The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-25
ADDRESS OF TIE REPUBLICAN
/. STATE

Headquarters Republican State Com
mite, st. Cloud Hotel, Philadelphia,
May IL, 1882. ...
70 THE REPUBLICANS OF PENNsYL-
.. vANIA:
The Republican State Committee
thus early announces the opening Of
ITS Headquarters, and asks the prompt
cooperation Of all active Republicans,
20 the end that the details Of what
inust prove great canvass may re-
ceive the most careful attention.
The Harrisburg Con vention has sub.
united 70 the suffrage Of the people a
great ticket ind q, glorious platform.
The ticket embodies a group Of names
which for ability, fitness and repre-.
sentative character. ~ IL impossible to
excel. Observation-Disclosures +eniy the
type ofodr sofdiery-oft,rsfiios which
counted la Its ranks nearly o quarter
Of million Of.Pennsylvsnians when the
Union ofthe States wasinperilled--but
his deeds and sufferings for the cause
place him in the front rank ofthe heroes
ofthat war. As Republicans we vowed
In its darker hours that political in.
gratitude should never he shown to any
of these heroes, "all other things being
equal" In this instance all other
things are more than .equalled; they
are excelled in SO far that our MANNED
soldier candidate for Governor enbod-
les all the higher qualities ofthe states
man, the orator and the christian.
Senator Davies for Lieutenant Cover
nor, represents the. free unshaken.
talent, OF the section which gave US a
Wilmot and q Grow. Wm. Henry
Rawle. for the Supreme Court, is the
best product OF Philadelphiss q brilliant
bar. and in tho world Of legal letters
bears fame so bright that our conti-
hent cannot bind IL Johu NJ. Greer,
for. Secretary OF Internal Affairs, IL as
strong In politics as in physique and
throughout a distinguished career in
the State senate has been recognized as
the champion OF the men who have
developed our rivers OF oil and made
the world their channel. Thomas NJ.
Marshall the most Independent of all
Independent thinkers ia our West, is
the=best example our State affords of
the citizen Whose qualifications have
compelled the offieeto hunt the man.
Hsewill aid in keeping Intact what in
rhesnaslfs of things apust be. srvery
marrow 'Repuhlicau: slhsfgin TN the
lower House Of Congress- g. T.. ' :
= Tbe ticket thus fairly and fully. rep.
resen ts, every living elemeut OF Repub-
lftanistn. The platform is more. pro-
nounced than any'exer before adopted
in the state-pronounced in seeking
every Legitimate political advance
touching. Improvement OF methods and
Fthe earliest possible triumph Of princi-
piles. :.
Pennsylvania is now freer in her
forms OF, Republican primary action
than any other State in the Union.
She inaugursted district representa-.
tion in National Conventions, and
hSw more fully enforce. this policy
fthan amy Of her sister States. The
present platform and the,ruIes. enlbod.
led thefein secure to primary actipn
fsl l,s-tU, Ton va,; fT.Shs oa,.aS,s fSn.s,t.t.
claim to increased liberty, and" these
are political reforms of more rapid
growth than any known to our history.
: AS q: rule good things In politics
which come to stay. come step by step,
| the pace increasing only as all become
more and more ready to receive. The
progress of the Republican. party forei-
by attests fact which has grown
into maxim. In its infancy the
party could but announce its opposi-
tion to the further extension of slavery.
l'Extension once forbidden, its. wisest
champion-the martyred lincoln
patiently struggled in the, earlier years
I-'f his first adsuinitration for compen.
sated'emancipation. His appeals were
rejected by The parties Interested.
Wars grim necessity eniancipated,
and then . great struggle followed for
equality before tire iaw--but another
step. and one which looks timid now
vet which was bold enough, then.
Civil; rights accomplished. manhood
suderage came through even more
painful stages. To have demanded the
greater boon from the beginning-the
iinal step which included and outreach-
all the others-would have led to a
fatal slip. The men who proved their
prowess in these struggles were those
who had the wisdom to guide with
care and good cheer, and 30 to stand
with the people Ss not to lose their
opportunities for increasing usefulness.
or such were Lincoln, Stevens, Gar.
field.
And now the Republican party of
our, State having aided in securing
hunisn: rights through legal forms, in
it, recent Convention wisely directed
Its attention to the growth Of liberty in
prilpary action. In Republican Gov
ernment 1t IL frequently wise in citi-
zens to initiate iu the forms Of volun-
tary political action those laid down
by the law, for In this way all the peo-
pie become familiar with the law, and
lits workings; the exceptions point to
ttimes and occasions when it is desir-
able to change the law, aud to prepare
sentiment for that change. The con-