New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-10-06
Why Gen. Grant is a Republican.

Gen: Grant presided at the great
Republican mass meeting at Warren
Ohio, on the 28th ult., and astonish-
ed his friends and the large crowd
in attendance by making the follow.
ing excellent speech:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN In
view of the known character and alb
ility Of tile speaker who is to address
you to-day, (meaning Roscoe Conk-
ling) and his long public career and
association with the leading states.
men of the country for the past
twenty years, it would not be be-
coming in me to detain you with
many remarks of my own, bu it
may be proper for me to account
on the first occasion Of my presiding
at political meeting for the ''faith
that is in me-" am a Repu blican
as the live great political parties are
now divided, because the Republican
party is national party, seeking
the greatest good of the greatest
number of citizens. There is not
precinct in this vast nation where a
Democrat cannot cast his ballot and
have it counted as cast, no matter
what the predominance of the oppo-
site party. He can proclaim his 20.
itical opinions, even if he is only
one among a thousand, without fear
and without prescription on account
of his opinion. There are fourteen
States, and localities in some others
where Republicans have not this
privilege. This is one reason why
| am a Republican. But I am a
Republican for many other reasons.
The Republican party assumes pro.
lection to life, property, public ere.
dit and the payment of the debts Of
the government, State, county or
municipality so far as it can control.
The Democratic party does not pro-
mise this. If it does it has broken
it's promise to the extent of hundreds
of millions as many Northern Demo-
Gratis can testify to their sorrow. I
am a Republican as between exist
ing parties because it fosters produc-
ton of the field and farm, and of
manufactures, and it encourages the
general education of the poor as we'll
as the rich. The Democratic party
discourages all these when in abso.
lutte power. The Republican party
is a party of progress, of liberality
towards it's opponents. It encoura-
ges the poor to strive to better their
condition, the ignorant to educate
their children to enable them to
compete successfully with their more
fortunate associates, and in fine it
secures an entire equality before the
law Of every citizen, no matter what
his race, nationality or previous con.
dition. It tolerates no privileged
class. Every one has the opportuni.
ty Of making himself all he is capa-
BILE of.
Ladies and gentlemen, do you be-
lieve thiscan be truthfully said in
the greater part of fourteen Of the
States Of this union today whom the
Democratic party control absolutelye
The Republican party is a party
of principles, the same principles
prevailing wherever it has a foot
hold. The Democrats are united in
but in one thing, and that is in get.
ting control Of the government in
all its branches. It IS for internal
improvementat the expense Of the
government in one section and
against it IN another. It favors re-
pudiation Of solemn obligations in
one section, and honest payment Of
its debt in another where public
opinion will not tolerate any other
view. Il favors fat money in one
place and good money III another.
Finally, it favors the pooling Of all
issues not favored BY the Republi.