New-York tribune., 1880-06-15

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Which has long been dominant party dtTe nsn ktSot
up in any successful party, long IN P1"St Se multi
Ssaee Sds Of men in that party tnnk they ss
manage it Just as well Ihe ncy mann Men long used
Govern forget often times the amenities ,o Arm
the eoneiat4ns ety proper tat there should be
sometimes a rebuke 70 the party tbat 'ue' S"ou'u
with less rigor
OPPOSED TO THE UNIT RULE
,,d on tho abolition Of the unit rule by tho Con-
o,,on that will be historic for times to come-A refer
IN the Chicago Conveution-l looked wlthout ie'Ts'
the defeat of the unit rule. lAp2lausc'I oeHeNe ma
there must be machine and an engineer. anu ="
thint II ia the duty Of every citizen 10
Itch the machine and the engineer. tCheelsl Auu
1yhen an attempt is take away fOn the great
body OF citizens immediate influence on the
which concern them there Ought to nr ~"e Thorefore
So Tar as tnat was concerned, very happy 10 % s
the Chicago Convention take the action "u ~
r oheI respects the Orest Convention pleased me-
because SSua M tSS.e nUs ef & my who can easily forget tue
dark days OF the Republic. [Cheors can eyanS meyea
get nsn 5aa' Isa' 9Sss i,DS"f IS free VANITY VANITY
that deals ssd in spea %e pCoS.nuod eSSernG
Otner meh and noble leaders there Wcre rh"Se hrn9d
are IN The hour OF darkness and dis,Ieshe
ouIy strength TO bear up rne cnr%rd appiause
man Of singular simplicity OF enarncifrni, i,' 5ru - -
so,ne an Who never SPOKE WIN double moaning;
most honest, truthful and most srg IN mis- his
nmity he forgot his enemies pu' never MS i-'""
ono frat last and all the tmo, desired that Gen
oral Grant should have been the chOce l tt W.,
party IGTrs mT SP,a'G t"n ana snk @ shall refuse
recognize the facts because am ho 'Ia,ni o ~ No. I
cHoicei God forbid applausl, and all thr more Wme @
Who seem; to have been designated ny the ; a
viii sneak more at length. Now The great cna o. an lns
canvass Is n0%onng yr Wr ,T" not nns for man.
but FOR partvfor the sake OF the polly m'u ar,y
party represents prnclpe, and rrncrl's r,prrS,nt
the policy: aud II is the policy ana prcI& & io Nrn,od
S,s,ss Ws s.s" doubess has very mhaence Unt
President OF the United Sei Il m he never
n cnntro or direct the Government except he net III
nny r " II 1s do mschievous things AMI his parry is
viruous they can restrain the misrhlr ~ nI Ph.M Phn
from doing harm % is IN Prt.iSenF tS P0"CT ' these
It is the party You to hink Of and y%n are 70 1HG Ak
of 1t in respect TO the great measures 'heS ioposo "
inaugurate and cOnsummate
A GLANCE At DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
Now look over the candidates | have already or"uy
expressed my admiration and co"ndehee ln "ehel"'
Garfield. [Great appause] lido rot nhder'"Ne 10 oeN'
press disesteem OF any OF the men WHO arc pro
rosed 10 be set i'll the golden cahdestcK OF
tho Democratic party by the Convention III Cih'
oipnati. II may be that our eminent c''lzen o'
Nev.York TlaughteTl will be the candle there II he
he and be elected President let us all pray for the
Divine blessing upon him, for lie certainly WI hten IT,
tCIreat laughter.l If the choice fall upon S,nd"r
Bayard of D. lawarc, say thai noltr man coNih n1S
tSeperal Hancock ar usIIiour and noiahc caniilHt,
And there Is the coy seymour -re@' nc nr
posed to- [Great augltc!.l And Ihnrm2h' wh" tinh
would make better PresHen 'Ih rc nIS TnSi
are very many good mtn We have mol the loHSeeSC %
%spubiieans The question Is VIII iher the man a
oS r4ss mt hsory nM ;hSe Of the IT
that question 10 which l propose TO GIVE mone"' >
consideration
THE ORIGIN or THE TWO PARTIES.
