The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-05-11

RICHMOND. IND. MAY ilth, 1859.
This Republican Party FulfaIls its Pledq-
.. and Carols out tie Dsol aration Of
PrinOlplss. %
Speed upon the pages of history this
fact body asserts itself above all others,
SO that he who ''runs may read"
since The organization OF. the Repub
iican party the hand of progression has
been o1tstreached, and the finger of
prophecy, pointing to great, grand and
wonderful achievements, has success
fully guided our people on and on, until
to day We flnd ourselves, as people, as
Nation, the greatest and freest on
earth.so ad s4a Hvx
The fact that the Republican party
has carried out, to letter, its promises,
is not left for us to prove, for it is so
written on every page of history. From
its infancy to its gigantic proportions of
to-day it has led the advance guard of
progression and civilization. It has never
pledged itself to any one great or given
object, but what the day dawned upon
its successful achievement
What is it that thrills the heart of
every American to day7 Need we ask?
It is but another pledged fulfilled, of the
Republican party, which the world wit
nesses. and: which other nations stand ap-
palled-THR COMPLETION OF THE PACIFIC
RAILROAD!
Go back with us, If you please, to the
Republican National Convention of 1856
and what do we find in the Platform of
principles9 This resolution adopted
without dissenting voice:
Resolved, That a railroad to the Pa
ciic Ocean, by the most central and
practicable route lis impsratively deman-
ded by the interest of the whole coun-
try, and that the Federal Government
ought to render immediate and efficient
aid in its construction; and, as an aux
Hilary thereto, the immediate construc-
ton of an emigrant route on the line of
the railroad.
Four years more elapses, and again
the Republican National Convention
met in Chicago, MAY 18th, 1867 and
unanimously adopted the following:
Resolved, That Railroad to the Pa
cific Ocean is imparatively demanded by
the interests of the whole country; that
the Federal Government ought to rem
der immediate and efficient aid in its
construction; and that, as prelimin airy
thereto, q daily Overland Mail should be
promptly established.
The Republican party started this
great enterprise which connects the
Atlantic shore with the Pacific coast
The Republican party had an eye sim
gied to this purpose, notwithstanding a
thousand and one other National ques-
tious to handle and dispose of; and in
the midst of all, fought fight of four
years to happy conclusion, setting free
four millions Of human beings, held
down by the strong arm of slavery
suppressing rebellion such as the world
never witnessed-this, and much more
has the Republican party done, and to-
day the Nation rings With the "glad It'd
ings," that the last rail is laid, and the
last spike driven, and the tar off States
and Territories brought into close COM
muniou with the Great States of the Ma
ton. -saE sse e
1t is great day of rejoicing! 1t is
great day Of triumph to the Republican
party.
No party,of any country on the Globe
ever achieved the signal victories-with
pen or sword-equal to the Republican
party Of America.
Though the last rail laid on the "Con-
tinetal Railroad was silver plated and
the last spike, gold, driven with silver
sledge hammer, its briliancy, though
beautiful, pales in the sparkling light of
the grand and advanced ideas of party
whose foresight, knowledge, energy and
intelligence has brought about an
achievement so wonderful in its struc-
ture, so grand in its purposes, and all
this in 90 short time.
Tho Pacific Railroad.
THE LAST SPIKE DRIVEN AND THE JUNCTION
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