The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-07-18
THE REPUBLICAN RECORD.

The Democratic party says TO US, Let
the dead past bury its dead" They
have an extreme reluctance about their
record. IL We had a record like theirs,
great God, would we not bc ashamed OF
il ns they are? Laughter and cheers
IL they had q record like ours. written
with all it's glories 10y the finger OF the
Almighty God in letters Of fire against
the sky, that all the world might read
il, would not they combine together
aud rejoice, aud be justified in doing
so? Cheers. Take the glorious old
party OF the natiou-the old party of
freedom, which when il first came into
existence, crystallized sbout itself the
hopes and loftiest aspirations Of the
country. See how il made. with it's
first success, "A republic unparalleled in
history See how il sent It's conquer
ing legions, thousands and hundreds
Of thousands and millions, into the
field, See how u saved its great ma.
tionality, the sacred custodian and the
priceless treasure Of free government
for all the world, Cheers. See how
1t lifted 4.OOO,0O0 of human beings
from the night Of barbarism and slav-
cry into the pure atmosphere OF Amer
lean freedom. Loud cheers. And
see how, having made them free meu,
il male them citizens and boldly took
and clothed them. thank God, in all
the rights and privileges OF citizenship.
The old party four years ago stood o
perfect storm Of SANDER and calumny
snch "a no party ever before encoun-
tered, but it said. I'VE have made
you freemen, we have made You citi-
zens: we will cloihe yom-with all the
privileges others enjoy, aud u la the
States where you live the privileges en-
ioyed under the constitution are denied
To you. this great nationality that to-
day. thank God, we call the United
States Of America, coming down from
the clouds where its head has been
among the stars, will, with its strong
arm do for you. the poorest and mean.
est citizen Of the soil. what Your State
refuses to do for you" vociferous
cheering That is the record Of this
party. Il found a currency almost
worthless; steadily, gradually, and
surely all the while il has been appre.
ciating its value. IL has made here q
nationality greater and more powerful
than the world ever saw before.
/ lCbees. Yet we are told--told by
Sentor Doolittie last night. and speak
OF him with terms OF the highest re-
spect-that tine party has been ruined
because IL passed n legal tender act and
pledged the faith of the nation that
the 8 20 bonds should be paid in gold
They pick out an instance here and
there where Secretary has fallen from
n
former, Tilden; see what be has done
Didn't he crush out Tweed7" Wsy
back ia 1864 the cordial relations be
tween Tweed and Tilden could hardly
be described. Way down ia 1885 they
were like brothers. In the election o
1868, ss Chairman OF the State Cenira
Committee Of New York, Dir. Tide,
devised a plan by which the votes q
that great State were wrested frou
Grant by the most gigatic fraud tina
was ever prscticcd upon . people an,
given to Ills adversary. This Mr.. Til
den, the reformsr, after having 70
years and years come at the beck ans
call Of Mr.. Tweed, after Tweed ha,
been exposed by the Republican pres
and Republican party. jumps onto fh
carriage when u IL all ready to 20 sns
and the streets in good order 10 trave
and takes q ride on ID at Republical
expense. Loud cheers spd lsuehtsr.
Who tried Tweedp Let us have
ont. Tweed wss tired Ivy Republica
Judge, before a Republican jury pros
ecuted by a Repubiicnu Attorney Gcu
} ersl. convicted In the good old Repuh
lican way, sent 10 q Democratic jsl
llanghterl, in charge Of Democrats