The Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Ind.) 18??-1920, 1870-07-28

said and done, and what the Demo-
cratic party has said and done for
years on this subject, will dishonor
himscif by voting for him after that.
But they have n right 10 vote for him
if they please. That i matter that
should be left entirely TO their own
judgment and their own choice.
! want TO allude now TO remark
made by Mr.. VOORHEES, in the House
Of Representatives some time ago.
He said the Republican papers OF In
diana, or some of them at least were
saying, "Let the Dutch GO, now that
We have got the nagroes.n Did any
Republican paper of Indiana ever say
that? [Cr;es of NO, no."I No, GER
tainly not. No Republican paper ever
said that, but l said Mr.. VOORHEES,
thought lac might create some preju-
dice in the breast Of some German 10y
a statement of that kind. The Repub-
lean Germans are amongst the most
ldtitii h'th VI tiit iN' 'Np'iNSh l"i's
They were for universal suffrage,
many of them, long before others of
the Republican party were; they are
not offended because the right OF suf-
frage has been given TO the few colored
people that we have in the State Of
Indiana. Their rights have not been
Their happiness has not
been impaired. But il seems that
your Congressman thought that if he
could lodge that impression in the
minds OF the Germans Of his District
lie might thereby get the German vote.
We never said that, but on the con-
trary, the Republican party has al
ways been the true friend of the Ger
mantle man Of foreign birth. Why?
Because we are the true friends of
those that love liberty; we are the true
friends of the laboring man; we have
always been in favor OF making labor
honorable, and hate slavery because
slavery disl.onored labor. The Re-
publican party has always been the
great labor party of this country, and
always will be. 1t is the true friend
of the man of foreign birth, and the
liberty loving German falls naturally
into the arms Of the Republican party.
That is where he finds his natural
resting place, and now, as that great
German family is about TO be embroii-
ed in n bloody war with France, /
think the sympathies of the Republic
can party Of the United States will go
with the great German family in that
contest. Loud and long applause
said the Republican party is the
great labor party Of the country, and
so it is. Another thing: ii is the great
reform party of this country. We
have made the greatest reforms that
ever were made, and shall continue TO
make them; but we only do one big
thing at time. People that under
take to do every thing at once, nearly
always fail as TO every thing. You
can see how we have advanced step
by step until the country is brought 10
its present condition. There are other
great reforms to be accomplished, and
the Republican party is the party to do
it. tell my f.iends if they want re-
form 10 stay with that party that has
made reforms, and that is imbued with
the spirit of reform now. Somehow
or other, whenever man fails TO get
an office that he wants, he is very apt
10 become reformer. He discovers
all at once that lie is taxed 10 death.
1t may turn out upon inquiry that he
never paid Il dollar poll tax III his life,
but he becomes all at once grievously
and afflicted by taxation.
The Republican party can not give all
its honorable mem bers offices, nor one
i'm a thousand of them. The party
was not created for the purpose of
offices, bat was created for the
pSbcuJ vi tiic Hdtioiit anu NhchSHti
/, ceases 10 be for the benefit Of the
nation it should be dissolved. No
party should live an hour longer; and
Whenever the Republican party be-
comes corrupt and demoralized, and |
ceases to be reform party, ii is high |
lime for il to give way for some other I
party; not the Democratic party; oh,
no. but for some new party that will !
come with reform in its hands, ana do /
those things that it has failed to do.
The old saying il, "Praise the bridge /
that carries you safely over" Stand I
~ the party that saved the country in 1
he dark hours of the rebellion; that 1
abolished slavery. Stand by the party I
hat will restore stability and solid t
business foundations; the party that
mas given to this country prosperity I
md glory it has never had before. I
stand by that party, and in doing SO
you Will stand by the Republican
party. I
The Republican party has not per-
'ormed its mission-not until the work /
Of construction is completed. Now we
nave admitted all the States. Geor- 4
,a has been admitted; she has taken 1
ler place once more in the Union; she
has been admitted upon correct prin-
.iples, upon principles that l conten-
led for throughout thi> session OF Con-
,ress, and for the advocacy Of which
received some censure. The work Of
reconstruction is perfect and complete
% far a. that IL concerned, but there is
much II do yet in the Southern States.
There is a deep feeling OF hostility to
Union men on the part Of rebels yet,