The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-02

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Eseseff snish. Esq. rerrssssy OF the Fro.
hihafion EonveBfsoa at MAY lis, 81
North YAKIMA
DKAn ssrs-Ysur osseiai communication
Of fse Isfh Inst, Inviting my fsssfsbie
s.'s'.,dersfsen q ne P aasssr,s ssops.s, y
aud formally notifying NE At the aesion Of
taaf eppssnfioa In nominssitsx me- for del
exate 10 congress. came ~ my hands ga The
3lkh instant This expres<son IT the con
6denes and hote, gnsfs.mity and enfhu-
sfa<fn wIfh which the independent and
pasri0fir eIemeats Of oar teFsstory repre-
n<nfrs1 In that esnssusten ks5k 10 me, AZ
ferts nat deeply. The n0sninsticn I ~.
eeps, bssf aof - = political aspiraisf, for J
am moi eouxcis,ps ef amp political am
tdfioD. and my scecptAIbcv 81 the nosnias
fiau u. aftd an siectica sfiii Hore VIII b.,
. ssfsous dessnxsmeBt q knE.ehessshesi
ways than orr. I aresg< raeseiy besaa~s
am eifixea. who - citizen belongs 90
the people aud 10 whose public services
the people are entitled II they want thea.
aud for whom they eaunot have lair OPP
porfunlsy TO vote salsas his name Il put
FORWARD By some parry. Moreover. ! accept
In Difference to the Judgment Of Others and
with great personal shrinking from resron-
s5b;litiex yet unfried. ard seasibie that the
surreSs u cnr party ticket will depend far
more upon the purity. courage and vixor OF
oar canssss than upon the name or sup
sane dine, ! secspt with : certain lively
satisfaction and joy In my surroundings
and associates, for do not believe that any
party ever appeared In this country, or
ever In any country made any claim to
people's rifffsxes. inspired by purer mo-
lives. or seeking ioisscr aims, or having
Overriding favor Of Almighty God. A party
- animated aud favored may well insist
and expect that ID VIII triumphautly carry
even its first territorial campaign.
with the platform aud all II says. am IN
full and hearty accord. IT. underlying and
leading measure prohibition And while
do not think. ~ sosne seern W d1. that
the liquor evil IL the source and cause OF
oil social and political iIis and that the ex-
tipctloD VI II would put d substantial and
enduring end 10 them all b. removing for
ever their generating cause, YET am thor
oaghly persuaded that extirpation 81 the
liquor business is and mus; he, until ac-
renpiishrd. the first and main offset of
the enlightened aud unss,lflsh patriotism
Of the nation aud Of ever state. territory
and municipality within H. Ia whatever
party IL be. Iatriofisfa mus, and will strive
fsr that. until with sufficient fierce assem-
Our platform rightly assumes. that the
chief energies Of the party sre to be exerted
along the line 1T this issue. not ~ the neg
lcet or exclusion Of other matters buf to the
temporary ssibnrfinafion OF them % H.
0nr canvass win receive Impetus and
- tsss-F -
Elephants la great uational movement
aud q part Of a great national party. ! say
q great party. because though IL has small
aud recent beginnings II IL not now even
10 numbers small. II II great In the mum
Der of votes II casts. great I'm the nnsec-
tionai aud difftisiye character Of It's repre-.
ssntafi1ns gsat Ia the large proportion Of
persons eminent for love OF man aud
country u includes. great In the lies aud
ISLANDERS aud persecution against II and Its
appr0sers It's existence proyokes, great In
the nartsr-like loyalty ef Its follower.
great Ia its capacity Of survival and emer
geucr irfepressible, multiplied tn numbers
aud resource aud courage and faith, after
every supposed defeat. and great In it,
gosvv,.ru .... .rophccicd swifi-falhliing
destiny.
