Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-04

address was lssueO EEOIh bue " 3ASu GSosuc
HEADQUARTERS to-day. and directed 10 fellow
citizens Of the United States:
At the annual meeting of tie Executive
COMMITTEES Of the National Union League,
held at the Continental Hotel, il Pniia5ei-
mia. March q, 1888. the following resoiu-
ton WAS adopted Resolved, Thas CONE
mittee Of three be appointed ~ the Char, to
prepare aad Issue an address to the people on
the political sirua5iou OF Ebe country" and
the Undersigned we're appointed such CON-
mittee.
We enter upon the duty thus prescribed
with hesitation. and q profound fesiing Of IL
ability TO do justice thereto.
Entering as the Republican party has soon
TO do in many OF the States OF the U mon
upon political cam paigns, fraught with mighty
consequences IS affecting the future OF the
country, il is The hope OF the National Couu-
Gil of the Union League that the spirit OF
dissension and bitterness which has baen rife
in some sections of the Union during the past
few years, may die away and be FORGOTTEN.
There is no section of the Republican party
whose advent 20 power in the States AID The
nation would be az disastrous Co the bsst IN.
terests Of the country % would that OF the
Democratic party There is no shade OF
opinion held by any respectable number OF
Rspublicans in the United States that does
not breathe the spirit of liberty, Of progress,
and Of good government in a fuller and better
sense than the best utterance, the best inspi-
ration, and ths best sentiment of the Dem9-
cratic party of to-day. Paramount to all
considerations Of personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT or
the advancement Of factions, Is the demand
the country makes upon ths Republican
party TO see to it that the Te;ns of govern
mens be not wrested from it's hands.
Therefore it Ia that. reitera5ing the utter
ances az our constituents, we spPeal to the
Republicans Of the country that factions
casse among them, that the potent voice Of
the people speak 60 the waves of discord
everywhere, and command thsm to be still.
We utter no vo1d Of elimination against our
brethren OF any phase Of political sentiment.
We neither discuss nor decide any question
that has been one OF difference between us.
We look upon them al, wLe her aiming at
personal prefsrment or representing diversity
OF political visws, as immatsrial aud unirn-
pofsant. when weighed 10 the bllsrcs against
Che consequences Of Democratic ascendancy.
Il would BE- g thrics told tale TO rsstste the
political errors, failures, bluDders and crimes
of the DsmoCratis parry. It brought the
Government 70 tie verge Of bankruptcy a.
the closeot It's last Administration. I5promul-
gated aud fossered, through the great body OF
It's adherant7. tha fatal doctrine OF State sov-
ereignty and the eight IT sscss5ionj ard that
portion OF the pscty which did not join IN
tins open support Of this heresY dld noe raise
its voice TO rsbuke IT,
Owing 80 the unpstriotic and criminal nal
administration Of Che Democracy, the Repub-
licsn party found shattered and wrecked
Union Constitution deied and despised Ia
eleven OF the States; hostile armies Brrayed
aesinst the life OF the nation upon the soil of
the commonwealth The Democratic psrty
hsd debauched pnblic sentiment; ishsd made
patriotism disreputable IN large portion OF
the country; the public credit was ruined,
the industries Of The country paralyzsd, the
aag of the nation despised abroad snd de-
Graded ard poweriess at home. The Demo-
cratic party had proclaimed itself the cham
pioa OF slavery, and declared that that blight
ing and monstrous Institution should go into
all the fres territories Of the country, aud it
ostracised the members Of its own party who
raised up their voices il opposition to these
dogmas.
We point to this record only TO add that
during the. past quarter of q century, not
withstanding thst each one OF these per
nicious doctrines has bsen ovsrthrogn either
on the battlefield, IN the legislative halls of
the country, or by the greater tribunal, the
voice of q free people, nowhere has the Demo-
cratic party apoIogizsd for or retracted any
of it's opinions upon these great questions.
The Democratic party was directly responsible
for civil war, and for the blood of more than
a quarter OF a million Of the best citizens Of
the Republic; it placed upon the nation the
fearful burden OF d great debt, and steadily
strovs TO bring about substantial reputation
of the obligation OF the Government TO pay
it its demand now to b. put in charge OF the
Government implies that it will come into
power proud Of It's record sp9logiziBg for
nothing reDudiRbiDg nothing,
l. is enough 90 say OF the Republican
PARTY that it has made poweTlsss for harm
every uriDciDis that tho Democratic party
has advocated during the past quarter of a
century. Il has stood in the gateway OF
power, with drawn sword IN its hands,
beating back the aggressive fJrc5s of Democ-
rscy. and shielding the nation from the bale
full Influences Of the vicious principles OF its
opponents; il has restored nationality; it
has re-educated public opinion; it has re-
established loyalty; it has made liberty uni
verssl aud eternal; il has oblitersted all dis
tinctions from among uaen before the laws OF
the United States it has lifted up the down
trodden: l. has encouraged the weak; it has
rebuilt the waste places of the nation; 1t mas
spread abroad property Ike mighty
canopy.
Under the benign influence of the teachings
and administration of the Republican party,
other nation ever xpsriencsd on earth we
have grown mighty In population we have
grown mighty in wealth we have grown
mighty 10 education, in intelligence, in virtue
and Christian civilization our former cir
cumscribsd commonwealth has spread itself
out to the very waters of the Pacific, until
the steady march of population and enter
prise has psopled every foot of soil over
which the Americln fsg has jurisdiction,
! -
the material strength Of the country.
The history of the Republican party is all
brilliantly studded with the gems Of right
e0us government It has punished miscon-
duct in it's ranks il has demanded faithful
ness to the country It has restored ths credit
of the nation until it stands higher than any
other on Che earth it has discharged its
sscrsd obligation - TO bind up the Nation
wounds, TO care for him who has borne the
battle, and for his widow aud his orphan -
It has lifted the Old Flag to place of higher
dignity aad grandeur in the great galaxy of
the Nations
The Republican psrty has not hesitsted 60
-emedy its own mistakes; it has not bean
blind to its own errors it has not been cow
srdly it hiss never lodged behind devices
for temporary effect; il has always met the
great, diversified and growing questions of
the day and hour in the spirit that brought
it into existence it has settled every cues.
ton By the touchsboae of its own birtbright-
liberty, justice, freedom and equality.
The Republican party stands to-day the
champion and protector of free ballot and
pure elections, and demsnds the security by
law Of the right OF every man TO vote in &C.
cordancs with his own convictions. The
Democratic party has been, and il, the pol.
luter of the ballot-box, the enemy of free
elections, and the promoter Of dishonest cleo
Sion returns.
Under the administration of the Rspubli
can party America has opened wide her
doors, and the dOwntrodden and oppressed of
other countries have come here to seek an
asylum and protection from tyranny aHd
poverty abroad it has restored the civil ser
vice Of the country 10 the plane ef honesty,
capability and fsithfulness from which it was
degraded by Democratic oupidity; it has fos-
tersd education; it has protested the labor of
the country.
By its legislative enactments and by The
protests of its conventions and the grand in
telligencs of the press the Republicans party
Aas stood Tor years, and it stands to-day, as
. wall Of ire against Che determined assaults
of the Democratic party upon Che industries |
Of the country, with is parnicious heresy Of
Htariff for revenue only" that dogma which, |
wherever is hiss bsea tried, has Frustrated
and destroyed the interests of free
labor. The Republican party is the
uoaly shield to-day that pro-
4ecks the industrious, the educated, the in
tallicenk m ASSOC of American laborers from