The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-10-07
DEMOCRACY IN 1890 AND IN 1850.
A Scathing Review of the Bourbon Party,
BY Emory A. Storrs, In San Francisco.

- @s..-~eJ As SeoHhss IN S8n rbnCiscos
Leaving that wonderful city of mine, en-
throned on the edges of the great inland seas
coming away across 1000 miles of plain ant
mountain TO this gem on the Pacific coast
wonderful ocean, 1 md they are both patrf
otic cities, both born of patriotism. will yor
when 1 return home che message from sar
Francisco to Chicago that this wonderful city
ts true TO her birth which made her free
made us nation? (Applanse.1 Coming hert
on professional business, IL is n pleasure tc
me to address the Republicans OF the Pacific
sionary, but as messenger, to speak in be
half OF the interests of that great party which
has made of this continent Nation, and
which has made us all cittzcns of that great
Nation am never tired of telling the story
that You may never weary of Hearing R the re.
cital OF its magniicent achievements. II is a
great party. born Of the best thought, the
crowded into about twenty years of time a
thousand years, reckoned by achievements, OF
THE MOST AAoNrFIcRNr HISTORY
that this world has ever witnessed. lGreai
brains and the courage TO DENY that slavery
was national, and to insist that freedom was
slavery and rescued ieasaes s%n and sea ieaRUes oi
for ali time to tree tnought. free speech, free
party which confronted gigantic rebellion
In arms and put Il down party which rose
she fer Sa on hpprinIlP,s party willing 70
lions Of men In the held that freedom might
not die upon this continent; a party which
and covered . oontinens with its armies SO
that the globe rocked beneath its tread; a
bright star Of freedom shining % resslsedent oe one
Its forehead; party which succeeded in saw.
ing tho Union; Q party, Mr.. President, which
Igreat applansel . party which found 1, ,ooo,-
goo OF slaves and made them .ooo. 900 of free
men party that lifted Z 900 600 of human be.
ings BY one splendid, supreme, sublime effort
iosI Sr.s,Sn dass shs
sot Tsasna sSs aSns
sSC nss
of universal freedom: q great party, as have
said, true to all its promises IN akine the slave
is eioshed him s With % the s shs 81 saf
frage; great party which found at the close
made up
isrIns snd party Which through ds,ly sui
and the honor Oh this nation infinitely more
highly than tt respected its own convenience; I;
tSe vrn Moria gave Us aS,nS ST5rensy yg good al
tional fame and
.- NATIoNxd CREDIT
on loftier eminonce than il had ever before
reached; party which threw its protection
forms; a party which set the wheels Of IN ma. "a
promise Of tho greenback and paid it IN gold
these dlhhcuities has come come srandly % % and safeiv M
on, and landed our people where they stand
10 -day-in the center of the solidest prospect.
world has ever before enjoyed a party which
has made of these States nation. [Prolong-
he fapo and ag 5Sm sse 70
that wherever ann am a citizen of the Unit
I'd States; and when think of all these splen-
did achievements and of our party, we did it,
we did IL lapplausel. and the poorest of us.
however little we may have of other worldly
our patrimony. fRsnewed applause. This
shere. oonirunts TO day the Democratic par.
md do not wonder at it; PARTY that insists
mat no previous record shall be examined
am not surprised at it; party that wishes
you belong were as leprous with guilt as theirs
heirs Isl the poiisics al history % Of our Sae parsy
sr. ssre iss ns fheirs Is not merely criminal but
'sese e dead issuesa Thew eIpIm sIPaps so .hins h
not. The great effort of the Democratic party
rom its reputation and its chSrscser. @ laugh ugh
'er. It 70 a hard thing TO do. [Renewed
snsn.eTi .w Il ,..ay They discover that enaraSser is
2ent without he puts his character in issue.
lou don't employ men on their platforms nor
,mpioy the piiferins clerk Of % last month"; % eVsn W
bis platform of next month embodied the
Ten Commandments and Christs Sermon on
shis
nm 90
NOT IN FAVOR OF CHANGE,
,xcept IN the better and qualfied sense.
Lauyhter.l I am in favor of all changes that
ook to Improvement. would be in favor of
! change from hell to purgatory llaughter1,
,Ts non not o, from S earth TO puggatory lam in
,ther Republican, but not from any Repubn-
'an to any Democrat. (Applause and laugh
night be willing to % swap on one ID. dog % for another
o watch his flock, but never could under
tand how he could swap a dog for a wolf.
! splendid platform, in which he announces
hat he has lost all his former tastes for NUT
and insists that they shall shake
lands across the bloody chssm and be friends,
doubt whether any sheep grower in the
always have been and always
myself. Laushtsr.i insist ths. / shall be
.onciltated. and insist upon 1t that the old
tme enemies OF the Union shall Immediately
risnds Of the Onion. [Applanse. am
peaking Of the old Democratic members in
There may be many good men in the Demo
rstic party, but the Democratic party as an
Is unanimously, persistently and
sss s
,arty nourishsd in good times3 When the
es ,sn 1IS n sberr nard the ss Dem0erae party pros
loppers % that it devastates the field, there 4
2 an increase of the Democratic votes.
alamity, look out for Democratic majority.
Renewed laughter.J When the mills are
losed. when the rust Is over all your machin-
n nil
treets, when lank and lean, and thin and
hungry, when with care and glazing want in
round % for % %s@pioS%ens. % and hiss his Sifs. sees be
raggled and shivertng, follows him, the scare
SSsn moneys close @ and s tight, when wages wages
ne low and employment limited, the Demo-
Isaie party Is prosperous. 1t hourishes in
GROWS FAT ON FAMINE.
Laughter.l But when the mills are all busy;
Then every little stream is Just humping itself
o carry the busy wheels of manufacturing in |
II rushing with business; when the sunshine |
oonfentment giows over the faces OF All our
,Sen en ana nad ~ IN onr ,aoa
that use is the Democrats party2 ILanghter.l
n its platform of 1880 Il pledges itself anew,
alls It's traditions. Permit me to say that we |
ont have to rely upon traditions to fasten |
he history a1 of tseir Srea, crimes has not becn
anded down by mere word of mouth from
afher to son. It has not been preserved by |
and the agency of troubadours. |
here is no tradition aboutit. There IS not in |
II this land one single cemetery that has not |
he grave of slain soldier, who persisted in |
hat great cause that does not furnish evil |
ence, evidently better than tradition, of |
be guilt of the Democratic party. fApplause.l |
hero 10 not q single widowed wife nor q |
lngle orphaned CHILD whose husband or |
ather died in the conflict who is not a living |
fitness infinitely better than tradition of the |
act that that father and that husband died to |
ave this nation that the solid Democratic |
outh undertook to destroy. tApplause.l Go |
ack to Lone Mountain, to the stin and voice |
sss grnve of Baker. tGreat applause.l Read
n the fmperishable marble the record of his |
lorious deod. Is that tradition? 1t Is a record |
'hfch all the waters of the great seas can |
ever wash out, and which history will never |
ermit to fade, that that great heart ceased |
D beat. and persisted grandly that the nation |
aight not die from the face of the earth, at |
he hands of a solid Democratic South. Three |
millions of debt, millions and mil. |
ons of taxation and toll, and the grief and |
orrow OF people have been laboring to pay |
nat debt. These are = monument as endur- |
,g rs q pyramid, weighing like an incubus |
pom % 600 900 of people placed there by the |