Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
SENATOR SPOONER'
...iog speech to New York Re
publicans.
,,.,n Triumphs in Peace and in
War.
mas That Still Summon the
~, n,r,r 70 supreme Effort and AS
.,rlts Which Must Be Met
and Repealed.

..,ssr's speech at the Lincoln BAN
-.' W oaetin New York.
,-..;5apt. aud Gentlemen of the
W V-o's Republican Club; Coming
9'-s .l. isn't a stranger, am quick TO
yva 7. vi,h grateful sensibility, the
I,- tbat pervades your welcome.
Nv. .-n,srrta tribute to the soemory of
AZ ~. -'- IineoId must inevitably Include
20 -a,,mept which you now propose to
h ns,ty whose flag ne carried ana at
4 NJ head be fell
ys,.p,ed by what it has wrought for
A' sbic veal, the Republican party Is
-,a, old. Tested merely by the
NJ wears il is still young. Think of
Ann thirty three years ago its first
g -..,,r assembled in Ohio. Declar-
\ n. n-insioles in ringing words, that
.,it tbe blood, it placed its fortunes
+. standard in the hands Of one who
Wv dear to US, and the record of whose
E. I. one of our jewels-Salmon p.
I,sfor 10 that convention partly TO re-
IA van of the pleasant fact that it is
..e5reseLted here tonight. lis pre-
,,5 cfiger, brave and devoted leader,
,.-Tr5.rs honortd for wise and consUm-
\. craftsmanship, happily stlll clothed
Il, vigorous manhood, is guest at this
man. .DOard-John Sherman. Its sec
~ csrr,ing to a frontier state tho
.-,of chat convention, and the pripci-
= v5ieb il adopted, has long been the
me- of Republican Iowa, and lives very
/. ia the popular heart. He, too, is
ege-t tonight William y. Allison.
i,s, two centuries before the Organi-
Lion. Of our party there had been plant
Oh this continent two ideas predestin-
sv etsr0al conflict. The one, proclaim
( from the "Mayhowsr,' at Plymouth
box the civil and religious liberty of
men. The other proclaimed from the
batch ship Oh the James-the right of
h white man to hold the body and labor
itas black. The battle between these
osals forces iusidious, but alert, I'm.
s.u, but always existent-Went on, each
..king and finding in the land It's natur-
abiding place, and, strange to say, the
vi one finding at last home in the con
tuition. By the indulgence given TO
h slave traffic. and tho recognition of
lave ownership as an element in the
gs Of representation, the farmers of
]. constitution set the squadrons Of free
On and slavery in the field and proiect-
between these forces a political con
.c to end only in "the survival of the
aeL' From that time forth, that one
iEt struggle to increase its power, and
BAT the other must struggle to resist it,
iE simply obedience TO natural law.
liisOt ne profit here to dwell upon the
siai. Of that struggle which preceded
b coming of the Republican party.
tis party sprang into life to o5struct
b path of human slavery, and TO vim
1s's the dignity of human labor and
lee central ideas of ita being run like a
eden thread through its whole career.
FIGHTING THE BATTLE OF LIBERTY.
From the day of its birth it stood
% lntrnment upon this continent TO
'a' the battle Of liberty. 1t found the
ave power iEtreuohed in the conslitu-
o. debating the policy of the country,
'aholing the administration OF the
'Vlment, piling with insoleut indus
statue upon static in derogation of
lnan nights, degrading, with the sane
% Of the supreme court, the free peo-
Z Of free states into mere slaves-catch-
= lltu II rendered to the country at
y the alternative, TO surrender the right
majority rule, or to submit to the dis
-a,on OF the American Union.
Win what sublimity of patient, pru.
10Y courage the Republican party met
q 'e''' With what splendid confidence
appealed to the people. With what
-'aald reality did the people respond.
Imply treasury, stained and dis
,Loied credit, a scattered and disloyai
II's distant and weakened navy-these
&c 't'Iles light as air."
minated by patriotic purposes, strong
.'uonal spirit, devoted to the union of
's3' oileered by members of the Old
~. De'et by enemies at the rear, en-
,..'''ea oy the jealousy of hostile sys-
II. ~ oyer the sea, the Republican party
1 'u'ongh It's environment, and pres-
\ inward to the end. 1t asked for no
' '''.s'' 1t sent from its front no white
\ u ''u2e' 1t consented to no armis-
~, !, recruited from the ranks of the
NV ,Ro million OF citizen soldiers,
4. ~ 'slt shem forth, under the leader.
\ S M u'an'' and sherman, and Sheridan
n at -y gl' and Logan, and the long
~. Iuustrious heroes who gathered
Sine, M. mem, to defend the life of the re.
anu amidst the shock of contend.
) . '.-.,'s. IN the molten fire of battle.
a. a .-s OF slavery melted forever
!, ~, ..- una The union of states stood re.
'''''' redeemed, and perpetual.
ITS RECORD IN PEACE.
y. ne capacity of this party for govern.
Ii. ' .-.l "''raSed no limit. In the midst
s,i..--s- guy ana waste and trouble OF
IA. NJ with win phenomenal energy the
M. ssaee' 1t organized new terri
-g y4t, s'asd new stars to the flag
~ ~. -ae army bore it from Atlanta
.-s..1a. IL promoted education among
r4.tis..Ss' 1t encouraged Immigration,
.e5 v.a a me frontier, and filled the
81, AZ prosperous homes out of the
80. -onai1. 1t inauzurated pnblic
Z a.n,s It protected and digni.
r.,..sz5 an labor. It built MP and
q american industry. and Won
.,cs NJ So The industrial indepen.
r-o. .- nation. Then, in the fusb
.,a +. e,o"ned with the wonderful
asr.-i-. policies, it turned with a
-,8.,s.F- ana charity never known in
0s-s, ss ,lo or among any other people
ag.- g5,ot scattered family into the
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