Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-08-20

height Of Missionary Ridge. When
Grant declared he would fight 1t out on
this line If it took all summer We saved
it, and 1t is still safe.
II teaches another lesson. There are
no personal candidates in this cam
paign. Garfield (applause) and Han
cock are but the exponents Of party
principles. I have not word to say
against Hancock. / believe could
make better speech for him tonight
than any Delaware Democrat. Laugh
ter and applause And when l recall
the man that day in 1868 arises before
me when word came that the rebels
we're marching through Gettysburg,
aud the hearts Of Delaware Democrats
were glad. And there was one man
who bravely rode ahead Of the Union
forces while they wished a rebel bullet
would pierce his heart. Who was he 7
General Hancock | [Applause.l But
what q ohangel What Psntacostial
shower has come upon them 7 1t is
because Hancock has simply become
the exponent Of Democratic principles.
Hs has forgotten all for which he
fought. Nothing can be said against
General Hancock. Nothing can be said
against General Garfield. He too fought
for this country. Garfield fought above
the clouds of Missionary Ridge, and still
shoots, now as then, at the hearts ofthe
Southern Democracy. [Cheers.]
But how are we to choose between
the two men ! How An emphatic test
to any honest man is the test of the
flag Of his country. say, Catching
the. .flag,) read here in the folds of this
banner the history Of the Republican
party from the day Abe Lincoln took
his oath of Office. Where will you look
for the history Of the Democracy To
the stars and bars On that insignia OF
treason is written the history of the
Democracy. Ours is here in the red,
white and blue. wild applause ]
But when did this all begin When
the Republican party first arose, Its
great issue was that the territories be
made free for free men. The issue was
no sooner made than the Democratic
party took the other side. Further,
the question Of the purchase of Cuba
was embodied in the Democratic plat
forms of that day. In 1855 1000, ,0OO,-
900 acres were in the balance, wsver-
ing whether they should be peopled by
freemen or by slaves, and when the
eivilized world had come to acknowl-
edge slavery as hateful and ippolitic,
the Democratic party wished to increase
the slave power by the purchase of
Cuba. In 1850 the North reused
| itself and elected Lincoln President and
that settled it. II any man had come
to America in 1859 to settle here he
would not have been able to have done
so. The Republican party opened the
great West and to the Republican
party the emigrant owes his welcome to
America. cannot understand why
an Irishman il always a Democrat. Ii
Daniel O'Connell had lived in this day
he would have seized this flag Of ours
and rallied every Irishman to its sup
port. For Daniel O'Connell and the
Republican party fought for similar
principlss-he against the English
oligarchy 100 years ago; We against the
slave oligarchy IS years ago. Gap
plause.)
But another lesson this banner
teaches. The Republican party was
the only one which carried into effect
principles which made secession impos-
sible and put in the grave forever that
Internal and pernicious doctrine Of
State's,rights. (Applause.) The question
always before US is whether this gov.
ernmsnt shall be mere collection Of
States or supreme government with a
nation's rights. That question will
always exist SO long as we have Solid
South. Only the other night in this
city learned gentleman, for whom
have much respect, Mr.. Charles B.
Lore, made an address, in which he put
himself on record as not wanting a
government which could make itself
felt. Let me quote his own words:
"Under Republican rule it would be a
government which would make Itself
felt" Jus. as if we didn't want 3
government of that kind l don't
think the criminals in New Castle like
such a government. Big Frank did not
like that kind. (laughter.) And then
Mr.. Lore went on to say in his speech:
Under Democratic rule we may erjoy a
government almost impalpable as the air we
breathe q government whose Dement'S ard
behests are felt and ebeyed almost without
ter we drink. We had such government
once but the government OF the past IS
years has been one of torcs, one that made
itself lelt.
That was faulty simile Of my
friend, for the Democratic party don't
usually like water Laughter. Verify
he tells the truth when he says 1t was
one of force and made itself felt Yes it
is true. It made itself felt in every
battle of the Union-thr0ugh the
thickness Ct the Wilderness, at Mission
Ridge, at Gettysburg, at Vicksburg,
when Grant drew himself about it like
Python and held 1t in bis grasp. 1t
made Mr.. Lore feel 1t too when the
troops trod the streets for the nations
safety Can such nation as this be
held together except as one Govern
ment Can Delaware have law unto
herselfY Can we have Government
that cannot 60 into South Carolina and
Georgia and other states Shall they
be allowed to pass their bulldoSing
,o-s and orack tho whin ovar the
slaves backs, while the rein OF fraud
hangs loose and the tissue ballot goes in
to make the next Presidencyf Yes, Mr..
Lore says all this shall be. This flag
says no such thing. [Applause.]
Oh gentlemen, no applause. am
not talking to your hands and feet, but
10 your heads and judgment. There
are 400, 900 men in the South still un.
der the iron heel of oppression, and