The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-09
ssNAfoR PenpLEron
Discusses the Tariff and It's Reforms, the
Hard Times and Race Preju-
dies


dic~s. Etc, Etc.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 9..-The follow
+, ing is full text of Senator Pendletons ad
dress a. the grand mass meeting at Columbus
| yesterday:
| am reiOiced at tais great gathering of the
1 people. am rejOicei that the clubs of tbs
| State, hOnOring themselves by the names OF
! our candidates ut the Gail of the Central Clut
| here, have taken on themselves the work OF
| auxiliary orga niZatiOn, and come in this i'm
4 posing array 10 report progress, TO take cOun
! sci, TO inspire each other with fresh ardOI
and courage, and still greater confidence in
| the struggle which lies before us.
| Within d week l have read two utterances
from men deservedly high in the councils and
! confidence Of the Republican party OF Ohio
/ | read them with e-,rct. In different posi-
! tons, they are both active in political war
fare; and in the heat of their diStempered
| zeal, they Rave forgotten what was due them
| selves, | viii rot say to the Democratic party
! which divides, at least equally, the voters OF
| Ohio and the Union. One of those gentlemen
! said. in a speech which he thought worthy OF
publications: Il say to you with entire frank
| ness that | think it is misfortune to the
| country that the Democratic party is entirely
| unfit % govern it.
| The other said in an editorial: "The Demo
! cratic party of this country and the Tory
! party CT Great Britain, in close accord and
| CORES pOndence, are the same in sympathieS,
! il purposes and methods" and more than
4 i1sinuatcd reasonable collision to sacrifice
| 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
! fit He would so love to abdicate power and
| positions himself. and put you Democrats in
| his stead If yOa were only fit can see my
friend, the editor, rejoicing in great glee that
| printers ink is black and can not blush, how
| ever mOnstrouS the story it is made to tell.
! attribute to blind partiZanShip in great af-
! fright, what is beneath contempt as a state
ment of fact or as IN argument.
What is the Democratic party which these
| men so SANDER? II 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 ali granted, and those not granted
| are reserved to the States and the people. 1t
| believes in simplicity, economy, purity of adj
| min stratiOn. 1t believ1s in an ''indisSOlubic
| union OF indestructibie States. 1t believes
| principles endure. vile policies should
| chance with each l.',E- I ase Of varying con-
| ditiOlS. It believes a ADMINISTRATION is never
| perfect. but can always he improved. always
be reformed. ItleIieves in the people, their
| wisdom. their honesty, their devotion to the
| common Ncdl--greaier than that OF any one
| man-and therefore it believes in constant re-
| currence to the people, that parties ana poll
| ciCS and administrations may have new in
! SEPARATION ,'f vigor courage and oftier aim.
When Washington retire from the Fres;-
| Gency, ani party spirit assumed activity, the
! Democratic PARTY, already or-anized. came
| into the field. JcDerSOn's inaugural pro
caimet the creed of the Democracy tri-
IL.
Vanc"t by succee ling generations, even as in
crelSng vigilance fed the veStai fires, inspire
its life and action to-day.
II is the party of jefferson. and Madison,
and Monroe. and Jackson, and Polk: il gave
10 US Louisiana, and Florida. and Texas, and
New Mexico. and California: a hundred years
ago. laying aside kin@craft on the one side,
and mere confederation on the other, it made
this Constitution. AMI for sixty years so adj
miniStercd il thai in the Government during
al! that time there was no law higher than the
Constitution itself. 1t is the party which in
storm ami tcmpestS and wintrY blasts has
stool Ike the ocean rock, unmOVed and i'm
movable. While around its base all other
parties, the things of day. the boosted Re-
publ can party included, have surged and
swuyed 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 mar have washed its
summit. nut every pause of the storm has
shown its light unqucnched, pointing out
with UndiminiShed luSter the rocks of danger
and the channels of safety.
