The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-04-04

of the South and these conservatives
here in the North, and get them to
accept the vital and animatine
principles of Christian civilization,
and go for the elevation and protec-
tion of the poor and the lowly, the
black men Of the South and the
poor white men of the whole coun-
try-if we can do this grand work
in twelve years, the world will say
we have achieved quite as much as
we did when we put down the re-
bellion, made four and a half mill
ion men free and gave them citizen
ship and equal rights. The war
Democrats, the men who by voice,
or vote, or bullet, stood by their
country in time of war, will be ut.
terly helpless if the Democratic par
ty comes into power. The old rebel
lenders will be the head, the conser-
vatives will be the body, and these
loyal war Democrats will be only
the tail of the Administration.
[Applause.]
In the past sixteen years we Re-
publicans have taken from the DEM
ocratic party more than a million
of its best men-taken the cream
right off of 1t. EApplause.] We
want the war Democrats, some of
these conservative Democrats, and
some of the rebel Democrats, too.
They are our mistaken, erring coun-
trymen. We want their influence
and all they have to give on the
side of Republican ideas, principles,
and policies; on the side of education
and development, and the inspiring
influences that elevate and lift up
the masses of our countrymen.
Never till the masses of the Demo
cratic party accept the vital ideas of
patriotism, of equality for all and
protection to all, will it be safe to
intrust the mighty interests of the
nation to that political organization.
Its "new departure" is delusion;
its "passive policy" is a snare.
Neither the one nor the other will
be adopted, because it is right. If
either be adopted at all, it will be in
the hope to win power, to defeat
the full fruition of the great work
achieved by the Republican party.
The acceptance of the "new depart
ure"' and the "passive policy" may
be an advance for the torpid conser-
vatism of the Democracy, but the
adoption of either by the nation will
be lowering down, reaction, an
ignominious retreat.
Republicans of New Hampshire,
of New England, of the Republic,
cling then with deathless tenacity to
your grand organization, that now
embodies three and a half million
men in its ranks. Stand by the
Republicans colors. They symbol
ize patriotism and liberty, justice
and humanity, development and
progress. Trust yourselves; correct
your own errors; move right on
ward, abreast of the advancing cur
rents of a progressive republicanism.
Look to your history; do not blur
nor blot that immortal record. Let
it be an inspiration, perennial
source Of faith and hope, in sun
shine and In storm. In the years to
come, when the passions and pre-
judices of these days of conflict shall
have sunk to rsst with us in the
bright hereafter, the record of the
last twelve years will be q brilliant
chapter in the history of human
progress. The world will note it,
and mankind will read it with
beaming eye and throbbing heart.
The Republicans of the United
States should never forget that they
lived that history and made that
history. They should ever remem-
Der that America, as they have
made it, is no longer dominated by
a slave power, nor guided by the
counsels of slave masters. 1t is
moving on a higher plane and
working out of nobler destiny for
humanity than any Of the foremost
nations of the globe. The continued
triumph of the Republican party
assures the triumph of equality be-
fore the law, and protectien under
the law. Let, then, the Republicans
of New Hampshire, now as in the
past, lead the Republican columns
a glorious victory. Loud applause.
Catarrh.
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