The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-10-28

that was a thrashing machine in the
shape Of a whip. loud laughter and
applause. Free labor has invented all
the machines that ever added TO the
power, added to the wealth,
added 10 the leisure, added
to the civilization of mankind.
Every convenience, everything Of use,
everything OF beauty I'M the world we
owe 10 free labor-free labor and free
thought- Free labor, free thought
science took the thunderbolt away from
the gods, and in the electric spark,
freedom with thought, with intelligence,
and with love, sweeps under all the
waves of the sea, science, free thought,
took a tear from the cheek of unpaid
labor, converted it into steam, and ere
ated the giant That turns with tireless
arms the countless wheels of toll The
Republican party, / say, believes in free
labor. Every solitary thing, every soli-
tary improvement made in the United
States has been made by the Republican
party. Every reform accomplished was
inaugurated and WAS accomplished by
the great, grand glorious Republican
party. Applause.
Last year / stood in the city of Paris,
where once stood the old Bastile prison,
where now stands the column of July.
That column is surmounted by a mag
nifcent statue of Liberty, in its right
hand is a broken chain, in its left hand
a banner, and upon its glorious forehead
the glittering and shining star of pro-
gress. And. as / looked at it / said:
.'Such is the Republican party of my
country" Applause. The Repub-
lican party does not say: LET by-gones
be by-gones." The Republican party
is proud of the past and confident of the
future. The Republican party brings
its record before you and implores you
to read every page, every paragraph,
every line, and every shining word. On
the first page you will find it written:
ssSlavery has cursed American soil long
enough.n On the same page you will
find it written: ssSlavery shall go no
farther;'' on the same page you will
find it written: 1.-The bloodhounds shall
not dip their gore upon another inch Of
American soil.n On the second page
you will find it written: This is a
nation and not a confederacy. every
State. belongs to every citizen, and no
State has a right to take territory be-
longing to every citizens in the United
States and set up a separate govern
ment." On the third page you will
find the grandest declaration ever made
in this country: "Slavery shall be ex-
tirpated from American SOIL" On the
next page: "The rebellion shall be put
down." Applause. On the next page:
"The rebellion has been put down."
Loud applause. On the next page:
''Slavery has been extirpated from the
American SOIL" IApplanse. On the
next page: The freemen shall not be
Migrants; they shall be citizens" On
the next page: ''They are citizens"
Applause. On the next page: 'The
ballot-box shall be put in their hands"
and now we will write on the next page:
''That every citizen that has a ballot in
his hand, by the gods! shall have a right
to cast that ballot" Loud applause.
That in short, that in brief, is the his
tory of the Republican party. The Re-
publican party says, and it means what
1t says, this shall be a free country for
ever; every man in it 81 years of age
shall have a right TO vote for the gov
eminent of his choice, and if any man
endeavors to interfere with that right
the Government Of the United States
will see to it that the right of every
American citizen is protected at the
polls. [Applause.