The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-12-18
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OF
SAMUEL II. HUNTER, ESQ.
AT THE
DEMOCRATIC FLAG PRESENTATION
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with heart filed with grateful emotions,
that | appear here to>night, in behalf Of the
Democracy Of Hanover township. to receive
this flag; ana in behalf Of those noble Con.
servatiyes of the Republican party, who
stood with them in the burden and heat Of
the late contest, I return to Mr, George
Wallace, the patriotic Aon0r of this bcauti,
tul flag, the sincercst thanks. behold in
it the blue Of our own beautiful skies, and
in Its constellation Of stars, soe typiied
the union Of the States. I behold its broad
stripes Of alternate red Nnd white TIE white
donating the innocence and purity Of ouI
cause, and the red giving out defiance to
cruelty and oppression. gaze on its clus-
tering stars and know that they are all there.
All there-"not a stripe erased nor polluted,
nor single star obscured;" all there, in
their beauG0us Sisterhood, giving and re
ceiving briliancy ard glory from their com
mon union.
There could not have been more appro-
PIRATE gift, nor enc more gratefully appreci-
atad; for it is not only the flag of our coun.
try, but the flag of the Democratic party Of
the country. Tho Democracy have always
carried that flag, always rallied around it,
and always bore it at their front in every
political contest for more than sixty years.
T. has never suffered disgrace, insult nor
mutilation at their bands.
The Democratic party has been the party
ot the country since the commencement Of
the present injury. 1t was that party
that preserved the integrity Of the Consti-
tuition and the Union during all that pcriod
1t added territory to the country, States to
the Union and stars to the flag. Its histo-
ry has been the history of the country, and
the destiny of the country viii be its desti'
ny. 1t has always been the true champion
Of the Union.
Who does not remember how, in 1856
and 1860. the Radical party carried flags in
their political professions, bearing but six
teen stars, repr scnting the Northern States
alone. Who does not remember how they
hurled the enithots Of Union saver" and
Union etrieker' at the Democracy be-
cau.a that Democracy was trying to preserve
the Union. And now, and during the long,
sad years oi. the war; they have been more
abusive than ever, calling us coprarheads;
hutternuts and traitors, and striking down
free press, free speech and all the cid libor-
ties Of the people. Aye, the Democratic
party always was the Union party. Its
principles are wise cuough and broad enough
to embrace the people Of every State from
the st. Lawrence to the Rio Grau9o. 1t
was by its stateSmen that the Union was
formed. 1t was against its will, qndin spite
Of its warning, that the Union was broken
up; and by its efforts alone will the Union
be restored.
When Henry Clay made his last great
speech before the Legislature of Kentucky,
in 1881, he said Il have always tecn
Wing. BIT when the Wing party shall de-
generate into cnntemptjhIe Abolition par>
ty. trom chat moment | cease to be Wing.
will 90 step farther, and viii give MY
support to that party that stands Ivy The
Con. situtian-ttat carries the flag and keeps
step to the music Of tie Union. And had
he lived until the Wing party died, he
would hayc had no where to- 70 with those
princip,cs but to the Democracy.
Tbcn Why is th4 flag presented here to
the Democracy Fl Hanover Township? 1t
is because that Democracy. with certain no,
bic conservative Republicans, went into the
late contest, ard came out OF it bearing palms
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a round OF democratic artillery along the
whole line, double sh0ttcd aud charged
driving THROUGH anu thEo"gh the radical
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