The Princeton union., 1880-10-14

that the South ~ the Democratic rartx .nd
this seemed odd when Is vas reGnem6 m6ere3 fhaf
the populatlon q Al the htely seceded Htatas
Iepfeeeneed ooiy ~ per cent. ef tho people of
h the Oqised eeasea He had BEEN az
lacked for making this statement
by G Democratic paper, which chose to
regard y e ~ outrage. But this was matter
OF business, and the question being 10 vhat
party the country should be turned over. Ha
CLAIMED the right to inquire into the position.
aims 2 and hopes Of the party which now sought
tne con1o! q the nation. While the South
rSpEesenied ,,1pfa s 3 Per cant Of the total pop
sessed valuation OF the American neonle, r
controlled both houses Of CONGRESS-. and Wa
now endeayQrmg to make its control complete.
IA voice They can't do it.'1 They would do
It, too, unlees on the ID of Noyembee q consti-
tut7onA ma3ority say no. ca voice eve are
Gonfhng: .Dut never consider con e:'1 ANYTHING tja
done until + H fniahed.' @ - h 2
The Senator substan ntially repeated that por-
ton OF his New York speech bearing on the dis
appearance Of the Republican vote IN the soutb.
the CONTROL q the Democracy in both houses
and the use e they bad made and would be liable
Hanoook, : be added, s and those Who support
him, thai, should hebechosen, whenhe becomes
President he VII be 40 clay in the hands Of the
potter % the sheep before his shearers. Ha
was dumb and opened not his mouth. !"
In closing Senator Oonktng said: ssYou
have nominated as candidates men Who have
proved their intelligence and fitness in con-
spicuous spheres OF public action. You have
behind t1 these candidates party which has been
The fiercest light that ever beat upon throne
is not brighter than the light in which the Re-
publican party has continually been seen. You
have arrayed against il a party which has been
over and over again weighed in the balance and
is wanted below. Now, fellowcitizens, am go
resu gs e sus an going s to give this
able than to occupy it. Before I go, hoWey-
er, remind you that Napoleon said to his SOL
centuries look down upon you" I tell you that
all the centuries look down upon this great re-
public. From the sepulcher of buried epochs.
from the tombs of natonalties that have gone
down in darkness and in blood, from every
cline where human rights are trodden under
foot, from tho Old World, from distant China
and Japan, from underneath every sun beneath
whose beams humanity struggles, there comes
prayer and a hope for us. It is not that we
may fight. Tho world has seen us fight. No
nation IN Christendom will ever seek q quar-
rel with you, the men who carried the starry
banner from the st. Lawrence to the Gulf.
The battles which were fought, the display
"uc. was laf"oe VI tne CerIlOAe en6lnery OF war
satisfied every people from the rising of the sun
even unto the going down of the same that
when they would seek q quarrel the republic of
AmericaWas not the nation with whom to seek
it. The centuries which have gone, the hu-
manity which struggles and prays for the right
of free self-government which we enjoy does
not pray that we may exhibit more military
prowess, but pr%ys that we may have peace
and order that we may pursue as a band Of
brothers, with common ties and q common
nationality, with civilization broad enough
to embrace all ages and all races, the care Of
which stretches out before us, and which, pur-
sued, will give to America career of prosper
lty, OF grandeur, OF primacy. of glory, never
approached by any of tho empires Of the earth.