Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-11
SOME GLORIOUS HISTORY.
THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.

AIsf0 CSSl COlIDlSkSt ulln VIC utCSSSlby
for political parties in O republic shall
have ceased. Born in the struggle to
check the extension and usurpations of an
unhallowed slave oligarchy, nursed in
the cradle of universal liberty, baptized
In the struggle to prevent secession and to
guarantee the rights Of the people to self
government, the Republican party hos es-
poused the causo of the oppressed, guar
anteed the rights of the poor, and demon
strated that o government Of the people,
by the people and for the people shall not
perish from the earth.
It's history is q record Of the deeds done
by the government from 1851 to 1886.
That history every parent LIS proud to have
his children read. 1t Is the only history
Which throws a halo of glory around the
name of America during that period 1t
is q history of which the party itself is
proud, and is perfectly willing to have
read by the world Concerning 1t no
apologies ever needed or sought. There
Is no page OF this history which it is de.
sirous Of having erased or forgotten under
the deceptive plea, '1et bygones be by
cones" Every page Is radiant with noble
acts worthny done for humanity.
The Republican party Is the one,which
demonstrated that a republic has O life
worth preserving; that treason is a crime;
that tie United States Is q nation with q
central heart whose pulsaEions are felt In
every part OF the body polite; that q uni
yersal currency. secured by the wealth of
the nation. is superior to the bastard pro-
geny of states and corporations; that
citizenship Is rightfully based upon In
teligence and good character, and not
upon the mere accident of birth or official
standing; that the United States has a
destiny to achieve and must not allow
herself to be-shorn of her strength by un-
due obeisance to. any foreign gods or
goddesses; and that the policy of protec-
tion. which has during the past been SO.
prolific of benefcent results, may be safely
trusted in the future.
The Republican party, too, is proud of
the great men who have stood In her
ranks and fought her battles, and whom
she assisted iii developing and bequeatn-
ing to the woild-her Summers, and vii
sons, and iiacolns, and Stewards, and
Mortons, and Wades, and Chases, and
Camerons. and Garields, and Conklings,
and Chambers. and Blaines, and Sher-
mans, and Logans, etc. In them the
problems of government found ready So
luton. and the rights of man. however,
humble, found able and conscientious adj
Yocates.
It's past history (for the future is yet to
be written) is sandwiched between the
administrations Of two Democratic presi-
dents. one of whom had brains but no
backbone, the other backbone but no
brains. Receiving the reins of govern
ment when the nations conscience
was ~debauched, her flag d~ishonored, her
treasury bankrupt, her army scat
tered. her navy dispersed. her credit
gone. she ~reorganized her ward and gave
her a position and an honor before which
the Chaldee's excellency would have palad
Into utter insignificance. The depicted
treasury she filed SO full of good money
that even q horde Of hungry politicians
who bankrupted 1t are unable to steal or
squander it's contents; the dishonored flag
she caused to be respected the world over;
and tho ruined credit she restored to the
highest possible national standing.
A party with 30 glorious a heritage
heed not fear to trust her fate to an intel
-igent constituency, The brief Interrupt
tion in her power is the result of merest
accident. To continue her supremacy q
few fundamental facts need to be borne IN
mind.
First-She must insist upon maintain
ing In the future. ms in the past. the ne
eessity of protecting American industries
against the insidious and hurtful doctrine
which would cripple them. and thus sac
rifice the rights Of both capital and labor.
Second-She must insist upon restrict
ing the importation of a pauper and Grim
lnal population to interfere with the
rights Of native born or naturalized re.
spectacle citizens,
Third-She must insist upon a free and
untrammeled vots in every part of the
country. which vote Is to be counted as
cast; upon the enforcement of the amend
ment to the national constitution which
restricts the number of electors and con-
gressmen to the actual citizenship whose
rights are respected at the polls; and upon
the condign punishment Of every one who
In any manner hampers with election re.
turns or attempts to thwart the wishes
of the people as expressed at the ballot
box
Fourth-She must insist upon the
proper recognition Of all who in any man
ner aided In suppressing the late rebel
lion. together with the survivors, of suct
persons
Nfth-The Republican party is stronge,
than any man, and when thoroughly IL
earnest upon q platform of living princi
Piles can be successful against q party
which has demonstrated its utter inca
pacity to grapple successfully with tn,
vital problems Of government.
Sixth-The so called magnetism of tn,
day canno be made 10 take the place o
brains and experience.
Ability and availability must both b.
| taken into account in the selection Of can
| didates. They must be men who repre-
sent some well defined principles, and no
simply fgureheads. Success with incom
potency Is a greater misfortune than de
feat with craftsmanship.
Let the party declare Its principles, m,
let the candidates stand upon them. Thi
done. the party united can elect its mel
because 1t comes before the country witt
nm honest plea that all intelligent mel
must respect and recognize.
Success can and will attend the party 0
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