The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-04
The Next Vice.PreSiient's Speech.

the 21st, the veterans took q hand in
the business OF ratifying. and called
upon John A. Logan, the Republican
candidate for Vice-President, to whom
they gave a magnificent serenade. In
acknowledging the compliment General
Logan spoke as follows:
Comrades and fellow-citizens: The warn
expressions of confidence ana congratulatiOs
which you offer me through your Cha rman.
impress me with u deep sense OF gratitude
and l beg to tender my sincerest thanks &c
each and all Of my participating friends fol
this demonstration of their kindness and eS
TEEN. Your visit at this time, gentlemen. ID
interesting to me i'm q double aspect. As citi
Zens of our common country, rendering trlb
ute 10 me as a public man, meet you witt
genuine pleasure and grateful acknowledge
ment. Coming, however, as you do, as repre-
sentativeS of the soldiers and sailors Of our
country, your visit. possesses u feature. inSens'
bly, leading to a train of the most interesting
| reflections. iApplause.l Your aSsemblage il
composed of men who gave up the pursuits
of peace, re~linguished the comforts of home,
severed the ties of friendship. and gave UP
the gentle. loving society of father, mother.
sister, brother. and in many instances wife anc
lit G ones, to brave the dangers OF the tented
field or crested wave. to run the gauntlet oil
sickness in climates different from your own.
and possibly, Or even probably, to yield uI
life itself in the service of your country.
Twenty-three years ago. gentlemen, wnen
i uTtdu WAR Tdlscu us "Tlflhici "
out the land, many of you were tanding with
one foot upon the portal of manhCO1 eager
for a conflict with the world. which promised
to bring you honor. riches. and friends, and q
life of peace and ease in the society of your
own family. But few of you had passed the
period of young manhood or advanced to the
opening scene of middle life. On the call,
however. of your endangered country. you
did not hesitate To leave everything for which
we strive i'm this world to become defenders
of the Union. without the incentive which has
49, -~-r T. l. ~ y,1 20 ndn a Mill
tary career rs a permanent occupation, and
as the outlet to ambition and the ascent to
power. Cheers. The safety of our country
having been assured vo and its dSr5'tof fhs
sword. unfixed the bay laid away the
musket, housed the canon, dotted your uni
forms. donned the garments OF civil life,
South. and shook hands in testimony of q
mutual resolve to rehabilitate the waste and
cultivate the arts OF peace. until our reunited
grander than ever before. Great cheers.)
Those years have gl:ded into the retrcatIng
perspective of the past since you responded
to your country's call, and mighty changes in
place. This passing time has laid its gentle
lines upon the heads of many of you who
shoulders your musket tefore your hrst
beard was grown. But hOweve lightly, or
however heavily it has dealt with you. your
soldiers and sailors organizations that have
been kept up prove that the heart has been
uHtOuCueu, 6bu nat YOUR v VI COuItTy Uds
been intensified with the advancing
years. CheersJ Your arms have been
as strong and your voices as clear
in the promotion of peace ss when lent to the
science of war: and the interest which you
take i'm National affairs prove that you are
patriots really determined to maintain what
you fought for and that for which our lost
comrades gave up their lives to secure for the
benefit of those who survived them. ZAP
pause. long and c~ontinued.) During the last
twenty years. in which we have been blessed
with peace. the Republican party has been
continued in the administration of the Gov
m When the great quest on Of pre-
serving or giving up the union of States was
presented us. 1t was the Republican party
wounds. nor do l resurrect any Ia ! memories
IN stating that this is an undeniable fact.
When you and ]. my friends. and that vast
DreserVin& the Union. 'ev were 81
to resort to the last dread measure
the arbitrament of wsr-we did so un-
der the call of the Republican party.
our fathers in the Democratic school of
politics. and many of us were acting with that
party at the time the Issue OF war was pre-
sented TO us. For years the Democratic party
had welded the dcstinies of our Government,
and had served its purpose under the narrow
err views of an ideal Republic which then ex-
, = new c bHt , of m prnqres e' winch tlG,s mas ssw a tbe iipst
of day under the name of the Republican
party. Its birth announced the conception of
a hi2her and broader principle OF human
than had been entertained by
our fOrefathers. Blu few of uS-perhaps
none took in the full dimensions of the COM.
fact at that early day. II broke upon US
as he rises in the misty dawn above the sleepy
tops. At length it came in full
blaze. and for the first [ me in the history of
f nIf r to- the declaration Of fe' IT'S that
4" all men are created free and equal"
and entitled to the inalienab.e rights
OF life. liberty. and the pursuit OF happiness.
IChcers.l The Republican party was the un-
questionable agency which bore these gifts tn
the waiting age. and it was the Democratic
idea which disputed their Naiue. first upon the
moment at the pol ing places OF the country. |
Republican party, then. represents the
latest fruit on of Governmental progress. and
is destined to survive upon the theory that
the strong outliyes the weak. until the de-
.velopment of principles still more advanced |
shall compel it to measure its step with the
strument which has fulfilled its destiny. SO
long as the Democratic party shall cling
either in open or covert manner TO the tradi- |
tons and policy belonging To an expired
in our development. just SO long
will L.. Republican party be charged
with the administrator of our Govern
ment. In making tn arrangement of the
Democracy, my friends. appeal to no pas
sions. nor reopen sett ed questions. I but ut
ter the calm, sober words of truth. ! say that
until every state i'm this broad and beneficent
I Hull Idllk 1Nc tTtc L uttfsbn w Ut u |
and political rights to the humblcst of its citi.
zens. whatever his color: until protection to
American citizens follows the flag at home and
until the admirable monetary Sys-
TEN shall be placed be.ond the danger of subj
until Amerisin labor and industry
shall be protected by wise and equitable laws.
so as TO give full scope to our immense re-
and place every man uron the plane
10 which he is entitled. by reason of his ca
pacity and worth tcheers,; until education
shall be as general as our civilization; until
shall have established a wise American !
policy that will not only preserve peace with
Nations, but will cause every Ameri-
citizen to honor his Government at
home and every civilized Marion TO re-
spect our flag renewed cheeringi: until
the American people shall permanently es-
the American ideal whic~ will preserve
and foster their own Interests. uninfiuenced
English theories or Golden Ciubs:' and |
until il is conceded beyond subsequent re-
that this Government exists upon
the / sis of q sclf-sustaining, self-prescrving
AMI the fatal doctrine of "Independ.
ent State Sovereignty" upon which the civil
Iitical heresy. out Of which continued revOlu.
is born, and wholly incompatible with
hat idea of a Republic-the Republican party
will have much work to de and unfulnlled
to perform. AT this point the
was interrupted for sOme
lime by cheers and applausel The
standard-bearer of the party in the
cheeringL known throughout the land
rs one of the truest and ablest represents.
ives. He has been called to the position by
he voice OF the people,, in recognition of his
special fitness for the trust, and in admira-
ion of the surprising coT oinatiOn of brill.