New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-10-29
Text of the Patriotic Address Adopted by
the Great Wall Street Meeting.
Beneficent Results of Republican Admin
istration--The Danger of Demo-
cratic Rule.

IcCttU NY tu0 IN dt1O11I1 G1OV0luluCuO
against the competitor of foreign cheap
labor2 Upon this subject one of the
great political parties has expressed
itself in positive terms, and has placed
in nomination gentlemen who have
both the brains to formulate their views
and the courage to utter them; while
the other comforts itself alike upon
the ambiguity of it's confession of faith
and the enforced silence of it's chosen
apostle.
"Second-Apart from their platforms,
the position of the two political parties
has been we'll ascertained by their re-
cent action in Congress. The Demo
cratic party defeated an avOWed pro-
tectionist and elected pronounced
free-trader to the Speakership, and he
promptly assigned another free-trader
to the Craftsmanship of the Ways and
Means Committee, who in turn intro
duced a free-trade measure which par
alyZed enterprise, impaired commercial
and financial confidence, and unsettled
values, thus threatening capital and
labor alike. And but for the courage
and wisdom of the Republicans stat
ute would have been enacted which
would have necessarily reduced the
0b101AC0 SbAu VdRO0 Va Jul OA1H1OyOSs
who have assembled with us to-day to
vouch their Indignation that their rep
resentatives should encourage foreign
handicraft to the exclusion of that of
the American workman. Cheers]
WHAT "a CHANGE" MEANS.
"Third-Tbe Democratic demand for
a change in the administration Of the
National Government is based upon no
argument which commends it to us as
business men. We are once more a
united people. We are at peace with
the entire world and desire to remain
SO. Our products Of the soil and Of
the hand already find purchasers in
foreign lands, and these markets are
constantly increasing. Our financial
simple. Our National credit is second
ct. Our civil service is based upon fit
ness and merit, and availS itself of the
labor Of those gallant soldiers and sail
Ors who served honorably during the
War for the Union: Our lives and our
liberty are protected, be we native or
adopted citizens, whether we are at
home or abroad, and we worship God
according to the dictates of our con-
sciences and in conformity with our
respective creeds. These are blessings
resulting in great measure from the
patriotism and craftsmanship which
have nodded the legislation of the last
quarter Of century. And we here
solemnly declare that we will not imper-
IL them by restoring to power a party
which boasts the solid support Of six
teen States that rebelled against the
Government [cheers]; which cast 152
votes in the House of Representatives
against protection to American labor
loud cheers]; which periodically sug-
gests startling changes in our financial
policy; which has views upon the sane
tity Of the National debt which are
prejudiced by a knowledge that it was
created to suppress a Democratic rebel
lion; and, which knows no better form
OF civil service than promptly discharg-
ing the present Government employees,
soldiers and sailors included, and sub
stituting for them an army Of men in
experienced in everything but partisan
politics. Cheers and laughter.
THE SOLID SOUTH.
aFourth-We continue to view with
alarm and regret the fact that the grave
commercial issues now before the peO-
pie do not sufficiently interest our fell
low citizens Of the Southern States to
justify them in an effort to break the
phalanx Of 153 Electoral votes, which
are a perpetual menace to the North OF
q Solid South, thus fostering politica,
estrangement and keeping unhealed the
wounds of civil war, Until. q DISPOSE.
tion is manifested by our Southerp
brethren to discuss living issues rather
than to revive those that have been de.
termined by war Ito the great glory OF
our common country it would be mad.
ness to try the experiment of the Dem
ocratic rule.
THE REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATES.
Fifth Whatever may be our view
to preferences heretofore, we may now
recognize the wisdom of the Chicago
Convention in nominating for the Pres.
idency our late Secretary Of State, Jas
G.. Blaine. Loud and repeated cheers
Selected by popular demand and not BY
any machine, chosen for merit and moi
for expedi ency, he has developed such
candor, zeal, and intrepidity as endeal