Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-10-09

and New York, inflated greenbscks and repuda-
alton h Ohio and Indiana and war OF races
in the South Let il be remembered that incom- |
pstibility Of prindples IN politics Ike inoompat-
breed q dissolution. II you shall be true to your |
trusts, and awake to your opportunities, then |
will IL be demonstrated that by and through the |
Repu blicsn Party of the State and nation shall |
the live issues OF the present, and the Just ex- |
pectations of the future be successfully met |
Thus and then will it be that in and through the
Republican Party shall the civil service be re- |
generated, the public faith maintained inviolate,
the public expenditures reduced to the lowest
point OF necessity and efficiency, the currency
lifted to the specie level the national debt placed
upon a basis OF gradual extinction in coin. the
industries OF the land so cared for that the Amer
lean aborer shall control the labor and the wages
that supply the American consumer and the law
less assassin and uncured rebel shall be taught
to respect the civil right of every cit
izen, and the constituted authorities OF
| every State. To accomplish these re-
| suits is the duty of the hour. They lie in the
| direct pathway OF the Republican Party, and
| their attainment is the condition Of continued
success. But, in the near future, even at our
| very doors, are questions oil the utmost
| gravity, and of the broadcast scope, from the So
| luton Of which there will be no escape but in
surrender No one can fail to discern their ap-
| proaeh, and they will moi admit of postponement
| The deep-seated political disease which, fol-
| lowing tie rebellion, has perverted and wasted
4 the lie OF southern CtANSss iiSAhte
| treatment. How shall the healing influences of
interrupted self-govement be made to per,
/ wade body polite too sick TO discern them, and
| too weak to grasp them The subtle and nigh
ty agencies OF the telegraph and steam. covering
/ the continent with the nerves and arteries OF
| new systems OF communication and OF trans
| mission. crossing State lines, passing under
| rivers over mountains and through tunnels, and
binding the nation in one unbroken and mex
| tricable network. were unknown to the fathers
| rbn Ranullr n States.
| These are working out their marvelo Is results
through corporate powers and combined forces
that rival the Government iself in their ability to
control the people and their interests. What shall
be hereafter their relations to that Government
Where shall the limit and check be plscedS
These are questions to which the polu-
| cal ear cannot be Indifferent If it would. An
other and greater question than all others CON
| fronts the thoughtful statesman as he turns his
face to the future. The power Of the Central
Government il increasing, while that q the state
| is decreasing The necessity of an efficient I'M
questioned central power during the war and the
subsequent periods of public disturbance, com
I bned with great changes produced both In the
/ character and methods of all active life in this
great people, spreading daily further and furth.
er, vet daily consolidating and eentralizlng all
the agencies by which men move and are moved,
= have contributed to make Capitalization habit
: of thought too familiar for safety. Under these
i influences, and yielding to these ten
/ dencies shall State lines be permitted to fade
h and State authority to decay while we becomt
: more and more one nation and one Govern
# ment, or shall stouter and frmer resistance L
/ | the drift and current hold the Union and the
a States each in its own sphere intact and unim
0 paired and all in that one grand whole fifty de
: scribed TO be-
e Distinct as the waves, yet one as the sea ??
Y The future of the Republic is crowded witt
l. great questions hitherto unknown or Of itt
moment. but the settlement Of which cannot b
l. ignored by those who shall administer its affairs
e 70 graphic with these as they sinai rise and T.
solve them in that broad and catholic spirit whlc
y shall command the final approval Of great AM
!! growing people, il the golden opportunit
II Of the Republican Party. VIII it prove itsel
II equal to the Just expectations OF the future
re have faith in its wisdom and its craftsmanship
e and that IN the long years TO come it will con
d tinue to win success by deservingit.
y Gentlemen OF the Convention. l congratulate
le you on the grandeur OF the work before you an
Il congratulate the State and nation on the earn
= estness with which you enter upon it.