The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-09-17

dovefnment TO control national elec
tions, SO that every man entitled t,
suffrage may cast, in peace and Sc
curity, one free vote and no more
We demand one law-justly enacted
equally binding upon every citizer
of the land, to be respected and obey.
ed alike by all. and, when al othel
means fail, to be enforced by The
strong arm which subdued the rebel
lion. We make no secret of oul
partiality for the regulated bayonet
in tie hands of men wearing the
blue of the Government as against
the shotgun in the hands Of the red
shirted mobocracy Of the South. We
demand that this land
sshe tina. lifts u>the manhood 81 the poor,
She Of the open soul and open toor,
With room about her hearth for all MANKIND :
shall be made the land of supreme,
constitutional liberty, as unchanged.
BILE 40 the stars symbolized upon her
banner. We demand that the faith
of this ration to its creditors shall
bs maintained upon the basis upon
which we placed it in the hour of ;ts
peril. and have steadily upheld it
through weary years Of privations,
reverses, sacrifices, and vanishing
values, until now every dollar of the
public debt commands its face in
gold Insisting always upon the
equality of the national obligation
with gold, We will keep the nations
honor unsullied and never permit it
to be tainted by the touch Of the re-
pudiator, whether be comes in open
assault or in artful guise with silvery
tongue, We demand q Government
which, shall protect the weak. igno-
rant, aud the helpless whom we have
and that American citizen
ship be raised to the dignity at least
OF that the Roman Empire. When
Paul had been bound by thongs, he
said 20 the centurion that stood by,
SIS j. lawful for you to scourge q
man that ia q Roman and uncon-
demned ~ When the centurion heard
that, be weat and told the chief Cap
tain, saying; Take heed what thou
doest, this man is q Roman"
The Republican party will be want
ing in decent respect to the opinions
Of mankind" viii be false to itself,
false to its plighted faith, and false
to humanity until this scourging of
American citizens, uncondemned and
unaccused, save Of exercising q
right given by the Constitution, shall
cease, and until the admonirion, take
heed what thou doest, for this man is
an American, shall be as potent when
applied to the lowest freedman of
the land as was that of the Roman
centurion.
From the day Luther burned the
Pope's bull at Wirtemburg, the pro-
gress of the human race toward
higher civilization has swept on, not
always with uniform force, but with
many o temporary recession. Bet
the tide. gathering new power 10 It's
subsidence, defying every obstacle in
its pathway, has in its return over
|esped all barriers. In this tempo
rary ebbing in the tide of our civil
liberty and universal freedom, the
party finds new opportun-
ity and new duty. We of New
y York earnestly and with determine
lion to dedicate ourselves to the work
Of warding of the new perils which
threaten US. The spirit which in
spired the organization Of the party
aud its deeds, immortal for freedom
and nationality. is again lively
fame in all her liberty-loving homes,
kindling anew the determination to
secure the foundations laid with such
costly sacrifices, and to garner up
heir full fruition. Let US here to-
lay, as her delegated Representatives,
suter upon our work with Just con-
.eption Of its mangitude Our sue
:ess at the coming election is not on
y vital to the welfare of the nation,
but will insure IS well the control of
he administration of the affairs OF
me State, 20 which We are Justly en-
titled by reason of having shaped
ts financial policy so as TO have re-
luced its taxation and Indebtedness,
md Of having laid the foundation in
,ur Constitution upon which our pub
ic works and reformstory institutions
.an be managed with the greatest
sfiiciency and economy. These real
reforms ought, BY every. considera-
ion, to be insrusted to those who
originated them and are most thor
,ughly imbued with their spirit.
Let us not be lulled by the idea of
division in the ranks of the Demo
,ratic party. We shall confront an
opposition which will challenge our
every legitimate effort Sinking eve-
y consideration of ambition and per-
,onsl partiaIity, lie. us be rivals on.
y in every needful sacrifice, to the
End that 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
ay the sure foundation for national
success in the greatest contest just
before as. And 81, remembering our
obligations, to the loyal dead and to
The generations who are to follow
lot is grid ourselves for the new con-
lict, invoking the guidance of Him
who hath hitherto been our deliverer.
Beyond these lowering clouds, in
language, I've see piled
quietly up against golden sky,
of compensation bright
With the hues OF glorious peace,
and holding within their purple bo-
soms treasures for the endow ment of
III the coming generations of men,
Mr.. Wheeler's reference to Gen
Grant at Appomattox wss received
with the widest applause. Similar
sympathy was expressed with the
The speakers compliments to Preei-
dent Hayes for bis 6rmness in resist
ng the attempts by Congress to force
him TO surrender his veto power, snd
thus subvert the Constitution. ~
Chants Of WfsAen.
HA msnshaia't got weIl-balanc-
ID head 1 Ike to see him part bis hair