National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-09-18
CAMPAIGN ~ new JERSEY


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GOVERNMENT MUST BIZ Won. AAD OUT
THE MISSION oFHHE aEPUB1ICAt ~ PART'
not TULFnLED.
Hon. George n. Robson, Secretary Of th
Navgs Was one Of the speakers a. larg'e Re
publican ratiaestion meeting n New BriDs
wick n. IT, on ThurSdaS. the 10thinst AftcI
. few pIslimilary remarks be spoEe as ioI-
iThs whole eouhtry and al Of .Y0a are Ia a
uncertain state.. And phyl Becsule there
has been, aflsr the great victory Of our psinci-
pies IA y, an ides that We had eztablished
them-that We had written themi In clear light
on he tablets Of eternal history. We relaxed
our lehorts.s But We are nov awakened. The
country has begun to ertidse parties rather
than discuss princip1es- We Eel Il b the air.
Nelread g IN the Newspapers we see Il IN The
iightening flashes across the eonsinent. F,,s
sEhateger We may think Of our principles, our
belief that established freedom and poured at
blood Ike water over a Thousand bsttielReIds
before Il accompanies its end, uhEtsVer nav
be our IDEAS, there sre men--not only iudi
viduals but organized parfies-Who don't think
90, and who don't mean that We shall reap the
fruits Of our great victory.
II that be true L Is matter Of the greatest
importance that we should turn again 10 our
old landmarks to LOOK the issues square in the
face; that we should understand that we do
not mean to lay down our arms; that we do
not mean to cease from our enaeavors or rest
from our labOrs. until the great principles Of
light and liberty are understood BY al, and
praetieed BY every man. Applause.J We
mean II Il costs generations 20 see It We
owe 4 70 our fathers memory and ehildren's
heritage that we see 70 It that the great orin-
ciplee which underlie the Constitution OF our
country wiz be established forever, not only
for ourselves, but for those AFTER Us; not only
for. our cline, but for the world at large II
we yield 70 the reaction We are traitors 70 the
high aim which God has given to this country
and nation, da.st sc
TIE KKY-NoTE or OUR nRosREss.
h Here we are, forty-three millions of free and
Independent men, living upon 4he idea that
every msR has the right to struggle, to accom-
plish, to enjoy for himself That Is the kew
note Of all progress 10 this country and in the
world. The system OF our Government is
founded upon the rights OF labor--the right Of
every man, no matter what lis condition or
employment, 20 have an interest IN the Gov
ernment which be upholds THIS Is 4 Goyefn-
ment by the people for the people. We have
. continent. Our fathers courage gave us
freedom a. q heritage. Here Is the cradle Of
mans development. Here man Is not tram
where no castle looks doWnupona free village;
here where every man stands on his own feet
and works with his own hands. Here We are
to work out the problem whether popular GOV
ernment shall live or die In the world. The
hopes not only Of our own people but the hopes
of the oppressed Of every land, not only Of
those who come to US, but the hopes Of those
they have left behind-their friends, families,
and childFen-whateyer destiny Is len for their
future Is rapt IN the destiny OF our great re-
publicl Such duty, such destiny, requires
all the manhood that Is IN free people The
question is whether or not we shall be true.
II there are underlying principles of our
Government, II we are rightly TO struggle and
rightly to assume our responsibilities, It Is
necessary that we should understand them i
y always happy omen when . free people
gets together quietly to consider the great
principles IN which they are 90 deeply inter-
ested, and 70 bring their own intelligence TO
bear to decide them and to elect the men who
are to represent them. slf
Now, then, the slOWest intellect viii per-
ceiVe that, in popular government, great par
ties are necessary. They are great voluntary
organizations BY means OF which the VII OF
the people Is shaped into defined form and put
into effect BY men who represent them. If you
have arbitrary imperialism, there Is no need Of
parties, for all that such parties can accom-
plish Is 70 operate on the win Of the Govern
AIcAb VI AullcIola HDHt N GDIcLulH1ut IKE
ours, representative Of the principles Of human
ity, all antagonistie parties are struggling for
the defeat Of vital principles. "A mere local
organization Is Of transient and tsmporary IN
terest. Such party viii flourish for fime,
bat VIII soon vanish non the STAGE and leave
the contest to The old parties. 2 Z.
