Telegram-herald., 1888-09-26
HON. FRED. DOUGLASS
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NsSro "a ths Polls.

Long before tAs EoQr tor tic speech 70 be
ga standing room vas sousst ~ tAoss
NO zane too ale 10 secure seats and dur
ing the sh0ie evening ladies' wsEs seen
standing in ali the sisies.
A. exactly : clock the VeT-saired
statesman stepped across "a. platform add
TOOK his seat aAid The widest cheers. a
dousle Quartetts sang cs4psign song and
were heartily encored, they responded rllh
~ hen Grover Comes Marching Home
Again"
Al TIE close Of the song. Rev J. B. Given.
Of tie klfth Avenue COlOred N. e Church,
who acted as chairman VI ths meeting. Ia
short Aad appropriate spssch. Introduced
hr. Douglass. Mr.. Dousiass who was
very hosrse irom outdoor speaking. spoke.
after a few introd odactOry reInsrks- suostsn-
TALLY as follows.
The success Of the Republican party
means pr0tsctlOn 10 homes, protection -
industries. protection TO labor and prOtoc-
ton " men. We nave before Us Tie same
old question that was decided on many .
hard-iOughE neld. the question OF the
triumph of two civilization Ia thls country.
In l04O Ike 10 20 BACK 10 that Winter
hsn teO ships were battling with the
Atlantic OF their way 10 America, there
were brought these two civilizations TO this
conntry. one OF these ships was The May
flower, which brought . civilization that
has filled the North aud North west. The
other ship was a Dutch galley With twenty
slaves aboard which tlled the whole South
with 8 civilization that was willing to live
by the sweat OF the brow of these slaves,
one landed at Plymouth Rock, The
other al Jamestown; one brought the
Biole, the church, the school, the
honorable marriage, and the right
10 worship God according 10 the dictates
oil ones own conscience. The other brought
manacled slaves aud an srlstocracy that
would have brought ruin TO this country If
IL had not been for the Republican party.
Ii brought q civilization whlch sold men 10
build churches and women TO buy bibles.
Out Of these two civilizations have grown,
on the one hand, the Democratic party; on
the other, the Republican party. | will not
fan the flame of sectional snimosity; II IS
not sectional, IL is the fame Of ideas.
The issue OF this campaign was given bv
Grover Cleveland himself. One man ought
not TO have the power to shape the whole
campaign, but | think Grover is little
scared now oy the eagerness with which We
have picked up the issue which he has
| offered.
We ought to know something Of the can
didates which we support and expect
| others 10 support. | am very fortunate in
| this respect. l happen TO know what kind
| OF a man the next President of the United
States is. / have travelled with him; have
bad a peep into his soul. and am satisfied.
| ICheers. That man is not the Hon.
| Grover Cleveland, OF the State of New York,
| but the Hon. Benjamin Harrison, of the
State of Indiana. Cheers Well, we are
TO choOse-but then | an not to throw
mud ! thank GOD that thus lar thi. cam
paign has been kept out of the mud. The
| dignity OF the Nation requires that We hold
| il to It's present standard. l do not wish 10
| throw mud on the character OF any candi-
| date. but think that enjamin Harrison
and Levi f. Morton will compare favorably
with Hon. Grover Cleveland and Hon. Mr..
| Thurman, so we may leave the matter here
| as 10 the candidates.
The importance of this campaign cannot
| be overestimsted. Ii is not less than that
which placed Lincoln in the Preside ntial
| chair.
| Mr.. Thurman says "Workingmen. yon
| are paying SIS for a coat that you would
have 10 pay only $40 for under free trade"
/ But how long would it last2 Let the win
dows OF those magnificent mills of New
| England be broken in and how long would
1t be before the people of England would
make you pay SIC for your coat / remem-
| Der when we could not make pen with
| an American knife. We had to pay from
! 81. so to 81 for Sheffield knife. Now we pay
| IS cents for . knife which was then worth
| 81 so. Let our cutlery establishments go to
ruin and how long would il be before Shelf
| field would raise the price OF her knives
| When this Government was formed the
| founders had Eve things in mind: To form
| a more perfect union; to provide for the
| common defense, to promote the general
| welfare; to insure domestic tranquility. and
| TO secure the blessings OF liberty to our
selves and our posterity." You may look
a. the question as a national question.
| " hatsver will promote the general welfare
of this nation is the principle TO vote for.
| ANY man who tells you that wages can De
| kept TO the present standard without pro-
tsctIon knows that his statements are false.
| The lamented Roscoe Conkling said that
| men may die. but parties live on. A good
| party might have bad men In its ranks, and
| the influence OF the party might make the
man better. but a bad party will never make
q man better. Now the good Grover Clevs-
| land came to the Presidential chair with
| the noblsst doctrine that ever issued from
| the mouth of man. He was opposed 10 .
second term. but when he faced bis party
| they dorned him, they compelled him to
/ accept denomination and made him fur
nsh $40 900 campaign money. Laughter.
Grover Cieveisnd tried to ride Two horses
going in opposite directions, when he en-
| tered bis ofhcs, and he failed.
| Two cats and sre mouse.
| Two wives Ia Cne house, etc
We'll. Mrs. Nugvunp and Mrs. Demo
crst fell out ana Grover failed to please
them both.
| To knew about party y0u must look a.
its history. / know the Democrat party
| does not ike TO look st the past.
/ They ssT lss bY-gosss bs by-gonss
! sut II their past hsd been like
| The past Of the Republican party they
would % CAD 70 look sscE. Who. when
/ ths oouatry vas rent asGn5sr at its centre
said. vs ksgs no risht 70 cesrce tsose
| STATE. sad fsrcs thsa into their place
| Tae Dsnoorstc party. Wso Said. wssn
Foar srsvs boys ossnfr0at.d IN. mnrdsrous
r.Ssis Yen can never put thsm do-u7
\ The Democrats party. Who ssid. vkss
Tou had piled up aebt ssvlsr thar .
moaatAia Of god. You asvsr can pay ~
| Ihe Democratic party. Bnt tss Re-
| puhiicaa party aks ao1s al Of
/ this snd tBsiF -ork is not Tst done
The spssksr hen gave SON. s's istic,
/ showing tas snail nua ser 81 votes cast .
/ ths South. compared rith ths Norts. the
eaass - -sioh. hs sad vo to- shotgun
/ and tse car ash. Tou sws it, >. pro
cee3ed 20 yourselves and % Is 20 see that
/ tbs sbgse o e0rrsCtsd ard when TsG rat
/ Benjamin Harrison n to- Waite HSrss
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/ stepped - the frJnt s0d sxc1se1
( hlmssif fren making sce~rh.
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1 then proposed tbrse cheers fsr Hsrrissn
an5 Nsrtsa vhich wers gwen rith vim.
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/ f,- F-s1 Dsurts~. thea teree for Chsrli.