New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-23
MR. DEPEW IN CHICAGO.
AN AUDIENCE OF OVER TWO THOUSAND
sRrErEp WITH ENTHUSIASTIC APPLAUSE
REPRESENTATIVES ORATOR OF NE"
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this afternoon by audience al tno oo
u.u which evidently pleased him The om' boaeuo
whose guest Mr.. Depew was hao sen" 90 49, -.
t.t,ous. and fully $500 people aoeep'eu 'no oppU,.
UNITY 70 listen 20 New-Yorks gifted speaker ms
h.,,srs wcrc Of the solid class, men grown gray ID
r,oI,tics and business, welldrossed young men win
t..u,noo s,amped on their features, and besides
a., a.. srcrc ladIes-5oO OF them-who contributed
IN tho .pulause which Mr.. Depew's remarks called
forth seated on the stage were at least 100 promi-
nent among them Justice Harlan, OF the
sunreme Court Governor ogcsby Of Illinois; Bishop
FaIlows judges Gary, Jameson, Collins and Hawcs:
n Harry Hammer, vice president OF the Republican
National League for Illinois; Mayor Roche and Con
erai Ftzsmmons, sergeant at-arms Of tho coming
Republican National Convention. The of the
stage was decorated with American flags OF fine text
ure hung from the boxes and top Of the curtain.
while the centrcpiece portrait OF George WASH
ington, around which was shield of small SIX ma
tonal flags. In front of the speakers desk was an
immense stand Of full blown set in bed or
ferns
Mr. Depew was accompanied to the stage by +. H.
Head, Of the Union League Club. His appearance
was greeted by sustained applause. DR.. 3. ). NC
Pherson made q briei prayer and MI head ih'rouoou
Mr. Depew Ref re he uttered word, storm OF
applause broke out which lasted many minutes ana
throughout his whole address tho salient points "oro
greeted in Ike manner. Mr.. Dcpcws happy REFER
ence to the recent Anarchist trouble and the way In
the same way as was his humorous reference to
President Cleveland's policy. Mr.. Dcpew spoke as
follows,
MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN; The subject assigned
to me falls naturally into the do
main of the philosophical theorist or of the prsc
teal politician. than Of the active man OF AFFAIRS we
are all business and absorbed In Its details ana
neither associations admit of prolonged
speculations upon the possibilities Of government We
Industrial people and the great question with us
Is, How do institutions best serve our needs we are
not wholly maerlalisic that we cannot deeply feel
the Of liberty and nationality and yet both
form the broad foundation which we must bud Tor
permanenee No intelligent consideration Of the questions
affecting present and future is possible without an
understanding OF the successive stages In the develop
OF system
The political mission OF United States has far
been wrought by individuals and territorial condi-
uons. OF unequal genius have dominated our
century and growth the West has revOlutionred
the Republic Tho principles which heretofore con-
troed the policy OF the country have mainly OWED their
force and acceptance to Hamilton Jefferson webster ana
Lincoln
The two great creative contests purely
defensive They neither the struggles OF dynastc
ambitions nor OF democratic revenpes They calm
determined efforts for good government and closed
without the outstanding Of resources for eta
ton The Revolution was war Tor tho preservation
Of welldefned constitutional liberties but dependent
won them the industrial freedom necessary for the
developments OF the country the promotion Of manuiaet
urcs, and independence Of foreign producers
SAVING INFLUENCE OF HAMILTON.
