The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-10-14


opposition party to the one in power
Turning now to the Republican
party, we propose to show from it
"ecord and from the fruits Of its as
tendency in the past that it is tn
party which the people can with tn
greatest safety trust for the futur
certainly so in reference to the pend
ing election.
The history Of the Republican part,
IS political and national organiza
ion. dates back to 1856, when Grner
| i Fremont was nominated as its can
iid4te for President. The circum
stances which led to It's existence ar,
| he enactment of the infamous Fugi
i've Slave Law of 1850; the repeal OF
he Missouri Compromise. at the die.
tltion of Southern Shareholders: the
forts IF shareholders to MIKE Kansa.
lave State; and the doctrine of tn.
Democratic party, both South and
North, that slavery is 80 guarded by
the Constitution that Congress has nc
power to prohibit it i'll the territories
f the United States. These facts
lave birth to the party, and 1T once
allied to its support the moral and
Christian sentiments Of ii large body
# he American people. The primary
purpose of the party was not Irgisla-
iVeiy to interfere with slavery as il
lien existed in the slave States, but
prevent its further extension. Il
declared in 1855 that the Constitu-
ION confers upon Congress sovereign
power over the territories of the Uni
I'D States, and that, in the exercise of
his power. it is both the right and the
;uty of Congress to prohibit in the
rrritorirs those twin relics of barbar-
sm. Polygamy and Slavery. The
doctrine of the Democratic party in
be same year was ''non-lnterference
~ Congress with slavery in state and
serritory, or in the District Of Co
,umbia
While the Democratic doctrine tri-
amphed i'll the election of that year, and
Mr. Buchanan was chosen President.
still the Republican vote showed that
resistance to slavery extension had
taken a deep hold upon the Northern
md Western States, and that the Re-
publican party was to 1.-The political
,rgan fpr rexpressing opposition to this
vile and wicked system Of human rob-
berry. No party was ever called into
Existence on a holier mission or for a
grander purpose.
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was NOM
mated by this party for the Presidency,
and in the fall of that year he wa>
.lected upon platform which assert
d the doctrine of freedom and its
lights, and not slavery, with its abom-
unable injustice and oppression, as tht
great end for which governments art
III stituttd among men. This led elev-
n of the slave States to secede from
the Union, to deny its authority, and
ill the end to make war upon the Gov
.rnment of the United States. Thi,
>t.cession left Republicans in the ma
j,rity' in both houses of Congress
fhe President was d Republican, and
in both the President and Congress
he party found fitting agrncy fol
the expression and execution Of it.
purpose. What was that purpose?
The history of the ensuing four year
nnnistakably answers this question
The party determined Il at the rebel
lion :gainst the lawful authority Of
the Government should be put down
1t ali hazards and at any cost of treas
lre or blood. and never fer moment
filtered n this purpose. The strUg-
ole was lin inim+nse one, and yet The
Republican party III power. managing
the Government in It's finances and
managing the armies If the Uuioa.
was equal to the stuptndous task, b.
ing more than . match for rebels IN
rms at The South and their Demo
cratic sympathiz.'rs At he North II
arried The nation safely through that
crisis bsfore It's years had numbered
pcade 1t was the war party ae
against rebrllion. ard, AS such. w:,s
never exceeded by any prrtv that eve,
existed in the history of man.
After the conquest of the RsbrI-
'iou by military power came the worl
f reconstructing the Rebel States an
~t'Storing them their normal relation
n the Union: and to this task th
Republican party, as repreSpl d
Congress. was equal. Slavery being
hr chief cause of the war. the part,
determined that slavery should pa,
penalty of its own death for tn.
rhine. and thiS was accomplished hv
the Thirteenth Amendment. The
Southern States showing ii disposition
not to deal justly with the freedmen
he Republican party dte mined that
he Constitution should be furthe,
mended, making the col,red p opI.
citizens and atfording protection t.,
their civil rights; and these ends wer.
secured by the Fourteenth Amend
:nent. Coming to the question of th.
lective franchise, the Republican
party also determined that no citizen
IF the United States should ION ac-
count Of race, color, or previous con-
htion of servitude" be denied tn
light to vote: and this was gained h,
the Fifteenth A uenln 1t. Thus th
Republican party. III spite of the OPP
position of Democracy. lifted the
Constitution Of the United States to
much higher plane as an organic ex-
preston Of freedom and its great
principles of justice and equal rights
1t shed NV glories upon that time
honer d lstrument of Government.
Moreover, during all this contest
with Southern rebels and Northern
Democrats, the Republican party LA
planted itself upon the broad princi
pie that the Government of the Unit.
I'd States, in the exercise of the pow
ers delegated to it, is the supreme po
litical authority in this country; thai
by its own agents it can exercise thi
authority over every foot of land ant
upon every person within the terrific
/ rv of the limited STATES. and that ALI,