Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-29

diuh'St any OtilSi iNlpu VI thub ot'i's
the public credit of the country then
apparently less strong than it had
been at any period of the war, and
| when indeed there seemed To be an
apprehension more or less pervading
the whole country in regard to the
results Of the war We now meet
here to day. my fellow citizens. to
congratulate each other and the mem
bers of the sepubl.can party through
out the length and breadth of the
United States, that the changed con-
dition from war to- peace, from Il dis
puted to universally recognized
authority for the nation, is at,rilula
bile in large measure TO the repuhl
can partN-that party which saved
the life of the nation i'm the midst oI
the war. and is now supporting thc
nation in all the consequences OF
that war. Applause.
But my congratulations, my fcl-
low citizens, need not ue confindeti
to this. Not only is it to the efforts
Of the republican party in and out of
| the field, anC to its brave allies OF the
democratic party. ho rallied TO it,
support in the ficld-not only was il
to this republican party, l say, we
owe the crushing of the rebellion anu
The restoration of the unity of the
nation, but it is to that same party
that we are indebted for the happy
and prosperous condition of the cuun
try to day, for the large reduction Of
the putlic debt, for the lessening OF
taxes and for all the ameiioration ci
the condition of the southern states
as well as for the general prosperity
in which each and all of us are So
bOuntifully sharing today. l ma,
congratulate you, too, my fellow re
publicans, upon the fidelity with
which the administration has per-
formed all its promises to the coun-
try as we'll applause and Its course
in everything that it has undertaken
in behalf OF the interests u the coun-
try.
There will he before you finally
start from Columbus 1 hope, an oc
casion when topics like this may be
discussed. and will be discussed al
much greater length than would he
beftting on the occasion that l am
addressing you. But whatever may
be said by the opponents of the AL
minislration, whatever criticism ma,
be made upon the conduct or the pol
| icy of the administration, We stanu
here TO day with a record before us
of promises performed, pledges re
! deemed, tue country p"oSperor 5, ami
future even more prosperous under
Great applause.
And now, my fellow republicans.
| will only repeat what have said
| that We meet here, to -dav. as we met
Il year ago, and as we met wear be
| fore, that not to announce any new
principles for the conduct of the re
publican party, but to realiirm tlios,
principles that undellie the organiza
ton OF the republican party; those
principles which nave established
political equality among all men.
even handed justice to all men, which
/
republican party. Applause.
At the same, time teilo ~ citizens, the
republican party, trust, is now, as
well as it will be at any indefinite per
iod hence, l hope, always ready to
adapt its policy To the actual situa
ton and the wishes of the countr,
If there be erors in the administrar
ion. if there pc improvements to b.,
made upon tue Legislation there will
be no need Of third party to accom-
plish that, Tor the republican party
will be ready always to apply the.
proper remedy By adapting it's pole,
and its measures to the rectificatioi
of what may be wrong, and to the re,
cogrition always Of what is right.
Cheers
Ii you therefore tell me that there
should be thorough reform in the
civil Service of the country, say YOU
are right, and the republican party j.
the party, under the administration.
Of Gen. Grant, who has commenceu
it, to make that reform, Applause
Ii YOU tell me that YOU want les
sening of the taxes, q reduction Of thr
public revenues. in behalf of the nreai
industries OF the country, / tell YOU
that the policy of the republican par
tv will work out that end if permit
ted to perform the legitimate purDos-
es of its existence. SO in regard to
all such points we need no new de
parture OF the republican party Tap
plansel, for if we should have it W,
should be departing from the basis
of political right and political mora
litv, where we intend to stand and t.,
head the republican party as long as
that organization eau exist. Ii oul
political opponents propose depar
lures, whether in the directionof the
republican party or any other diIec
ton, l feel that l should congratu
late them for one, and only express
my regret that they had not madt
their departure twenty years ago.
I Laue liter.
And now, my friends speaking OF
this new del arturo, speaking OF the
platform of the democratic party.
which l will not attempt to discus,
at this time, because you are in no
condition to hear discussion o.
them, only want to say in regard to
it, that when they say they will ac
quiesce in the enforcement of the
constitutional amendments, the 18Th
and the l4th and the 10Th. l hope
they are sincere. But VIII, ther they
are sincere or not, we say to tue dem
ocracic party of the north, as we sa,
to the democratic party of the south.
that each and all of those amend
ncnts will be enforced by the repub
lican conscience and the public senti
ment of the nation. Applause. And
it is matter Of profound congratu
latinn tiIat the nrnaniZatinn of the rl.