This party makes war ON no party. But
Its aseel1aney In Inconsistent with the
idea that any other party shall hold ma.
ioflty Of the votes Of the country. II
makes war ~, political seifshness, and for
purposes Of this war seeks majority OF tie
votes. Therefore. II necessarily draws
voters from all parties; for 1t oiien itself 10
the patriotism Of the country as n tool
with which things can b. dane THAI must
he done Hnd which no other exiting party
can be induced to do. Every voter In II
has and giories IN, ms his legitimate herit-
age--of which no say-so ~ any body nor
any power III nature eau deprive him-ail
the splendid historic achievements Of the
grand old party from which he has come
but he takes upon himself a new party re-
lmfien beeaus. there are splendid achieve
ments, YET Ia be historic. left to do which
cannot otherwise be achieved.
At the dat. OF the organization Of the Re-
publican party, the nation was already iu-
yelsed In two iFrepressihic conflicts. each
threatening the national iife--one between
free aud save institutions and the other
between the iianor interest aud the home
OF these two, at that date, the former WAS
more widely felt. confessed and feared,
though not perhaps nofe urgent. Then
Hfoso the Republican party. The alarming
exircacy Of the anii-slayery conflict was
the rcassn of its being II prosfercd itself
to the Union loving patriotism. Of the eoun-
try, aud was by thai patriotism accepted
and used "a an fundamentally for dealing
with ani dlspossng OF that conflict. aud
the great stale problems incident 10 the
ren5ency aud determination of IT, These
problems were seven;
dict, INV w"
,. Armed rebellion Of secedIng states as
second phase.
B civil or domestic slavery. the cause.
a fae status Of states whose rebellion
was extinct, one sequel
$. adaptation Of the constitution 10
changed conditions. another sequel
a t.falf tkst.
domestic slavery, another sequel
Z. Political soiidity OF the south, stiii
another sequel aud the cue mort mauiiexlly
dauyrfaus - The national Integrity.
The first ave of these moiasntous prob
LENS the Republican party, while held In
pawvs aud managed b. that share of the
patriotism OF the country which controlled
H. solved and set AZ rest But during the
long pcticd necessary u the solution fh,,
tact that u was the party ~ power and
could divide the si-oils ef political victory
and uphold those who bore Its name. at
rurs elements, which when toe time
came for Geaiinx effectively with the sixth
and seventh prohicnS had grown 10 De- VI
large aud czasfinS that tac party funnd
AMI ansss Itself no longer free 10 handle
them, Meanwhile. the other irsepreSsihle
connict. thai of li4aor against home. has
swollen 10 lnonssFuus proportions and Is ca.
crossing merc and iaere the popular at;en-
ton aud exciting popular a,aFfa- AnosheF
cxiseney Is upon the nation, aud has
given birth 20 the rrohihssion.passy. Thrs
rxsssncs. the Republican party MAS not
born. upf trained. and utterly declines 10
inset. Il rVfuss . a. take UP the burslca Of
this servnt sVntiei. aitAouga tfe very
shoasacriag II the hsFv.cp : the plain sare
aud apparently ouly rVsty solution 81
problems six and seven. What KEEPS
The saa;h solid Is shc Republic an
party u Is lhc prySsarv - the Repair.
isvan passy up-ln the solid ss,sih that See p
Il solid. ltisiaiexFafV the tluh au1 the
frScsimcas Vute = ffccsf. ant the ffes.iiavn
a. a>c "a lp t~a.lsieai slaves. TAerc sre rs
day In this eostaist eniy tsn FSssle> resly
nasiousi. both IA representation ana es2c
ieHey. asaely the l'rohihi,laa aai the
lknortstil PARTIES these twsA or thrir
sE3ces sSss-s, with SNRi changes ia nusatssrS
sssd i-sr~snucl- Viii, hcioey many yea-s A-c
rssi, confFoA; aiia another Gr0n isSas,S
preseugeSi hS the tr,hihsgisa fszfty ia a ua
tiasai ecnte~s. Whesaia ths i'rssA3Sjti,la
Iarts. ~ siS .GeccSsor. shall base gAe
u.ssseFY. Very sesl~ce;iails.
kaoER : GREENE
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