, 1880-02-09

that tile National power gave ana pro
tected all and erery right OF the citizen.
And this is the Republican idea of to-
day. 1t dominates their party completes
ly, controls them absolutely. To continue
themselves in power, they invoke and use
upon all occasions this " power Of the
Nation" and, as in ,S.6, they crush
remorselessly either the Legislative or
Judicial power of the State, whatsoever
may stand in the way of their purposes
Fellow Democrats, this pestilcntial
heresy carries with it more of peril to the
existence of our Republican institutions
than all the other dangers that surround
us. This is a Union, but union of
States; and if one is indivlsible the other
is indestructible; or more aptly and as an
able Democrat has put it. ian indivisible
Union of indestructible States"
The dangerous sentiment that speaks
with directness upon the soil of Iowa,
but which has been indirectly uttered by
almost every other Republican State Con-
vcntion within the past eighteen months
must be met and throttled. True to our
early memories and with our shields
locked we must move upen this common
enemy and destroy him.
We stand upon the threshold Of Ma
tional election. The American people
are Democratic by majority of'at least
100000. Now, more momentously than
ever in our history, We are called upon to
settle this question, and to maintain this
Government upon the principles upon
which the fathers built it. The FetIeral
arm was not created by the States to
smite them, it is their servant and 50 it
shall remain.
Let the general Government move
within its own prescribed sphere with its
sovereignty untouched, but say to it, it
can neither crush nor make weak the
States which formed 1t.
Hamilton had his day, and the power
full aficr>assistance OF Marshal, helped to
fix in the American mind his theory of
the Government: but to-day, if there is
one principle dearer than another to
American treemen, it is the right of the
States in the language of the Republi =
cans of go "to order and control exclu-
sively their own domestic institutions
and affairs"
Recent events have made this the prom
inent issue, all others are of secondary
Importance. The party which has, from
its organization, made this its touchstone
of political orthodoxy, deserves and will
receive the support Of not only its own
members, but OF all true American citi>
zens who see the forecast of empire i'll
the march of Capitalization.
The strong Government again upon us,
whether by votes or fraud, means the end
of Republican institution in America,
and this too whether we dishonor our
traditions by giving a third term or by
selecting any other politician who trains
under the stalwart standard. Rally, then
Democrats of Oregon and let your voice
first of this tateful year-be for the rights
of the States, and for Government upon
Constitutional limitations.
Upon the question Of national finances
we beg you to remember that we are
jackson Democrats. Public and private
debts, whether providently or otherwise
contracted, must be honestly met and
paid in money.
Let US be true to this grand old leader
of the party whose genius has made an
imperishable mark upon his countrys
history, and who in his life was the great
defender OF the true Democratic idea up
on the subject of honest money.
Stand fast by these, the cardinal prin-
ciples of our party; demand with un-
finching earnestness reform of, and
economy in all the branches of cur pub
lie service, whether State or National
and we will march to assured victory
not alone in June, but also in the large
conflict of November.
] But desirable as is success we can affert