Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-17

snd honestly performed. We-oxs IL
70 the sacred 1ties that bound Us, to-
gether in the dark days Oh our party,
when success seemed almost impossible.
and hope was almost slo abandanedi ftafanyeddiDq r
li3soup bspENocRArIci iRARTH.iss oa nil
1.-the Democratic party in thess States
was fegotteno when the Declaration of
Independence was proclaimed. Q Il twas
born when-the Constitution was adopt
led! nit ghass been nurturedi from itc
youth hbyl the inherent love of the
American people for civil and religious
freedom. . 1t has notyyet reached its
manhood 2 but is growing md will cono
Ltinue to grow g6iu!V 'sal vel ank q
Itahas whipped and killed every par.
ty organization in the United States,
from the beginning until now. Where
is the Federal party with, its alien and
sedition laws? o Where are the Nova
Scotia cow boys? Where is the grand
old Wing party, with its advocacyiof
monopoly the memory of its Clay and
Webster remains, and L hope williorL
ever remain, because the old Wing
party was q patriotic party and patriots
werelits leaders. 1oih 9 1s9d 20 Z91 "a
Butit was theboff shoot or the out
growth of Federalism It'proclaimedi
bad doctrines, which the great Web
ster said had become obsolete. 1t had
to die because it fought the Democratic
party ito0,, od' b5.,Ga VA 10dio ,u
| Where is the know nothing party
with it midnight cabals, oaths, and
grips and hatred of foreigners. ut too
is gone awhere the wood bine .twinethA
never again to raise its hydra head OF
prescription and bigotry in this broad
free land of ours Qrii!ls9T alive oHt q
The Republican party is not dead yet
but it is almighty sick, SO sick that its
candidate in Ohio don't know whether
he isain favor Of prohibition or against
prohibition, and if he does know he
has not the couragelto to tell.sii, Ina q.
l dare himto tell the people Of ohio
whether he is in favor Of prohibition
or against it, bs Hoadly tells you;r you
4 all know where he stands. odWell, the
d Democraticparty will kill the Republic
can party as it has all others before it.
~ Not this yearlmay be- but sooner or
later. Its days of federal power are
ended. 1t was made up of Knownoth.
ings and disgruntled Democrats. ii
was born of hate and has lived on cor.
ruption for IS years They have told
you during allrthat time that the Dem
:. ocrats were the enemies of the gov.
K ernment, nof the union, of the lsoldier
and that the Democratic party wa'
1 deadgq odt Tof motays aano9i j. X
q X But now you see 1.-THE Democrat
I party is oalive and kicketh and that il
! kicks on top 1t kicks the cattle thieves
. out of Kansas and the terrltorles,a inc
10 kicks Republican Jpostmasters ou
!, and leaves Democratic rpostmasters in
, IT has just begun to kick and the hard
!, est kicks are yet to G Gomez ladyis'
I every Republican Office holder to- ge
out Of the way as soon as he know
: how. 6 Yes, gentlemen, the Democrat
4 lie party is alive. rs twill never die a
: long as the free ballotremains.sTeIt ha
! existed without organization andpubli
I patronage and 1t will continue to exis
with it. .agi0Yenso 6Fj Ia akTEod adi \
9 It is as immortal as the constitution
: itself, and no patriotic man of whateve
! party desires 70 aoutlive the constitu
! ltionI To the young men of this coun
try who have recently become voters
/, let me say if you want to ually your
y selves with one political party or th
\ otheE study we'll, the history of thi
4 country from the beginning Unde
! the guidance OF, the Democratic part
y the foundations for q strong free gov
> ernment were laid, broad and deeE
d Every foot of territory except Alask
) was added toaoura dominion by tn
I'd Democratic partya Florida; the Lou
, lisiana territory, extending then 2fror
j the Gulf iof British America with th
u mighty Mississippi and chief y tribu
) tarles. ii T$ $xas, and California, an
!, nearly alll our Pacific, and gold an
! silver States and territories Unde
y hts administration we had a q nav!
! and the Sails of our merchant marin
/ whitenedl every sea- We had ofewe
,ll miHionaires and nor >tramps aand 2
jsElabor strikes. After ar~euarterF Of
! century, of defeat we are qyictorior
= againau,No party in thisacouptry eve
I stood so many successive defeats, an
9 no party iabut the o Democratic part
Z could survive them. The country
Z again united! The union is8 at Ia
i lfrestored. Among the last words |
: Garfield uttered on. the floor of Coz
= gress were the vfollowing:1i 1du8oi
u 1tI wanttosay another thinga The man who
tsmpts to get up political excitement in this cou
g. try on the old sectional issue win find himself VIII
rs out party and without support" 30
a. u1,At the funeral of Grant there W
81 no North. and no South, but q berea
81 ed people from every State. His ldyir
ut words were ., M ,,h