The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-04-26

next forty years, for my motto Is, "ncver
give up the ship"
Now, men of Kentucky, while have
imposed upon you large portion Of my
political history, am not so vain, am
not 80 selfish, as to believe | have mon
opolized all the patriotism and all the
wisdom of the country. And while the
action of that old Republican party has
not been always according to my best
views of policy, yet according to the
great principles which underlics our tho
ory of government, that the majority
should rule, I acquiesced in the results, |
| accepted the issues and the fruits of the
war, and the constitutional amendments
as they are. And what / imposed upon
myself as duty I think | may consist
emily urge upon my Democratic friends,
and all other Americans of whatever
party affiliations-submission to the in
evitablc.
ACCEPTING THE ISSUES OF THE WAR.
/ think that the American people North
and South accepted the issues of the war
the eternal abolition of slavery, the
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution, and in
good faith the equality Of all before the law.
UNION OF PARTIES.
If then, We agree upon these broad is
sues of the past, and we agree upon the liv-
ing issues of the present, that amnesty
should be granted; that the whites should
be restored to their original equality in the
States; that the sovereignty of the States
themselves should be preserved; that the
Union should be maintained; that the
Constitution should be re-cstablished,
why may we not all unite in the carry
ing out of these great principles which
arc of equal vest to us all'
-CAKrs NO srEr BACKWARD
hefeaung Grant paper, the Louis
vile Commercial, trusts that on this occa-
tion will not 60 so far back, or that !
will not SO far "go back, upon the prin-
ciplcs of my past life, but that the Dem
ocrats of the States may be able and will
ing to come up to it.
NOTHING LOST.
So far from going back, ! 80 forward.
| say, men of Kentucky, men Of the
South, you have lost nothing by the over
fls=xASs- -sls-SSa.:.r ;rse s-tArss, Vii
lions of property which you held in slaves
by the issues of the war, it is true, has
been lost to the masters, but it has been
conserved to the community. As labor
ers, impelled by the higher incentives of
selfinterest and freedom, they exist in
more than their original value; still, in
the community, as citizens of the United
States, we have gained in enumeration
and political power, in the South, two
fifths; instead OF having a representation
for the blacks, as originally, of three
fiffhs, We have now the full political
power and the full vote of all that popu-
lation. What remains to be done? The
old House has been pulled down. We
suffer inconvenience and temporary loss
in the re-adjustment and rebuilding, and
the replacement of the materials; but
upon the ruins of the past as so often
happens in the providence of God, bet
ter and a more permanent structure is
being built in its place. Now, for the
first time, it is based on the true dignity
OF labor; now, for the first time, it il
based upon universal education, without
which all the complicated industries of
modern civilization are impossible.
We have left to us the best climate,
the larger portion of the best soil of these
United States. There remains to us the
worldwide products of cotton, tobacco
and rice; and, above all, fellow-citizcns,
there remains a great race which has pro-
duced Washington, a Jefferson, a Mad
ison, a Calhoun, a Clay, and other such
names as the world is proud of. [cheersl
We have left the Union Of our fathers,
the Constitution improved by the elimi-
nation of the only great disturbing in
fiuence that prevented us from becoming
a homogeneous people. A great destiny
lies before US.
THE DUTY OF ALL.
Turning our backs upon succession on
one side and centralization upon the other,
let us educate our whole people, bald up
great universities Of science and of learn
ing, diversity our industries, build our
own railroads, manufacture our own
wool, hemp and cottons, and construct
our own ships. With proper industry,
economy ash hyahy of purpose, there
remains to us not only equality, but as
cendancy IN the Union.
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in Ourselves. that VIC are underlings."
Men of the South, if YOU have sym
pathy with these, the most profound con
victions of my own mind-if these pur-,
poses are wise and patriotie-these are
the purposes and this is the patriotism Of
the Cincinnati Liberal Republicans; and
we invite you all to join us in heart and
in hand in the performance Of the great
work in which is common to the interests
of the whole people.
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