The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-08-20

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see his old party take mp the fight, but see
ing no prospect thereof has betaken him
self to where the battle was raging. and
gone iu' with a vim. and 10Y whore the
smoke of conflict is thiekest will bc the
place to aunt fer him "a the close II tie
campaign. Put it there. Brother,
'.Resolrei. That the Constitution %eonlcrs
upon Congress sovereign power over the
Territories al the United States for their
government. and that. IN the exercise of
this power. it is both the right and duty Of
Congress 10 prohibit in the Territories
these win relics Of harbarism, Polygamy
and Slavery. - Republican CoaUSntion,
1886.
THAT We brand the recent re%-opening of
the African slave trade under the cover of
our national flag, aided by perversions Of
judicial power, as A crime against human
ity and a burning shame ta our country
and age: and we call upon Congress to
take prompt and efficient measures for the
total and final suppression OF that eXeera-
BILE traffic. - Republican Platform, LS5y.
In the infancy Of the Republican party,
when ii was fighting Tor a principle, it had
little trouble in speaking ont in plain En-
glish inst Whist it meant, as the above eX-
tracts show. There was no division Of
sentiment in those DAYS. M Submission
plank in the platforms. No talk about
high license or local option" or other
temporizing eXpedieuts- No Arguments
that prohibition does net prohibit. The
party was organized TO combat a mighty
evil. and tile only remedy thought Of was
to lay the axe NJ the root of the tree. Can
it be the same party to-day which IS tenn
porting and faltering as to its true posi-
ton in regard 10 another evil, wider-rcaeh-
ing, equally debas!ng and fally aS disas-
trous IN lis effects as either slavery or
polygamy-tlc rum traffic Brought face
to face with this question in this year Of
grace. 1856. wouhl nat all the traditions Of
the party require that it should confront ii
braye]y, manfully, faarlessly, a. it vas
wont 10 confront grave questions in times
past? Vet to-day. in New Jersey, the best
utterance 81 tie best clement ri the party
on the question of temperance is To The
effecl thar they TO not deem it advisable
or exped,ent 10 commit the party Ia any
definite line of acuou while At the same
time recognizing the Importance Of some
action on the great question Of the hour.
1t may be urged that the party cannot BE-
expected "a take up This Issue asst did that
of slavery, inasmueA as it WAS organized
to fight slavery. while the temperance
question is thru-, upon IL after many years
OF organization with that question eN-
Guided Be IL 50. 1t the party. with It's
great growth and long lease ct power,
comfy temporarily suspended as its leaders
claim, with longing slanoes toward the
campaign OF 1Ses, has untitled itself 10
meet the issue, and gathered 10 Itself an
element that makes it dangerous to its own
existence te take decided stand nn The
question or makes It Impossible to agree As
to what fiat stand shall be, then the
advocates Of prohibition must turn to
the parry thar, like the Republican
party Of thirty years age, is organized
upon the great issue and states lis
case plainly and icarlcsSly before the peo-
pie. The voter that wants Prohibition
viii muster under the flag of the party
that is striking for IL. The voter who
don want II or don't know particularly
what he does want. bar is rather favorably
inclined so temperance Is long IS it don't
hurt his party, Will stay with one er the
other of the old plrtirS tll Ia. changes his