Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-09-26
THE SPEECHES At THE MassAcgusETTs
CONVENTION
'stalwart" Utterances from dov Bullock and
Senator Hear.

Stalwart" Utterances from GOV. Bullock and
Senator Hear.
b EX-Gov. ErIIoCI's ~rEECH.
In no other country has admins
| tration treated vast questions relating to the
organic structure Of the Nation, managed its
foreign and domestic policy through civil
, war that intcrfered with the interest of other
G countries, and within IA years after the return
, ofpcacc rcadiusteda Il systemof finance lnvolv-
ing thousands of millions and brought back
l a currency impaired by war to the confidence
Z OF forty millions of people with the cclerity,
with the wisdom, with the moderation, and
with the success which have marked the ac-
ton of the party under the banner of which
yOu now sit. To such n party we are proud
to belong. 1t has not been free from corrupt
practices, nor has any other party been so
exempt; but such is the growingindependcnc
of its members that the chances for bad prac-
: tiCCs and bad men are rapidly diminishing.
Ii is elcvating the civil service if we may
Judge the civil service by the payment to the
Treasury of every dollar of the vast revenues
of the year past II has not been without in
tolerance, hut no association of men drawn
together originally by the tie of a moral sen
timent has been less intOlerant. There
breathcs to-day through its ranks personal
freedom which lifts its members above the
mere Shibholeth of a nomination. No man
need leave the party, for he is free within it,
bound only in the exercise Of his indepcn-
dcncc to aid his judgment and conscience by
scrutini1ing closely the eNigency and the
question At stake. have lived through two
generations of national parties, and have
vet to learn that in any one of them there
has been more exalted manhood and per-
sonalism than now thrives in the Republican
party of this country.
The general aim and drift Of a party de
| tcrmine its character, and either attract or
/ rcpel good citizens. And | submit that
whatever liberal progressive, and best
achievement could hc attained by new
party. can he more easily accomplished by
the Republican party, which is still animated
by the inspiring tradition of its past. 90
further. At this cXigent moment in our
public affairs. the cordial support Of the Re
| publican party is in my Judgment, dictate
of highest obligation. To be sure, the lead
ing issue upon which the Republicans sue
cccded to the Government in ls6O-thc non
extension of slavery among the things OF
the past. But at the instant when the enenl-
and trampled on its authority, in that mo-
ment the Republican Administration, ly It's
necessity. became the protcctorate OF this
Government. and il would he false IN the
moral judgment Of history II II should ahan-
don the trust So long as any of the immediate
or consequential dangers of that crisis shall
continue TO exist. such suppose To he the
| philosophy and the logic OF our present stu-
alton. The protectoratc Of 1861 cannot ah-
| dictate while the peril lasts. II. in the dis
charge of its duty to preserve this mon OF
! States ii became necessary to cmanclpate
5,OO0,OO slaves then 1t assumed the ohllga-
! ton To Keep watch ami ward ot their condl-
tinn, which resulted from that measure of
war. If, in rcconstructing the Federal | mon
it insisted on amendments of the ConStitll-
tion for the security of the future, then it is
a continuing duty Of administration, so far rs
its power extends. a duty not more 10 the
black n.cn of the South than To the white
men of the North, 10 persist in giving effect
10 these amendments. II in lis attempts to
enforce these measures it has passed certain
laws to secure free and fair elections, then 1t
is Il high duty Of the Administration and OF
the party which supports it tn see that those
laws are executed. Iu. IL Republic like ours,
it is vital that suffrage he elevated ito sane
tty that shall receive no stain"
There was time when We fondly hoped
that all these questions, save perhaps the fl
nanclal question had been set at rest. So
nearly akin were the professions and plat
forms Of the two parties in 1876, that many
of us who voted for Mr.. Hayes would not
have lost heart If his competitor had succeed /
cd We were gratiticd when the President,
on coming to office tool, the decisive step of
Withdrawing every Federal arm from the |
Southern States In the assurances which |
were given of public sentiment in the South |
and in the condition of public opinion
through the country. President HAYES had |