The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-03-13

we cherish with affections revefeuoe
the memories Of our soldier dead. Is Of
the friends We knew, yet there are
nameless graves which mark the rest.
ing places of the unknown dead, which
speak in tones more eloquent than Ian.
guage can depict, and bad you net TO
dishonor the cause for which they
fought.
Sir. upon the committee which has
reported this bill, and Of which / have
the honor 10 be . member, there are
many for whom have a personal high
regard. If we have differed, it has
been upon principle alone; but in the
flush of excitement words are uttered
which bode no good 70 the Republic.
Sir, We have been told that the South
and the West can do without New
England and New Jersey. aud that
their democracy need have no part with
them in the struggle for national su-
premscy. Blot them, if you will. from
the roIlcall of democracy, and gain. if
you can, an sscendency 10 the nation.
Sir. what has New Jersey done that she
reward for her high devotion to con-
stitutional principles and her struggles
to maintain them, What has been her
record since Stockton and Witherspoon
signed the great charter OF freedom. and
gave it sttestatiQn by the support which
Monmouth and Trenton and Princeton
gave to the cause of the Revolution
Blot New Jersey from the roll Of your
democracy, and he who reads of Eng
lands second conflict will ask you
where was Lawrence and when your
standards were planted in Montezuma's
halls where was Montgomery Write
if you can the history Of the rebellion.
and leave out the names Of Kearney.
Zabriskie and Van Houten. and the
world will wonder why you made no
mention Of them. Strike from your re-
cord Lee and Stonewall Jackson and
then complete your history without
them, and then receive the worlds
proud scorn.
Sir. he who from any standpoint
would arrsign the Democracy Of New
Jersey, and forbid them their true po-
sition in the Union balance, is an enemy
to his country and the principles of
constitutional liberty. There is vida.
vast gulf between liberty and license.
They can have no common heritage. If
fidelity to the Union and to its obliga.
tions 10 accounted treason 70 the demo-
cracy of the nation, thsn my district,
through me, 10 guilty Of 1t and will
abide the consequence. Sir, from the
loins Of New Jersey have issued those
who have done honor to the Republic,
rs their names were ingrafted upon the
records Of the young empires OF the
West. Shall the child strike back at
the mother which nursed it and gave it
and gave it lifes Will il join with
others to condemn her? Are their in.
terests 30 separate from ours We may
not harmonixe2 God forbid it. The
great heart of New Jersey beats proudly
through her Representatives for the
welfare of an entire Union. To the
South in ell her history she has been
true, save when the South sought to
withdraw from New Jersey in the I'M
happy years which marked the grand
est struggle of all history, and whose
price was human freedom.
Sir, we are told that il we fail to
pass this bill tho shouts Of reputation
will be heard throughout the land.
What will you repudiate but national
honor Can country of freemen afferd
thiss You say it will be done by those
who fought for the Republic. do not
believe it, and for those of my own con-
stituency who went forth to battle for
the nations life I give it prompt de-
NAL. They know the sacrifice they
made, the tolls endured, the ceaseless
energy, the sleepless vigilance which
marked their vindication of New Jer-
sey's honor, aud wrote anew upon the
page Of history her title to worlds re-
spect Palsied be the tongue that
would disavow it, Let Us consider
these questions of financial policy with
out the war Of sections or the language
of bravsdo. which has no place in dig
nified Legislation. We want restored
and not broken Union we want re.
newal Of public conf dence. and we will
aid you in rebuilding the war-worn
sections, and give to you not only Of
the capital We may possess. but that
best Of sympathy which marks the
brotherhood of man. and my peoples
prayer will ever be for an entire
Union, and the contamination of that
destiny for which the very councils OF
heaven designed It. Speak marble
lips, in yonder hall. and bid your ooun'
trymen be true. to the nation and ito
plighted faith"