Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-05
MR. MoNRoE's SPEECH.

FELLOW REPUBLICANS l return to
you my most sincere thanks for this
very kind expression of your regard.
l shall hold it in memory as one of
the most valued distinctions of nv
life that 1 was invited to preside over
the deliberations of the representa-
tives of that party in Ohio, to which
both the State and the Nation are so
much indebted.
greet you, fellow Republicans, us
members, not only of the great party
Of the pust; but l extend to you cor
dial greeting to day; 1 offer you the
right hand OF fellowship to day, as
members also of the great party of the
future. Applause.
The Republican party is sometimes
described as the grand old party: but
with equal truth. and with equal accu
racy, it may be described as the noble
and hopeful, and strong and prosper
Gus young party.
Fellow Republicans We are in our
youth we are not in our old age. We
feel the blood of our youth coursing
in our veins and throbing in our hearts
as Republicans to day. Looking be-
fore US, we can see a maturer man
hood; we can see, have full conf
dence, long years, hope generations,
of usefulness for the grand old party
that saved the country in its hour OF
peril. Applause
You are the members of the party
which preserved the Union, which
abolished slavery, when even philan.
throphy despaired that it would ever
be destroyed; that established those
constitutional guarantees by which
life, liberty and property are protect
ed, by which citizenship and impartial
suffrage were given to the country, by
which equal protection before the Law
was brought home 20 the humbIest
door. The party which has so rapid,
reduced the National debt, and SO rap
idly reduced taxation as to excite thC
admiration, not only of the people o
this country, but of the people of the
whole civilized world. l say, fellow
Repu olicans, you are not only mem.
bers Of the party which has done this
but you are equally members of the
party which has the intelligence, which
mas the will, which has tile heart tC
deal with the great practical questions
of the present day. Applause. !
Why, fellow Republicans, you wert
told very well this morning that al
these great questions which pertain tc
personal liberty, to justice and right
to the rights Of men-all these grea
questions, as well as the prior questio L
of our nationality, have now been sub
stantlally settled; and undoubtedly
they have been.
Difficulties local, temporary, in SOM
8 sparts of the country, with the appIica
tionNol@thesc, principles, may exist a
times; but think it is on the who'll
satisfactory for US, fellow Republicans
to be able TO state that there is no con
iderable party-thelques9 handful
of men-larg ge enoEsshpssto make shoy
7 ~=4faa =4A1fsaaa. an acquaintance that dare pro
prose to Rake issue withs you on an,
one Of THESE great questions Tha
ought to Be satisfactory to Us. The
flag has n6Nmore enemies, Cue Consti
tuition is practically improved, the ma
ton is serestorgtl. This great work ha
been done bg thSe Republican party, ,ha
it not? Well, II now and then NEE
some man who Expresses a doubt OF
the subjeets ~ ell, won't he be. goo
enough, thealSto tell US who dtd~it
If the Republican party has not sci
tied these great national qpestions-
these great questions of liberty an
I Tight-please tell us who did settI
them? think that answers the ques
ton. While these questions are sci
lied, we are now brought, face to fac
with wholly new class of questio n
: i was going to say-almost as i'm
portant as the former They are fun
damental to the national prosperity.
This class includes-and to thi
class l should have added, the atter
tion of the whole nation is-being no
directed-this class includes all final
: cial neutrality-suspicious. concernin
e the public d3bt, the best method {
raising revenue, the m,s,s< economic
method of expendiuL fthe restor'
= ton of our commerce, the great que'
tionwhich is now so much discussed