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ected by a plurality Of suiirages, IN
stead OF delegates being elected IN
single districts Of equal population.
This fundamental principle has been
abrcgaicd By Congress, and there is a
party that approves the decd; but II
is not the Wing parry. Legislatures
havc usurped the power OF choosing
the electors for President and vice
President OF the United States, and
Il party ameng US has lan"nIzed The
~usurperS; bat it was not the Wing
party. There have been Limitations
OF popular suffrage, and exclusion OF
classes from the ballot, boxes, and
thele has been a party always to de-
tend the exclusions; but 1t was not
tie Wing party. BY these marks
we know the Wing party OF 1855, Of
1875, OF 1924, and of 1910. There
it stands. distinct and peculiar, IN It's
primitive strength and purity and I'm
compromising maintenance OF the
natural and equal rights % man.
HID the Wings Of 1858 lived IN
ouI day and in our Country, they
would not have sustained the vet"es
of Andrew jackson and John Tyler.
Had the Whi.s oflG4O lived in 1875,
they would have resisted the stamp
acI; and in 1888 they would have
been reglcides. There stand the
/ Wing party; always abh0ring tyran-
ny and despising aduIation, they de-
II Executive power, and they break
in pieces all institutions designed to
defeat lie will OF the people: as well
tie caucus system, established TO de-
feat the VIII nl the people, rs tie We
10, used 10 bling that "i! INTO Sub
lection.
In this country the Wings are al
ways identified not only by these
principles, but also av their policy,
which CHANGES not. The lmst Con
gress Of the United States was 4
! WING Congress. Il established a Ma
tionil currency and RI National tariff,
/ an! devoted the National domain to
t1rtfiv the credit Of tie nation ANA OF
the States. The frs; Congress pro
mulgatcd no such the"rIe, IS taaI
| Government had nothing To- ii" Win
! the currency, OF thai the people ex
pecttd too much ;fom lhrr ruiers.-
Those who signed the Declarati n al
lrdcrcndence wouldhave been ,hock-
Ell hv the igrcvccpnce which fraus-
/ fcucd the name ot lnai sacred ."st:u
meut to the tl!cEage OF u Sub Tea
>urv statute
Nor Were the Whi1s of 1877 less
wise in their gcne-a,ion TIM the
statesmen of this day in regard to
Tree trade. They knew lhal It was u
theory, to tie in~cu'cated aMong wen
Tor their ultimate and universal stor-
ton; that free trade, ike the milyni-
UNI, WAS to be preached .or. nd may
Ell los. th.t il miL..t be established
throughout tie whole world. Bul
ltev knew that Uniil tie r.ch auI
powerful States Of Europe ~uI,L re-
! ilEqui>h their restriction, on our IN
laut uadc, it would be folly anlm&d
ness 'or tl.ia new COMMONWEALTH 10
leave The industry and labor of IL
Citizens unprotected. Tie American
system las been a>crGJcd to Henry
Clay. Nevertheless. great IS lis mer-
It's in advocating II are, the system
dates from the days Of W~>shIr-tou.
and cones down to us VITA the saint
ton OF his immortal name.
The Wings of 1857 leinsiEoratrd
and restored the credit of lie States
and OF the nation, by devotmg the
revenues oil the public domain 10 the
cXrlnguIShmcnt oil the public deh;,
and ihuS they ultimately secured the
great achievement of the age. the
payment OF the principal rs well Is
interest Of Il National debt incurred
IN the establishment of National In.
dependenre-an achievement which
boustlng England never conceived of,
and never has attempted To emulate.
Had either Of the two recent Wing
laws for distributing the revenues of
the public domain among the States
been allowed effect, there would not
nav be an inSoIvent State, and the
American people would have avoided
the only repreach that has justly fall
en- upon their name.
Adhere TO the Federal Union, and
assiduousIy strengthen ii by all means
in your power, by opening roads and
improving rivers which shall facilitate
intercourse between the citizens of
the several States, and incite them to
cultivate relations of mutual interest
and affection, was the parting injunc-