Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-10-14
t." Claims Democrats S south,

it." Claims Democrats south,
none north.
Go over to the House AZ Chair.
menships-22 south, 20 north. APP
pro orlations, 6 members of it from
the south, from the north. Ways
and Means-there is where your tar.
if is modified, revenue determined
5 south, north. Claims-7 south, 8
north. War claims south. 2 north.
Post Offices--4 south, 3 north.
Counting Electoral votes. in the Sem
ate-.that is important again--4 south,
2 north. Have shown you enough
to convince you that the South con-
trolls Democracy The home of
modern Democracy is in the South
its body and heart and brains are
there-only its extremity lives 10 the
north aud l think that part of it will
grow colder and colder as November
approaches.
In conclusion, Mr.. Williams said
Simply enforce the laws of this
country and what magnificent des.
tiny awaits us. I took personal note
in the wilds of Dakota of question
which | could not resist. 1t is l3Oe
miles from New York to St. Paul il
Is 1900 from st Paul to Puget Sound
There lies tract of country 1900
miles in length and 700 in width
which surpasses in fertility and ex
cells in area the combined area Of
Great Britain, France, Spain and the
German Empire. Seward was RICH,
when he said somewhere northwest
OF st. Paul would be the final center
OF power in this country. Within
tive years the locomotive shall draw
It's train of cars from st. Paul to the
waters of the Pacific. A race O
people are gathering there-the mos
hardy In history--a people that use
the pitch-fork six months in the year
a race that have dotted this coun.r,
with factories and workshops. "a race
never surpassed in the arts of peace
and never conquered in the art O
war. Who does not know that OF
the line of Empire westward, Chica
gos, st. Pauls and Milwaukees will
be built and on that western shor,
shall stand a metropolis beyond ever
mighty New York? Democrats, yo,
belong to this race. Young Demo
Gratis, your father might have Tough
with the party that sought to bea
this nation from the history of ma
tons. lie may have made an homes
mistake. You cannot afford il
the light Of history to make the sam,
mistake. Cast your vote this yea
with the enemies of your country ant
there is stigma upon you. | appea
to you to join in this march of EN-
pre- and power cease longer to be
long to the tail of the southern kite
insist upon the enforcement of th,
law rather than upon mob violence
and civilization will drive this south
ern barbarism into the gulf. 1t i
better for them as it is, for us, til a
we insist that they like us shall ODE,
the laws of the country. When thu
shall come, then vision of uniteC
nation rises before me which l dar,
hardly to trust my language to de
pict. | see the gorgeous east will
the sun of developed wealth yet ris
ing in the heaven. see the sum,
South, purple with luxury and ta
with the power of production. Sc,
the wide plains and vast reaches o
the West waving under the harves
OF mans requited toll, while tn,
painted savage flashes his cleaning
blade in the face of the white mai
as the last signal of retiring barbar
ism before civilization. American
enterprise now travels with the cir
cult OF the sun and the fleet iro,
horse rides into the remotest tract
OF America. When this shall com,
In fact, when peace shall unite on
nation, then the dream of New Eng
lands poet shall be realized
The mighty West qhall bless the East
And sea shall answer sea,
And mountain unto mountain CALI
Praise God for we are free !"