norties are standing before the American people
1oAav saving each OF them, " Let me, let
mo- control the Government" The American people
are to examine their credentials ana ask' "hat
a, vour charactcrf What have been the incidents OF
vour charactcr9 That is what the American peOpe
nropose TO do and propose to help them. tireat ap
plsuse When the war OF the Revolution wHs cndedand
the Fedcrals controlled the affairs OF these United
States, they formed party as was Verv natural ana
yet was very largely under the influence OF Ola Engano
traditions 1t at that time that the Demo
cratic party "s was omSTaSs STSSSsaa ps MSs @ Under IN the
State swept away IN NrW'EnGlmd witi, n,
the suffrage was widely extended Te waves Of chance
have yet ceased to roll the sun age VIII !, grow W
pee the day when women VIII vote tAppa,i,rJ III, Ihc
patS ~S w,b b"e tap u b y r. reason Of men trust
The ionhdaton OF the Republican party is this. that
the people free. inteigthi' ana are 10 De trusted
viii their affairs IApi1u?el The old .Jea party
Thought that the educated ana more P.O1eStldna
per sous the community were To- be uu'tc3 TO tink
Tor the people and leaI then lhe Democratic parry
Thought at the people thcnlscv, were ade
Quate their OwD gOycInlhcnli on tLl pihcIpe ney
was Ie'GI tHin " was a.; ,ll VIM" before knew any
fhnG and for "a considerable time aferwalO. Yet -
look back upon the career Of thc CIu ID mo
very great benefits Cr NaIion. ami that ow
II blesstd lic.Ory But bye anu bye, w"cn Inc slave
power grown thai 1t became in".t,S oi signih
canoe wien 1t began To have donnnaDt iuluence, tr
Whig party and The Del,oclaic Iar;y vld w,tn each
other which Should crawl thO9Gh the most slime 10
It's sake, and the D-mOcrdiic power cOhqu7lrd
esTM coSd BSIh NOT %S's sI II tnoy dJ Tnp
party bore up, and ~ certain e%tnt survived
Now from the time the slavery question entered uc-
tiyely INTO the political ailrc OF this eHn.iy Inc
with endeavOr TO repress the liberty OF the aborng
& ss tfy s ,reve naG % and dec!ye To- tvry Step tt
was necessary rebuild the Commonw'aItb wlth the
Ikuow what mob law meals remember perfectly
well how ia SveFsS fy %h "nG tie dead a Shs
party-io any agitation on tins subject. ~ was the
the worst thing man Congress could Go to speak on
chs subj OF the rEhls o the slave lbe DclnOcratlc
Whole Soc MAJ We0 0 ghe m war; 2ok OUT wn the banner
fell from the flagstaff OF Sumter the DLudage fell fOm
the eyes Of million DeuocIaIs III the North lGTea'
appauseJ They broke at the bo4ds Of party al
legance Their voting by Thousands and ten thots-
hnds and fighting men III large array rallied round me
old sarpaugled banner and went into the war lGreat
applause.l . ,,
DEMOCRATIC LUKEwAHMNEss.
But all this time the Democratic party-nOt ;hc men-
bers that had belonged to IT, but tie organic t0n Itself
stood alone stood lukcwarm at the vcIy least; doing
as little possible for 1t; thwarug as much as posi-
bic the power OF those who III tao ascendency i'll
the Government And when were AT the v'ry lowest
ebb; when 1t seemed rs If a penny would tuIn
tho scale. then it was that many, many
men that are high IN their party declared that tho
war was failure and that peace should be made upon
any terms After the became victory. alter We
had emerged from the midnight but we've still in the
twilight the stormy morning, from that day. through
all the long struggle OF reconstruction, the Democrat
party not helped. but has mndered 1t has stood in
The way much possible OF every single great meas
that has been successfully carried out