Its history Of sixty Years of glorious admin
istration, in pCac in war, i'll 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
iSe to the world and in every party prOuiS Sc
to the people, has justified its fame.
Its history is more glorious still. During
twenty-five years of exclusion from power,
by the bgotry, intolerance, hypocrisy of the
leaders of the Republican party, its members
were excluded from the smallest share in
places of honor and emOiument; yet animated
solely by love of principle, courageous only
because of its convictions in the SturdineSS of
its manhood: 1t has ut all times, againSt any
odds, in the face of any result, batticd for the
right. 1t has shown itself worthy of its
ancient lineage, worthy of its great founders,
worthy of that still higher destiny which the
near future is about TO open to il. Its adj
herence to principles has given it perennial
youth and unabated vigOr with which to press
onward for a better development of the Gov
ernment and administration.
And this Republican party. what is it?' It is
4 thing of yesterday. 1t was born in 1860 1t
first Grew breath in the thrOeS OF the reyOflI-
ton. It's leaders thriVed on the abuse and cX-
ceSSCS which fragrant was tolerated. They
would not have ii a constitutional party. for
every hour OF its existence they cited higher
law for every wrong thew wished to do. They
have masquerafcl as the friends of freedom,
of emancipation. 1t is time TO STRIP the mask.
'Pnp t'riftrnflpn resolutions. voted for hv every
Republican member OF Congress, declared that
not The emancipation OF iIe s4atcS, but the
preservation OF the Union, was the object of
the war. Mr.. Lincoln, half way along in his
administration. declared that war was wagGd
70 restore the Union as it was, and we know
ii was part slave and part free. Mr.. Lincoln,
when the preachers urged the proclamation
of emancipation, replied that it would have
no greater legal or physical effect than the
POne's bull a~ainsttne comet.
These leaders encouraged cnmitieS end
hatrciS and suspicion among their fellow
citizens of the North They prOStitutcd the
idea and the words of lOVe and loyalty TO
country by making them Synonymous with
support OF their party.
They plunged The country into enormous
unnecessary debt, diSOrdCred the financial
and economic systems. and have never ceased
10 claim the credit to themselves that the
benefactfOnS OF heaven and the tremendous
energy Of the people, through unparalleled
suffering, have in twenty years restored spe-
cic payments and paid OFF great portion Of
the public debt.
These modest leaders arrOgate to them
selves all the credit for every good which
happens TO the country during Il Republican
adminStration-the shining sun, the falling
rains, tie abundant crops, the healthful
season.
And my worthy colleague Senator Sher-
mani went further thanI have elsewhere no
ticed. He said at Ashland in laudatiOn OF the
great featS of the Republican party: THE
excess of taxes is so lightly borne that no
considerable portion of the peonle complain
of them. and no general demand is made for
the repeal of any of them. Indeed, it is
marvellous feature of our condition that to
repeal taxes Is more unpopular than TO retain
them, and some of these taxes are themselves
n means of prosperity. and not burthen
complained of by any"
Wonderful, indeed! Listen, We miners in
the Hooking! Hear! ye men and women who
with gaIInU face hang around the Ioundries
which are closed and the furnaces which are
cold. Hearken. We capitalists whose unused
plants are yielding no interest, and are going
TO decay. Give attention. We farmers whose
wheat and corn scarce bear transportations
Taxes ave means of prosperity, and there
fore il is more pOpular-pOpular. dye hear
TO retain them than to repeal them'!.!
does nos an assertion like that tempt one to
say of these leaders, that under their guild
ance 'the Republican party. 50 far as princi-
pie is concerned, is a "Reminiscences. In prac-
tice it is an organization for enriching those
who conduct its machinery.
This party has been in possession Of power
+-venty-f"ur years. Should it be kept longer
in power?
The expenditures of the Government reach
an enormous sum, l have not the exact
figures before me-but several hundred mill
ion dollars. Notwithstanding this immense
extrayagant outlay, we have system of taxa