, 1879-07-24


CONTROVERSY. abtyo politteaI parties, above Cun.
grcss, rleaintng down npor tho generations
With ctornai lipht. to remain thcrc white
lican am papsr "ps S ani .ay tut il hss not nade mis-
taket. IL Is. n,at's up Of hu.,en beings, md,
therefore, of talII'lc ones. !. has. .ma'le mis-.
deduct from It's frailtics The percentage Of mis-.
an i rr.is to hold to-day that It i,as n,sdo lever
.t1 wso.s m fnonn to III ssVs sosn
has hcun bravs partY. Remember TINT When
lie Democratic party banded over this Govern
ment it
os1r suan1spznrp ABOUT HALF OFT
rendered to The K'bel1n weeks s p.a,, estors khs
ncnnoteaa parry 1eeelseu tMe hepuoc n, , ~ ',,a
1nost ncrtlous eonsitlous TINT ever confronted
auy Au,a'n'straton at tfe oe9nn!sE III oMt u !s,!
Gnek 'nto % hc arms 81 ' 5fase oeop!e Wnn h eavS
tlls!t m'tllons Ana mgr ltes on sa ."ousa'iu !.
liberty, and lite. and freedom ssve!1 an.l then /.
=. been changed ii svsr tnis i.a! sith liz EIeat
burden Of tic dces % UPON ine peopss y, VINO a .as
that great debit | brtng The vsst burden %. Of
is,At pMoe aett ana iaY ~ 'he r,,, ises o. M
l!cToersus marty, ior try nlada X. Appnaso.l
no hepu1tcan ever l.,te" nana 70 ueS15oJ t"e
1hlot. Ihe men Mh1 atsalee ~ n.e , WIZ
Democrats al; my! u fne M Democrats parry parry oi
Tue NoftI nay sloou IKE Que nan Win %
aea'nst INC Nsnelon tiefe eon.a t.ays nesn IN, NJ
ad war ~ msxe mxs nsea"s' n. III hsn eou,f H. o.
Wou14 ha'e ute nelp 81 tao Not.s s
sIn hcn,oetaSv; VI uelaesen 1"ss s"st "1t... th"t
rensnn. that fhr rnnrn,uus burden nf debt was
pIicd tipon the shoulders Of ll,r country When
The War was over we eteppcd forward to tile
'front.' We saw this load Of debt, SO groat that
tu!d men sa.d, "You can never pay 1T" and
wicked mon, d'ahonest men, said, .'Hou r, ought
licnn party, looking up to God, who had blessed
1t with the victory, md talking 10 ille puoplc
who bad trusted IT, said, "This debt is tic
price q blood tlle price 81 Liberty, an.i, oom
It, thry carried the mighty 1ond
Thirteen yenrs have NOW pasted. Eight hundred
Gns nai' o. oi ens go.y pGndeu @ .oau h,n nov
that you carried tSt50, ,0o0.0W annually Is now
reduced to *S5.oo0,ooo BY Virtue and 6r forss
Of sheer manly honesty in kecping thc promises
you made. [Anplausc.] And y0u have dono
tl,at In spite OF I'LL tho advice ihc Democratic
party gave you al every atcp. There has becu
no cl,auce to sneak Out Of the obligation tllat
they haven't suggested llkc evil counsclors.
There hasn't been a ciIance to weaken
tie public faith that they haven't hlnled.
Against almost cvery 1neaus, almost every
opposition, the credit aud honor OF this Nation
has f!sen higher aud yet higher, Until. ln ta,s
lass Mk nonsas, !9a nIse neca ~ ;o,nr'
ess. and now tI,e Government is craluaily gct-
tiux out Of the way oi the citizen. Before this
payiae hjcb rlte Of intarest. Now thoso louus
| nr,. tlnwn N 4 ner cant. md vuu
Wv WV" rs' ss"' ~ 49,.
CAN nonsow wlTous N n1ytNa yn Imn oo'hhS
and at last, through The darkness Of this terri;
bio panic tiiat struck us Ia 1873, We have held
our way, kccplnE the faith, hlding our time,
cancclnf: our Just oblicatlons, e3horttnE our
at lass the frutIon OF your sul1crngs fs CONG,
md the business Of tho COUNTRY Is revtvinE. We
have honest Money and honest resumption VI
te public M ad now ies as ary man ,ay
to take a poo:cr dollar than the 0oc we
now have, uud let bin meet tho pep
pic at that time II le dare. We
hare turned tue guns aEainst nc as nnd the
iull dollar. l.aughtcr.1 It is Important that
the party Should maintain its lsnss 81 life to
sayo the Government oncc again. You havo
seen them threaten to statvs taG Hnvesnhent
shat but the courage. II was an nssas'It Wth "
tont to kilt, but Without tlis courage to XIII.
fLuughtcr.] That was al. When we dared to
strKe out uley held back their cownrdly hnnt!s.
In The very iast days Of tho session We lsass
seen them parade slleir doetrlaa Of Stase.SoroF-
cigntY more extreme, thiuk, than eycr before,
except in the davs just preceding tho War.
THINK or THE srEcTAcLE:
The vtce.prestdcns Of the late Coatcderacy, a
stsnlinr ] on tho door Of the House oi
IsenTe.antatiyes to teach brothers VIII
iun,s u,nl Burroughs, anu u,ysrl!
the true t]octr!Ne Of the Cunatituttnn
Ti,av snv we aro ,nstokcn In supposInr this Il
NstIun-tl,at members of the liouho sro mcru
a1snts ~ thc atats. 1 stand hora Iu ihe t,rcs
sGec Of Il lie M orepts Of WISCONSIN. iLaurhter.i il