Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-10-15

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judicial, would have been back Il
/ The hands Of the rebels, and III
g Southern heart would have beer
J. fired in rebellion again. ~ e.i l9.
d The Republican has stood in tht
b gap and we will stand in the gap Il
$ the end. [Applause.l We, intend
e that there shall be peace to every
] man ne matter who he may be, so
5 that he is an American citizen and
] obeys the laws. .. a'
But we are met with the response
: that we are for negro equality.
t we have heard that cry a long
/ time. There is one who who is
, not afraid of negro equality. He
, who holds the destinies eff nations
in the hollow Of his hand; He
who gave Us all we possess and all
that can make us happy; who gave
US, as a nation, all that makes us
great, has appealed we'll the deYllefs
upon earth, irrespective Of race or
IGoloL to address, him by the en-
fdearing title Of "our father" and
if he, SO high and lifted up above
us, puts us all on an equality be-
! fore the Divine law, do we err
when we guarantee to all men the
! inalienable rights secured to them
by the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. 1aY
In that land where the streets
are gold and the gates are pearl
and walls are jasper and sapphire,
there will be no platform or race or
color, but we shall be judged by
heart and by its acts and deeds. %
One thing more, and l conclude.
This nodle party Of which have
spoken to you is the one that
stands upon the rights Of man !
that demands protection for every |
citizen, rich or poor, learuud or
unlearned, white or black, on onrt
own shores, and wherever they
may go throughout the world--t
protection in the South, protection
in the North, protection abroad-is
its motto. ''' N
Read your statute book and you
will find that the Republican party |
is the first one. in our history that
has proclaimed by legislation to
the world that every foreign born
citizen naturalized in our country |
shall, wherever be goes, carry with
him the impregnable shield and
bulworks Of American citizenship,
as if he were American born.
[Great Applause, -5u
Under the administration of Gem
eral Grant we have American citi-
zenship as proud a protection as
Roman citizenship in its palmiest
days. When Paul stood in the
midst Of his enemies and they !
were about to scourge him, he said ;
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to them in the language Of conf :
dence "Touch me not, for | am a
Roman Citizen and the officer :
shrank back, for he realized thatif
he laid the weight Of a. finger upon !
him, Rome would punish him for
the otfense, They we're a thousand !
to one against Paul But the I'M
seen power Of a thousand Roman
Legions was with him, and was {
with this Republican party in }
power .f. .d,r, ..... .,
The poorest and humblest man y
n the south, and the most defense
oss naturalized citizen abroad, will
eel that if he obeys the laws, the =
lag and the power of his country T
s with him; protecting him against :
outrage and wrong from traitors at
lome or from enemies abroad and
hus, with liberty achieved, with
reason rebuked, with loyalty tri- A
our Constitution shall
pan our horizon, from ocean to r
'cean, with liberty and justice shi- r
ing out from it like the son by A
ay and the stars by night, and R
very loyal man rejoicing at this P
lorious consummation, will praise
Tod, and say amen and amen G
Loud and long continued ap-
lause,] a XIX.