz LIDS tllC duutNlly vi Scll-
ius; asks for man who is the grandest
combination OF heart, conscience, and
brain beneath her flag. Such a man is
James G. Blaine.
For the republican host, led by this
intrepid man, there can be no defeat
This is grand year-a year filled
with 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 free
dom will drink from the fountain of en-
thusiasm; year in which the people
call for man who has preserved in con-
gress what our soldiers won on the field :;
year in which they call for 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