Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-15
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? nor the Democratic party expect to be
) returned to power upon its glitteriDg
/ promises of reform in the future. Ap.
, plsuse. The former party has yet tC
J present men representative Of its prin-
! ciples; the lstteg must discover both itp
J principles and It's men. LCheers and
cries OF "Goodl"l In f5rmef days,
| when party ties were frmer, when the
immediate presence OF impending ma.
tional calamities hedged Us about, and
compelled party fidelity, the platform
carried on the man, whoever he might
be. Party ties ale loosef now, aud no
platform is buoy ant enough to h1at an
Unworthy candidate. [Applau ie. The
necessity for the contipnsnce OF the ed
miDistration pclioy OF the Republican
party, while not 50 apparent in its i'm
mediate results, is as commanding re-
soecting future consequences as at any
time in its history. We are told that it
has accomplished its mission, and that
therefore is hes nc cIalrt1e to meet. Well,
il 10 Is and the time for its dissolution
has come, it can die triumphant, like
ths apostle of old, exclaiming, 81 have
fought the good fight, have kept the
faith.n Loud and long continued ap.
plause. It has fulfilled many missions,
and fulfilled its mission at its birth in
neutraliBing the effects Of the repeal Of
the Missouri eompr0n1i e, saving to
freedom the Sfeat Territories of
the northwest, and I tinging Cali.
forni& into the sisteShood Of States,
pudefiled by slavery and adorned like
bride in the glitter of her golden adorn-
ments. It fulfilled the mission Of
its youth In accepting The irrepressible
conflict, and it was mission worth
| living for to have saved nationality
like Ourp, to have freed four millions of
slaves [cneersl and raised them to the
dignity OF American citizenship Ire.
newed cheers] and to have reconstruct
| ed the Federal constitution so as to place
| the liberties of the citizen and the credit
Of the nation upon foundations strong
enough to endure anything except the
| imbecility of a Democratic ad-
administration. [Cheers] The mission
| OF the manhood Of the Republican
party, our mission of to-day, is to es-
! tablish on sure foundations and make
secure for the coming ages the fruits
| Of the wsr-debt and tsxation-
| through which the present has been
achieved; the benefits to be derived to
| the individual citizen under the four
teenth and fifteenth constitutional
amendments are to be secured through
such appropriate legislation as con-
gress may devise. ask the
freedmen OF the south If they
are ready to accept the Democratic par
ty as the source OF power? ["No, nor
| know it, from which it is plain We
want appropriate legislation to give
effect to those amendments. / ask
candid public if the only anarchy that
exists to-day in the south is not the sn-
arehy caused by the position Of ihe
Democratic party as such [cheers to the
principles adopted in the work or recon
struction? and now part Of the funda-
mental law Of the land. The Demo
cratic party claims to accept the situa-
ton, respecting the sacredness of the
national debt, and the inviolsbility OF
the national credit, but twenty million
dollars of taxation will not make good
the annual loss to the American people
from the indefinite and indefnable ati
tude and actions of that party IN regard
TO the payment of the principal OF the
public debt. In the prosecution of the
war to overthrow the rebellion, and for
the purpose OF procuring ready money
to pay the army and the navy, and to
provide immense material for the war,
it became necessary to suspend specie
payment and to make q forced loan
from the people by declaring greenbacks
a legal tender in payment of public and
private Indebtedness; yet, While claim
ing to be in favor Of q resumption of spe-
Gle payment at some indefinite time and
by means of some indefinite process, al
though eleven years nave eispsed since
the close OF the y sE, it bitterly opposss
the payment OF the forced loan, or the
taking of the filJt practical step toward
resumlng our position among the solv-~ I
ent nations of the civilized world. APP
plause No, gentlemen, the late war
was mere prize.fght for material su.
premacy; it was the outgroWth OF con-
fiict of irreconeilable moral, social and
political forces. The Democracy cast its
lot with the moral, social and political
forces of the cause which was lost; the
Republican party with those which tri-
umphed and survived, The preservation
of the result and of that victory devOlves
on US here and now. Democracy has
no traditions of the past, no impulses Of
the present, no aspirations for the future
fitting it for this task. The reaction of
1874 has already expended Itself in q
vain effort to realize the situs-
ton. 1t has simply demonstrate
ed that no change in the
machinery of the governmentcan behad
outside of the Republican party, with
cut drawing with it practical moditica-
ton of the great work of reconstruction,
financial chaos and administrative
revolution. The present houae OF repre-
sentatives has succedeed in nothing ex-
cept a development of its own incspao-
ity. TApplaus 3. From the inception
of the Republican party, in 1856, it has
kept pace with the progress OF the times,
accepting each added responsibility Of
war, emancipation, taxation a7d recon-
struction, till tbs. great pages OF Amer
lean history are but the LIES story OF
the Republican party. Applause OF
the whole mass OF constitutional amend
ments and legislative enactmentS il
takes tire responsibility without apol-
ogy. 1t has often hesitated, but it has
never feared to act. Through its action
the nation has lived. [Applause. There
has been corruption, but, when 1t was
discovered, the order went forta: "Let
no guilty man escspew loud applause
and cheers and, gentlemen, that order
has been executed. Applause There
has been want of harmony, but with
the adoption of a platform unwaver-
ing in its declaration of principles,
and with candidates worthy OF the plat
form, we will weld together as OF old the
unconquerable army, the great liberty
loving, lsw-abiding majority of the
votersiof the nation cheers, and secure
with enduring success the results of the
deliberations OF this convention. APP
plause.] Again thanking you, gentle
men, 1 inquire what is the pleasure of
the convention?
Mr.. Howard Mich. by request of
the National committee, with the en-
tire assent of the local committee and
by the earnest request of the Michigan
delegation, / wish to present the name
of General E. w. Hincks for sergeant
alarms of this convention. He is g
man covered all over with honorable
scars, and / hope he will be elected by
acclamation. He wss elected unani-
mously.
A. J. Dittenhoeffer, New York Mr..
ChairmRn, 10 behalf Of the National
German Republican convention recent
ly assembled in this city, over which 1
had the honor to preside and in which
twenty States were represented, desire
to present the following resolutions, to
| three of which L desire TO call particular
attention: First, advocating, in view of
the recent decision of the supreme court
of the United States declaring State leg