Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-10-02

death has come-Whlle the ranks OF lie
have been thinned, through all has come,
to you and to me. troubles and this land
of ours, this nation that we all go deeply
cherished and cherish now. has had trouble
and is in trouble to-day; but although what
men may please to term the "panic, 'is upon
us, and although individuals may suffer,
yet, the nation as a nation, lives, to-day, as
strong in the eyes and hearts of the
American people and the world, as
at any period since she adopted
her constitution, nearlyfone hundred years
| ago
GREEN, VIGOROUS, AND STRONG
she lives to-day. In her youth she saved
her strength, in her earlier days she hus-
banded the power which, now, as nation,
she feels she must have needed and she
stands as strong three thousand miles away
across the sea, as here at home, for, to-day,
| the bonds of the United States are as much
sought after in Europe, and more, than at
any period since the war closed and, al
though your Car shops may be closed, your
carriage manufactures depressed, your mo-
rocco factories idle yet the people here and
elsewhere believe to-day in the strength
and iperpetuity of American institutions.
| They to-day believe, as they always have
believed, that, with good government, this
nation will live as long as time shall last
| (applause) live free repablic for free peo-
pie, free thought, free speech, and free
men. (Applsuse.)
To-day, the nation, l say, lives, lives in
her might and strength-ives in line of
railways unequalled in the world-lives in
a wealth of mineral resources elsewhere
unknown in the world-lives in her canals
in her commerce upon every sea-in her
manufactures throughout the length and
breadth of this land-lives, gentlemen, in
1875; to give the grandest exhibition Of her
| Centennial existence that any nation ever
gave on earth. (applause) A week ago, as
! | stepped from the ferry boat at Jersey City
to take the cars for Wilmington, thought
that we had made a name'in the world in
deed for there stood the conductor calling
out I" This car for Washington, this for
Chicago, this for San Francisco 5000 miles
away and yet there are men who
would tell you that the republic can
not last Gentlemen, listen and mark
The Republic has lasted for sixteen years
under tine government of the Republican
party and the Republic will last sixteen
years more under the same government
(applause) You tell me Of hard times, and
to the laboring men the opposition appeal.
They say to you, why can't you get work
why are the shops and factories in your
cities closed will answer that question
by and by, but now say, that although
those shops and factories are closed, yet
the public
SPIRIT OF IMPROVEMENT,
to-day, is as great in this country as it ever
has been at any period Of its existence. The
nation may feel it but the nation stlll lives.
The landmarks of the past are fading avrsH;
every sun that goes down wipes out sosAe
old landmark. The onward mfrch is topserd
the weeteru St-teg, EeVef caA1, never SPILL
always Nseeking for somethiu5 new. TIE
.vt and
England seeks a home beyond the Allie
ghenies, the hand that reared public schools
in the East comes and tolls in the new
States, carrying in it's grasp free thought
free speech, free men who cherish the prin-
ciples Of the Republic that they have loved
over everything else. [applausel
l come not here to abuse any man,
come not here to utter one word of
attack against any man on the Democrat
ic ticket nor against any man in the State
OF Delaware. Personal abuse, gentle
men, never does much good. 1t may do
a great deal OF harm; it may make many
sore heart but never makes kind friends.
l come before you, known to the best of
you, presume, personally; for here 1 have
lived all my life, born and raised within the
town; SO that l do not appear as one Of
whom you had never heard, save within tie
last two months, and, more, gentlemen,-
me on the seventh day of next November.
(Applause.) | come more, far more, as l
wish to do in this campaign, to speak to
those who differ with me in politics and,
if L can convince any man or any set of
men here or elsewhere, who have been op-
posed to me in politics, then / shall have
accomplished some good and realized some
end. You need fear from me
NO UNKIND WORD,
no word of abuse. More than thatI promise
you here tonight, that in this Campaign, I
shall present my views on the questions
thatn demand the attention of the people,
as honestly as know how. Applause.
shall make mo misrepresentation. and !
shall talk to you, face to face, and trust,
heart to heart, as honest men; for say tc
you now, l want your support Voice
you'll get it an-applause. Now, gentle.
men, If man were to meet you Il speak to
Democrats now) tomorrow or Monday, and
say to you "my friend, can you tell me what
the issues are in this campaign ?h could you
do it You go to the Democratic meeting on
Monday night, you hear their speakers and
you hatr me to night and, when you &c
home on Monday night ask yourself what ie
all this They both talk pretty much the
same way II you are a man
about my age, you will say
there is no question as to whether the
rebellion shall be- put down; there is nc
question about the war, whether it may as
well stop or not. Coming later down, with
in the memory of all present, you will say:
| do not hear anything about impartial suf-
frage-about the fifteenth amendment;
what, after all is it that these men differ
in Now, gentlemen, there is one thing
certain; care not how many political meet
ings you may attend in this campaign, in the
Democratic psrty, you hear two things
They say, why talk about things that are
gone the war is over; the black man is
free; give us something of to-day. This
they say to you. For themselves they claim
6 Reform = Now let us examine this.
When the
REPUBLICAN PARTY CAME INTO EXISTENCE.
in 1856, it held convention in the CITY of
Philadelphia. nominated John @. Fremont
and VIM L. Dayton, and adopted platform.
(rhe speaker here read an extract from the
call for that convention. and continued)
They declared that slavery should not 90
into the Territories. The time had come
when the kind Father above looked down
with eyes of pity on that black slave and
eyes of scorn upon the white man who al.
| l0xuad him IN ba alova. a,,d - l.. -