Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-10-16

Iurion heard that he went and told the chief Can
tam, sayings " Take heed wha thou doest, for
lnlS ~ man Is a homan' The Republican party
viii be wanting in decent respect 10 the
opinions of mankind will be false 10 itself
false TO its plghted faith and false 10 humanity
until this sconrging OF American citizens. uncon-
demned and unaccused, save of exercising
right given by the constitution shall cease and
until the admonition. Take heed what thon
doest, for this man is an American. shall be az
potent when applied TO the lowest freedman az
the land as was that of the Roman centurion.
From the day Luther burned the Pope's bull
~ Mnrtemberg, the progress of the human
race toward higher civilization has swept on,
not always with uniform force, but with many
temporary recession But the tide, gathering
new power in its subsistence, defying every OBJ
stacle In its pathway, has in its return over
leaped all barriers. Il this temporary ebbing
IN the tide of our civil liberty and universal
| freedom, the Republican party finds new OPP
portunity and new duty. We of New York earn
estly and with determination dedicate ourselves
to the work Of warding of the now perils which
threaten us. The spirit which inspired the or
ganlzation of the party and its Deeds immortal
for freedom and nationality, is again living
flame in all her liberty loving homes, klndling
anew the determination to make secure
the foundation laid with such costly
sacrifices, and 70 garner up their full fruition.
Let us here to-day, as her delegated represent
atlyes, enter upon our work with just concep-
sAoi VI At9 AsnSiAithlu ouI succbrb dt IH6 COM
ing election is not only vital to the welfare OF
the nation, but will insure as well the control
of the administration of the affairs o. the State.
to which we are justly entitled by reason Of
having shaped its financial policy so as to have
reduced Its taxation and Indebtedness and OF
having laid the foundation in our constitution
upon which our public works and reformatory
institutions can be managed with the greatest
efficiency and economy. These real reforms
ought, by every consideration, to be intrusted
to those who originated them and are most
thoroughly imbued with their spirit.
Let us not be lulled by the idea of
division in the ranks of the Democratic
party. We shall conf ont an opposition
which will challenge our every legitimate eff
fort Sinking every consideration OF ambition
and personal Partially, let us DO sivals only in
every needful sacrifice to the end tlat by our
action to-day we may lift up the banner, by
whose sign-@The Union, the Constitution and
the Enforcement of the Laws"-we shall not
only conquer now, but lay the sure foundation
for national success in the greater contest Just
before us And so, remembering our obliga-
tons to the loyal dead and to generations who
are to follow, let us grid ourselves for the new
conflict, invoking the guidance of Him who
hath hitherto been our deliverer Beyond
these lowering clouds, in another's language
I'VE see piled quietly up against a golden sky
mountains of compensation, bright with the
hues OF glorious peace, and holding within
their precious bCsoms treasures for the endow-
ment of all the coming generations of men,