The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-09-12

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''lde ann arrestithe progress of these
great, grand, fund amental God.given
lucas that we have been incorpora-
my INTO the Constitution and laws
OF the country. ECheers. and voice.
Ihats what it means All the
men tnat, JON in that movement
mean it. ia3
is THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DEAD?
Some of them will, tell you we are
dead-dead, 1 believe, as the bones
of Ezekiel. Well, when they tell
you that we are dead, tell you, gen
tlemen, they hope that we are, and
they mean we sifail die, il ttcy can
make us. Some ofthem will tar YOU
they are as good Republicans as ever.
why do.thes say that? Why, they
think by saying that, othey can get
nearer to us, or keep near a little
while longer, and that they can put
the weapons into our vitals deeper.
Now, gentlemen and Republicans,
| want to say to you, right here to-
day, we have incur ranks three and
a half millions of men; we have the
large mass of the best men in the
country in our ranks we have the
men who have been tried and tested
In the past-tested in peace-tested
IN every way, as no men were ever
tested. We have the capacity, the
intellect and moral worth in our
ranks !; we have God.fearing men
and women, and we have cause to-
day, as we have had all along-as
have had for forty years-which we
can take into our closet, and on our
knees ask Gods blessing upon it.
STAND FIRM. r.5s
Now / say to you, whoever may
desert-whoever, may leave us,
let US stand by our ideas-stand by
our principles-stand by our policy
stand by our measures, he true to
our record, consistent with our past,
and by Gods blessing we shall con-
tinue to guide the policy of Republi-
can America, while those who have
deserted us will have time to repent
of their apostasy to the Republican
party of the, country. Loud and
long continued applause.
THE WORK IN INDIANA.
I want to say to you that you have
a great work to do in Indiana, for I
believe your State is generally class
ed among the hardest Of the free
States. But, gentlemen, have one
believe have in Indiana, as we
have in New Hampshire, a class of
Republicans that know their duty and
generally do it. Cheers. We have
men that know how to fghta battle,
and have great faith that the Repub-
licans of Indiana can defeat an equal
number Of any men that ever lived in
this country. You have got eternal
rights on your side. You have got
great history, something to be proud
OF. You have, gentlemen, work be-
fore you to do. ~ sHs7s4
am not making mere partisan
appeal to you. / believe in this Re,
publican party, and, if / know my
self, rather than see it defeated to-
day-rather than see the government
pass out of its hands, would sacri-
fee anything on earth in my posses
sion, even life itself. Loud ap-
plause. / have seen brave and
good men-patriotic, liberty-loving,
God fearing men-I have seen them
die or the cause of the country-for
the ideas that we profess, and l tell
you to-day, with all the faults Of the
Republicancparty--and 1T has had
faults and has made some mistakes
Il say to you that believe upon
my conscience its defeat would be a
disaster to the country, and would
be a stain upon our record. Itwould
bring upon us-we might say what
we pleased, our enemies would claim
it. and the world would record it,
that this great patriotic, liberty.lov-
ing Republican party of the United
States after all its great labors and
great history, had been weighed in
the balance and found wanting, and
condemned by the American people.
Well, gentlemen, / choose, if it is
to fall, to fall with it. l became an
anti-slavery man in 1885. In 1886,
tied myself, pledged myself, to do
all l could to overthrow the slave
power of my country. During all
these years | have never given q
vote, uttered a word, or written a
line that / did not suppose tended to
this result. ! invoke you old anti
slavery men here to-day, and / am
speaking to men who have been en-
gagged in the cause. I implore you
| men who have been true in the past,
no matter what the men or their ma
lures are, to stand with the grand
organization of the Republican party
be true to its cause and fight its
battles, if we are defeated, let us ao-
oept the defeat as we best may it
we are victorious, let us make or
future more glorious than the past.
If I'VE fail, let us have the proud con-
seriousness that we have been faithful
to our principles, true to our convlc-
tions, that we go down with our flag
fying-that we go down trusting in
God that our country may become
what we have striven to make it, the
foremost nation on the globe. Inn
mense applause.
Three cheers were then given for
Grant and Wilson, three cheers for
the cause, and three cheers for the
Union. ,as4,y, ye6 Eqr
He was followed by the Hon. Will
liam Allen, of Darke county, o.,
complimenting the people of Wayne
county on the unanimity displayed
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