, 1870-04-04

sves in the Affirmative hss clea.e. yiowa Of the I
pTEIeAa Of society toward the ultimate goal OF
moral social and Intellectual elevation than comes
Mr. CoolsAr1a have tne honor TO INTRODUCE
to you my distinguished aud eloquent DSrnnclc
Hssnd, ~ s1dpt.2 sH~e2 H. =; s.s5,s aa,s. ~.
lows:
srEEcH or nax. E T. srogEs.
Mn =, ~ ~ fssl highly
President feel compuncnted In being called
na5nns1e y i1as @ TIT {Arplsussl isc' eomPnensed
y " peing called hls Friend next AZ consls1ent
stickef 70 The Republican party from the time It
waA dFst born into existence down to to-day hav-
Ing never jumped the track nor holted IT. ticket,
was I'D enough 70 sdsocats anything a. Is sll' Ia la
entitled 10 he called a Batnncle. tApplause1 i
am here Tonight 70 preach from no new text
and attempting to enforce no new principle I IN
here tonight on the old line, TO advocate an Idea
as clu "a the government to enforce which, when
called INTO existence, 70 complete which hope Vii
b the future purpose Of the same organization.
dn.ns ns qf ths
principles OF individual freedom. 1t h1s contnit-
tcd itself to the freedom uf Individual thought;
dom Of individual action; to the freedom Of lndi-
yidual opinion, and the right Of each In
az diytaaal 70 . he enjoyment o. the proeeeds2of
vocA,in9 tha. ias1 doctrine, which has 81
ways, as understand 8 been a leading element
u the Republican faith, fApplause.l In my
yason hf that right To nc 1t makes no difference
whether the person who ID deprived Of 1t Is negro
Or whlte man. 1t makes no difference how an
TO pay him his earnings, or by taking them away
from him al Ct they have tecn paid to him TIE
wnng Is the samc, and he principle involved
sistcnllJ maintain no other position than
that Of opposition to any. schemes By
lican friends who have travelled with me Ia the
p1sty when the going ras bad and the weather
waA severe, who haSe 1ttende1 inc when the pro-
crssi1n was small and the akies were Indictment,
when conservative gentlemen who own manutac-
tories were standing upon the sidewalk heaytng
mud. mud a; ne nroessslon.1 an ast1rsd BY ny aaso- 20
GENE prosperous and arc able to Hde In spring.
seated carriages, TINT am falling Into bad COM
u - e ny Repaeaa pS aiss sfs.ssn ma
he not afraid" (Aes1imrntl We pay frnm nye
to iiiiJ and hundred dollars a year each 10 pro-
tic lame Of God sna t W not M aceept fae vo1un..y
applaose.I II q Hindo6 Is worth saving, is not M
truth Ii him, shall We no, develop them !. Because
We arc on ne sign; platform, shall We get OF be-
last Y hich Bm2cka Uf freedom that meets the ap-
proyAl OF q Democrat am free to admit that we
nave been compelled TO Wilt long for this result,
hs has -, ~ Is pons e9e less Eisutn& now fnat y
tnoaRnt. Tes speech. liee men, without their g..
szI.e ~ sur y seay e.au ~ Gate tae cilGait
anct. 1t Ia never too late fur good works The
hymn EXPRESSES IT.
nile the lamp hollis out to burn,
The vilest stuler may return"
That hymn expresses Christian doctrine and
uncr It, there IL, think. some margin LETT for =
Democrat To engage IN forwArltuR SO good norI
Is securing irreGom Of IraIs. TAppsnse m md
lauEhtcr.]
rertet, ii ira details merely. ] an opposcd to II
nut simply because It enhances The cost OF iron
and salt and other articles Of prime necessty to
the consumer, hut Aln opposed to the system
upon which It In founded, AMI SHOULD be oppuaed
TO any tar1n framed for the purpose Ut projecting
any particular branch If industry whatever.
lbelieSe that any Legislation having for its OBJ
}cct the protection Of literature, religion OF indus
Try il radically and altogether vtcluus and un-
ssuud ; Think tas' goyefn%ent transcenls ~
i1a1 in the enjoyment OF his religious belief, Of
nis political oplnions Of Of hls natural
EtCht to follow such calling aS be desires, and to
tut nnd eel where be rleASeA- It Is because The
rights hAye named are natural tights that any
legislative Interference with them, even when
motives, haa always psoTei 50 niseh!eSous IN its
Character and 50 disastrous In its Consequences
ginus belief or of religion ITSELF pTrs1pposes that
Iclix1ou or the form protected Is not ahle to hold
its own and because ii Is In danger OF being over
ancc.
