The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-12-06

rested. Sectionalism is rebuked Union
ism is triumphant. "Public office Is a
public trust" has been proclaimed as by a
trumpet's blast.
''Tell the Truth" as by light flashed
down from heaven, has been blazoned upon
the armament in rainbow of peace.
The nation wears a crown OF civic VIC
tory, unspotted by a single drop of fratri-
cidal blood.
The Constitution and the Union are re-
welded Up from under the fresh two
dollars bills of Dudley, up from under the
lying wires and prison-bar suits OF Jay
Gould, UP from under the fierce grip OF
one hundred thousand placemen, up from
under the clubs and bulldog revolvers Of
the deputy marshals, up from under a
mountain of lies and threats, the unmag-
netized, unpurchasable, unterrifed Demoe-
racy has risen in mighty majesty.
The people have risen to their full sta
ture. and have come again into their own !
The spendthrifts and the spoilsmen of the
treasury; the rambling recreants from
official duty; the greedy monopolists; the
ambitious conspirators; the "soap" ballot
manipulators, and the false counters, and
the plotting lobbyists; the star-route thieves,
the land grabbers, the civil-service debauch-
ers-have heard voice crying through the
wilderness of Earring faction "Make their
way straight; Grover Cleveland and Thomas
Hendricks are President and Vice Presl-
dent of these United States They shall
not be counted out" And in this saying
the "voice of the people is the voice OF
GodT
"Around the feet divine of Him who says:
| MY truth shall make you free. forever free
| Break break, and clash and clang, we chorus oil
Till earth one grand deliverance shall see."
"Break burst We letters! Clashing. changing fall,
Break grind to shsPeIess dust your eTne
To God and truth! Stand back and let them
pass"
NV countrymen, you celebrate the great
est event of the nineteenth century-one
of the greatest events of history. Magnif-
icent is the spectacle greatest republic,
the very blossom of the ages, with tifty-fve
millions of freemen, changing its rulers at
its own free will without cannon shot OF
bayonet thrust
The contest was between the Republican
party and the republic. Thank God, the
republic has won! This mighty issue of
free thought will break over every mon.
archy of the Old World. Every pillar Of
the French republic will be strengthened.
The liberal movement in England goes
forward with incalculable refreshment and
reinforcement. The spirit of Jefferson
reinfuses itself into every fibre of our ma
tional being. Had the result been other,
wise, the hand upon the dial ftime would
have been turned back century.
Let us take to heart the lessons OF this
victory. Democracy will never crow ovel
an honorable foe when he is down. II
comes not for vengeance. 1t had rather
pick up than cast down-but hits hard
where needful. But be it remembered
that the Republican leader-one of the
most brilliant men of his generation-aftel
tremendous campaign, has been beaten
by his own record Had he been in his
public career public servant instead of q
self-seryant, enriching himself in devious
WAYS he would now be President.
Had net Grover Cleveland been an hon
est man who dedicated himself to his pub
lie trust with record as spotless as the
driven ! W, he would not now be Presi
The Inting of this moral in the strug
Gle. and the adjoining of this tale in the
triumph, is worth all the breath, and brain
and hand-work Of the SoeGaSS~r1t Is the
olorv Of the T <ssans nd of the nation
that ope.~asg Father be- right.thar
President is both right and President.
All honor to the uniiinching old-timt
Democracy to the patient, long-sutfering
long-toilkg Democracy, that never flicker
ed in fa and never langubished in labor
Az honor to the Indessc as RgPubli
cans who came to -tbe-Au e, But fol
ting aid7our flag had gone down. These
independent Republicans, led by Beechel
and Schurz and Pound, and Curtis, and
A Higginson, and their associates have been
in this contest true as steel to conscience
and to country. Stout of heart, and Of
head, and of hand, they deserve all the
GOOD fame that lives in the name Of patriot
The hearthstone of Democracy is warm
and there is light in the dwelling to wei
come them. Long may they abide with
us Let them have an honOred seat in thu
councils of the nation.
1t is well for the North that this thing
has come to pass 1t will soon see that
Blaine was false prophet when he de
clared that the restoration of Democracy
would be like the recoming Of the exiled
Stuarts to the English throne, and Of the
deposed dukes to Venice.
The South was solid in this battle, only
for such things as all freemen should be
solid for. In the Government which oul
fathers founded it wants only what al
should grant: Equal benefit with eqga
burden. There is no Bourbon drop il
southern blood. We seek no supremacy
but equality. We want no denial of right
to any man, but equal rights for all men.
We want no universal or affixed policies
no tampering with tine constitutions
amendments of reconstruction. We say tc
Federal power what Diogenes said to Alex
ander, ''Stand out of orr sunshine"
The South says to the North ''trust us,
honor US, believe us and we will give you
back equal trust, equal honor, equal faith
and equal fidelity"
We take no step backward. We turn nc
wheel of revolution, but under the Starr
and Stripes, and to the music of "Hai
Columbia" we touch elbows with al
Americans in their glorious onward march
of peace, progress and prosperity.
Come, Mortimer, to our sunny land
Come and dig the mine, and till the field
and set the sail. You will find us as breth
rem, who will welcome you with open
arms to hospitable boards, though there be
written Ger them
"our store is little, but our hearts are great"
1t is well for the South. She has gone
through long agony and bloody sweat
She breathes freer now, for 'the winter is
past, the flowers appear, and the voice OF
the turtle is Leard in the land" The Union
seems to breathe the pure, fond breath Of
affection upon her pale cheek and to put
loving arms of supporting brotherhood
around her Indiana, Connecticut New
Jersey, New York-we thank you, glorify
you for your trust The Spartan comman-