The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-25
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Hicts OF the past twelve ysass, I hays 9ften
met HsRspAh licaaknAsa 1eUW Mo4sHork,
and shonld rsjsiee TO meet them now, and
TO congratulats them On Qur sloricss aehieve-
ment9 Of the past fonp Bieliaa, kbesty, jus.
tice, and humanity, and 70 sxpres to them
my entire ecn6dence in lhssspsedy and com.
picts triumph Of the ideaa, prisciplss, and
policies Of the Republican party Of ~
United States. -.g.s
The Republicans Of the city and State Of
New York, in entering upon their canvas,
should remembss that the RepnblicaA party
was brought into being 10 meet the needs Of
perilled liberty and justice, and the eutsn-
gered country; that to the Republican bsr&S
has been assigned the higheat, stsrnest and
most unsel6sh work imposed npon any DO.
liucal organization in the nineteenth century;
that to the Republican party wAs given the
mighty task of resisting the brutalixing, az.
gressive and barbarizng spirit of slavery,
maintaining the freedom Of thought, speech
and action, saving the menaced free terrific
RES to freedom and free Institutions for all,
resculng the National Government from the
domination of the slave power, supervising,
by the iron hand of war, the rebellion of the
slave masters to dismembeY the Republic
and found a slave empire in Christian Amer>
lea, emancipating nearly Eve millions Of
slaves and giving to them the civil rights and
privileges of citizens of the United States.
They should remember too, that this mighty
task, imposed upon the Republican party 81.
patriotism. liberty aud Justice, has been near
ly achieved. in the stern conflicts through
which we have passed, victorious in the field,
in Congress, and before the people, have
thrilled us. ald defeats saddened us: but cur
defeats have chastened Us, and lifted upward
and carried forward our appointed work to-
wards its complete achievement.
Jub,art, but not very far seeing partisans,
aud old politicians, bending beneath the bur.
dens Of lost issues, are now rejoicing over ap.
parent but not real victories When Mr..
Lincoln issued that immortal proclamation of
emancipation. tiInld Republicans hesitated,
faltered, shrunk from duty. Prejudices and
passions were appealed to, and the great
S ates Of Pennsylysnia and Ohio wavered,
IndiaDa and Illinois elected legislatures so re-
creant that their loyal Governors prorogued
them, and New York discarded the unselfsh
Wadsworth. whose great soul went TO his
Creator from the bloody fields Of the Wilder
ness, and elected Seymour to burden for two
years the great heart of Abraham Lincoln.
Patriotic and liberty loving men were then
saddened as they IRE now, the same men that
rejoioed then are rejolcing now, and the reb-
els, whose shouts then fell upon the unwilling
rf nur haroes hut,l;nu In Tho Ia nd Of II a
rebellion, are again exulting from the Poto-
mac TO the Rio Grande. The shouts Of vic
tory then recalled hesitating republicans to
duty, and these shouts Of victory now will re,
mind republicans, grown too careless, if not
selfish, that those victories must be wen ere
the fnal triumph OF the sacred cause of paths
otisn, liberty and justice, IS assured in
America. x
The defeat Of the amendment for manhood
suffrage in Ohlo-a State that has given the
country in the great trials through which it
has passed. so many noble statesmen, great
generals, and brave soldiers, teaches the re-
pub ican party the lesson that 81, 900 graves
Of dead black men, fallen in defence of our
country, have not conquered the wicked pre-,
judlces Of even all the members of the great
parry that for twelve years has borne the flag Of
impartial liberty. Thisdefeat OF justice in con
hlcts with prejudices, says to the republican
party, be firm, true, and intiexible in sup
port ofthe sublime creed of human equality ;
do not retreat single inch, but work on with
more trust in God and more unselfish devo
ton than ever, and victory shall come to you.
honor shall crown YOU and Heaven will bless
you ] am not given to superstition, but it
may be that God, whose hand has been so
manifested IN our terrible trials, has willed
it. that the seven hundred thousand enfran-
ehised black men of the ten rebel States, by
voting Tor reconstruction, by framing constis
tutions instinct with Justice to all, by organic
ing State governments that shall establish
schools, equalize the laws, and encourage in
dustries, and by sending loyal men into the
national councils, thus completing the recon-
slructon of the regenerated nation, shall win
the undying honor of proving the claims Of
their race to equality Of rights and privi>
leges. aud thus conquer the narrow prejudices
OF proiessed friends, and shame into silence,
If not decency, their open enemies.
More than eighteen months ago, when it
became certain that Andrew Johnson had
determined to abandon the cause Of equal
rights and its friends, | said in my place in
The senate. II ain confident the nation will
pass through the trials that thicken around
us God has not carried the country through
this great struggle to abandon it now. | have
civil and military, who have carried US tri
umplautly through this great civil war. Two
wears ago. IN trying hour of the country
we placed great soldier at the head o! al
our armies and he led those armies to victo
ny and tue country to peace. Perhapsh pat,
riotic and liberty loving people, If disappolnt'
ed in their aspirations and their hopes, may
again turn to that great Captain and summon
him to marshal them to victory" ! have
not doubted that the iilustrious hero, who j:
as true to the cause of equal rights and i'm
partial iustice as to the demands of patriot
ism. will be the chosen leader of the Repub
lcan hosts in the coming contest. In this
hour. when lhe echoes of rebel cheers over
victories more fleeing than their own, I'll
our ears. say to my Republican comrades
OF New York, tina. the Republican parry vii
give their presidential candidate the ,ecto
raj votes Of thirty of the thirty>seven states
more than three millions of popular votes
and more than half a million popular ma ori-
~, and a Congress With a o-thirds majority
Of both houses.
Fighting on that line the battle Of equa
rights aud privileges Of citizens of the UniteC
States, ere four years have passed the sub
lime creed embodied, by our fathers, in thu
Declaration Of Independence, will becom,
the vital, animating and living faith Of th'
nation. ! hen the republican party, made III
Of men with the personal faults, weaknesse
and selfish ambitions of humanity, will hav
made record for the country, for the poor
for the oppressed, for the hated and despis
ed. never surpassed by any political organi
cation recorded in human history. Surel
the republicans of the Empire State wi
claim their share in the glorious achieve
ments Of the past and GROWING work of tn
future.
Yours ever, HENRY Wilson.
Hon Charles S. Spencer. Chairman of Con
mittee of ArraureInptts