The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-07-30
THE REPUBLICANS PARTY


DEttlOn Oh nlSCOuSlu ltpuOiiSth1S va
the tw~enty-ffth anniversary of the or
ganization of their party in Wisconsin,
said many good things which should be
recorded and read by all the people.
Zach Chandler, taking up the re-
mark that the work of the republican
party was done, said:
And yet, fellow citizens, you say
that the party, having fulfilled its con-
ditions ought to die. The mission OF
the republican party is ended, and it
ought to die. Well, fellow citizens, il
there ever was a political party that
was prepared to die, it is the republic
can party. lLong-contined applause
and laughter. The great republican
party, whose t~wenty-ffth anniversary
We celebrate, has accomplished more
in the twenty-five years of its existence
than any other political party that ever
lived on earth has accomplished in a
thousand years. Applause. 1t is
the only party that ever existed on
earth for twenty-five years that at the
end of that period could not point to
one single, solitary untitled pledge. /
defy the worst enemy Of the republican
party TO name N single pledge that
was ever made by the Republican party
it has not to-day fulfilled to the letter.
Applause. We promised to save
your vast territories from the blightine
curse of human slavery, and we not
only saved your vast territories from
that blighting curse, but we wiped the
curse out of existence from the CONT
nent of North America. Applause.
We pledged ourselves to give you a
homestead law, and we gave it to you.
We pledged ourselves to build the
Union Pacific railroad, and we did. We
pledged ourselves to give you an agri-
cultural college land bill, and we gave
1t you. Every single pledge given has
to-day been fulfilled by this great re-
publican party, and yet, notwithstand-
ing all that, you say that your mission
Is ended, and therefore you ought tC
die. And who are the men who thu.
utter these anathemas at the republi
can partyr Aye, here are the men who
rejoiced at every union defeat, and who
mourned over every rebel defeat. They
are the men who said that your green
backs were not worth the paper OF
which they were printed. They are the
men who said your bonds would never
be paid; and now they say, right here
in your town, ''Oh, let by-gones be by.
cones; let US forget the past.n Zap.
plause. Well, if l was a copperhead !
would say, ''for Gods sake let by-gones
be by-gones." Applause. But, fell
low citizens, we do not feel disposed tc
forget the past. Laughter. So fal
as the republicans are concerned, we
have made a record that will go down
through all the ages-the most gloriou.
record ever made in all human annals
And now you want us to forget the
past, bnt we will not let you forget the
past, either. Laughter. No, my
friends, the mission of the republican
party is not ended, and is not going tc
die. The mission of the republican
party VIII never be ended until liberty
prevails throughout every inch of the
territory of these United States. The
mission of the republican party will
not end until it's as safe for you and
me to travel from the lakes to the gull
and preach good sound republican doc.
trine and vote good sound republican
votes as 1t is for the late rebels to come
here and talk treason and cast demo
cratic votes. We listen to them po.
litely, allow them to take their resi-.
dence here and talk treason and vote
the democratic ticket, and take no ex.
ceptions to it. We have done 50 ever
since the rebellion closed, and our mis-.
sion will never end until you and l car
travel together from here to the Gull
of Mexico and make the blacklist re.
publican speeches that were ever made,
and vote the republican ticket every
Time over. Laughter.
GENERAL GARFIELD
spoke of the organization in 1854 as d
revival of the republican party, and
said: We have been told by our demo-
cratic friends that they were the only
people who could hold up government
on this continent; that all parties that
opposed them were effeminate and tenn
porary, to pass away; but we date back
to a party older than modern democra.
cy, higher in its aim, nobler in its pur.
poses, truer in its spirit, worthier of the
high honor of the public. Applause. /
The work did not all spring up in 1854.
Here and there the spirit of revived
republican liberty lived, as you heard
from my worthy friend who read us the
beautiful sketch Of the origin of the
abolition party. 1t lived when
THE YOUNGER ADAMS STOOD
up in the house of representatives and
defended the right of petition and the
right of slaves, even, to petition for
liberty. 1t lived wherever a free man
raised his voice; lived in the person OF
that noble old predecessor of mine, J.
r. Giddings, who represented the dis
trict now have the honor to represent;
who stood in his place for twenty long,
turbulent years against the bludgeons
OF ~assassins, against the post of the duel
lists, against the bowie knife of the cut
throat that carried about him his best