Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-06-30
Speech Of Gen. Eamu'I Il. Cary.

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ator Thurman, Hon. Geo II. Pendle
ton, and others.
We regret that we have only room
for the following extract from tn
speech of Gen. Saml +, Cary-ou
candidate for Lieutenant Governor, il
that State at the election mex. Octo
Der. Gen. Cary said:
am Democrat because | believ,
that the Democratic party is in sym
pathy with the great masses Of tn,
people. Our whole system of fnan
ces and revenues under Republican
Legislation is cunningly devised
scheme to rob labor of its earning,
and put it into the pockets of thost
who don't work. It's like one of on
Yankee patent bee Dives, with a con
trivance to take the honey away from
the bees, with just enough to kecr
alive with through the winter. They
look around and wonder where it ha.
gone, while other people are living OF
them. agree with our eminent Sen
ator (Thurman) that it is human tc
err, and don't believe in the perfec
ton of human beings or parties. Al
will make their mistakes and blunderS
| know we have pharisees in the
State as well as in the Church, that
thank God they dire not like othel
men. But | am more like the publ,
can, ready to repent and do works
meet for repentance. There are good
honest Republicans, as honest as We
are, for all have one common desire
Republicans and Democrats is
to perpetuate our free institutions and
make our land happy and prosperous
to preserve the old Temple of Liberty
There are thousands Of Republicans
hanging on the ragged edge" of the
Republican party [great laughter and
applause who would be away from
it if it were not for a chronic hostility
to the old Democratic party. l want
the workingmen of this country to
understand their enslaved condition
and to show them in future discus
sions how to be free without strikes
and without exciting capital against
labor or labor against capital. In or
der to have true reform we must
strike down the Republican party, fol-
though they may see their errors they
will not correct them. There never
was a party that corrected Its own en-
rors. Boelzebub will never be cast
out by Beelzebub. 1t shows to wha,
miserable resort the Republican par
ty is driven when they have to ap
peal to the religious prejudices of the
people in order to perpetuate them,
selves in other. One
other remark, and | am done. When
| lett the Republican party eight
years ago, it was in the full tide OF
prosperity, with ali the offices of the
country at its disposal, When 1 came
to the Democratic party it was sad TIC
be, and believed to be by the Repub
licans, dead, and only waiting for the
sexton, the undertaken and the devi
to remove it. All my life long l have
my convictions, let them take me
where they will. | went into the
Democratic party with the full convic
ton that unless the Republican party
was overthrown and turned out of
power our free institutions were gone
forever. That was my conviction
and you know how earnestly, how
faithfully and how industllously
have tried with the ability that Goo
has given me to carry out these con
victions before the people of the State
of Ohio. 1t is no longer a question
which party's war policy was right
but which party can now most sue
cessfully, most speedily and most
surely re-establish religious and civil
liberty throughout this land, anc
make this land great and glorious
which party can succeed best in re
building the broken-down affairs, re
pairing the waste places, and re-anact
ing new era Of prosperity, giving tc
labor its full and adequate employment
and reward ; which party, after it:
terrible baptism of blood, can make
this Republic to come forth to a new
life, new prosperity and perpetuity
to the last syllable of recorded time.