The first question which tho young confo1eracy
torn by the eslouses OF It's stronger and weaker colonies
the necessity Of central enough to deal
with foreign protect commerce between
the States At this period Alexander Hamilton became
savior Republic. II Shakespeare Is the com
handing originating genius England. and Goethe OF
Germany, Hamilton must occupy that place among
Americans Al seventeen he had formulated the prn-
eipes Of by the people so clearly that no
succeeding publlcst has improved them Before he was
five he had made suggestions TO the hopeless hna
cers Of the Revolution which revived credit ana carried
through With few presidents to guide HIM he
created fiscal system for the United states which was
elastic and compeh nsve that still controls the vast
operations Of the treasury and the customs Though but
few years the bar after his retirement from public
life his briefs embodied in constitutions and statutes
and TO his mastery address the press owes It's freedom
This superb intelligence, which was at once phiosopmc
an1 practical and with unrIvaled udcty could Instruct
the duest mind the bearing Of the action Of the pres
ent the destiny Of the future impressed his
contemporaries the necessity Of central government with
large powers that Constitution hundred
and years old adopted and the United States be-
gan their life $ a nation
period In every part OF the world the doctrine
that the Government Is the Of and that
the people have only such rights the Government had
given, practically unauesuoned and the young HeDub-
lie began its existence with the and dynamic prne
pie people the sole Of authority and
that the Government has such powers they grant
It. and no others
JEFFERSONS LEADERSHIP AND wEBSTERS Ell |
OQUENCE
Doubt and debate the safety valves of freedom and
Thomas Jefferson created both lie feared the loss OF
popular rights in Capitalization. and believed that the
served powers Of the States the only Of
the liberties OF the people. He stands supreme in our
history political leader. and left He
destroyed the party Of Washington, Hamilton and Adams
and built up an organization which was dominant in the
and olershadowing all others for hundred half
satisfied by compromises. hall suppressed by threats
times checking prosperity, at times paralyzng progress
at times producing panics. at times preventing the sou
ton OF fiscal and industrial problems vital to our expan
sion was Are a Nstionf
nearly fifty years prevailing sentiment favored
the idea that tho Federal compact contract between
for the arbitramen OF the results would have been
fatal the Union That abest observer OF the American
experiment DE TocQuevile, 81 impressed by this |
that he based 1t absolute prediction Of the de-
struetion OF the Republic But at the critical period
when The popularity. and audacty Of General
jackson were almost the sole hope of nationality webster
delivered in the Senate speech uneGuaed in the annals
OF clOQuence immediate effect and lasting results
The appeals OF DemOsthenes the Athenan democracy
the denunestons OF Cicero against the consDacies OF
Catane the passionate ou,ces of Mrabeau pending the
French Revolution the warnings OF Chatham in the Brit
ish Parliament the fervor Of Patrick Henry for indie |
pduce c: temporary interest and yielded feeble
compared with tremendous Of this
mighty
1t broke the spell Of supreme loyalty the State and
crested an ami esisess patriotism for the
dcaming glowing extracts theIerom the Juvenile ora
to-. Of that and succeeding genera tons won prizes at
academic exhibitions and in mimic Children
educated parents and the pride OF the fathers aud the
knJ.ed m9pipations OF tho sons united them I'm noble
Ideal Of the Republic. No subsequent patriotic
Grafton met the requirements OF public occasion great
or small which did not breathe the sentiment OF Liberty
and Union, now and forever and inseparable" AS
the coolest clod when first inspired by the grand passion
OF his life, becomes eMvae knight when last the
bonls OF materalism and sacrificed everything for the
preservation OF tn" Nations life From the unassa
N''f'N'"h VI power o lne OONelElcnt 10
tect itself. TO State. every
where and to all the Of the
down rebellion. not only patriotism but public
science. With conscience the courage, in
commercial communities, which will peril business and
prosperity for idea. This defeated the slave
power aud Is to-day the most potent factor in every re-
form.
THE WEST THE CHILD OF THE UNION.
The 1Cld for the growth d development OF this sent
men ana for its practical application without fear Of con
sequences the West. Virginiss gift 10 the
Union Northwest Territory which
Eve great States ana Its prompt dedication TO freedom
and JeneTsOns purchase from the First Napoleon Of the
known as Arkansas. Colorado. Iowa. Kan
sas Louisiana Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Ne
brssAa Dakota Montana Wyoming and the Indian Terri
tory. OF generosity and consummate
craftsmanship which definitely outlined the destiny the
Republic and its political mission.
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