The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-03-18
INeERSoLl'S masterpiece.
Ills Famous Address to the Soldiers at
indianapolis, Sept. 81, 1876.

lam opposed to the Democratic party; and
will tell you why. Every State that seeded
from the United States was Democratic State.
Every ordinance Of secession that was drawn
was drawn by Democrat. Every man that
endeavored to tear tho old flag from the heaven
1t enrlches was Democrat. Every man that
tried to destroy this nation was Democrat
Evory enemy this great republic has had for
twenty years has been q Democrat Every
man that shot Union soldiers was Democrat
Every man that starved Union soldiers, aud re-
FUSED them Ill the extremity Of death q crust,
was Democrat. Every man that loved slavery
better than liberty was Democrat. The man
that assasslnated Abraham Line Din was DEM
ocrat. Livery man that sympathized with tho
assassia-every man glad that the noblest
president ever elected was assassinated-was
Democrat Every man that wanted tho privi-
lege OF whipping another man to make him
work for him for nothing, and psy him with
lashes on his naked back, was a Democrat
Every man that raised blood-hounds to pursue
that clutched from shrieking, shuddering,
crouching mothers babes from their
breasts, and sold them into sla
very, was Democrat Every man that
impaired tho credit of the United States, every
man that sWore that we would never pay the
bonds, every man that swore we would hover
redeem the grecnbacks every maligner Of the
c0untry's credit, every calumniator Of his
country's honor was Il Democrat Every man
that resisted tho draft, every man that hid in
the bushes and shot at Union men simply be-
cause they were endeavoring to enforce the
laws OF their country, was 4 Democrat Every
man that Wept over the corpse Of slavery was
a-Democrat. Every man that cursed Lincoln
because he issued the proclamation Of emsnci-
pation-the grandest paper since the Declara
tion of ndependencs-evory ono of them was
Democrat Every man that denounced the
soldiers that barred their bosoms to the storms
Of shot and shell for the honor of America and
for the sacred rights Of man, was a Democrat.
North, that wanted to reloase the rebel prison
ers that they might burn down tho homes of
the Union soldiers above the heads OF their
wivos and children while the brave Husbands.
the heroic fathers, were in tho front fighting
for the honor OF the old flag, every one Of them
yet Every man thai believed this hi'JSSa sio-
rious nation Of ours is q confederacy.
every man that believed tho old banner
earned by our fathers through the Revolu-
tion, through the War Of 1912, carried by our
brothers over the plains Of Mexico, carried by
our brothors over the fields Of the Rebellion.
simply stood for a contract, simply stood for
an agreement, was Democrat Every man
who believed that any State could go out If
the Union at its pleasure; every man that bo-
l!eved the grand fabric of the American Gov
ernment could be made to crumble Instantly
into dust at ths touch of treason, was Dem
ocrat Every man that helped to burn or
phan asylums in the city of New York was
Democrat: every man that tried to fire the
city OF New York, although, he knew that
great serpents Of flame, leaping from the
buildings, would clutch children from their
mothers arms-every wretch that did it was
Democrat Recollect it! Every man that
tried to spread small-po and yellow fever in
tho North as the instrumen talities of civilized
war was Democrat. Soldiers, every scar
you have got on your heroic bodies was CIV
en- to you by Democrat. Every SCAR eyery
arm that Is lacking, every limb that is gone,
every scar is souvenir Of Democrat t
want you to recolect 1t: Every man that
was the enemy Of humsn liberty in this coun-
try was Democrat. Every man that wanted
the fruit Of all the herois1n of all the ages to
turn to ashes upon the lps-overy one was a
Democrat
l am a Republican: 1 will tell you why:
The Republican party made it 80. The Repub-
.ican party took the chains from 1000, ,UOO of
people. The Republican party, with the wand
0tprogress, touched the auction block, and it
became school-house. The Republican party
put down tho Rebellion, saved tho nation, kept
the old banner afloat in the air, and declared
that slavery Of every kind should be extirpated
from the face Of this continent What more?
am Republican, because it is the only free
party that ever existed. 1t is party that has
platform as broad as the hvman race, party
that says you shall have all the fruit OF the
labor Of your hands; party that says You
may think for yourself; party that SAYS no
chains for the hands, no fetters for the soul
am Republican, because the Republican
party says this country is nation, and not
confederacy. l am hero in Indiana to speak,
and b ave as good right to speak here In In
stand-not because tho State 1lAg OF Indiana
waves over me. I would not know it il l
should see, it. You have tho same right to
speak il Illinois; not because tho State flag OF
: ner, rendered sacred by the blood Of all the
heroes, waves over me and you. lam in favor
of this being nation. Think Of man graft
flying his entiro ambition in tho State OF
Rhode Island. We want this to bs
srand spendd people s' withous hos res eress
grand, splendid country. The great plains, the
sublime mountains, the great, rushing, roaring
rivers, shores laeled by two oceans, aud tho
grand anthem Of Niagara, minge, and enter,
as it were, in the character OF eve,y American
citizen, and make him, or tend to make him, q
great and grand character. l am for the Ko-
publican party because it says the Government
has as much right, as much power, to protect
its citizens at home rs abroad. The Republ-
can party don't say that you havo to 60 away
ernment. The Democratic party says the Gov
ernment can't march troops into the South
to protect the rights Of the citizens It is q
lie! The Government claims the right, and it
is conceded that the Government has the
right, to 60 to your house, while you are sitting
by your fireside with your wife and children
about you, and the old lady knitting, and the
cat playing with the yarn, and everybody
happy and swcet-the Government claims tho
right to go to your fireeide and take you by
to the valley Of the shadow of hell, set you by
the ruddy, roaring guns, and make you fight
for your flag Now, that being 80, when the
war ls over, and your country is victorious,
and you 60 back to your home, and a lot of
Democrats want to trample upon your
ment that took you from your fireside
and'msde you fight for i'll want to know if it
is not bound to fight for you. The flag that
will not protect its protectors is dirty rag that
Government that will not defend it's defenders
is disgrace to the nations Of the world.
am Republican because the Republican par
ty says, ~We will protect the rights Of Ameri-
can citizens at homo, and, ii necessary, we will
march an army into any State to protect the
State" am Republican because that party
allows me to be free-allows me to do my own
thinking in my own way. am = Republican
because it is party grand enough and splen-
did enough and sublime enough to invite every
human being in favor Of liberty and progress
to fight shoulder to shoulder for the advance
mont Of mankind. It invites the Methodist; it
invites the Catholic; it invites the Presbyterian
and every kind Of sectarian; 1t invites the
free thinker; it invites tho infidel, provided he
il in favor Of giving to every other human be-
ing every chance and every right that he claims
for himself. I am Republican, tell you.
There is room in the Republican air for every
wing; there il room in the Republican sea for
every sail. Republicanism says to every man:
LET your soul be like an eagle; fly out In the
great dome Of thought and question the
stars for yourself" But the Democratic
party says: BE blind owls; git on the
dry limb Of : dead tree, and only hoot
when Tlden Il Co. tell you to-" In the Repub-
lican party there are no followerA We are all
leaders. There is not party chain. There is
not party LASH Any man that does not love
this country. any man that does not love liberty,
any man that is noti1 favor Of human progress,
: that 10 not in favor Of giving to others all he
claims for himself-we don't ask him to vote
the Republican ticket. You can vote 1t il you
please, and IL there is any Democrat within
hearing who expects to die before another elec-
fion we are 1iling that he should vote one Re-
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