The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-08-02

inc establishments or WhaC IS true, OF
what is just, Of what is good in human
government. Applause. 1t means
no union Of the dead upon dead issues,
but a union of the living upon the living
issues of the present [Applausc. 1t
means no union for the spoils OF office,
[applausc, but it means q union of
men Of the same faith upon thS great
and
PARAMOUNT ISSUES
f the present hour; frank, manly, hon
orahlc and equal union Of men who have
the >agaclty to sec and the moral cour-
age to accept the situation. [Crics Of
"Good," ard loud chccring.l ] 1t means
the Union Of men who have the sagacity
to see what is past, and to deal with
the issues Of the present, and for the
future to do their duty to their country,
their God and their fellow men. APP
plau>e. ] The issue Of to-day is not the
repeal Of the Missouri COMPROMISE, nor
. question Of slavery in the Territories,
upon which the Republican party was
organized in 1886. 1t is not upon that
which followed the Lccompton constitu-
ton Of Kansas, which divided the Demo
cratic party in twain and elected Abra-
ham Lincoln to the presidency in 1SCO;
it is not question of secession, nor Of
war to put dowa rebellion, nor Of aboli-
ton Of slavery III tho States by military
order or by constitutional amendment,
upon which Lincoln was reelected in
1854; nor yet is it question of recon-
structi0n, nor Of Fourteenth or Eff
teenth amendment, nor a question Of
negro suffrage, nor Of the establishment
by Federal power Of universal suffrage
as condition precedent to the States
Of the South having any ri 5hts as States
of the Cuion; it is none Of these cues
tions that is ROW in issue. All Of these
have been issues in the past, great is
sues, sufficient in themselves to create
and to diss i've political parties be-
cause
IDEAS ARE STRONGER THAN MEN
or parties. These are all past issues,
they have been fought out, fought to
the end, Oh the forum or Oh the field,
and they are no more in issue to-day
than the Mexican war or war Of the
Revolution. (applause.) We could
not reopen them if We ss,.ii, and they
f,isc!y and purposly u.;srepresent who
say that we would reopen them if we
could. cloud cheers.)
FORWARD Is THE WORD.
cloud chcers) and first Of all it means
to-day for all other States Of the South
what is already done in Missouri.
(Cheers.) } Instead Of proseriptivest
oath, suspension of tho haLeas corpus
and military disposition, it meals per
sonai freedom for all and Republican
government fer all. Loud applause. ]
Instead Of negro supremacy, upheltb by
prescription and the bayonet it means
equal rights to all men, white as well
as black. Loud applause. ] Instead of
tlieving governments organized to
plumber subjugatel States, it means
the dominion once more Of Intelligence
and integrity. Instead Of
srH!FE, HATE AND ROBBERY,
it means justice, liberty, peace, loyalty
and good will. Gentlemen, for our
whole country, east. west, north
and south, it means instead Of u war
president trained only in military
school whose whole character has been
formed in the IDEAS, arts, habits and
despotisn of military Life; instead of
this it means
PEACE PRESIDENT.
(cheers) trained in the IDEAS arts, bles-
sings and republican simplicity of peace
and universal freedom Cloud cheers. }
OF peace not enchained, of liberty not
under arrest awaiting trial, sentenced
and executed by drumhead court mar
tial, but that liberty and that peace
which the constitution has at
tempted to secure by placing the
civil
LAW ABOVE TIE SWORD,
| loud app!aused] by presenting in full
: yigor the sacred writ Of habeas corpus
and by the right of trial by jury. Zap
} plause.] 1t means also another thing
: and perhaps the most important them
D all: it means the arrest of Capitalization
G and the encroaching power of the Fed
eral goveslment [loud cheers 1t
means to assert the vital principles o.
S our Republican system. in which il
I lives and moves and has its being. II
t means further, that constitutions are
$ made by the people in their sovereign
$ capacity for the express purpose Of de
4 fning and limiting the powers of gov
e ernments [applause]; the powers of al
Governments. State or national; it mean!