The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-10-09

faithless to that party which, b
every indication OF the times.
bound TO be the arbiter of the de
tinies Of this country for generation
10 come.
Then my friends. remain wit
your party; keep in the ranks. n
one man can save this country.
The Republican party is going on
of power-the party which DONNA
ted over this country for eighteen
years, leaving behind it its track o
blood, its track of miseries, and how
great they arel Millions are suffer
ing by their wrongs. We are suffer
ing by it. Millions of widows an6
orphans are suffering tonight who
would have husbands and fathers
had there been no Republican party
and millions are wandering up and
down, starving and homeless, over
the face of this country, who bat for
this Republican party would have
home and shelter. Applause. %
Therefore. my friends, be willing
to sacrifice any of your personal
views, your individual theories, for
the purpose of giving success and
efficiency, to the great party which
will give relief to the people.
do not care what may be the Pc
culiarity of mans views if he will
just come up and say 81 will stand
to the Democratic party to the last"
That man is patriot, that man is
an honest man, that man is really,
earnestly battling for the relief Of
the country. He is entitled to your
fullest confidence and respect, and
he has mine. 1 feel intensely on
this subject. General Grant said
on one occasion, on his tour among
the royalties of Europe, that his
hope was that the Democratic party
might lose its chance of regaining
power, by doing something foolish.
Yes, and that is all the hope the old
man has got. Applause The only
hope of the Republican party to vi
.alize its carcass is division in the
Democratic party. Will you help
o vitalize that dying carcass? IfI
you wish to do so be an uEruly |
of the Democratic party. |
Would you help vitalize that party |
which has brought on you all the
you endure? Would you
iisorganize the country and trample
IN the laws of the country? or would |
you help to give that party its final
leath blow? There is only one
place in which you can do it, and |
hat is in the Democratic party. The
Democratic party will get control of
he country whether you help it or
rot. and you had better help it? We
ire going to win Mark that.
We are going to triumph. Zap |
olause. Every breeze that sweeps |
over the country bears US the glad |
-idiugs OF increasing power of the
Democratic party. [AppIause.1 We
IRE going to power. The Constitu-
ion demands it; the people demand |
t; God Almighty gives it his smile,
md, tell you. fellow citizens we
ire going into power. Applause.
And when we do succeed and pro-
vide the remedy for all these evils, !
What shout of victory will be heard |
al through this countryl How will |
Iou feel if you are not along with |
lsY How will you feel If you go
through the country carping about
your peculiar nostrums to save the !
,ountryi Oh, you will feel very
BADLY. [Laughter.] You will feel
mean. My good friends abandon
lour divisions. We have all had
common victories, and just as we
ire coming out of our struggles, and
ust as the Democratic party is com
ng back to power, don't you aban.
lon US. 1t is bad time to get out
# humor. Give the Democratic par.
y time. You cannot expect all the
wills inflicted by the Republican par
y in eighteen years, to be remedied
n an hour. You cannot expect a
nan with long, trying disease to
'e cured in an hour. Give this par
y time. l think 1 understand the
ituation. | tell you it is going to
ring relief. l tell you when you
re few years older that relief will
ONE. tell you all these miserable
cars inflicted by the Republican
arty will be rubbed out; I tell you
he starved will have bread and the
aked will have clothing. Every
ne Of you will be the citizens Of
Apply and prosperous nation once
lore.
Dearest" he murmured, ecstati-
ally, as he folded her in his arms
,r the first time, "let me sample the
ectar of your lips Take a whole
,hooner of it" she fatally whisper
j \; Its all on tap"