Dedication to Benjamin Harrison
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Excerpt from Dedication to Benjamin Harrison: Christian Gentleman, Patriotic Citizen, Brave Soldier, Wise Statesman and 23d President of the United States Unquestionably the unique Presidential campaign in this country was that of 1840. A stupendous, peaceful revolution! When forty-eight years later the surviving followers of that gloriously successful chieftain, numbering no less than fifty thousand souls, received the glad tidings that the National Republican Convention had nominated his distinguished grandson, Benjamin Harrison, for President of the United States, they rallied as if by bugle call, formed themselves into scores of Tippecanoe Clubs, held spirited, soul-stirring meetings, as in days of yore, buckled on the armor, and unfurling their time-worn banner to the breeze, again marched forth to battle and to victory. Most of the veterans, conscious of having participated in their last Presidential conflict, were then ready to exclaim with Simeon of old: "Lord, now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation." It is improbable that similar coincidences will ever reappear in history, in that the identical principles sacredly maintained by so large a body of voters during almost half a century, notwithstanding the vicissitudes, oft times tumultuous, to which the republic had meanwhile been exposed, including the unfortunate canvass of 1884, should again be the battle-cry and win popular favor and endorsement - and that under consanguineous marshal-ship. Let it be recorded in history, and never forgotten, that every man who voted for the two Harrisons for President was loyal to the Union during the War of the Rebellion. If constant devotion to principle throughout a long and active life shall be held worthy of remembrance, esteem and emulation by the descendants of those who intelligently and patriotically practiced it - and if the perusal of these pages shall stimulate the reader of whatsoever party to an exalted sense of political duty, and consequent love of country, the object of this book will have been accomplished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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