The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-08-05
The Wisconsin Quarto-Centenuial-rhs
ORGANIZATION.


ganization OF the party in Wisconsin
was called TO order from a platform at
the east portico OF the capitol, at l.15
o'clock, by Horace Rublee. There
was a crowd present extending far out
under the generous shade Of the capi-
tol park, aud the weather was delight
ful. The platform was crowded with
distinguished guests. and all available
space within sound Of the voice was
occupied. On motion Of M. NJ. Davis
OF Sauke the officers OF the convention
which organized the Republican party
OF Wisconsin on July 10, 1854, who
were present, were made officers of this
meeting. to-wit: President John Wal
worth OF Richland, and Secretaries
Horace Rublee and l.. l.. Frisby.
SPEECH or HON. cHAs. q. WILLIAMS.
Mr.. Williams paid glowing tribute
to the memory of the noble men who
on which the Republican party was
founded before the Republican party
was formed, some Of whom FELL as
martyrs. He closed by calling for
three cheers for Garfield, Burrows aud
"Old Zach.
SPEECH or SENATOR CHANDLER.
Senator Chandler was received with
great applause. He said that it has
become popular to take up state citi-
zenship and deny national citizenship.
He declared himself citizen of the
United States in its broadest sense. 1t
is fitting to-day TO celebrate this ami
versary. But We must remember that
we were but mites in mighty whole.
The Republican party was born of
God, aud it matters little now where or
by whom action was taken by some
earlier than others. We are one-idea
party, but that idea is liberal enough
and broad enough to cover world
Are we q nation, or are We not? The
doctrine OF state sovereignty, that in.
volved us in great war, is asserted
to-day, notwithstanding that when the
rebels surrendered at Appomattox they
admitted that the United States is a
government. Then they made no
claims, for they had done. They ask
ed only their miserable lives as a boon.
We treated them with n magnanimity
never before shown. They were bound
by the laws OF war to pay every dollar
OF the cost Of that war. They staked
all and lost all. We took them to our
arms, fed them, clothed them. aud re-
instated them; and now, in 1879, they
hold the same purpose they did 20 years
ago. and make the same pretentious
claim Of state rights. find in the
senate to-day almost the identical is.
sues that were raised there when first
entered, in 1857. The men have
changed, but their measures have not.
They are determined 10 rule or ruin
the government. Failing TO capture
by arms. they boast 10. day
of having captured IL, and tell you
that the country is in more danger than
it was 20 years ago. King Caucus
rules now where King Cotton once held
sway. and is a not less dangerous
power.
Mr.. Chandler here asked TO make n
and answer certain Chicago
papers that had misrepresented him IN
comments on one count of his indict-
ment against the Democratic party,
viz, that the party had attempted to
damage the business interests OF the
country by silver legislation. He ex-
planned and defended his position, and
asked: "Now. Mr.. Chicago Tribune,
are you in favor Of the Warner silver
bill?"
Mr.. Chandler thanked God for the
whole record of the Republican party,
and gloried in its financial record. 1t
has mastered the greatest national
debt ever laid on any people, and has
given the lie TO all prophecies that the
debt would be repudiated. When our
exigencies made rs great borrowers,
aud closed the money markets Of the
world against US, the Republican ad-
appealed 20 the patriotism
os the people, and then and there the
greenback was born. The Republicans
came into power at time when our
bonds found no purchasers.
To-day our bonds, vast in volume,
commauu = premium at the lowest rate
Of interc Z
After a record Of so great achieve
ments, in camp and cabinet, we are
told that the Republican party has per-
formed its mission. outlived It's useful.
ness and ought TO die. Well, il ever
n party was prepared 10 die IL is ours,
but We have made other arrangements
and propose 10 live. Every promise
and pledge Of the Republican party has
been kept, and shall we be
told that the Republican party ought
to die? Who seek its death? They
are men who rejoiced in every Union
defeat and now threaten the integrity
Of the Union. The mission OF the Re
publican party is not ended and will
not be until those devilish rebels are
brought 10 humanity.
But we are told that the country is
being ruined, " not already ruined, by
financial burdens; that poverty and
idleness oppress our people, and the
Republican party rs TO blame for il.
Mr.. Chandler declared that every man
capable OF dong n good days work
could find il, and get good pay for il,
and that never lad days wages
greater purchasing power than now.
Mr.. Chandler was vociferously cheered
as he resumed his seat.
A congratulatory dispatch from the
Republicans OF the state committee OF
Missouri was read.
SPEECH OF GEN. aARFIRLD.
Hon. JAS A. Garfield was received
with cheers, and said: This vast a..
sembly must have richly enjoyed the
review Of the party's history presented
here and celebrated here to-day, and
not only the review OF the past, but the
hopeful promises made for the future
Of that great party. The Republican
party, organized a quarter of a century
ago, was made a necessity TO carry ont
the pledges Of the fathers that this
should be land Of liberty. There
was in the early days Of the republic a
Republican party that dedicated this
very territory, and all our vast territory
to freedom. that promised much for
schools, that abolished imprisonment
for debt, and that instituted many wise
reforms. But there we're many conser-
vativcs ia those days, whose measures
degeneratcd into treason; and the Re
publican party of to-day was but the
revival Of the Republican party Of 20
years ago, under new and broader con-
ditions Of usefulness. IL is we'll 10 re-
member and honor the great names OF
the Republican party. One Of these is
Joshua Il. Giddings, who for 20 years
was freedoms champion in congress,
and. from feeble minority Of two,
lived to see Republican speaker elect
ed and himself TO conduct him TO the
chair Another is Abraham Lincoln,
the man raised up by God for Ia great
mission. No man bad ever a truer APP
prebensiou OF the princiDles of tie
Declaration Of Independence, that