Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-04-15
BEECHER FOR GRANT.

A@s The speech o. Henry Ward Beecher a,
I, Bsooklyn. on Wednesday evening was one OF
his best efforts. In opening he said he spoke
= ~ - citizen claiming that the duties Of a
clergyman were not incompatible with his
right 70 take part in political matters, and
expressing his opinion that ministers ought
Il not 70 refrain from acting and speaking polit-
ically. He objected to excluding Office
asAslasss lre0 PasaisiPaa 10 politics because
they hold Office. or to the exclusion of any
gclass. he spoke briefly Of the democratic
party, saying that while he respected many
who belong to the party he thought the rank
and die could not be trusted with the affairs
Of the nation to-day. "They lost the. conf
dence Of the American people" said he, "on
moral grounds, when they drifted by and be-
cams not sds6eites of the rights of the COM
smon people, but became the advocates of the
right Of the worst aristocracy that ever in
Tested any nation, and although in the great
struggle that followed there were multitudes
of noble men that upheld the hands of the
goverulnsnt ard the sfmys yet ASIAN organi-
cation the democratic party reganed no trust
Y ~ FSople bY their eonduct during the
great civil war. Subsequently we were at
4 tempting to reconstruct the nation; they pur-
sued the obstruction policy; they acted simply
in partisan. spirit a. we think, and not in
large and truly national spirit, and they have
-ssiSed'nothing with the common people by
that course. And now, to-day, they them
selves consider it matter of doubt whether
they may be considered as standing with
Hamlet and saying ITO be or rot to be-"
Passing from this to notice the movement
for anew party Mr., sBeecher spoke as follows I;
may be that a new party will be incarnat-
Sole 0sntlemen, . new party isvery much
like newborn child; it is q charming thing
IN the household, but we have to wait long
oeiofe re can put it to any present use.
Lasenser and cheers Party is not thing
snsl can De run up like brick house. A
party u living organisation, and merges
slowly inte beiqg ii grows in sll is members.
faction II II be only in State, but in
thle NATION y y party, and is made up Of the
uuats Of the whole nation, with man to man
standing together. But it is impossible to
extemporize party. You can extemporize
mushrooms, but you cannot extemporize oak
trees. tChesrso The great principles of this
uAbxOu ueCu tuVSe title IOr maturing. lou
sshegAaQetef mOtheu and good unrses, and no.
body can take such good care of child as
the Me1h4 who brought il forth. Nobody on
this Continent can take such care of this
partyas ne men who fought for its ideas and
suffered for their ideas. cloud cheers.) But
Why, gentlemen, Il there a necessity for a
new party! ! read lately in that admirable
paper, the Nation. IN article that went to
show, that for . party to succeed it must do
> 1870 than those can do for it who called it
into being. That u very plausible, but 1t is
nes correct ] think that it IL very likely to
change frequently Legislature, but the
policy Of 2 party you do not need again.
R9aYpeea fos havs taken in things that are
tpfScsi6anle shows that you are not wise in
council. The opinions expressed by news
:So~s psSpis IRE no. prepared s1i for .
ssw ,apsgy The republican party has made
ma1y Eiolakos; there IL much Of the leRis.
istS6s II cSGgrsss that ! should like to see