The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-12-20
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COLUMBUS, Ohio. September 27.-The follow
ipen q full text of Senator .P6ndetoa's adj
dress at the grand mass meeting at Columbus
am reioiced at this great gathering of the
people. 1 am rejoiced that the clubs of the
State, honoring themselves by the names of
our candidates at the call of the Central Club
here, have taken on themselves the work of
auxiliary organization, and come in this i'm
eel, to inspire each other with fresh ardor
and courage, and still greater confidence in
the struggle which lies before us. .ss4
Within week have read two utterances
from men deservedly high in the councils and
confidence Of the Republican party of Ohio.
read them with regret. In different posi-
fare; and in the heat of their distempered
zeal. they have forgotten what was due them
selves. win not say to the Democratic party
which divides; at least equally, the voters OF
said. in a speech which he thought worthy of
publication: II say to you with entire frank
ness that think it is a misfortune to the
country that the Democratic party is entirely
UNIT to govern IT,. 49,
The other said in an editorial. 1.-THE Demo
cratic party Of this country and the Tory
party or Great Britain, in close accord and
correspondence, are the same In sympathies,
in purposes and methods and more than
tnsinuated reasonable collusion to sacrifice
our country sinterests TO British projects
Think see my honorable friend, the-or-
ator, roll his eyes in anguish at the thought
that the Democratic party is so totally I'M
ht. He would so love to abdicate power and
positions himself, and put you Democrats in
his stead IL you were oaly''nt." i can see my
friend, the editor, rejoicing in great glee that
ever monstrous the story 10 is made to tell. l
attribute to blind partizanship in great af
fright what is beneath contempt as a state
ment OF fact or as an argument.
What Is the Democratic party which these
men SO slanderr 1t Is the party of the Consti
tuition. 1t believes the highest duty as the
greatest safety is obedience to its mandates.
IL believes the powers of the Federal Govern
ment are all granted, and those not granted
: are reserved to the States and the people. 1t
Deeyss II smP'issity purity Of sa
union OF indestrtctiblc States, IT believes
sprinciples endure, while policies should
change with each new phase Of varying con
ditions. 1t believes administration is never
perfect, but can always be improved. always
be reformed. Ii believes in the people, their
wisdom. their honesty, their devotion to the
common weal--greater than that of any one
man-and therefore it believes in constant re-
currenceto the people, that parties and poll
esss and administrations may have new in
SEPARATION OF vigor. courage and loftier aim.
When Washington retired from the Presi-
dsncy, and party spirit assumed activity, the
Democratic party, already Organized. came
asS me Seia cr senefso PRO
umphsnt., Thevital truths OF that creed ad-
vanced by succeeding generations cvenas in
creasing vigilance fed the yestai fires, inspire
It II the party of Jefferson. and Madison,
and Monroe, and Jackson. and Polk; it gave
TO us Louisiana. and Florida. and Texas. and
New Mexico. and California;: a hundred years
ago,1aying aside kingcraft on the one side.
and mere confederation on the other, it made
this Constitution, and for sixty years so adj
min3etered u that in the Governments during
all that time there was no law higher than the
Constitution itself. IL is the party which in
storm and tempests and wintrv blasts has
stood like the ocean rock, unmoved and i'm
movable. while around its base all other
parties, the things of day, the boosted Re-
publican party included, have surged and
swayed with uneven and incons'ant motion,
like waves which obey the fitful bidding of the
tickle moon. The spray may have covered it
to the sides; the waters may have washed its
shown its light unquenched. pointing out
with uudimnished luster the rocks of danger
and the channels of safety.
istration, in peace. in wat, in prosperity, in
distress, in protecting the rights of every citi-
zen abroad, in carrying our flag and uphold
ing its honor in every land. in building up
American shipping, in developing American
= commerce, In fulfilling every National prom
Use to the world. and in every party promise
to Tire people, has justified its fame.x
It's history is more glorious still. During
Twenty-Five years OF exclusion from power,
by the bigstry intolsrance, hypocrisy Of the
were excluded from the smallest share in
places of honor and emolument; yet animated
solely by love of principle, Courageous only
Ne manhood il has az ai II times srainss any
odds, in the face of any result, battled for the
right. 1t has shown itself worthy of its
snclen, ~ lineage wnr5ny o. ids great COUNTERS,
near future Is about TO open to it. its ad
herence to principles has given it perennial
onward for better development of the Gov
eminent and administration
And this Republican party, what is it? 1t is
thing of yesterday; TWAS born in 1850. II
ton. Its leaders thrived on the abuse and ex-
cesses which fragrant was tolerated. They
would not have. II a constitutional party. for
law Tor every wrong thew wished re- do Tbey
have masqueraded as the friends of freedo m.
of emancipation. 1t is time to strip the mask.
Inc uri,senden resolttions voted Tor by every
not the emancipation of the slaves, but the
preseryationof the Union, was the object of
the war. Mr.. Lincoln. half way along in his
administration, declared that war was waged
q to restore the Union as il was, and we know
IL was part slave and part free Mr.. Lincoln.
when the preachers urged the proclamation
OF emancipation, replied that 1t would have
no greater legal or physical effect than the
Pope's bull against the comet
These leaders encouraged enmities and
hatreds and suspicion among their fellow
citizens of the North. They prostituted the
idea and the words of love and loyalty to
country by making them synonymous with
support OF their party.
Unnecessary debt, disordcred the financial
and economic systems, and have never ceased
TO Claim the credit to themselves that the
c1ettefacfions of heaven and the fremendouss
energy Of the people, through Unparalleled
suffering, have in twenty years restored spe-
Gle psyments and paid ofr'a great portion OF
the public debt. m
Thee modest leaders arrogate TO them
selves an the credit for every good which
happens to the country during a Rapublican
atiihihistvutien 1.-The shining cum sthe ffiIins
rains. the abundant crops, the healthful
season. ~. Z. -. = -
And my worthy colleague tscnator Sher-
mani went further than have elsewhere no
ticed, lie saftl at Ashtand in lsudation of the
great fests of the Republican party: 1.-THE
excess or taxes is so lightly borne that no
considerable portfono Of the people conplain
OF thesDs and no general demand is made for
the repeal OF any or them. Indeed, ikB q
nlarvetous feature Of our condition that to
repeat trxes,is more unpopular than to retain
them. and como Of these taxes are themselves
"A means Of prosperity. and not Q sburthen
complained OF by any, T1ty 81 500
-WonaerfAl, -indeedi- Listen, ye- miness in
the Hockingi Hearl We men and women who
with gaunt face hang around the foundriee
which are closed and the furnaces which are