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1、EugeneV.DebsTheIssue[NOTE—Girard,Kansas,isaquietlittlecitybuiltaboutacapaciousplazaorsquare.ThisplazaiscarpetedwithNature’semeraldandroofedwiththeprotectingbranchesofthecatalpaandtheelmtree.WhenthenewscamethatDebshadagainbeenchosenasthecandidateoftheSocialistsforthatst
2、ationinourpublicaffairsofmostcomprehensiveservicetothepeople,thecitizens,withoutreferencetopoliticalfaiths,gathereduponthisgreenoutofcomplimenttotheirfellow-townsmanwhohadbeenthushonoredforthethirdtimebysuchsignalconfidenceonthepartofsomanyearnestpeopleofthenationatlar
3、ge.ThesegoodpeopleofGirardhadseenbeviesofchildrenfollowingthisarch“undesirablecitizen”toandfromhiswork,andaboutthetowninhisrestinghours,foralmosttheentireperiodofhisresidencehere,andnowithadcometopassthathewaslovedbyeveryman,womanandchildhere.Theysentforhim.EliRichards
4、on,the“HotCinders”Socialist,affectionatelyknownforsolongatimeas“Baldy,”explainedinafewdramaticwordstheoccasionofthegatherIng,andpresentedDebswiththeremark,“Youcanpinyourfaithtoamanlovedbychildren.”Theaddresswhichfollows,whollyimpromptu,Isperhapsthemostremarkableeverdel
5、ivered,andcamehotfromthefoundryofhismightygeniusandfreshfromtheloomofhiskindly,loyal,lovingsoul.]Comrades,LadiesandGentlemen:WhenImadesomeinquiryafewmomentsagoasthecauseofthisassemblingIwastoldthatitwasthebeginningofanotherstreetfair.Iamquitesurprised,andagreeablyso,to
6、findmyselfthecentralattraction.AllowmeintheverybeginningtoexpressmyheartiestappreciationofthemorethankindandgenerouswordswhichhavebeenspokenhereformethisafternoonTherearetimeswhenwords—merewords—nomatterhowfitlychosenoreloquentlyexpressed—arealmostmeaningless.Astherose
7、budundertheinfluenceofsunshineandshoweropens,sodoesmyhearttoreceiveyourbenedictionibisafternoon.IamanewresidentofGirard;havebeenherebutacomparativelyshorttime,andyetIfeelmyselfascompletelyathomeamongyou,mostofwhomdisagreewithmeuponvitalpublicquestions,asIdointhetowninw
8、hichIwasbornandrearedandhavelivedallthedaysofmylife.SincethedayIfirstcamehereIhavebeentreatedwithuniformkindness.Icou
