The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-05-05
THE "GREAr PARTY"
WHAT ONE OF THE PILLARS HAS T,
SAY OF 1T. e>-

v II
SAY OF 1T. r>
HEs1Na REVIEWS THE BANDED
PLUNDERERs KNOWN AS THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
Some extracts from the unique speech Of
Colonel Hesing. the american Bismarck"
as the great party folks were wont to call
him, made before the Illinois state commit
tee, have already enlivened the Sentinel's
columns. The speech in full will repay
careful reading-not because all who read
will subscribe to the doctrines, but because
honest men may take courage at this sight
of the rogues' wrsngling. In the meeting,
besides the members of the COMMITTEES,
prominent republicans from the various
Districts were invited to be
present and give advice, and the meeting in
cluded full attendance of the com nlittee
and number OF prominent once. hoiders,
past and present, from all over the state.
After organization it was decided to call
upon one representative from each Con-
gressianal District to relate his experience as
TO the state of affairs in his district, and ex-
press the sentiment of the district as to the
proper. time to hold the state convention.
eind .s repor fen aS sep psaGe was oe
casioned by the entrance OF Mr.. Hesing,
the editor of the largest German paper in
Chicago and the leader of a holt from the re-
publican fold last fall. Room was made for
him right and left, men rushed up to shake
hands with him, and there was joy over a
supposed repentant. The motion to exclude
reporters was finally negatived, and the roll
call hogan. The first two districts were dis
posed of and the third reached; a general
cry for Hesing ensued, and Hesing rose in
am audience still enough to hear its DEATH
warrant read, and spoke as follows:
MR. HEsING's SPEECH.
have come here as an outsider. have
been invited by half dozen gentlemen to
be present, but do not know what their
object was in inviting me. L am always glad
to see old friends, men with whom l have
associated in the past. When the time to
hold a republican convention shall be called
is the question before the meeting. / do not
know that I can answer it, until 1 know
whether there is yet republican party in
the country. II there is republican party,
and / mean by that the party which nomi
mated ticket and adopted platform at
Philadelphia, all / can say Is that two of the
greatest states men that party produced in
Illinois have left it, and are now outside its
fold. was member of the party when the
Philadelphia platform was promulgated, and
endorsed and defended that platform.
When the republican party stood on that
platform was member of IL, but since il has
abandoned its platform and principles, am
no longer a member, and perhaps have no
right to speak here. / brought with me the
resolutions adopted by the Philadelphia
convention, and wish TO call your atten-
ton, gentlemen, to two paragraphs therein,
which emanated from the newspaper Office
with which i am connected, and were writ
ten by Herman Rastar, one of the editors of
the Stats Zeitung and delegate to Phila-
delPhia. Listen, gentlemen, to the thir-
teenth resolution of the Philadelphia con-
vention, and see how you like it in connec-
ton with recent events, and the course pur-
sued by your representatives from Illinois
in the United States Senate. Here is
a principle solemnly enunciated by the
party.
We denounce population of the public debt,
witness with pride the reduction Of the principle
of the debt and of the rate of interest upon the
balance, and confidently expect that an excel
lent national currency will be perfected by
speedy resumption Of specie payment.
A speedy resumption of specie payments,
gentlemen, What do you think of that in
the face of the fact that your illustrious
statesmen from Illlnols-Mr. Logan and
Mr.. Oglesby-sre attempting to rob the la
boring men, and are bringing this country
into disgrace in the eyes of all civilized PEG.
pies by their labOrs to secure the issue OF
s44 100000 more currency. believe the peo-
pie need more money, but it should be based
on something more substantial than prom
Uses to pay. Where is all this going to stop?
Suppose next year they print 81 .OO0, 00O, 900
instead of S44 600 900? They would have
precisely the same right to do it. The re-
publican party, by its statesmen, as they
are called, will compel people who have to
buy goods imported from Europe to pay
from to 10 per cent. more than IL the forty
second congress never existed. If You
want to endorse Logan, endorse him,
but I will not. Endorse Oglesby, too,
If you like. He has an ounce
of lead in his leg, and suppose he ought to
be endorsed, whatever he does. will not
endorse him. Your party is torn asunder,
gentlemen. There is nothing left OF you
Where is your philadelphia platform?
Where are your principleS7 You have none
What IS then left OF the republican party
but Office, Office, Office, and what mission has
it now but to supply office seekers with fat
places? will not belong to any party that
has no higher aim or aspiration than office.
When there is nothing LEFT to party but OF;
fee / will not have anything more to do
with it. prefer to be. and shall be, indie
pendent, without the incumbranee OF party
ties and lying platforms. Lst me feid
another paragraph of the Philadelphis plat
form, a paragraph which was also written by
Mr.. Raster, and then let me show how, the
party has lived up to it. here it is Listen
now, gentlemen, to the 10Th paragraph of
the platform:
The republican party proposes to respect the
rights reserved by the people TO themselves as.
as the powers delega cd bv them TO the-
state and TO the federal gov erun. Mt 1t disap-
proves of the resort 10 unconstitutional laws for
the purpose of removing evils by Interference |
with rights not surrendered by the people to |
either the state or national government.
During the campaign Mr.. Raster, who
was the author of that paragraph, received |
bushels of letters asking him to denounce
The men who construed It as referring to the
use of liquor. and he refused to do so. Your
party has gone back on 1t, and has endorsed
The crusaders and passed laws subversive Of