Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-02-21
HANNIBAL HAMLlN.
Extracts from his Speech 20 tho
Veteran Republican Club.

Why, | DO not know but that the eoun-
ny !. nov controlled, ye'. IL is eoh,rol'
led, by class Of good men who wsfe no,
then born. And how shall they know Of
the events. 20 which | am 10 allude. that
led up TO the election ot Mr.. Liaeola' l,
was my fortune. Mr. pre.idehi, +. Il wa'
your,. TO participate 10 some of those
events and 70 become familiar ~i,h them
al. The county had sirayed from The
teaching, of The father. aud the founIsrs
Of the goy,rnmen,. aud loyalty 10 slavery
became pure and undshlsd Democracy.
Al how well remember The conflicts
through which we passed ia attempting
TO keep this curse Gu, Of the free isrillo-
ties ot the lAnd We ,ough, to pteveni
Il, polluung step. And step by .isP ss
saw our failure. |, vas humiht,ins; u
va, humilh,ing beyond dU;riPiioa.
when NC bad d, question ot the iish, Of
petition drni,l virtually . icsmtn,
When We loand ouuel,s, under The q ct
impulse that came 10 men, ~hsn Ne
/ found ourselves ia favor OF freedom. Ia
The ,j5riiy In the House. Bat a. the
,Lirg struggled on We .v oas he'e And
another there. Aad ,,ill another d''eriing
the standard % the ifso until slavery
uiamphsd. Thlak God, there j. 90
vote oi nine 10 my 80 lons ysA' oi Ca
sr,aioa.l life ,h., w.s no, for f'tSdom.
loud applause
Ho- we struggled. Mt Pfss!dsnt
How We -sfc hgmblsd 10 zee those With
whom We wsre associated droPFiag away
ua,il At every battle, In The cod, We
found ourselves reduced TO the minority.
Year after year ,ha, struggle vas p'o'oS'
eI Year .Nsr year that struggle va
eoa,iausd. until finally the doeirihs Of
pro.,l.ysry domialisd every department
u yoar go,trumsnt. IL sat sn,hfosed
In the White House. and there ~G' no
road 10 popular favor bai Va submission
10 slavery. 1, vas there ,h.i "e eoald
sec tie power ,h,, deprived u' on TOE
nsh, and oa the lsfi. Of men Who should
have bad The moral courage 20 have stood
sree, a, irsemsn aud ia favor Of freedom.
Applause. II dominated the ,upf'me
court until ih,, body of tmireai Jaii'''
,olsmnly declared, 10 substance. that
eo!o,sd man had no nights which = white
maa va, bound % respect. IL 'eifsd
upon Congtr,,. Gsd by The power Of The
executive we we're deprived Of that ma.
jofi,y which lbsolgisly bslonged TO. And
which ,hoald have been dedicated 70.
freedom And 20 the free territories. For
long years have participated IN his
struggle, .nd shoulder 20 shoulder with
your worthy pf,sidsh, We Tough, the best
b.ulss We eoah fight, Ba, the time
came ~h.n the DsmOciA,ie party hn'lly
ro,,eI ca from every pf.neiPle they ever
proie,ssd. Applause aud Laughter aud
/, thea became our da,y 20 zee VIA, vas
mex, 10 De doae. Why. the Democrats
convention in 1856 virtually resolved A.
their nAiion.l convention ,hI, roml1aied
Mr.. Buchanan ih., the American h's,-
,A,, va, the dsdae,ioa from that the
American flis-Ah ,ha, aig that We
love 20 vsll-e,frisd slavery within y,
fold. wherever IL a)Aied. Iha, wA' the
doeiriue oi Democracy whea James Ba'
ekanAa va, nomin.,ed. and Il was uPoa
that doctrine that be was elected. that
dag, Do we read. and II VIC read, do
We forge, ns noble ls,.on,' Those
stripe, Of red are ,mblsm' of American
bravery those stripe, Of ~hi'e are the
emblem, Of our free Institutions. ,nd The
,,.r, ,h., stud IL, fold, aud the field
of blue are emb.ems in the heavens ,ha,
arch above our heads. That was, aud
thA, l.. ihank God. to-day the h'g otihe
iree and The fls Of the ,,a, Ahd ,,nPe'
| Applause. Th., Ass ,hA, bad ho,'sd
upoa every sea, been honofsd IN every
land. va, The emblem Of Out sovereignty
And cur power. wsn, down. down. down
10 the 6shs,,s Of ibe slave extending
power. Young msn-l see some here
/ / am repeating history to you. Saun
the DsmoerA,ie party I. you would shaa
viper. Applause. The Democrats
party sre no; one particle more p,'fi'''e'
or more homes, to-day than they Wsie
then. Applause.
have tried. briefly to llluds 10 the
act. Of those times. John Randolph
Who acted sometime. Almos, like al ia
sane man, denomina,ed hi, allies Of the
North ushi.ees. and il Was very sr.
eslleni definition because they possessed
the power TO use them and TO knesd them
10 their use asa baker knsAd. 10 shape
hi. dough. lie called them doughfiees.
They were they forge; their manhood
they forso, the teaching. Of their fathers;
they forge, the principle, upon which
this good government Of our, va. found.
cd. They ioigo, !, all. and Was 1t fo'
anything sxesp, ,hs use Of mere eIsea'
/ tive power ,ha, they 20, down and wcr-
j SHRED a, the shrine Of human slavery ?
No. The D,moerA,i; party to-day Is no
better than il va. then. l,run, parallel.
They voted uniformly TO extend slavery;
they voted TO keep in power men Who
were thea subject TO H. They were q
pro-sllyery party, aud there wa, no,
anything else Of them. The parallel !.
the same to-day. They are jus,s' much
doughflcss. only think there ough, TO
be some other name. although better
one doa', occur TO me a, this moment.
The slaves were liberated, but you fad
them now. shoulder TO shoulder. oPprss.
sing the oolorsd race. no, With slavery,
because that /. beyond their power; bu,
they coincide and cooperate With the sets
Of the South. They murder them q,
their elections. They justify a'ys'sm
which makes their whole election code
one Of utter corruption. There is Meth.
era fair vote nor an homes; count, Snd
every Democrat =, the North say, that u,
!. right. don't mean TO ssy tx.cily
that they use tha, language. but by their
&C. they say that it !, ught. Nos.
this thing could all be stopped. | eau
name ten men Ia the DsmOcrAiic patty
to-day. Who. IL they would say that this
thing .h.ll stop. would stop IL. because
they are men high Ia position.
Ard they would have the power to
stop those men. with whom they are
associated In the South, II they would