THERE ARE oNIr TWO ISSUES.
The one whether the people shan rule, and
the other whether they shall be ruled
whether the people shall have the right to
work out their own destiny, or be governed by
q privileged class, larger or smaller. When
our fathers came together, after successful
revolution, to org anize this Goyernment--
when they came togekhebte declare the prin-
ciples of the Constitution Of the United States,
N 1871, under the guidance Of the immortal
George Washington, they also preceded this
Constitution BY concise declAratiOn Of those
great principles which & established and was
to maintain. These great principles were lev
IN number, but comprehensive n spirit. TheY
are contained IN the preamble % the Constiln-
ton: s.f'rasr - ssa.f ~
sWe, the people Of the United States, IN or
der to form q more perfect union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide
for the common Defence promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of libsrty %
ourselves and our posterity, do ordaln aud
establish this Constitution for the United
States Of America.
These are the organic principles upon which
our Government rests. These are the eternal
foundations upon which our fathers built the
new Government Marx how comprehensive
q spirit-hoE sound IN principlel Our fathers,
prepared By sacrifice and enriched By success,
when they cameto form tAe government Which
they established, rose faF a.57e fes 81 y ssIai
aims. colonial Independence or party spirit. |
They declared the broad assertion ofthe rights I
of man, and eonsecfated their country and |
their children to these rights Of man for all {
time. Their development Is true liberty. Their /
realization Is the accomplishment OF good gov
eminent. No one VIII deny It; none win dis
pute t.
MISSION OF TIE REPUBLICAN, PARTY
] mean to appeal TO your reason, because 1 /
present 70 your judgment what your judgment /
wiz recognize % Be right. shall never speak 4
to my fellow citizens but what know to be
true. am here as An advocate and in some
sense as representative Of the great ReDubli-
can party Of the eountry--a party believing It's
principles In harmony with It's IDEAS. ! have
declared these high principles, because I am
willing that You should try this great party BY
these high tests, and reject or accept Il as t
snail be found recreant or faithful to them.
The Republican party Is always ready 70 leave
is destiny IN the hands Of the American peo-
pie. Honesty, like true religion, relies upon
the Judgment or upon the internal
evidence Of conscience. But wrong employs
lorce instead of argument, and imposes silence
When It cannot convince
What, then, Is the mission Of the Republican,
party We are told that rs mission Is ful-
HE'D, that It must disband It's forces, that it
must lay down It's arms and yield the Govern
nent to those who have only failed to destroy
bis Government under the pressureo Of superior
oFce. What Is the mission Of the Republican
)artyI It Is first whatWas 50 tersely said in
he Inaugural Of The great Republican leader
Let US have peace =, Tia. e what We fought
or-ior peace. And We viii hare 4, II We
la7e to conquer it. Peace Peace, which (
means smiling farms, which means commerce,
Which means Industry, which meana mznufae-
cries, which means every man to. have the
fSht to ton, the right to accumulate for his
Fife and children, the right 70 educate his
hildren, the right 70 rear his children 10 q /
etter condition, the right that courage, that
Industry, that integrity shall reap It's reward
ne peace which gives prosperity. Peace
rhich gives security. Peaee which insufes to
u men every right Of the government OF our
zthers.
PBIECI PLls or THE GOVERNMENT. -
IN . popular goEernmenf, founded for the
establishment Of great principles. there can be
Q peace unless those principles are carried
ut. The machine viii not work smoothly !
here VIII Be disaster and rum Wild pas !
ems and wars Wil rise unless these principles, I