The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-02

the Repu0IlcanS OF every state
county aud district in the broad ex
tent of our great country is admitted
by every man whose voice has beer
heard. They are not ''dark horses.
Their names are famous, and the evi
and good that men could say O.
them has been said with a license
that is a shame to free discussion
Travelling in peace and in wal
through the memorable events of 8
quarter of a century, they have kept
their place in the busy jostling of g
political life we'll in the foreground
And now they have been selected
| from among millions of their coun-
trymen to represent-not themselves
but the Republican party of the
United States. They represent the
American Union, one and indivisi-
ble, snatched by war from the perils
Of secession and disunion. They
represent a strong National Govern
ment, able, l trust, in time not only
to protect our citizens from foreign
tyranny, but from local cruelty, in
tolerance and oppression.
They represent that party in this
country which would scorn to OBJ
tain or hold power by depriving by
crime and fraud more than million
men of their equal rights as citizens
They represent party that would
give to the laboring men Of our
country the protection of our reve-
nue. laws against undue competition
with foreign labor. They represent
the power, the achievements and the
aspirations of the Republican party
that for now twenty-four years has
been greatly trusted by the people,
and in return has greatly advanced
your country in wealth and strength,
intelligence, courage and hope, and
; in the respect and wonder Of man.
kind.
CHARACTER OF THE OPPOSING FORCES.
Fellow Republicans, we are about
TO enter into no holiday contest.
You have to meet the same forces
and principles that opposed the
Union army in war; that opposed
the abolition of slavery: that sought
to impair the public credit; that re-
sisted the resumption of specie pay
ment. They are recruited here and
there by deserter from our ranks !;
but, meanwhile, a generation of
younger men are coming to the
front in the South as well as in the
North.
They have been educated amidst
memorable events with patriotic ar
dor, loye of country, pride in its
strength and power. They are now
determined to overthrow the narrow
Bourbon sectionalism of the Demo
cratic party. They live in the noun
tains and the plains in the West.
They breathe the fresh air of the
hills of Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee. They are the hardy,
liberty-loving laborers of every state.
They come from the Fatherland !;
they come from Old Ireland there
are the active spirits, native and
naturalized, of a generation of free
men who never felt the incubus of
slavery and who wish only as Amer
leans, to make stronger and plant
deeper the principles of the Repub-
lican party. 1t is to those men We,
who have grown old in conflict,
wish now to hand over the banner
we have borne. Let them take it
and advance it to higher honors.
Let them spread the influence of
our Republican institutions North
and South, until the whole conti-
nent of America shall be brother
hood of republics.
Let them assert the rights of
American citizenship, so that they
will be respected as were the rights
of citizens of the Roman Republic.
Let them deal with this most diff
cult and subtle problem of social
politics SO as to secure to the man
who labors the just share of the fruits
of his labor. Let them improve
even upon the protective policy we
have pursued, SO as to diversity our
industries, and plant in all parts of
our country the workshops of mil
lions of well-paid, contented citizens.
Let them do what we have not been
able to do since the war-restore our
commerce to every port, and protect
it under our flag in every sea.
My countrymen, | regret to say it,
you cannot accomplish any of these
great objects of National desire
through the agency of the Demo-
cratic party. 1t cannot be made an
instrument of progress and reform
Its traditions. its history for twenty
five years and its composition forbids
it. You may punish us for our
shortcomings by its success, but you
will punish yourselves as well, and
stay the progress of our country. A
party that with 10 majority in the
House cannot pass bill on any
subject of party politics, great or
small, is not fit to govern this coun-
try.
Every advance, every reform, ev
cry improvement, the protection of
your labor, the building of your ma
w, the assertion of your rights as a
free man, the maintenance of good
money! good dollar, good in eye
ry land, worth dollar in gold-all
these objects of desire must await
the movements of the Republican
party. 1t may be slow. But if you
turn to the Democratic party you
will always find it watching and
waiting-good. steady citizens of the
olden time grounded on the resolu-
tions of '9S and the times before
the wah."
BLAINE AS PRESIDENT.
1t is said that Blaine is bold and
aggressive, that he will obstruct the
business interests of the country.
| would like to try such a President.
He might shake off some of the
cobwebs of diplomacy and invite
the attention of mankind to the ex-
istence Of this country. There will
always be conservatism enough in
Congress and inertness enough in
tho nocoorat,o ,,ovtv ~ hold in |