Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-18

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the gentleAAzas speech requires. Ny re.
marks shall be responsive 70 hls; ana
shah disaass party higtorY and party poscy
only ss the logic of his speech leaas lnsq
Ffcm most Of the premises Of the gentle
man, as matters Of fact and history, l ais
/ sent; some of then ere 7ndoabtediy cor.
/ rec. Rus, fer the sake Of argument only,
4 Admitting has az his premises ere correct, I
deny tliEt his sonelasioa = EnEEaP tsd py
I his premises; and, before close, shall At
tempt to show that the good he seeks can-
NOT Be secured By tbe aseehdeney of the
! Denoerati5 pafty at this time.
BefQre sutefiEg upon that 9eld, however,
I must notice this tEmaEkahle omission in
the logic Of his speech, Alsheagh he did
! state that TIE country might consider itself
i free tfom some 0f ne dangers which are sp-
/ pFsk ended Is the resrit Of Democratic as
ceadehef, be dia not, as ! remember, By any
word attempt 70 prove the fitness Of the De.
m0o7aey IS p0litiosl ogganisation e ac-
lcoaplish the reforns which he 50 mHeh de-
sirsS. and without that afirmatiFe proof
/ Of fitness his argument iz necessarily an ah-
solute failure.
It is precisely that fear which has not
only made the ascendency Of the Demo
cratic party SO long iHp0ssible, but has
ma6e it iaoOmpetent 10 fehder that service
30 necessary q good gopSrnment-the ser
Wee ef maiatainiRR the position Of a wise
and honO1eble opposition 30 the dominant
party. Often the hiunders and faults Of
the Republican party have been condoned
By the people because Of the violent, reae-
tiohary, and dislcyal spirit Of the Demoe-
raey.
he tells rs that il. one Of the xeiI.knoxn
lessons Of political history and philosophy !;
that the opposition party comes in to pre-
serve and sorystallizs the measures which
their antagonists inangufeted; and that
'cOnserFatiEe opposition party Is better
fitted p accomplish such work than an
aggressive radical parry who roughly
pioneered The way and brought in
the changes. And to apply this max
i'm TO our own situation he tells
rs shat the differences between the
Republican and the Democrats parties
upon the issues which led TO tbe var and
those which grew out of it were rather
differences Of time than Of substance; that
the Democracy followed more slowly in the
Republican path, but have ct last arriFed,
by prudent snd constitutional methods, at
the same results; and hence they VIII be
sure to guard securely and cherish faith
fully what the Republ leans gained by reek,
less and turbulent methods There Is some
truth n these glitsefihg geneFelities, y but,
as applied to our present situation, they are
entitled .onlF 20 tie consideration which we
give 10 the bright but fantastic pictures Of
a Ute9ian dream.
share all that gsntlemal's aspirations
fer peace, for good government at the l
tI1rTt1s II car 81 10
that the great majority Of the nation shares
the same aspirations. But he win allow me
% say that be has not fully stated the ele-
nentz of the greet problem 10 be solved BY
tie ttatesnansslD Of today. The actual
6eld Is mtlch br0sler tlIaa the view he has
takea. And before We can agree that the
remedy he proposes is an adequate one, we !
must take in the whole field, comprehend
al the conditions Of the problem, and then
see Il his remedy is sufficient The change
he proposes IS not like the ordinary change |
Of s ministry in England when the govern
ment Is defeated on B tax bfll OF some rou- /
tine measure 5l legislation. He proposes /
TO turn over the custody and ma1age-
nent Of the goFsrnment to q party which /
hRs psrzistentlF and with the greatest bit
terness resisted al the great changes of the
Last fifteen years, changes which were the /
necessary results of q vast revolution /
) EsYelutien in national policy, in social |
political ideas--4 revolution whose eanses
were not the work Of 3 day nor OF 8 year,
but Of genef8ti cnsand centuries. The scope
and eharaeteF of that mighty revolution
must form fhe basis Of your Judgment when
we inquire whether such ; achanke as he
proposes Is safe and wise.
"A discussing k.s proposiianW we must not
forget that IS the result of this resolution 1
the South after the great deVastations of
war, the great loss of life and treasure. the Il
overthrow Of its social and industrial sys.
TEN, was called upon to confront the new i
and difficult problem Of two races one lust L
released from centuries Of slavery, and the
others a eultEased, brsFe. proud, f1np peFious
race to Be brought together on gteFms Of
equality before the law. New, difficult.
delieste, and dangerous questions bristfe Il
out from every point Of that problem.
But that Is not al Of the situstion. On
he other hand, We see the North, after
eaying It's 350, 900 dead upon the field of
battle and bringing home its 500, 900 manned Il
md wounded 70 Be cared for, crippled In
Is industries, staggefing under the trenen-.
ious 5afdeh sf -p65lie and privSte debt. Z
lad both North and South Weighted With
burdens and losses-the nation
Iufering from that looseniRg Of ths honda of 4
Iocial order which always fellows great
Fhr and from the resulting corruption both
n the public and the pfiv8ts life OF the peo-
pie. These, Mr.. Chairman, constitute the
7ast feld which we must sHrzey ia order to
and the path which VII soonest lead Our 3
beloved country to the hghTay Of peace, Of J
: lpeEy ana prosperity, Peace from the I
'hock Of battle; the higher peace Of our (
streets, Of our homes, Of our equal rights
We must make secure By making the con j
auef1ng ideas of the war every where dol6i- 1 1
nant and permanent. -
With al my heart join with the gentle.
man IN rejoicing that I
The Er1dtnms throb no longer and ne bs,tIs-
md / 9ook forward with Soy and hone 10 The.
Ley When our brave people, one fa heart !
Dne in their asPifati0ns for freedom md
peace, shall see that the darkness tkrargh | 9
which we have travelled was part of tSst '
Itegn but benffcent discipline bv which, I
he Great Digposer of events has been Lead / {
ng rs on toa higher and nebIer national !
ife.
But sneI . reSult can be reached only bv. :
semp ehendiHg the whole meaning OF the :
revolution through which Fe have passed |
md are stiH passing. l say still passing !: !
or Trememhs- that after the battle Of arms
zones he battle Of history. The cause
ihst tFiamphs in the field does not always q
triumph in history. And those who carried {
he war for union and equal and universal {
reedom TO q victorious issue can never !
afely relax their syifiiance until the ideas j
or which they Fought have become efn- |
oodied in the enduring forms Of individual '
md national life.
Has this beea done2 Not yet. l.
/ ask the gentleman in al plaiuHess OF 4
peeehs and yet IN al kjhdnsssy is be correct