The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29

nON. ". " w lLL1AMS uAaQG tHo 4ot
lowing speech at the Ratification meeting
| at Washington as reported by the Nation
al Republican.
SPEECH OF HON. CHARLES G. WILLIAMS.
+! In our report yesterday the following
gem Of the evening was crowded out. l.
was the imprompiu specs h OF Wisconsin
/ Williams. He said: With the opportun-
| ity here presented to listen 70 the polite
al leaders, orators and statesmen Of the
nation, | am not vain enough to suppose
that l have been called OUT at this honI
OF the night with the expectation that
can entertain, much less instruct, this
vast multitude. suspect, if my APP
pearance has any significance, 1t IS that
| / may bring to you, and to the cam paIgn
so successfully inaugura ed here In the
capital city, the deep, broad sympathy
Of the Badger" boys. who dwell beyond
the lakes. Cheers. If that DO my
mission, then give you all hail, ard
bring you their good will and god
speed for success. Cheers. As tier
energies have never Jagged, 50 has their
faith never faltered, but as in the early
spring time the political sun gllded the
gray hills Of New Ham pshire with joy,
so have they believed, and SO do We al,
| believe here tonight, that 1t shall ride
the summer zenith IN triumph, and when
in autumnal fullncss, IL " heels beneath
oUr. western sky, 1T shall send back an
orlflamme of victory which shall tell
this country, yea, tell the world, that
hence!OEth the destipies Of this Republic
shall tie dominated over by the men who
fought to defend it, and not by the men
who sought TO destroy it. Immense
cheering.
This, te!low-cltiZens, Is, and is to be,
the precise issue this year. lou may
talk Of political economy, Of questions Of
tariff and finances, questions bJ no means
to be ignored; you may talk OF eLlmlDat-
ing sentiment from politics but as hui
man life is dearer than material things,
as blood is thicker than water, so the
question thus given Is whether the hum
Ole, the industrious, the l0Wly, the law
lablding citizen is to be protected III all
Ihls rights, 0r whether TeQ-handeG muir
der and relentless assassination IS to stalk
unchecked through The land. We shake
no "bloody shirt" we bring no bitter
tuunts OF the past, we cherish 40 spirit of
revenge nor harbor any feelings Of see
ljonal hate; ut,under God, we claim the
light, and sc will boldly assert It here
land hereafter, 60 speak OF the Vaiur, the
Sacrifices, the patriotism and the immor-
tai glory Of our Boys in Blue" without.
at the same time feeling compelled to
pologiZe to the Boys in Gray" Great
Applause.
/ Why, fellow citizens, what does Repub-
licanisn mean to-day? It means first,
full pension 10 the loyal soldier or his
heirs down to the very date of discharge
or death. 1t means the shutting the door
once and forever against the payment CT
pension or claim TO mortal man for any
act or thing done or suffered while seek
ling his country's destruction. Cheers
It means more than this. It means push
Ing the American SYSTEM clean down to
the Gulf, leaving in its pathway lands
iSub divided among many holders; school
districts and school houses free to all TO
come and go, unchallenged for sectarian
opinions and unchecked by color or skin.
lfCheers. Il means better roads, stronger
bridges and more fruitful fields, farm
houses and church buildings, resting in
the valleys and dottiDg all the hillsldes.
1t means more still. 1t means men devel-
Ioped and manhood built up and strength
eEed.
This is what American civilization sig
nifes, and this is what Republication is
/ to-day. Will modern Democracy com
prehend it? Will Southern ideas ever
accept It? Until they do, there is and
can be no other Issue IN this country
Where in all the South, whore in all the
North has any prominent Democratic
leader accepted the situation IN this
sense Who of them ali intend t. accept
lit? When they do we will meet them
with cordial hearts and freely forgive, II
we cannot forget the past. Butuntil they
do there is but one way, and that is by
lall legal, peaceful aad constitutional
methods to push on the column till efete
systems are ground to powder, till al!
men are equal before the law, ana Re
publ:canism simple and pure dominates
the land in triumph. lApplause
With few words complimentary tol
the candidates Mr.. Williams withdrew,
amid rousing outburst of cheers.
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