Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-09-17
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Ths whole eounty - I'll ct you are In m
uncertain state. Ard why9 Because thsrs has
bssn, after the great vistoay II Cur principles in
"a, an idea that We had ssaahRshsd thsm-that
We had written them In olear Aeht on the tablets
Of eternal history. We rslaxsd our efforts. |
But Ne azs now awaksnsd: IT, country has BE- |
ciples. We feel Il in the At = Rad il In the
nswspapsn We - 1t in The lightning aashsa |
ACROSS the continent. But whatsoever We |
may think Of our principles, our be-
Lief thai. established freedom md poured |
field. before II accompanies its end, whatsoever
may BE- our ideaa, there are men-not only indi- |
vidua1s but organised parties-who don't think |
20, and who don't mean that We shall reap the |
fruits Of our great victory. II that be true 1t II
should turn again to 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
endeavon or rest from onr labors, until the
great principles Of light and liberty are under
stood by all. and praetioed by every man. Jap
plause.l We mean, II IL cost generation, to see
It. We owe it to onr fathers memory and chill
drens heritage that We see to 1t that the great
principles which underlis the Constitution Of
for ourselves, but for those after M not only
for our cline, but for the world 1t large. II We
yield to the reaction we Ae traitors to the high
aim which God has given to this country and
nation.
Here We are, forty tl,res millions Of free and
independent men, living upon the idea that every
man has the right to struggle, to accomplish, to
enjoy for himself. That Ia the keynote Of al
progress In this country and in the world. The
system Of our Government IL founded upon the
| rights Of labor-the right Of every man, no mat
| ter what his condition Or employment, to
have an interest in the Government which
| he npholds This Ii Government by the
people for the people We have continent
tage. Here IL the cradle Of mans development
Here man 10 not trhmmeled by the customs of the
old world here whore no castle looks down up
on 2 free village here were every man stands
on his own feet and works with bis own hands,
Here We are TO work out the problem whether
popular government shall live or de 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 III, but the hopes
Of those they have left behind-their friends
for their future is rapt in the destiny Of ou1grsat
Republic Such duty, such destiny, re-
quires all the manhood that Ia in free people.
Tho question 10 whether or not We shall be true.
II there are underlying principles Of our gov
eminent, II We are rightly to struggle and right
y to assume our responsibilities Il ia necessary
that We should understand theIo. 1t is always
happy omen whom free people gets together
quietly to consider the great principles in which
they arc ~ deeply Interested aud 10 bring their
intAlliHANCa hear RI Aani1a aud <<,
elect the mon who are 10 reprerent them.
Now, then. the slowest intellect will perceive
that, in popular Government, great parties are
necessary. They are great voluntary organiza-
Ia shaped into defined form and put into effect
by men who represent thom. II you have arbi-
trary imperialism, there Ia no need OF parties,
for all that such parties can accomplish is to op-
crate on the will Of the Government or Emper-
or. But in Government like ours, REPRESENT
alive Of the principles of humanity, all antago.
nistc parties are struggling for the defeat Of vi.
tai principles. A mere local organization Is Of
transient and temporary interest. Such . party
will flourish for time, but will soon vanish
from the stage and leave the contest to the old
parties
There are only two issues. The one whether
the people shall rule aud the other, whether
they shall be ruled-whether the people shall
nave the r'8ht 70 work ont their own dsstny,
or be governed by privileged class larger or
smaller.
When our fathers came together, after sue
cessful revolution, to organize this Govern
ment--when they came together to declare the
principles Of the Constitution Of the United
States. in 1887, under the guidance OF the i'm
mortal George Washington, they also preceded
this Constitution by concise declaration of those
great principles which it established and was to
maintain, These great principles were few in
number but comprehensive in spirit. They are
contained in the preamble to the Constitution
"We the people OF the United States, In order
to form more perfect nnion, establish Justice in
sure domestic tranquility, provide for the common
cure the blessings OF liberty to ourselves and
our porterity, do ordain and establish this Con-
stit1tion for the United States of America"
| These are the organic principles upon which
our Government rests. These are tho eternal
foundations upon which our fathers built the
| new Government Mark how oosupIohen-
sive III spirit-how sound in principle Our
fathers, prepared by sacrifice and enriched by
ment which they established, rose far above
mere individual aims, colonial Independence or
| party spirit They declared the broad asser-
| tion Of the rights Of man, and consecrated
their country and their children to these rights
! Of man for all time. Their development is
true liberty. Their realization Is the accom-
plshment OF good government. No one will de-
| ny it none will dispute it.
! mean to appeal to your reason because
present to your Judgment what your judgment
| to my fellow.citzens but what know to be true.
| am here as an advocate, and in some sense as a
representative of the great Republican party Of
this country, aparty believing its principles in
| high principles, because am willing that you
should try this great party by these high tests,
and reject or accept it 1t shall be found recre-
ant Or faithful to them. The Republican party
is always ready to leave its destiny in the hands
Of the American people. Honesty. like true re-
| lgion, relies upon convincing the judgment. Or
| upon the internal evidence Of conscience But
wrong employs force instead of argument, and
imposes silence when 1t cannot convince.
What then is the mission of the Republican
party We are told that its mission Ia fulfilled,
that it must now disband Its forces,
that it must lay down its arms, and yield the
Government to those who have only failed to
destroy this Government under the pressure Of
superior force. What is the mission of the Re-
publican Partyi 1t is first what was 30 tersely
said in the inaugural Of the great Republican
leader" Let nA have peace" That is what we
| fought for-for peace. And we will have it IL We
smiling farms which means commerce which
means industry which means manufactures !;
| which means every man to have the right to
toll, the right to accumulate for his wife and
children, the right to educate his children, the
right to rear hls children in better condition,
the right that courage, that industry that integ-
rity shall reap its reward. The peace which
gives prosperity. Peace which gives security.
PeAce which lnsureH to all men every right Of
the Government Of our fathers.
In . popular government, founded for the e.
| adjustment Of great principles, there can be no
peace, unless those principles are carried out
The machine will not work smoothly There
will he disaster and ruin. Wild passions and
wars will rise unless these principles, for which
this machine was established. and for Which il
should be run, are carried. They are
| !. TO form more perfect Hn;oit.-TLere can
he no peace without perfect union. Gen. jack
son was right when he said that If our country
were separated, and not with one duty and with
one progress, we could not get along together.
There can be no lasting peace if hostile armies
can water their horses on the banks of tile Hud-
son or on those Of the Potomac. Here is party
which came into power at the capital Of nation
| already divided with distinct sections with bitter
feelings apparently forbidding union. But it
now holds its power, sole, redeemed, consolida-
ted-a nation with union more complete than
that OF the British Empire-an old constitution
| still entire.
Docs 1t need argument that the Republican
| Party preserved this Union? The people did it.
But the Republican Party was the only Organizes
ton which represented the ideas and provided
| the means by which the Union wss accomplish
| cd. II our Government still entures, it Is tho
| Republican Party which you must thank for it,
| II our Government still continues to attract to
its bosom the oppressed from other shores, this
| is ita work.
| g. To establish jlstice.-Justice is necessary to
establish peace All wars come from injustice
Of some kind-either social, mofal or political.
| II man finds that injustice hat been done to
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