Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-07-31
SILVER WEDDING.
Celebration If the 25fh Anniversary
Of the Republican Party
in Wisconsin
Extract frora congre4sman aarIleld's speech.

General Iarheid spoke or the or
ganizstioa in 1854 as q revival of the
Republican party, and said We have
been told by our Democratic friends
that they were tie only people who
could hold up government on this
continent ; that all parties that OPP
posed them were effeminate and
temporary, to pass away; but we
date back to party older than mod
ern Democracy, higher in its aim,
nobler in its purposes, trner in its
spirit, worthier of the high honor of
the public. [Applause.l TIE work
did not all spring up in 1854. Here
and there the spirit OF revived Re-
publican liberty lived, az you heard
from my worthy friend who read us
the beautiful sketch of the origin of
the Abolition party. 1t lived when
THE YOUNGER ADAMS STOOD
up 10 the House of Representatives
aud defended the right of petition
and the right of slaves, even, to petit
ton for liberty. 1t lived wherever a
free man raised his voice lived in
the person of that noble cid prede-
cessor OF mine, ]. r. Giddings, who
represented the district | now have
the honor to represent who stood
in his place for twenty long, turbulent
years against the bludgeons or assas-
ms, against the post of the duelists,
against the bowie knife of the cut
throat that carried about him his
best argument against truth--stood
there until his white hair, like the
plume of Henry of Navarro, showed
where the battle of freedom fell thick
est and fiercest. Applause. Stood
there, | say, until, from a minority OF
two, Adams and himself, he had the
proud satisfaction OF leading to the
chair and swearing into office Re.
publican Speaker Of the House
Stood there until he saw, IN his old
age, as the mantle had fallen from
his shou ders, the delight of his heart
and the hopes of his youth realized
in the destruction of human slavery
and the restoration of nationality tc
his country. Applause. And so
fellow citizens, from these Thousand
beginnings, from these thousand rilll
that leaped from your springs, bound
ed from yo If hills, began at last tn,
united stream of 1854, which mad,
the Republican party what you know
it to be.
Coming in the course of his speech
to the attitude of the parties on tn,
question of State rights, General Gar
field said:
If one truth blazed out OF the fir
of our war more clear than another
it was this That this is a powerful
nation, a mighty nation, that carrie
its emblems proudly forward on Sc
and on land ; that it has power tina
strikes every man, every woman, ev
cry child, every territory, every Stat
that dare stand in its way. 1t wi
strike them till they are obedient t
the law. Great Applause An
yet, rebel Senator tells us that it i
not nation, but a con federacy {
States. Another tells us that W
have no United States peace that W
have any right to keep The son c
man who was once Secretary of tn
Treasury of the Union-this son c
Maryiand-stands on the floor of tn
House of Representative aud tells u
that the United States have no peac
to keep, and no power to keep th
peace anywhere within the Unior
10 "a pveuv,.s~;.sa s--s-~~,L..sssa-.. s..s.s ,
your door, the United States kee
the peace within that office, and tn
rider that carries the mail on horse
back rides In the claim and light {
the peace of the United States. FAR
plause And the man that dare sto
his journey shall find. if need be, bi
/ path lighted by the forces of the arm
of the United States, and if need bt
that all the guns of our artillery wi
be trailed along his path to keep tn
peace while he rides. Great Ap
plause. They tell US that there ar
no national elections that the natio
has no voters. A dozen Representa-
! tives and Senators repeat it aga
and again that the United States ha
no elections and no voters that al
/ the elections are State elections, an
that all voters are State voters, an,
that the States have the right to con
test the elections for members G
Congress In the name of all that i
national and broad and true, look a
that for moment. My friend, hay
| no interest in an election you ma
have in Wisconsin ? Have the PEG
pie OF the old Nineteenth District n
interest in having lawful, homes
election OF members of Congress
here? Suppose you elect forty mel
in the Northwest by fraud - men VIII,
are not elected, bus who steal thei
seats, and they SO down to legislat
for me and my people. Have we n,
right in these elections The Unit
ed States Government, by its con
stitution, has created a House of Rep
resentatlves and Senate, and it tell
how they shall be chosen and tn
L Congress Is anpow cred by the. con
stitution TO regulate the time, place
and manner of holding these cleo
tons and yet in the face of tina
constitution these people tell us tina
they viii not sustain the Government
by the appropriation of money unit
we give up these election laws alto
gether. Why do we have them
Let me tell you. 1t is matter o
proof, under oath, that the election
in New York State in 1868 was car
ried by sheer outrageous fraud tina
$1,000 fraudulent votes were cast il
the city OF New York alone--votes
that have since been proved to bt
found fraudulent, and with these 81,
600 fraudulent votes they were only
enabled to carry that State by 10000
majority. In fact, it went Republi
can by 10000. 1t was stolen by 10,
600 by the use OF $4,000 fraudulent
votes. Fellow citizens to meet just
that case the election law was made
and the first and foremost point in
the election law was this, that the
United States should have one man
standing at one end of the ballot box
and another man at the other end
one Democrat, the other a Repub
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