The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-06-22

they knew that, In the language Of Gov.
Morton, II had become inevitable. Good gov
eminent In the States was
NOT FREE-wiLL OFFERING
on the aliars 81 the country. For years the
Democrats had contended In Congress and
before the country for free republican states
throughout the south, and finally II became
inevitable, because right and truth were too
strong 10 be longer suppressed. In this the
Democrats find reason 10 stand more firm
y with their party out OF power, with no
patronage 70 dispense and no money 70 dis
tribute. but animated by the spirit Of our
institutions,and inspired by ascntiment thst
the right Of local self government Is inhc-
rent in the people. The Democratic party
during the past ten years has restored one
State after another until now the tread Of
the soldier l. heard In no Legislative hall but
In the State the people are governed by laws
Of their own enacting and by officers Of their
own choosing. My fellow-citizens, my home
Il In the West, and my associations have
been with the people Of that section. Among
you am, personally, almost stranger; yet
am received by you with open arms and
cordial greetings. Need ! say that / am
gratified because Of this acty II has more
than a personal significance. Does II not
proclaim that we entertain
NO SECTIONAL POLITICAL SENTIMENT, Oh
SECTIONAL POLICYy
Some may think we should have an East
ern policy, others that IL should be West
ern: but II seems 10 me that New Yorker
and Indianian should understand II better
than that, and that our legislative and adj
mnistratiye policy should be a. broad and
comprehensive a. the industries and trade
and commerce which II may affect. Does
the trade OF the great cities Of the Atlantic
stop with the mountainsy Does II not reach
beyond the Mississippi and across The Mis-
souriy Every new home that i built upon
that recedihg border, every new farm that
II made far in the shadow Of the Rocky
Mountains. and every additional bale OF cot
ton that il produced in Louisiana and Texas
adds something 10 the greatness and wealth
Of New York and Boston and Philadelphia
and Baltimore. Il there New Yorker who,
a. he walks up and down this great Broad
way. hears and feels only the throbbing OF
local commerce: Let such man break over
the narrow bounds and habits Of his life,
and visit the great cotton and grain-grow-
ing sections; nor let him stop until he hears
the waves Of the Pacific dashing against the
golden shores Of California, and he will be
able better to understand and appreciate the
magnitude and complicated relations OF in
terests which are affected by the financial
and commercial policy Of the country. Sue
mote parts OF the country are as certainly and
almost as directly connected with the pros
perity Of this city as are the permanent and
valuable improvements upon your more dis
tant streets. l have said this under the In
fuence OF the sentiment that in respect TO
production and trade the East and West and
South are one, and that wise
and Just policy will alike, and almost equal
", promote the prosperity Of each, II your
judgments should be as comprehensive as
the influence OF your commerce, and as Tar
reaching a. the distant line Of your trade.