The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-05
What the Democrats Propose to Do.
Mr.. Watterson's Fourth of July
Address at Harlem, N. Y.
A Strong Statement OF tho Differ
ences of the Parties.
Lines on Which the Democrats
Must Give Battle.
at ls to Be Struggle Between tho
urorganized Masses OF the Peo-
pie and the Trained Vet
Grams OF Subsidy"

HARLEM, n. Y, July AIR Henry
Wattcrson delivered the following address
before the Democratic clubs Of Harlem To-
day
Fellow Democrats and Fellow Citizens
| There is not wanting to this historic spot
| that which brings IL into fellowship with
| the occasion and the cause we have come
| together 10 celebrate. The fellowship is
closer indeed, than those OF you who
| dwell here are wont 20 consider in your
familiar walks and ways aud the busy
| round Of daily travel that makes up tho
sum Of your migrations betwixt the sign
! board and the roof tree, the blue bed and
the brown; for, given over IA Il is into the
hands of the Nandal Of modern architect
urc and the Goth OF speculative civilization,
the soil ON which We are assembled is sa-
cred soil, consccrated by the purest blood
that ever flowed from the veins OF heroes.
| Every rood OF ground that goes today for
| 40 much foot in the market and IL re-
| garded Us simple merchandise, marks tho
scene Of struggle for liberty and cost the
| life OF q patriot The battle Of Harlem
| Heights may not have been great battle,
as battles 90; but Il was an important bat
| tie, and its memory, breezy with rovolu-
| tionary inspiration, should not be suffered
| 10 fade and die in the fctid atmos-
phcrc OF commerce; It's glory should
not he buried and lost forever
beneath the hotbcds Of metropolitan
progress and municipal development. IL
IL hardly moro than legend, but that
legend should rank first among the arch
ives Of this club. II was hardly more than
n skirmish; but liz portrayal should oil
your amplcst panel. IL registered the lrst
real victory Of the raw militia of America
over the skilled veterans OF England. IL
gave Ia the statesmen, who had undertaken
to create nslion, their first assurance that
military union was possible, and 10 tho
brave, but ragged battalions. that had
thrown themselves into the fight without
organization or training, confidence in
their leaders and In themselves May iis
lessons live with YOU, gentlemen, aud lit
and stir you "a high attempts, for the enc
mics Of freedom are once more on the war
path, and, though clad In new uniforms
and marching under banners hla1onod
with flesh notices -artiuly conifiycd 10
deceive the unthinking u.cy arc the SELF
same lcgions OF taxation aud prcrogliive,
feudal tenure aud class interest that a little
more than century ago were marshaled
beneath the royal standard Of King George
the Third.
TnE ESD or SECTIONAL FRICTION.
In truth, the connic, between the many
who toll aud the few who gather Is an ire
prcssiblo conflict. Tho history OF man
kind, from the TALL OF Adam TO the last
Chicago convention, IL mainly the history
Of scli.loye and sclldcccplion. ] should
be- sorry to think that the Republicans Of
the United States, judged by the rule Of
individual averages, are by nature less
high.nindcd and sincere than the Demo-
Gratis. They are not, but | think Il Is q
dcmonstrablc proposition that the Rcpub-
licnn party has come to embody and rep
resent all that II sot ont 30 combat, when
II took the field ~ the peculiar friend OF
the rights oi man. Its original and ex-
elusive title 10 that character might DO
challenged II We should penetrate and
anayzc the ethics and evidence undorly-
ing tho case Of parties In equity. but |
shall not challenge t. shall admit
that the fight against African slavery
was an honest fight for liberty.
and that the war for the Union. into which
u isspsu-d. involved the fate VI freedom,
and free Institutions. not merely In Amor
lea, bat throughout the world. Surveying
the present state ui the county, aud con-
| sidcring the tiumphs In learning and in
histories, In arts and arms, already
achieved, aud yet 90 be achieved 10y
united people, u costs me nothing 10 say
that / am giad the side on which served
In that war was unsuccessful. though /
can no, sec how, the conditions being
what they were, the younger generation Of
southern men could. when the ordeal Of
battle came. have done other than Il did.
All interests all passions, all thoughts
were absorbed by the one great sectional
issue, aud rs on the one hand, Il began q
conscientious struggle for liberty and
union, Il became ON the other hand, an
equally conscientious defense OF property
aud home. Tho God Of the universe,
building wiser than the wiscst,
knew what was best The chains.
were stricken from the limbs Of HE bond
men and the scales fell from the eyes oi tho
master. The guilt OF slavery, for which
both the north and the south were rospOn-
sible. was cxpiatcd In the blood Of both.
The outer aspcctoi the most homogeneous
people ON earth was made perfect by tho
ampuiaiion Of the one dislgurcd feature OF
the body polite. The original cause Of
quarrel finally removed, the law Of nature,
working through an incudicablc consan..
gunily, began H. holy office and the angel
that blessed us alike In our cradles nor
could distinguish between the babe that
clcnchcd ia tiny fists nj the northern star
aud the babe that gazcd With wondering
eyes at the southern cross-cricd out tothO
victor from the heaven ol.an all-pcrNadins
peace:
"You cannot chain The enFc.
Aud YOU daW not harm me dove
Hut every gate
You bar 10 hate
win Opon vide 20 love-
Thank God, the voice Of the angel vas
heard, and here we are today PERHAPS tho
better, certainly the sirongvr, because,
when the battle WAS ended, there was
nothing left 10 fight about; and, Il may DO
also. because We who. as the saying goes,
failed TO get there arr a. proud OF You as a