Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-19
WILLING 70 BECOME PRECEDENT.
J.h~ N. Paln.r, Of ul,nois, 0asrs Hin.
sslG e lhe DemecrAts.

Jshn NJ. Palmer, 81 llltnois. Oaers HiM.
settle lhs D-mecrats.
Springfield, Ill, March 1.-THE John
n. Palmer club held q public meeting To-
alghs atthe court house, which was crowd.
Cd with cittzens a Springfield, irrespective
OF party, and those democrats from abroad
now In the city. Gov. Palmer delivered On |
extended address, 10 which he accepted
tho position Of candidate for the democratic
nomination for president. He said be did
not dlsparsge or antsgOniZe any of the great
men mentioned for tue position, and would
pledge the support al the club end the
democracy of Ssngamon aud the state If
Ilinoie, 10 support Of the democratic nomi
nee. whoever he may be. He said: We
will labor with the most earnest to make
the union Of the states perpetual, the con-
stitutlon and lave supreme. and the rights
and liberties Of every human being within
the limits of the union secure under their
benign rules. do not say. and would be
tnexpresstbly sad i'll believed, that The great
body Of the republican party are
90 blinded BY ~prtjudices e~ngendered
BY the civil war and persistently kept alive
By their leaders, that they do not see that
while they are aiding to subject the country
to the despotic will Of a reckless political
majority, are subverting the liberties of all.
It was palpable in 1872 that Gen. Grant was
unequal - we'll as Indifferent to the civil
duties of the chief magistracy. II was then
foreeeen BY thoughtful men that if he were
reelected his second term would be charac-
terized BY corruption and profligacy. The
republican party was invited BY Greeley and
Sumner and Schurz and Tumble. and 9th
ers who were amongst the founders of the
enMaRO tN aooSoR flaA~Honn -ks-L d.
as now, . we'll defined and dangerous element
Grant and he was reelected, and his second
chapters disgraceful to the American char
acter. II 1 had the selection of the repub.
lican candidate for the presidency I would
choose Gen. Grant. He alluded to Blaine and
Secretary Sherman aud Washburne in terms
Of reproach for their diligencies in various
respects % citizens. He referred to the doc
trine of state sovereignty as the bulwark of
the nation and concluded a. follows: But
while We contend for the maintenance ofthe
rights and powers of the states, we must not
forget that the government created BY the
constitution of the United States was estab.
lished by our fathers in order to form a
more perfect union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the com.
mon good, promote the general welfare aud
secur the blessings of liberty to the Amer
lean people forever. The objects of the gov
/. rnment are national, and 1t was designed
TO effectuate national ends alone that the
government was formed. Its powers. rightly
understood, ought not to be, and are not. an
object of Jealousy te the democratic party.
In my judgment the contest Of 1880 is not
less important that that of 1860. and NAV
be permitted in the presence Of this club TO
say that as 1850, and the subsequent years
of our great national struggle in resistance
to secession, l gave my best efforts in the
cause Of federal unity. l am now prepared
to unite with the great democratic party
aud exert myself with equal energy to sup
port the right of the people to the blessings
of regulated constitutional liberty.