Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-02
SHERMAN'S SPEECH.
A Clear and Concise Statement of the
Difference Between the Two
Parties.
The PerniciOus Doctrine of State Rights
1.-The Resumption of Specie
Payments.

Following is the full text of the mag
nifcent speech delivered by Secretary
John Sherman to an immense audience
gathered at Schlitz park, Milwaukee,
October 10Th:
LADIES AND GENTLENEN-First of
all allow me to return to you and
through you to your fellow citi-
zens in Wisconsin my heartfelt and
grateful acknowledgment for a day
of unusual happiness to me, for the
the cordial ndhearty greeting of friends
| though strangers to me all. 1t seemed
as entered the State of Wisconsin and
visited the beautiful town of Racine, that
the people around me were not like
strangers, that [ was not in strange
land, but in the midst of cordial and
hearty friends. And as [ came to this
great and beautiful city of Milwaukee,
with its 120, 900 people, when l saw the
greetings In the streets and the great
crowds that are filling the streets, along
with the vast procession, and when [
come here and meet this vast audience [
! feel that [ am not In a strange land but
at home here among you. [ know that
this cordial and hearty greeting does not
come from any personal cause. l am to
you a stranger. My face is unknown to
you, but the bond of sympathy that
rests between us is that both alike are in
favor of honest politics, honest money,
good times and plenty of them. Great
applause. As Gov. Smith has said, you
early took your position that the only
way to pay a debt was tc pay it. Ap-
plause. The only way to bring about
the resumption of specie payment was to
prepare for it, and when the time
came, to make the dollar of
paper money in the laborer's
hand equal to the dollar of gold com,
and that every means should be adopted
to strengthen the public credit, to lower
| the rate of interest, and to decrease the
public debt. In other words, honesty
among nations as well as among individ-
uals was the best policy. Great ap-
plause. Now l know that the best re-
turn [ can make to you for your cordial
greetings, is by plain and simple state
ment of the condition of political affairs
in this country, and of some Of the pub
lie measures that have brought our pres
ent state of prosperity. You know that
am Republican, belonging to the
great Republican party of the United
States. know that there has been and
that there is a division of opinion not
only here in Milwaukee, but throughout
the country, among the American people
who have divided themselves into two
great political parties. I admit in the
outset that the great mass of these par
ties, the great mass of the men, women
and children who compose them-honest
women and children-are very apt to fol-
low their brothers, fathers and sweet
hearts. admit that the great body are
honest, good people, desirous of promot-
ing common good and general welfare
No party can set itself up above the 9TH
er in morality or national feeling Both
are honest, but these two parties are
SEPARATED WIDE FROM EACH OTHER.
The American people are divided into
! these two parties. We must ascertain,
| If we can, the reason of this division
and see what measures or what condition
of affairs separate them, and come, if
we can, at the real ground work of this
difference of opinion. [ intend to spend
few moments in pointing out to you
this broad dividing line between these
two national parties and to make it SO
plain that you can see my meaning, to
show there is a governing issue that
divides them, not depending upon pass
ing questions of the day that will disap-
pear with this election, but issues that
commenced at the beginning of the gov
eminent and will continue as long as
this government lasts. What is that
difference? It is an honest difference of
opinion as to the nature and framework
of the national government. The Re
publicans of the United States believe
! is is national government with power
to make laws vested In congress, with
power to construe laws vested in courts.
with power to execute laws vested in the
president of the United States. We
| believe that this government is supreme
In all the great essential powers of a
national government, committed to it by
the people of the United States. We
believe it reaches it's broad hand to every
citizen of the United States without re
gard to state lines and that it is the duty
of the national government to protect
every man, woman and child, however
poor, whether poor or rich, however
humble or lowly, in all the rights of
American citizenship. Great applause.
We believe there is no man so rich OF
SO lofty In this country as to annul the
national authority. All must obey it..
! Great applause.
There is no man SO humble or lowly,
but that the national authority must re-
spect his rights and see that they are
preserved. [Great applause.
The tendency of the Republican ideas
is to elevate our nation, to advance ou1
country higher and higher among the
score of nations, to make this powerful
great republic of fifty millions of free
people, soon to become one hundred
millions, now already the most powerful
nation in the world; rich in boundless
resources, rich in liberty. rich in indie
Ipendence, rich in free thought, every