The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-10-30

people, where 4 does Sruot1ty n buelneee enter
price In the ventures OF capital rs and the sup
port Of lab =, and In addition YOU have swept
hey pr otest against Tho surplus. apparently
ignorant OF the fact that u belon % TO the poo-
ple, and not the Governm mt. To touch IL IL
silver certincstes. bank notes and called bonus,
tail to provide for cur emit expenses and the SUR
plus disappears. A Ger tain portion goes to the
we ore DO, nd to do nationally that which we do
individually, paw our ho.iest dues Demagogism,
thy name 10 Democ acy.
aged the finances. When It came into power. in
1851, most or the spec had been driven out OF
the county. To me the obligation Of the
redemption OF which The Republican p,rtv
pledged ia honor bill In Congress renewing
that pledge was opposed by the Democratic p r
~. But on the lat day OF January, 1879. specie
PAYMENTS were resumed and this Iepubl,can
party had kept its p ON Sc all OF which he
Democratic part had declared to lie i'm ossibe
and had endeavored TO maze so.
They cannot say the Republican party has In
jured our credit abroad. When the Democratic
party retired In disgr &c fiom the management
Of this count our G-per-cent bonds were be-
Ing hawkes. about Europe at ~ PEI cent dis
count and yet we were . n ton OF 30,OOo.O0 of
PEG. lie and Of ill nitable res urces. Under the
rule of he Republican party our and per
cent. bonds command from IL to 20 pr cent.
premium, and our public edit is the highest
of the world.
They say thrt the country has not prospered
under the rule OF the Republican party. Mr..
Blaine tells us in his admirable letter Of accept
ance that the true value OF roperty In this
country In 1860, the result of the toll OF two CEN
tut =. was $lt.0J0.00O,C0O. Within the past
twenty -four years the amount has more than
trebled. and IL now 81, 0O0, o0o,O00
The sands OF my time are running low and
have been able only TO hint at the great deeds OF
the greatest party In history.
We are here tonight as Republicans We are
here say why we are hat are. We are
Rel ublicans because that party wounded unto
death the diseas d and infamous doctrine of
State sovereignty: because that party made the
flag OF rebellion the shroud Of treason; because
that party struck the manacles from 1000, 200
slaves; because that party sid the ballot and
the life OF the voter were sacred: because that
party vndicated the national financial honor;
because that party touched the dead body OF
our national credit and 1t sprang to it's feet be-
cause that party has added tve States to this
Union; because that party has given homesteads
to the poor: because that pa ty has been shield
20 the laborer; because that party fosters the
education of the masses: because that party
touched with its wand the untitled prairies and
they waved with golden grain: because that
party is the torch bearer of Western civiliza-
ton, and lights tn way of prog esq. We are
Republicans because that party sprang out OF
the black night of the war-times, like a fair god
ella lin the panoply Of war, the hope OF libe ty
to unborn millions, the prayer or the slave, aud
stands to-day, as IL stood twenty-four years
ago, the best repr sentative of the intelligence,
the honor, an the patriotism of this nation.