Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-30
HANCOCK IN BOSTON.
/ Republican Chairman Prcsitles Over
Crowded. !:ancOcis Mectin. in Fame

Crowded Hancock Mectia. in F.aeuil
Hail.
In Boston, on Saturday night, the :!cor
and galleries OF Fancuil hall were filled 70
their utmost capacity with a large and
eager audiencc-onct third, at least, Of
whom were Hcpublicans-to listen to Gen.
Butler. Many ladies were ia the gallery
and the st. Stophcu'a bamd OF music was in
the usual place. but the hum ri the cXpcc-
taat people uimoat stillcd the musicians
and entirely drowned their efforts when
General Batter appeared. The platform
was crow ir,t with ncu who We're cnnspIc-
iou, in Democratic circles AMI in public
he. Mr Albert Palmer t"uil the chair.
lie his been hrnovrI by the Republican
party ~ Massachusetts, with many terms
II Legislative office. and has bcr:. u poru-
lar Republicans in his district and has often
presided NJ Republican m:,ss-:ncctir"s. lie
spn.r III substance a$ follows:
"Nhca parties change their principles
PATRIOTS .ucn change their parties. | cast
my first presidential ballot for Lincoln,
,hn martyr. shall east my next for Ian
cp,ls. The great soldier :.uL the great
statesman. Democratic principles have
nc,crrca$rl to rulc this country, but the
Democratic party has sometimes failed to
respond to the Dcmncrltic instinct. 1t
WAS 80. i'll my Judgment, i'll 1860. Tho
Republican party was born o.: Democratic
aspirations. Graded III Democratic ideas,
Nurscd by Democratic statesmen and car
ri:t 10 tr;u!ur', by The votes Of the Demo
cratic m3SS;S. Nut in t:ic iIinc;; OF time
that Dem0crit.G mission Las t'ccu accom-
pliSlcd. !; has cease! 10 bear Democratic
fruit and the fun:.ouS growth oi sectional
ism which springs from is decay has ut
length provoked the cry from: the people,
Cut it Gown. why cum,'crcth it the
ground:' When the Republican
party first Sprar% into Tic arena,
armed for Ilc fight Will, :. party nom;na!ly
Democratic but actually sectional, with
weapons appropriated from the armnry OF
.!cllcrsoni;. doctrine, it declared for every
thing which it now rcinuliatcs. ihc pc
amblc t" its; first platform, a!up;cd in 1896,
:,t Philadelphia, declares that lis purpose
was 30 restore The action oi thn federal
government to The principles o. !; t;S,l!ng-
tom an,! Jefferson, and the iiist resolution
declares that thc maintenance Oi Tic
principles promulgated in the Declaration
o! independence, and cI.lu::iCi i'll the
fc.lcra, constitution, is essential to thc
preservation of our republican :nstit's
lions, and that The fedora! co,,st stitUtio:i--
the lights O.! the states '-Ila:,, that sen
fence, the rights oi' the state. - and the
union ni the states shall nc preserved.
Fear years later, i'll 1860, at Chicago, i.
declared its firm resolve. i'll the fourth
resolution of its platform. that the mai'tc-
nance inviplhtc uf the rights OF The states,
::nl especially The right oicaci, stale 10 order
and cnntGo! It's own domestic institutions
according t. It's H"i, Judgment exclusively,
is essential to That balance OF power Oh
which the perfection. :n; endurance Of cur
political fabric depend. III the .:':i2 plat
form it denounced ti:c usc OF t:!o veto
pow2;' 10 override 4 vote OF the people ;;
representatives. Fellow citiZon$, where
docs it stand to-day: Ne. on that ground
cctraiEly. Il has ceased to talk ui .!ciie:-
! son and has come 10 rc~ar,! the rights ii
is ai IA.t:stic:I IS the .ni:;t "i :: rc.n;ciuus
:,nt; malignant S2rtion.ii$:l can make L..
Then its orators were wort To w.il:c The
| echoes with ticn;.1,y;:.tions Of :.tlcr,!
power used to enforce :. sectional ,oiry.
wv ~ totii sI!tt
see What early lscj,ublicanism had to say
| wiicn federal hlvonct3 formed :. square
! in which Anthony Burns marched down
STATE street to iic Tc!:,andc:! IL slavery.
Ticy spoke les; ;con:anptuous!y, i ;essur:'
you, oi: the rights Of The states III that con
| ncctiun. i:ut the Successors Of The mc!l
| who resented the presence oi federal
| troops to enforce federal laws on AI:.sSa
! ch,lsctts soil would have rs believe to-day
| that the Union is not safe and tina. liberty
| is not secure unless the federal govern
| n!cnt may cucirco every ballot box witt: its
strong ar&., ana shadow every citizen with
a federal spy. IS this republican liberty /:
| Arc these the principles Of Jefferson foI
which they declared in 1856 and 1850 Arc
these the rights Of the states Whc, they ok.
c!:rcd then to l,c OF cEscmtia! Importance :.
Or is this tic mailed hand OF ccn:ra!iZatio:.
| copying from the pattern set by the third
! Napoleon, with his projects 1t: every hailo!
urn and HI; gc"dGTN!cric to :G'pcrintc:ltl The
voting.
| "Wh:t else ,l:d they declare in those
earlier Platforms: For economy in tho
public service, against fraud and c"rrup,
tions in the federal ,nctTopo!S,' and The
systematic piunc!c: o.. the public treasury
l,y favored pa-ti>an&.' Brave words were
thc&c-D:noc:atic Words words upon,
whose In -proi;,:Siu" wings they
mountct; 70 power. DID yo:, !.ca,
any tlin2 ike them from C!.ica."
i'll May last ? No: bat :ou heard
instead, above thc i;,!*&ito scream Of see
tional hatred, the voice OF Flanagan i'll
! quir;nG, What are We here for il not foi
Offices And that is what they were there
| for, ana. 50 far Is they are concerned, i is
what they arc ti,iitin" this campaign iog.
| Nj. Palmer then reviewed the Chicago
and Cincinnati platforms and concluded
amid the widest applause as The crowd lc-
cognizcd how completely 'lc ilad :urnc;!
the tables upon his former associates.
| EGcn. Euilcr made Il lengthy anal bril-.
liant sl'ecc', taking Icave CT the Hepub!i-
can partv and declaring l:s support oi
Hancock. It's length cornpcls; Us to .'cfc:
its publication q day OF t"o.--i.n>;. IN
! TEILyCENci:H.