The Portland daily press., 1888-02-08

yours, to participate in some Of those events
and to become familiar with them all. The
country had strayed from the teachings Of
the fathers and the founders Of the govern
ment, and loyalty to slavery became pure and
undeliled Democracy. AM how we'll | re-
member the conflicts through which we
passed in attempting TO keep this curse out
Of the free territories Of the land. We sought
to prevent its polluting step. and step by
step we saw our failure. 1t was Illuminating;
1t was humilating beyond description, when
we had the question Of the right OF petition
denied virtually to freemen. when we found
ourselves under the first impulse that came
to men, when we found ourselves in favor of
freedom, in the majority In the House. But
as the thing struggled on we saw one mere
and another there, and still another DESERT
ing the standard Of the free until slavery trl.
umphed Thank God, there Is no vote OF
mine in my "a long years OF Congressional
life that was not for freedom. Loud ap-
| plause.
How we struggled, Mr.. President. How
we were humbled to see those with whom
we were associated dropping away until at
every battle, in the end, we found ourselves
| reduced to the minority. Year after year
| that struggle was provoked. year after year
| that struggle was continued, until finally the
| doctrine OF pr0-slavery dominated every de-
| partment Of your government. 1t sat en-
| throned in the White House, and there was
no road to popular favor but In submission
| to slavery. 1t was there that we could see
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on the left, ofsmen who should have had the
/ moral courage to have stood erect as free
men and in favor Of freedom. [Applausel.
/ IL dominated the supreme court until that
| body OF eminent Jurists solemnly declared,
/ in substance, that colOred man had no
| rights which white man was bound to re-
| spect. 1t seized upon Congress, and by the
/ power of the executive we were deprived Of
| that majority which absolutely belonged to,
| and which should have been dedicated TO,
| freedom and to the free territories. For long
/ years have participated in this struggle,
| and shoulder TO shoulder with your worthy
/ president we fought the best battles we
| could fight. But the time came when the
| Democratic party finally rotted off from
| every principle they ever prOfessed, LAp-
| plause and laughterl and 1t then became our
| duty to see what was next to be done. Why,
| the Democratic convention In 1896 virtually
resolved at their national convention that
| nominated Mr., Buchanan that the American
/ flag-that was the deduction from it,-that
the American fiag-Ahl that flag that we
/ love so well-carried slavery within its
/ folds wherever 1t flOated. That was the
| doctrine of Democracy when James Bu-
chanan was nominated, and 1t was upon that
| doctrine that he was elected. That flag u
Do we read, and If we read. do we forget its
noble lessons. Those stripes of red
| are emblems Of American bravery I;
those stripes of white are the emblems
| of our free institutions, and the stars that
| stud its folds and the stripes Of blue are em-
| bems in the heavens that arch above our
heads. That was, and that Is, thank God,
| to-day the flag of the free and the flag OF the
stars and stripes. [Applause.J That flag
that had floated upon every sea, been honor
ed in every land. was the emblem Of our
| sovereignty and our power, went down,
down, down to the: behests of the slave ex-
| tending power. Young men-l see some
here-I am repeating history to you. Shun
the Democratic party as you would shun a
viper. Applause. The Democratic party
| are not one particle more patriotic, or more
honest to-day than they were then. Jap
have tried. briefly to allude TO the acts Of
| those times John Randolph, who acted
sometimes almost like an insane man. de-
| nominated his allies Of the North dough-
faces, and it was very excellent definition
| because they possessed the power to use
| them and to knead them to their use as a
| baker kneads TO shape his dough. He called
| them doughfaces. They were; they forgot
their manhood; they forgot the teachings Of
their fathers; they forgot the principles up
on which this good government Of ours was
| founded. They forgot it all, and was 1t for
| anything except the use of mere executive
| power that they got down and worshipped
/ at the shrine of human slavery? No. zThe
| Democratic party to-day Is no better than
/ 1t was then. 1t runs parallel They
| voted uniformly TO extend slavery; they
| voted to keep in power men who were then
subject to it. They were .pro-slayery party,
The parallel is the same today. They are
just as much dough-faces, only | think there
ought to be some other name, although bet
ter one don't occur to me at this moment.
The slaves were liberated, but you find them
now, shoulder to shoulder, depressing the
| c0lored race, mot with slavery, because that is
| beyond their power; but they coincide and
cooperate with the acts of the South: They
murder Saa u,fS them at svste1 their Which seGt9ns mss
their whole election code one Of utter cor
| rupti0n. There is neither fair vote nor an
honest count, and every Democrat at the
| North says that 1t Is right. don't mean to
say exactly that they use that language, but
by their acts they say that it is right Now,
| this thing could all be stopped. | can name
| ten men in the Democratic party today, who,
| If they would say that this thing shall stop,
| would stop it, because they are men high In
| stop those men, with whom they are associ-
| ated in the South, IL they would exercise
| their power. The attitude, then, of the
Democratic party in sustaining. slavery, and
| ed men of the South today, are
| perfect parallels. l dc not know
| but that 1t marks the Democratic party
| of today worse than the Democratic party Of
i 1860.
| Now, this was the condition in which the
| country was when Abraham Lincoln was
| elected President Of the United States 1t
| was position the duties of which l hardly
| think could have been discharged by any
/ other man that lived. 1t Is not my purpose
to speak Of the progress of the war and the
| great results that came from II, because you
| are nearly all familiar with It, Still there is
/ new generation that was not then born,
| VINO might be instructed and who might re-
| ceise more light as to the duty which we
| owe to the government under which they
| live, but pass that by and come to say q
| very few words OF Mr.. Lincoln and his ad-
/ ministration.
| Mr.. Lincoln was elected under this condi-
| tion of things that have already stated No
| body can apprehend the responsibility that
| rested on him. No such responsibility ever
rested upon any other man. But we had
| from this war learned some things. We had
| learned this, and think all writers upon
| that government to establish its stability
/ and permanency must pass through three
| grades. First, there must be sufficient pow
| er to found establish agovernment. That Is
| the first thing The second thing TO ensure
| the permanency OF government Is It's abil-
| ity to maintain foreign war, and the third
| and last thing, the ability to sup
| press a rebellion. That is the word. II
| there Is any Mugwump here who does not
| like the word, let him hunt up better one.
| Laughter and applause.l Rebellion Is the
word. Well, our fathers gave us the evil
| dence Of the first power. They established
| this government, wiser and better than they
| knew. Not perfect government, but the
| best government that the sun in heaven ever
| shown down upon. They speak of repub-
| lies. They speak Of the republics of Greece
and Rome. Why, they were not republics.
The one was military republic, so called,
where perhaps one man in ten had the right
of suffrage, and the other was an Oligarchy.
Ours was Republican government founded
upon the consent Of the governed, and em-
bracing almost every adult male citizen with
| in its borders as participating in it. They
founded the government. and, | repeat, II
| was q wiser government than they knew.
The second test of the permanency of our
government was demonstrated in our war
with Mexico. Though God forbid that
should ever stand anywhere to justify that
war. Not |, though stood bravely by my
country when it was in war. Applause.l
The national ode of Drake had to be rewrit-
ten in those slavery times, and instead OF
using the inspiring language Of Drake, we
had to read it,
Forever float that standard sheet, where press
the foe ana fall before us,
With slavery's soil beneath our feet, and slaverys
banner streaming Ger u.s."
The second test Of the permanency Of our
government was in TIE ti.e aggressive war against
/ Mexico, and it was success. That aag OF
the brave was fioated in triumph over the
halls Of the Montezumas in Mexico. The last
best which II is said to be necessary to estab-
| lish the power and permaneney Of govern
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