Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-08

ly regard it as a high personal compliment and
distinguished honor, yet feel that should
attribute the unanimity and heartiness OF your
action, in great measure, to the fact that the
Democratic majority in the present Congress
has persistently sought to deprive me OF a seat
in that body, to which the people OF this dis
trict, at a fair and honest election, elected me
by majority of over three thousand votes,
now nearly two years since. An attempt 30
extraordinary has, no doubt, had its influence
in determining the Republicans Of this congress
sional district to seek an early opportunity OF
rebuking an outrage 30 mounstrous and
of putting themselves record as solemnly
protesting against the contamination OF so re-
volutionary proceeding as also against its re-
of all things admire fair play, and are sure to
have it at any reasonable cost. And it Is cred
liable to our people, as well hopeful indi-
cation as to the permanence Of our republican
form of government and institutions, that as a
rule they yield gracefully to the fairly exprest-
ed will of the majority, upon which condI-
tions depend the stability and future of our
government. And in commenting upon this
disgraceful attempt to rob me of my seat in
Congress, which has occasioned so wide spread
| feeling of indignation among the decent men
of all parties throughout the entire county, do
| not believe there has ever been any real danger
of it's ,onsummation, Not but that there was
| another; not but that the Democratic
majority in the House of Representatives i'm
| agined that the necessity of stealing sover-
| eign State of the Union for the purposes of the
presidential count, might arise-not but that q
| Confederate subcommittee of elections in the
House had decided that the necessity was upon
it, and agreedtha the outrage should be con-
summated; not but that the illustrious Finley,
/ the counsellor, advisor, and trusted anony-
nous letter writer of the great political tramp
of America, had announced in the corridors of
| the capitol and the bar-rooms of Washington
that sit was ixed," and that ''our friends in
| New York who were the most interested" had
| been assured that it was an attempt SO abso-
| Iutely revolutionary and wicked in it's design
and character, that in the nature of things it
could not succeed. For it generally happens
sooner or later, that some way is evolved to
right an attempted wrong 1t may happen that
criminal may erect the gsllows
| and it sometimes occurs that the
creation of an anonymous letter writer, like
| the Irishman's gun, 'tgocs off at the wrong
end.'' When the would-be revolutionists in
| Maine undertook to steal the old State, that it
might perhaps become an auxiliary to the solid
South, way was found to thwart their infa-
nous designs. A stalwart court, with public
sentiment created of an intelligent and patri-
| otto people as a background, was sufficient to
send the conspirators skulking to their holes.
But apart from all considerations of this kind,
l believe party has yet existed in this coun-
try that did not count among its members men
who, spurnlng party necessities and who,
standing on their own self-respect and man
hood, would scorn to become party to great
wrong like this. 1t has never been possible to
doubt that the Democratic party in the House
of Representatives has Just such men, and
enough to prevent the contamination of
wrong so fagrant as the ono proposed by Mr..
Finley and his client from the Second district.
1t has not been. II will not be. Tho people
of this district will, 1 have no doubt, at the
election in November, give due notice.
in accepting your nomination, let me assure
you that while / appreciate most highly the
honor conferred, l also feel profound sense
of the great responsibilities that it brings with
it. [ think / am safe in saying that, with one
or two exceptions, there is no congressional
district in the country in which there is So
large population as IN this, and none whero
there are many large and varied interests to
be looked after and cared for. None in which
there has been more wonderful growth and
development in the past, and where there is
likely to be greater In the future. With an
area covering nearly, or quite, one-half the
State, and a population large enough for at
least two districts it has interests of such mag
nitude that whoever attempts to represent
them fairly in the Congress of the country, can
not fail to be impressed with the responsibility
resting upon him.
The Red River of the North, with valley as
rich in agricultural wealth as that of the fa-
nous Nile, from its western boundary. At the
other extreme on the northeast, with an empire
of exceeding richness intervening, at the head
of the great inland sea OF the continent, stands
Duluth, with her lake commerce and her sys-
tenn of railroads already threading vast re-
giop, and bearing to her docks the products of
the new northwest. While on the headwaters
AIa ayI ba A1ot
cities of Saltwater, st. Paul and Minneapolis,
with their immense commerce. manufactures
and gigantic Industries of various kinds. Have
you ever thought what q vast district this is !?
and that If q man Is going to Congress at all,
he should be proud that he represents such a
district. All these great interests, in case your
nomination is ratified by the people in Novem-
Der, it will be my duty as we'll as my pleasure
and pride to promote, and advance in every
proper and legitimate manner.
desire to speak but briefly of the great ma
tional campaign upon which we are about en-
tering. campaign as important and far
reaching in its consequences as any since the
organization of the Republican party.
Twenty years ago were confronted by the
solid South, demanding that human slavery,
with its withering blight, should be extended
over the free territories of the Northwest; and
further, that it should be recognized as an in
stitution of the country, not local, but national
in its character. To resist this aggressive
movement of the slave power the Republican
party had already sprung into existence, and in
the campaign of 1862 under the leadership of
Abraham Lincoln, had made its first successful
stand. We all remember the terrible years of war
that followed. This generation is not likely to
forget the great sacrifices that were made. The
best blood of the country flowed like water,
and its treasure poured forth without stint
The resources and credit of the country
were taxed to the uttermost, until 1t fairly
staggered under the burden-all this that the
government of the people, recognizing the
equal rights of man, might be maintained and
the union of the States might be preserved in
its integrity. When Gen. Lee surrendered his
sword TO the great soldier of the century at
Appomattox, under the famous apple tree, it
was supposed that the issues growing ou. of
the war we're settled, and forever; that slavery
bad passed away, and that the insiduous doc
trine of State rights, its counterpart, bad re-
oeived its final quietus. But yet, after the
lapse of twenty years, we are again confronted
with the same solid South, and with the same
spirit as of old. Slavery in form, il is true,
has been abolished, but the condition
of the enslaved has been but
slightly improved, if st all,
while the doctrine of State rights is insis.ed
upon with the same assurance as before the
war. In word the South does not recognize
the results of the war as final. II does not rec
ognize its cause lost one. The issues
therefore to-day are as distinct as in 1850
They were clearly defined in the extra session