The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-07-23
SPEECH GF HON. TOM FITCH.
A Glowing Picture 2!
Deiirsrsd at Niaasapolis, Niaa., July 7tl.

republican ticket always, tapplause,l aud shall advocate the election Of Republican candidates occasionally. So much l have done upon the Pacific Coast, where l have heretofore liyed-sO much l propose to con- in .e doing in Minnesota where 1 intend 10
 live hereafter. l take the liberty of men loniug this now, 50 that my uubashful read ine>s Co respond To your invitation may not be misconsirued. (Laughlerl Thanks to
 the l!beraiity of the constitution oI Minne- sota, shall be able to vote in this State next
 November. and thanks to the wisdom of
 this convention, shali be able 10 cast that
 vote-so Tar as representative in congress is
 cOncerned-fOr a Washburn. shali 90 cast t with greater pleasure, because IL has been
 my pTis ilege al one time and another and in
 one way and another Co meet each of the
 four Na,hburns whO Lave been in congress
 and it was my further privilege, m years
 asone, To Know intimately anu well in Cali furuia, fifth WashbuTn who enjoys The
 distinction Of never having been in congress,
 llapghierl, but who might have been sent
 from California fl President Lincoln had not
 e&iled him as minister To Paraguay. He k
 now, hear, fesidenf of New Jersey. and i the people of that beuigb,ed land would Tecu-ilise The ability. the integrity and the aptitude for public affairs winch he posse.s.-,
 lH common with all who bear his name. .applaGsej and send him To congress: and If Israel Nashburne, Of Maine, would yesume his former duties; and Gen. C. C. Washburu of Wisconsin would allow his old constitu- ents to return him to his old seat; and if the
 "n0blest Roman of them allf'-I say It with out dl-paTagement to our nominae-the old statesman from Illinois tcheers) would join
 the band we might have d Washburu con
 gressional quiniette, (cEeers) the music of
 which would set our friend Ignatius Don lnclIy crazy with delight. (Laughler.J iI- end O dlsrespect to MT. Donnelly-GOd-
 send that he take no offense at my remarks.
 AS stndent of local political history l re- ferred Co him in this connection exactly as A
 student of entomology might refer 10 inc eI feet Of Paris green upon a potato bug. ilAughier,) without feeling the slightest an | imosily or lack of reverence for the bug Renewed laughter.) We shall elect Mir W |.
 D. Nashburn To congress, of course But l let not our we'll grounded confidence in such ! result Induce us to abate the usual effort to | achieve Republican success, for be sure that our opponents will, during the coming can vass, make very unusual effort 10 defeat | him. They are earnest, active and adroit | They are just now inspITited wilh hope They have found Union soldier who has consented to serve as bait for tbe Confede-
 rate fishing party m Its national attempt 10 capture Republican gUdgeons: daughter and l appiausel and they hope, notwithstanding hls declinatiOn announced in this moI ming S | papers, tO induce citizen Of St. Paul, N hom | 1 have moi had the pleasure of meeting as I D | his Z"nlailty, his democracy, anu the size, of
 his barrel, llaughter) to emulate the appren- | ucet pirate Of Penzance and become a
 martyr 10 his sense of duty, by leading the
 coming democratic raid upon the republican ] majority in tbi, district. daughter and ap- | plause.) These conditions require effort al l repU UblIcan hands, and If l have rightly read
 the history of Minnesota politics, that effort | will not be withheld. The republican party
 Of Minn. is not an acrobalic party, and will | not attempt the circus performance of turn | ing a soInersault and sitting down upon
 itself. (Laughter.l Whoever else may fal-
 ter. whoever else may fail, the free sons O. | the North Star Statc will mol be apt to be de- l iuded into suTrendering at the ballot box all | the advantages which freedom gained upon l fields soWn with the black seed Of death and | sl-aming with harve>ts of steel. lAppiause.l Your congressman Is right, the issues of the | past twenty years are before Us in new | form. He Is blind who does not see this | He ls blind who does not see that a ma jurny | of the white people living in the states souIn l of the Potomac and Ono rivers are tO all in l tents and purposes as alien in sentiment to- wards the rest of tbe country now as they | were on the day WI en the flag of national
 supremacy went downfrom the battered and burning walls of Sdmter. A majority of the >oul hern N hItes are bilious and Tebel.ious, dyspeptic and discOntented llaughteTl, mol k!ndly disposed toward northern men of re- publican antecedents, unreconciied To the situation, determined mol 10 let the negro
 stay and vote a. he pleases, and unwilling 10 let him % where he can vote as he pleaSsss They declIne 10 allow him 10 be a migratory
 bird who does not need the protection of the
 game laws, and they refuse 10 enforce even
 the ordinary anne laws for his protection. Laughter Unlike the quail he Is refused
 the legal right Ol living unmoles,ed between spring and autumn, and ike wild goose or
 a suipe, he K quite laUle to be shot at any
 season of the year. Laughter and appldu>el
 Whoever is to blame for this condition of things, through whosoever fault IL Was brought about, bV whOsocNer sin of omission or Oomm on i, is continued. i. l. neycr;he- less @ truth and a truth which forces Itself up-
 ou the attention of all who consider the problems Of politics. Massachusetts anu
 south Carolina, ohio and Virginia, Minne-
 ~ota and Mississippi, are almost as hostile ln sentiment towards each other now a. they were N hen they hurled bitter words ai each other across the line which divided
 freedom from slavery, or faced each othe, from behind glcaming lines of steel.
 In this house divided against itself. there seems Co be but three courses open through which harmony. or at least peace may be procured. One k To await the advent uf a condition of affairs in which the people North and south may forget their differences.
 or make new differences upon other than
  let the south rule this natIon, and third Is that the North shall rule Il. do not know
 that the first is impossible. l trust that on ihe Contray this may ultimately be achieved, and that parties may divide nationally upon questions of tariff or free trade metal or paper money, female suffrage or masculine domination. l am convinced, however. that for the immediate present and perhaps for tho near future, ii is out of the question. and that until the next election, and perhaps longer, the desiinies of this republic must be controlled, is laws made and administered, and it's policies shaped by either a solid North or a solid south, and as between the two | prefer solid North. (Applause.) If one or the other must rule, better North solid for justice then a South solid for oppression. | fCheersl II one or the other of the two par 1 ties must continue 10 exist alone, it Is not best for the country that it should be the | solid south. II one or the other must die, l it is not best for the nation that the Republi- | can party should furnish the corpse. [Cheers. l
 do not seek to coin phrases in which to ] blame the southern democracy for their ef- i forts to achieve historical vindica;ion and re- | verse the verdict of the war. but fl the van | quiShed have a right to critisise the victory, | surely the Victors have right 10 retain it's | fruits. Shall the North surrender now, in | an impulse C. gush, all II has gained in a | spirit of sacrifice? shall the hands which | flashed the sword, prove ImpOtent to write l the laws tO keep that which E has Eaihed2 | Shall a solid south, welded into solidity | by a homogenity of purpose, hostile to the
 best interests of the nation, now preciDitate ! its political cOmpactness against a foTgeiful | and faction divided North, and so rum from an indifference and laAity of purpose, that southern domination which il failed to gain
 when our blood was up and the spirit on
 fire? Applause Those Of us who demand the continued supremacy of the republican
 r4rfy wave no bloody shirt, but we protest ! a-aluSt the surrender of Ie,ults obtained at
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