Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-09-22


step was AS rcsolutc as they coul'
command. But they only met us t
!. suffer defeat. Alter each deica
lhey rcdoublcd their efforts, we nd
vanccd our position, while they in
creased their clanor; hu, the load
er they shouted against ncgr'
equality, the greater were our ma
.lorities. You have, doubtless, al
noted this relation to the party con
tilctS Of the country. | have SAFE
t this seemed strange, lie md &C
counting for; but rejection w.I
make il all plain. You will remcm
Der that said We had reached III
epoch OF reformation in the action
of the people towards the real rrin
cirles of our Government. Oprres
sit II and rong had run rio, So long
and had become 80 hoistcrouS il
ti.eir demands for greater in.muni
ties, that they disturbed the innate
sense Of justice of the people and
awoke the moral stnSibillties of tht
nation, and set these forces to work
To bring out a new order of things
The Republican party was i'll har
mony with these forces, indeed they
were its life. Its members fell into
the drift OF this current of reiurnla-
ton, and learned to love the work
set apart for them. Having the
right On their side, it WAS easy to
make converts OF The more thought
full of the Democratic ranks. The
| Democracy WIS not in harmony
with the times, and rs We forged
each succt s>ivc link in the logical
chain of events, they were shocked
at our audari,y, aud cried loud and
l"udcr as the good work went on
We worked, they demonstrated; we
advanced, ,hc> held back; We made
votes and they lost them. They are
getting their eyes open at last AS We
shall see by and by.
Eyery careful reader Of history
can but have noticed, that when
such .juurturcs IL national progress
us the one which marked the acccs-
sion OF Tie Republican party to
power are reac he'd, the ideas which
worked the change Of administra
| tlo:l from one party to another ruiz
their cuursc without substantial or
material interruption. In such ca
the beginning promises, but are al
most always much more ust AS III
our case the Republican party only
promised to restrict slavery to Its
,hcn limits, and iilcm mare he'd stead
iiN aln. logically On to is utter de-
S!ruclion. II is this fact OF history
which gave rise to the oft quoted
cNlrcs>ion-"iseyolu.ions never 20
hac kward." The enforcement O,
this rue is ineNorahlc. Il tool,
! mose han three quarters of CEN
tury TO place III the Constitution ot
the country as 4 part ot itself, the
leading idea on which the lscvolu
lion OF rs was based and fought to
| iiS ;,l!ccc$.ui Observation-Disclosures equal
iiy OF AL men. The mutations OF
parties were frequent and great, but
,i,ls idea ncveI lost lis grasp on the
nation. w, never drlitcd away
IRON ii hut i'll some WAY we were
warned of our danger. / he party
which Jailed to change lis course
when warned by current events soon
gave place to some oihcr. Once
the Rel ubiican party received a
walnlng for departing irom liz
iaiih. Nv" years A." IL WAS pro,
posed in Congress 10 strike from
our laws the last Ncsti2c oi the ol'!
Inequality rcGinsc-to cNlrl the
word white irrm the naturalization
laws. some Republican members
from the Pacific STOP became limid,
and said 'ii this thing is done We
viii lose he next elections in the
Pacific Stntes.". The Republican
PARTY forget It's t:ith for The mo
mrnl, and the o-d white WAS not
stricken from those laws. " hat
WAS the result? The next elections
in those States were lost to the Re
Iuhlc#ns. Such an experiment is
not likely to be tried BY the Rcruh-
lic"n party again. There Is no
safety but in strict fidelity to the
ideas, in all tlcir logical length and
breadth, which gave us victory and
entrusted us with power. No tenn
P"rizug i,r the sake of carrying a
State elr,liun viii do. \ victory ="
won is really u defeat. 1t lowers
cur standard Of action. and induces
il disregard ot HE high character OF
our trust. Such "A course may delay
a given reform, but it can never
wholly defeat it.
DEMOCRATIC ADMISSION OF WHAT THE
PAETY HAS DONE.
What the Republican party has
done toward ciiccting its mission.
is thus partially stated by Hon. NJ.
{. Kerr, Il Democratic member oi
Congress from Indiana, in Il letter
addressed by hun to Hon. }. :.
! Black, in which he latter gentleman
is au> iSod to accept the situation.
and takc VOYAGE with the "New De
l.aiturc.
Il. The rcrluual abolition of slavery
~ ne counting Of all * slaves, in
stead # thfc, If Is only, III making Il
b i for the ,,,o.tionmcnt OF representa-
tion in Congress.
-" ILe equality of civil rights to citi
z,ns of all races and coiorS.
Il. hc inviolab.c character of the Fed
eral public deL,.
-. ihc perpetual nvaIidity Of all th'
| Cont, lcraic debt.
81. The sacrcdnoss of pensions Ar,
horntics
-. The disqualification of certain per
sons to i,oid Office unless relieved there
from ly Congress.
Is. he equality Of al citizens in po
litictl rights and privileges, includin.
$, ti.agc.
- And certain inhibitions on State
and II, n,ga,ive guarantees chiefly dcchr,
tory in nose specific terms OF pre- eNistin:
laws If .hc land"
TIE FACTS STATED IN A EEPUBLiCA.
FORM.
This is Il mild Democratic form
Of Statement of what the Rcpuhli
cans have do g, though it is hi:
dose Tor one Democrat to ask an
other To take. Let me state it III