Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-13
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REPUBLICAN RALLY AND CAMPAIGN OPEN.
ING AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Grafton by Senator Newton Booth-Twenty
Years Of National History in the
Light Of the Present.

Saturday night in the Grand Opera House,
San Francisco, Republican mass meeting
was held. The audience which greeted Sena-
tor Newton Booth was one of the finest ever
gathered in that city on similar occasion.
The vast auditorium was packed from orches-
ira to gallery, and in the proscenium boxes
and dress circle appeared glittering array of
fashion and beauty. The stage was hand
somely decorated with the national colors,
and back of and above the speaker was a
life-size photograph of General Garfield.
Ex-Governor Frederick f. Low was called
upon to preside, and the following gentlemen
were named as Vice-Presidents W. P.
Jones, L. s. Adams, d. V. B. Henarie f.
L. Castle, G. w. Kellogg, w. L. Merry,
Hon. Eugene l.. Sullivan, L. II. Allen,
Adam Grant, P. Mcclure, Isaac Lohmap,
John Dolber, Hon. J. B. Stetson.
George H. Wheaton, L. A. Sanderson,
John II. Boalt, E. Wertheimer, L. L.
Baker, Sidney NJ. Smith, H. A. Crane,
Levi Strauss, B. Wellman, John Sroufe
Main, John F. Merrill, w. L. Mccormick,
W.. w. NAohtoSucs oCOiSO IL. OoauCiSou,
John w. Shaffer, Alex. NJ. Boyle, Emile
Bauer, D. J. Staples, NJ. Esberg. J.. Bran
denstein, Edward May, Joseph May, Lip.
Sachs, j. c. Wilmerding, John Siebe, John
Harold, Edwin Goodall, John Weisell, j. j.
O'Brien, r. d. Chandler, John McKew,
Thos O'Blien, P. B. Quinlan, General E.
Herrick, Michael j. Burke, General George
S. Evans o. +. Wiley. W. A. Phillips, L.
B. Cotter, Chas. j. Reilly, A. H. Phelps,
bets, VIM. II. Shelly, I. J. Garibaldi, j. B.
Carson, Richard Hail, Thomas C. Maher, L.
NJ. Gallagher, F. J.AHiggins, P. II. Kenney,
Thomas B. GardnerA c. Fl. Scanlan, Thos.
J. Smiley, ]. H. Cahpony, Colonel c. Ma
son Kinne, Nelson Piesce, Hon T. II. Mer-
ry, John w. Cheny, TN R. Church, Theod.
Reichert, L. T. Loyeland, Geo. L. Bromley.
Dan. Bigeley, Walter Wilhelm, Captain c.
NJ. Leavy, Nj. Z. Buckingham. Samuel
Guttman, Geo. c. Psrkinson, John Nc
Grath, A. Gerberding, John II. Smith, c.
Senator Booth, who spoke as follows
SENATOR BOOTHS spEEeH.
The nomination of General Hancock for
President, by the Democratic party, means
one Of two things-conversion or hypocrisy
change of heart or an attempt to deceive.
II it be the frst-if this be the evidence of a
sincere abandonment of old positions, what
reason can that party give for its further ex-
istence? Is it necessary to call the Demo-
cratic party into power to administer the
Government on republican principles? The
effrontery of claim like this would be sub.
| lime if it were not ridiculous. have heard
an illustration which seems to me apt It is
as if the prodigal son, when he had returned
| to his fathers house, and eaten the fatted
calf, should turn the old gentleman out Of
i doors, demand deed to the farm, insist that
nothing less would reconcile him and make
| him forget the past unpleasantness I have
been trying to find
AN HISTORICAL PARALLEL.
I have failed. History is often absurd
but never, think, so absurd as that. I can
imagine one /: During the war of the Amer.
ican revolution, there was large number OF
men in this country who were sincerely op.
posed to the independence of the United
States. In some sections they were in ma
| jority. They were called Tories, from sheil
sympathy with the then governing party il
Great Britain. They held themselves to be
subjects Of George Ill, just as much a,
the great body of the people in the Southern
States from '61 to '65 held themselves citizens
of the Confederacy. They resisted drafts
impeded the execution of the laws, fought
with the red-coats, and made the revolu
neighbors and families. Suppose tine
Tories had maintained distinct political
organization after the war closed, and haG
met in convention, resolved that they stood
by their principles, were proud of their ira
ditious, and that they were of right entitled
to the possession and control of the govern
ment of the United States. Suppose they
| t,I kaI Co.
a soldier by profession, distinguished for his
services in the patriot army, and had said,
Accept this is an olive branch-we admit
the United States are independent-give US
the control of the Government to soothe out
| feelings; do it, or We shall be mad so long as
we live, and the longer we live the madder
We'll get-and you shall be responsible for
the aniInosities which have grown out of the
war;"
TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
| Would that proposition be more absurd,
preposterous, than that of the Democratic
party to-day? If it had not been for the
| Republican party there would to-day have
been no Government of the United States
| to administer. l am not speaking of
| men, but OF political organizations. If there
be any way in which to administer a free
government except through political parties,
it has not yet been discovered. For the past
twenty years the Republican and Democratic
parties have stood in bold, defiant. aggressive
| opposition. However members of these par
ties may agree or disagree upon measures of
temporary policy, the difference between the
parties as political organizations, in their
scope, tendency, spirit, is essential, radical,
fundamental. l repeat and enlarge the
statement that we have Government of
| hn Init fotn Of
we have great republic-the first
great republic in history where no man calls
another masters due, under Providence, to
that organization which will be known and
honored in history forever as the Republican
party. / have heard the statement made, and
1 its truth conceded by men with whom poIiti-
cally affiliate, andfor whom | have the highest
respect, that no party was entitled to the
credit of putting down the rebellion; that it
was the work of the American people. If
this mean that it was the work of the Amer
lean people, irrespective of party organiza-
tion, l deny it. If there had been no Demo-
cratic party the rebellion would not have
lasted a season, if it had ever arisen. If no
| Republican party had stood behind Lincoln,
the rebels would have dictated terms at
Washington, without Bull Run.
MURDER VS.. SACRIFICE.
Mere physical courage is ali attribute which
| we share with the animals. If the war had
been mere exhibition of brute force, a trial
Of strength, a field for the display of military
skill, it would have been the stupendous
crime of history. 1t was only as part of
the conflict of ideas necessary to the saliva
ton of the Republic, that it is redeemed from
murder, to sacrifice, and takes its place in
| heroic annals. From the humblest soldier
| who fell in battle to the martyred Lincoln, it
was the awful issues at stake, the tremen-
dous interests imperiled, the great ideas in
| volved, that sancti6ed it ALL These ideas,
interests, issues, were formulated, cham
pioned, and defended by the Republican
party. Political parties are not mere
voluntary associations. They cannot
| be made to order. If they have
any vitality they organize themselves. and
become great forces in human affairs. To as
certain the governing ideas of political
party we should not go to particular dec.
laration made at a particular time, for par
ticular purpose. That might be passing
qualn Of conscience, or, perchance, bid for
| office. We must examine its history.
Especially if there be such, should we see
how it has met great emergencies, that try
the inmost heart and test the utmost strength.
Has it arisen to or fallen short of the hight of
great occasions, when great interests were at
stake, and the rights which underlie all forms
of government imperiled? There may come
| time to parties-as there often does to
men
TINE or TRIAL.