Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-09-25

went and told the chief captain, say
ing take heed what thou doest, for this
man is Roman The Republican
party will be wanting in decent re-
spect to the opinions of mankind"
will be false to itself, false to its
plighted faith and false to humanity,
until this scourging of American citi-
zens, uncondenned and unaccused,
save of exercising a right given by the
Constitution, shall cease, and until the
admOnition. take heed what thou do
est, for this man is an American. shall
be as potent when applied to the low
Hest freedman Of the land as was that
Of the Roman centurion
From the day Luther burned the
Pope's bull at Wirtembers the pro-
eress of the human race toward a
higher civilization has swept on, not
always with uniform force, but with
many temporary recession. But the
tide gathering new power in its subsi-
dence, defying every obstacle in its
pathway, has in It's return overleaped
all barriers In this temporary ebb-
ing in the tide of our civil liberty and
universal freedom, the Republican par
t. finds new opportunity and new
duty. We of New York earnestly and
with determination dedicate ourselves
to the work Of warding off new perils
which threaten us. The spirit which
inspired the organization of the party
and its deeds immortal, for freedom
and Nationality. is again a living
fame in all her liberty-loving homes,
kindling anew the determination to
make secure the foundations laid with
such costly sacrifices, and to garner
up their full fruition.
Let US here to day, as her delegated
representatives, enter upon our work
with just conceptions of its magnitude.
Our success at the coming election is
not only vital to the welfare Of the
Nation, but will insure, as we'll, the
control Of the administration of the
affairs of the State, to which we are
justly entitled by reason OF having
shaped its fnancla! policy SO as to
have reduced its taxation and indebt-
edness, and of having laid the founda-
ton lii our Constitution upon which
our public works and reEormatory in
situations can be managed with the
greatest efficiency and economy. The
REAL reforms ought, by every consid-
Grafton, t. be entrusted to those who
originated them, and are most thor
oughIy imbued with their spirit Let
us not be lulled by the idea of division
in the ranks of the Democratic party.
We shall confront an opposition which
will challenge our every legitimate Ell
fort. Sinking every consideration of
ambition and personal partially, let US
be rivals only in every needful sac
rifice, to the end that by our action to-
day we may lift up the banner, By
whose sign-''The Union, the Consti-
tuition and the enforcement OF the
Laws we shall not only conquer
now, but lay the sure foundation tor
National success i'll the greater con
test just before us. And SO, remem-
berinY our obligations to the loyal
dead and to the generations that are
to follow, let US grid ourselves Ior the
conflict, invoking the guidance of Hun
who hath hitherto been our Deliverer
Beyond these lowering clouds, in an
other language, 'we sea piled quiet
ly up against golden sky, mountains
Of compensation, bright with the hues
of glorious peace, and holding within
their parple blossoms, treasures for the
endowment of ali the coming genera
tons of men"
X. X. X.