Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-09-28

every conviction and result Of history; they
fought against the deepest instincts oil the human
soul. We are the witnesses of the desperation oil
their courage Bear in mind IT is the Key oil our
politics to-day. We are Hing witness TO their
courage we pay q willing tribute to their convic
tion, and because of that courage because of that
conviction the election involves issues as
great and important as those Of the war,
for it really involves the issue. whether the
great results that were attained by the war
shall be maintained, whether the
political situation Of this country shall become
such that from these issues from the end Of the
war, we may pass on to those other questions
which will demand attention. Through all the
vicisstudes of the war were republicans, ana
why II democrat honoring me with bis pres
ence says, "Wel!, the war is over" reply u
grant it, but is the democratic party dlsbsndeu
Where stands the party of the war II STANDS
where it stood it stands organized, as ORGANIZED
il stood then, and therefore we are republicans.
If democrat asks me why now am L repuoii-
can, / answer him. ~ am republican because 1
believe in maintaining to the last blow the equal
rights of every citizen of the United states IN
Iowa, California, Georgia, New York ana
South Carolina, and | am republican until L
know that the rights of my fellow citizens in these
States-threatened not by me OF BY the republican
party. but threatened only by those who call
themselves democrats-I am q republican I'M
til the poorest black man in the remotest
corner of Georgia can go to the ballot
anu OIOp WIZ WIN thc eohS
security that | can go few rods and drop my
ballot on the 9TH of next November. Cheers.
Further, answer am republican because l be-
live in the constitutional currency of this country
and in the currency of civilization the world
over. | am republican because | believe
in hard money, and because am not willing to
intrust the cause of hard money TO the party that
last year tr led TO carry Ohio and Pennsylvania for
soft money, for party which this year. at its Ma
tonal Convention, dec Jared that the date of re-
sumption shall be repe aed, and for candidate who
that We might consider him made of gold; who
went to the conference with q soft money man at
Saratoga and who came back in the position of
Lord Dundreary's dog, where the tail was seen
wagging the head of the animal. Laughter And
am a republican because am in favor of tho
rough, radical and searching reform of the civil
service of this country, and don't like to trust
for any reform of this civil service TO the party
which planted the seeds of these evils, TO the par
ty which treated the whole public service OF this
country much plunder, and declared that 1t
belong ed to the victors in the contest. l don't be-
lieye, for one, that shall purify the civil service
of the United States by calling into supreme pow
er in the Administration q party which, coming
into the majority in the House of Representatives
last December, turned out ifty-seven Union sol
diers, and replaced them with other men for the
sole reason that they were republicans. Vermont
form, New Hampshire bids fair to follow their ex-
ample and on behalf of New York, the Empire
State, 1 have already predicted that the result of
the election will be that we are republican still.
[Cheers.l