The Hickman courier., 1871-05-27
vALLANDIG..Asl.
The speech He Made ON Pre-.
sentfng the Dayton r ESQ.,


These resolutions, Mr. President, suffi
ciently explain themselves The priuci
pies and policies which they enunciate.
requires the honest censure of those Oh
ly whose hostility is sincere. Carping
criticism We both expect and coDtemu.
For more Than two years past the bit
ter and bloody passions Of the war have
been gradually. but steadily and surely
dying out. Continual aud ndirrecoueilabie
dissent upon the new issues necessarily
born of to-day, aud even bitter personal
discord among men of the Republican
party who had stood together on the
questions of the past. inevitably follow
ed. The Democratic party wisely re
mained silent, or confined itself to these
new issues The Republican party, hav
ing fulfilled its original mission, was raps
idly falling into decay. Moderation,
justice and peace were becoming, TO it's
more violent leaders, the sentence OF
death. The Administration party, into
which, since the 4th of March, 1869, il
had been wholly transformed, had be
gun, from causes thoroughly understood.
to be odious, and even intolerable to the
people. Upon the issues of amnesty; Of
honesty in-the legislative aud Executive
Department; Of the tariff; of revenue
aud civil service reform; of land grants
to corporations the currency taxation
San Domingo, and other similar ques-
tions, it was certain to be condemned
Necessity required that some decisive
movement shonld be made to avert the
impending defeat Not the statesmen,
but the mere politicians, the sycoDhanis
of the party, the parasites clinging to
and deriving nurture solely from ex
ecutive favor. were called into council.
These Bourbons of the present hour. the
men who forget nothing, learn nothing.
resolved upon one more appeal to ihe
expiring passions and prejudices of their
rartlsans-the war cries of the past !
1t civil war in fact could not again be
civil war in form, with all
its legislative and executive machinery,
and all its political appliances, must be
revived in every State, to secure, first,
the denomination and next the re election |
of General Grant The belligerent
pronunciamento went forth; the bloody |
blast of the war bugle was again sounded
A distinguished Senator. the unfidenfial /
adviser and main support of the Presi
dent, him elf con>ummate partisan
leader, but powerful in proportion to the
and cowardice OF his foes.
was put forth as the chief fomenteF Of
this new crusade But | say to him and
all behind him. that the hour has now
come when neither he nor they can be
permitted to provoke or TO dictate issues
for the Democratic party. or to ignore
those which the revolving years aud
changing condition of the country nec-
essarily bring forth. That which. since
1868, has been but a question of time. is
now upon US. The suspicious moment.
the golden opportunity, The tide in the
affairs Of mea-to be-taken at the food I
has now. 10 my deliberate Judgment
reached US. when the Democratic party
of to day, laying aside every weight, and
shaking from it the dead body of the
past, yet adhering to its ancient princi
pies. can and must. at one bound, place
itself upon the vantage ground of the
present, and defy its enemies to battle
upon the living issues OF the hour.
1t is the purpose of these resolutions
% establish the Democratic party ofl
county openly and squarely
Ipon this firm and impregnable basis
Facility and in fact we have stood upon
t for the past two years, and victory has
steadily been ours Confident am that
We shall meet prompt and very cordial
-esponse from our brethren elsewhere
md everywhere, in this and other States !
Personally care not for denunciation
- ,,r,rt or;t;ossr, fror, o,,,v .,,o-,o. |
Upon fullest deliberation. and ample !
counsel with wise and brave men OF the
party. take the responsibility. With {
bride and pleasure | add. too, thar as
hese resolutions are the fruit of the joint
abors and counsels of the gentlemen as
ociated with me here at home. so also
his movement meets their hearty con
;urrence. tits not a new departure. but
return; the restoration Of the Demo |,
ratio party once more to its ancient plat
orm of progress and reform, establish
ng the great fact that that party. like
else in nature intended 20
ndure, is capable of adapting itself to
he perpetual growth and change which
'elong alike to the political and the
'hysical world. and retain yet intact the
riginal principles and laws Of its being
Moreover, as to the movement here, we
II bear witness that in it there is moth
NO of a merely personal character. either
o advance or to hinder. any member Of
he Democraticpar understanding
kept the earnes; desire and fixed pur=
ose to promote the welfare of the whole
arty, and it Of the whole country"
"Dear father. look up, IL
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