Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-09-01
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

ing in this happy state Oh thlngs'
Among the many the following suggest
readily the deeper hold of popular free
dom, and the higher aspirations In all
matters affecting our national character
These are individual freedom and con-
science. Nothing presents itself for
approyal not in accord with sense OF
right and justice. This soon reaches
the heart, and honest and fair means to
gain the desired end are steadily seek
ing ascendancy, ascendancy wherein
true merit is observable, and device
and cunning relegated to the grave.
Here is the distinctive American chara-
ter. simple, truthful, naturally just, re-
deeming through our whole life- This
is all our own. Honest and fair dealing
though recognized as cardinal princi-
ple in ethics in all the politics OF the
old world, is overwhelmed with craft,
envy. jealousy, as to exercise but little
influence in. the decisions of their
counsels. The expulsion of jew the
other day from st. Petersburg, because
he was a Jew, and an Englishman at
that. is a point clear enough III TINS
argument. With us man is man. Inc
Jew is under no restrictions, Three OF
that faith have been in the U. S. Senate,
BENJAMIN of Louisiana, Yulee of Florida
and Jonas at present holding place from
Louisiana in that body, in theory the
highest branch of the nations legisia-
ture. and in fact, the selections were
made for those qualities fitting men so
honored. Prejudices there might nave
been, but they were encountered and
laid aside. So distinctly is this settled
i'm the public will. as to excite little OF
no comment with us; yet in Europe now
different. There caste. religion. PRIV
lepe. have been raised by the hand OF
man to the supremacy of law; and accl-
dent determines both peace and position,
while here everything rests on the
broad basis of common right, recogniz-
ing only the Supreme Lawgiyer as a
superior.
Public opinion so founded has met
MANY trials and no disasters. 1t has
carried us through the perils of a cen
tury of great events, and through all we
are the better and stronger for theh WIS
dom il has taught and is teaching. We
have had our wars, and great ones,
the passions springing therefrom soon
tanned before this divine power in man.
In look back. this power OF pubic
opinion has never been silenced, though
under duress at times. The South fully
illustrates this part of our history. To-
day she is an integral part of our do
main, growing healthy and strong, yet
In the stages to this growth, the pro-
gress was not without some severity
and perhaps unnecessary hardships. Her
great social and political problems, the
black element, are undergoing changes
adjusting themselves to spirit OF gen
uine freedom. The aristocratic tenden'
cies of Great Britain and France
family prominence in the social condi
tions observed, have gone with slavery
and northern ideas have taken their
place. These are the ideas of industry
liberation, and good conduct, making
the South rightfully part of the
commonwealth. The measures of the
north toward the south, though not with
out a certain sharpness, were not incOn
sistent with public law. The guarantees
decreed in behalf of the negroes, through
the Freedmen's Bureau and in the
Amendments are by all acquiesced in
and it is the glory of the age that free
dom and equality with us are not mere
words.
In the history of these events public
opinion was never silent, The Republi
can party was reminded by the increas
ing favor of the democracy that power
was trust, that the people rule; {
lesson that the Republican party takes
pride in needing; for as complaint il
made, the abuse, is as speedily remedied
These conditions of public opinion, tn,
Republican party acknowledges, AM
she boasts that it was through her i
was impressed in the popular mind.
To sum up: the Republican party ha
abolished slavery; it has made nation
of these states, respected the world over
it has instituted system of finance
healthful and secure, that every da,
only increases its soundness and practi
cal use for all our wants; it has the vigo