Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-10-27
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The Rev. Henry Ward Beeches I'd.
dressed large audience at Cooper insti-
tdte on the night Of the 18th Inst. He
Was introduced by Luther B. Marsh.
Mr.. Beechef said:
I hardly think that NV man h this
assembly can feel the MmA ~ tint I
feel In the tadings which have come from
tho state Of Indiana to-day. believe that
delivered ths hs9t, E, s9sssl:vsy .psesh e eyee
peculiar interest h that ssotfn u ~ cotlntfy.
h.a,! sss !Gngat = Ne. as .'ssa ~ sssDg = a .a ,s &
which II has taken r. this general GkA q our
history. nm mol thrilled WITH the neWp Il lie
victory im Ohio. expectod L. OAkc Il atcne.
toned 70 do this kh,d Of thing. q
WhefSevef an emergency arises that really in-
wolves the national welfare, the state Of New
York is accustomed to do this sort Of thing, too.
She may smuse herself at times, but when she
sees the signs OF the storm In the heavens al
frolic ceases, and the men Of the stste Join
hands, ~ they are doing now, to rescue the ma
tion from IT. peril. No party il entitled to hold
power in this country for = single hour which
does net have for its guiding aim the securing
Of harm eny among all the interests Of the land
north, south, east and west. Convince ma
this than the Republican party, or
that the policy Of the Democrats il better cal
culated to do this than that Of the Republicans,
and I win renounce my allegiance to Rcpubli-
canism and 90 over to the Democracy.
But don't 20 over. In my heart Of hearts
l believe that the Republican party is nA-
tional party, working honestly for the welfare Of
all
and it il because 30 believe that an willing
to commend II to your sufffages. tApplause.l
l am here tonight for the practical pifrpose Of
digging out v0tess Ladies' and gentlemen for
the past fifty years not single cause Of dis
turbancc has been sprung upon this nation BY
the people OF the north. We are accused Of
being sectional but the fact ls that svsry one Of
the great conflicts which has agitated the nation
has had its origin in the sotiah. We have de-
Tended ourselves against the south, but We have
never intruded ON them. Wren slavery began
to lift its head In power the south attempted to
invade the free territories of the northwest.
That agitation, and the Missouri compronise
which resulted, came from the south.
It was the south that invaded Kansas and
wiped out the compromise. The MEXICAN war
was one of the whelps Of slavery, and finally
came the proclaimed right Of secession. Was
It the north that drew the sword The whole
war was the product Of southern doctrine. The
north has stood for the nation in principle and
conduct, and all our national difficulties have
come from the south. The Democratic party
In this conflict, in every ward, in every state,
says there Will be no peace in this land till the
Democracy rule; that all the mischief has
sprung from the Republican party. Something
Of this kind happened about three thousand
years ago. in Ehjahs time, when he said he had
not troubled Israel. II there has been any
trouble ON the continent we, the Republicans,
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been ordained, believe, by Divine Providence,
to stand for the whole nation. All the storms
Of the Atlantic, they tell us, are bred in the
Caribbean sea. 80 all our political storms are
bred there. or near there. fApplAuse.l What
are the southern states and why do We have to
keep them III order2 Individually the citizens
of the south are - good a. We are.
but their people are a noble people and am
fond Of them, the more SO, perhaps, because
for sixty years of my life it was not safe for NM
70 70 Among them. The whole mischief thal
has arisen hitherto has arisen from the grcal
evil OF the south, slavery, which forced them e
adopt the doctrine OF state sovereignty. Int
south holds to state sovereignty, the north noidi
point; then they separate. Every school dis.
trict has certain rights. SO has every town and
every county, and those rights must be le-
spected. Just 80 every state has certain rights,
and yet the nation is superior to any state, and
must remain SO. The south says that the right
to break mp the nation inhered in them. Il
did, in Just the same way that the right inheres
the outer wall and Jet In the wind and weafhe!.
No state has = right to break down our wan.
anywhere. II is supposed that the north don't
believe in state rights. Why, they don't believe
in anything else. The doctrine OF state right
was born in the old New England colonies. We