, 1879-07-24

1887. to break down comorosnlse Of 1870, 70
prostitute 70 the baao purposss OF slavery the
freedom Of ali our Wcatefn Tefritortes,-tt
WAS nnlv when At last freedom Of speeeh'
tl'ofo1lell afscnssion n'n! debate everyvhsse'> W
lot-lux, AMI al frstsiulR that was worth
having BY freeman, WAS gone, deused.
nr% The aristocrat'c mob.splrit OF ,slsyery
resd S,eT the , Etc., tsn IN G
of that doctrine anf the depth OF that opnres-
sion, that, all OVER this country,-not Id Wtkcnn-
etn alone bls IL aitchlaan. tn Ohio, .nd ths
hsltof States to ths ocean, all over tbs Frcs
RESTORED TnE H1PuuL1oAN PlHrT
lore, lay tic vork that was done hero in 1854
was the revival OF the nob1est party
that ever existed on. this cuntlnent,
su Sa IT. p.raea sssssr T So e. ysuuee2 ~ WGFs s ss
revived by the new Republican party o. ls;,'.
VIC have been told by our Democratic frisn1s
that they rcre the on1y people that eaoin i no'a ~
no. ooystnmsnt % t1s ,nd I'd
temporary. TO paps away; but we date back to
d party older tnan Tie modern Democracy.
higher 10 its aims, nobler IN 'ts putpqsee. nnd
iAppiuusc.l Tie work did not: all spring
tip In 1874. W. haya been ,toia
Tie spirit Of revived Republican liberty lived
when the yonngcr Aaaa.s Adam! s.9oa a: np ta ,h. .,,e
Right OF Slaves even to petition for liberty.
lived yncseycr freeman rslsed hi face, livcd
in Tie persun Of That nobla old predecessor Of
mino frvrn the district now have tie honor to
Joshua r. Uild!ngs lapplause], for. twenty
long, turbulent, perilous years-aganst nj.
blulgeon Of the assassin, ngaiust tho pistol Of
,hn ,i,east, against tic boWls.knlfo Of the cut
A. ~f~s1 Hhfkttk 1fFyt Ia
best argument against the truth rsl-
plausc},- },-stool there, say, untll hia
white hair, like tho plume OF Henry Of Navarro,
Lhpweu whcre tho battle for freedom fell thick.
s4y, until from minority Of Two adams and
himseit> be
MAD THE PROUD SUBTRACTION
Of leadlng to the chair and swearing into office
a Republican Speaker Of The House {applsusel
stood thcvo uutil hs saw ia h!. old aee,
Shoulders, der H ill., del!sat of 1 h's hear. md
lie hopes Of his youth realIzed,-t do
str1lction Of human. slavery and the restosa,
tion of nationality to btu country. lAnpsaute.]
thousand tllIs Of liberty that leaped from your
springs ar.l bounded from your hills, bcEan at
list lie united stream OF 1854 which made the
Republican party. what you know tt to be,
rcad 6y our friend from Chicago, that they
claimed as their lrst cialm their PURPOSE to re-
turn to the original principles Of tho Govern.
mcut. 1heT called Il return. II ~as M 81 tls 1 se
INC. darknets Of the dark days Of slavery
to tho old bright, a1id Nbcrtyto7inG DAYS Of the
Republic. And,t was fortunate for our reoplo
| tlmt, in TINT beginning, they found man whose
and apostls. take It for granted from my
| reailENss Of history that no man ever lived IN
America who had 50 tpRularly devoted himself
| to tho study OF the Declaration Of 1ndepond.
iu tllc obscurcst of lives, In ihe nerrowcst rir-
Gle, IN tho deepest poverty, the world Of things
all distant from him, the world Of
Intellectual thought O. far removed from hin!
circle Of ILLS carly life Il few tooks-thrcc, be.
lleyo they saY--that were laid upon little
wooie1, shelf SUPPORTED BY two pegs driven into
| log of tlle house where he a:ayed, and one ol
pendence. The hoy Abraham Lincoln know IL BY
lieurt long bcl0re ne hat learned that there va.
I such book a. Blackstone ur any Of The bpoks o.
thr Law. Those who knew his carly life say Tint
u!r It's rough bundle, ntd wrote sentence by zen
trHcc tlse Declaration OF Independence uutl! hs
Ind written 1t lully, ainl thcn The pext NIGH
whitfield It of and wrote again until his owl
| hand had recorded again aud agasn. aud hll
heart hud gathered the Immortal lessons Of TIM
mighty instrument. EApplnusc.l And wher
ue was called to thr head OF th!s great Repub
ltean party. ou the way to Ills death, stand
| tiln IN 1fluGpG0uEntG f1HiJy HllcEc GlE 4UCu
n,ent nrst saw tile light, filled with lts insp!ra
tion, he uttered thta Immortal antl
rET SADLY PROPHETIC sENT1MBNT.
"For ttc support Of this Declaration md III.
Government founded unIcr It, would Willing
1y go to mT death."-aH he did. [Applause.
say thut Abraham Lincoln, With s!rh III
and sucl Inspirations, rcF rcsehttng 1t, hl1nseit
I ALL THAT WAS DEEr DOWN
in Tic hrarts OF the American people,. shoult
have heconc the representative ot our first stc
ccss Us Il national party under our new reviyal
was nnc Of the clor!cs Of thls party TINT its tul
Swss: Ss 'st Hn noT os'': you to ha1. ,sFas AH
review So well tiono that will nass tightly ove
Il, EXCEPT to eay thls: fl.c promises ti,nt tn
Republican purity .ade on this ground twcntl
s,hia, AM! since In It's pattorms. i!aya been III
ti1lel more literally. mure completely, than I'll
ss are reaa. " VIZ %sae @ were ,lcyi W. eau ~ bes. te
tic enemies ti.ry n,aie, for you know idea
tight even harder than gods or mel
ru. two antasoulst1c ideas fn tn
rena together. and tet Tho ~ world @ loo
un. aud tkc Immortal conflict VII eegln;
may last through ages, but the truth Will II
ulnph at last Now Lei III look at SONG Of ~
ideas that lie Republican party confronted
It's tlrat great lrht Ia sSs'o. What idea met i
the are,lai The Democratic party met 1t wit
two idcas, tile tIrst the doctrint OF
THE DIED SCOTT DECISION.
tlat slavery hal right under tho Constitutio
to 70 anywhere The lug lloats. ID spite Of I'll
citizens there: Do ron bclicyc TINT to-day
II that Idea ultye In Wisons1na No; Is tue!
decision aud tile Bfecktnrilgs theory Of pol'ti'
Of lslDa Not one. j is dead. And The Dou!
In. !dea thai tho citizens Of u Tefritory mtet
!, have slavery II tseT wanted y. do vnu ocllc'
That here nn1one tie hls Of Wisconsin s totla,
| llCG anfNhEFD Ia tic Democratic tATtr as to 8a