To thnse who believe more IN the dextertty Of
the tirs il than they do In The goodness and pos Ct
bf God. the nrntt.ctinp Of religion nv eptsation
may seem necessary But tu tilnsQ who hayr suf1-
Gent faith in The religion which they profess ia
believe, and the confidence which SheT ought to
have lii the truth Ut its teaclIugs and In tie cEt.
tences upon which II IL founded, no protection BY
government win I've t1eemcti necessary, for such =
religion would bc abundantly atc 10 take care u1
itself. -> e''>S N'
eysT y founded Unon principles y
50 dtnblfu in !ts wstlBnl that those principles OF
that policy require protection to urhoId them
against adverse criticism and frce discu sstun the
tine has certainly arrived when a Government
thus founded should be changed and the pOljcy
| thus pursued should be rrpuiiatcti. '~''S'
Ties mid In author hy rnvrmment sre meianchnit
adu,tsions ihat The {nteect thus nrotectri is nni
Alle 10 stand alone And, as shall have Sccss|or
10 shon yOu. the mischirf ia trtfoIi In 10 rhar
acter Ii uos only ,ienrises those mt cncere,S n
ltcfar, nrrsuts II wEat is nstiv their oSr hnt i
Il there ansth,pe about traaie Which sscea il ou
| or OF beyonJ. the reach OF thrse General MN
ciplts7 II thought should bc ff.c. ana speset
sht Md t frre Is there aIy rood reason Why trndt
! should not also De fTrs7
| II the protection of religion presupnoses IL
weakncss aud the ptotectvn ii any political belie
| literature admits Its fecblcnesa and thus demon
FtEafcs that 1t does not deserve protection
| iS nut the OfCttTt11N Of haFficDfAF branch
| Industry Also an adni.sIoi, t1at there IN oIhe
pursuits In which labor may be employ Y. to grtnte
advantage, reap greater rewards, and nnke large
| contributions tu the general wealth OF the coup
try: II it be once demonstrated that, under III
operation Of natural causes q particular branch o
Industry cannot BE- pursued save At loss, woul'
II not l,e wiser to come 1t once 10 the conclunoI
Tic result to which these gcnerI Consideration
Ita,Is IN IA. that thoucht and snetrh and trsaI
should be free; that they ehoqld be left entrely
The operstioti Of nsturai causes. nnI tha
! altogtther the Htscst roUcy rpycru,neD
| can pursue IL 70 1eaye them alone
| The truth Uf this o,,ecryaiion ,1ors mt denen
upon reason merely, It Is demonstrated by +
| the experience uf the mast There Is nut a paxe Q
| history but that yeftles it.
IL curious, and At the same time most Ii
FsFurtlse, TO observe that the greatest achieve
menta which modern science has acconrlishe
consist almost entirely In simply uuduinx what na
been done before. Ii ha1 been said by one OF III
| rrofonudest thinkers OF modern times that "th
| most valuable additions made to legislation hay
! heen ennrtment6 destructive OF preceding teg1sl.
l tiehs and the lest lAEs which have becn p2sse
have hccn those by which some former laws weI
| repealed" One Ut the most hCNe1ceht acts OF moo
| ctn English Legislation was thc Corn laws; but q
| that they accomplished was u repeal the ol
LAWS AMI leave tra.lt to It's natural freedom
| The acts Of Parliament, permitting the truth
he given In evidence "a Justification in actlous {
libel, was simply declaratury OF the common Ia
sDS fpessd Isw Our own history
constitution abolish the Institution Of slavery an
| Trreat the customs aud etAtutes uppu which
! was founded.
The Fourteenth Constitutional Ameneuep, r
reals the Dretl Scott decision, and the Fifteen,
Amendment Just declared, clenci,es that rrpeaL
niser! r the rercal Of the Black laws and, In mo
! INSTANCES wherc We hare attempted to prote
! some interest by legislation, We have found GU
selves h2npeErd h{ our protective etatutes, at
the rctJ Interests We sought to protect enaanxeEt
. | b.! them.
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