The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-10-31

rIOuS principle OF free whisky and Tree to-
bacco and against reduction of the tax
on clothing, tools of labor, lumber, salt,
provisions and tin plate? When history
has been written, and the issue of this
campaign stands out in the clear perspec-
tive, robbed of all the glamour OF partisan
excitement, what a rich consolation it
viii be to recall the fact that you stood up
mantully for relieving the stills and whisky
barrels of the load upon their liquid hell
while you strenuously insisted upon
burdening every necessary OF life with AZ
per cent. taxationi What a charming re-
lection for conscientious man!
What is a party? Ii is nothing worthy
if it is not the embodiment OF right princi-
pie. Is it pride that holds a man to his
party after he has discovered want of
principle in its acts? Pride ought TO
operate precisely TO the contrary;
it should force a conscientious
man to hurl his party from
him. The young man can iiberate
himself more easily than can the older
man, and with far more room for honor
able profit by the act Youth is the time
for molding the tissues of life into the
form of noble destiny. History and
biography are rich with instances which
fortifv young manhood with sense of un-
bounded possibilities. The one secret is
TO begin Alright. Turn your face so that it
feels the sunshine OF future glory and
honor, while deep in the stone which
marks your beginning you cut with a firm
hand the inscription which forms the
initial of life dedicated to truth.
What party is old? What party has
shown that vitality which characterizes
nothing but youth and truth q? Youngman,
YOU are fresh from reading the history of
the foundation of our government. Who
laid the corner-stones? Who built
the walls? Who carved the legend
of independence-of political freedom
Old J the democratic party is twice as old
as the republican party. Grand? Jeffer-
son and Madison and Jackson are with
drawn into the grandeur of our most
sacred history, while the party they made
is to-day dominant, its master spirit hold
ing the reins of government with all the
courage and vigor of youth.
Do you imagine for one moment that
this party, which has Graded the repub
lie and has lived to cherish it for a hun
dred years and is to-day making the
cleanest and most honorable pages of its
financial history, will be defeated? Do
not permit the flare of political torches
and the blare of partisan horns to confuse
your judgment. Victory is for the demo-
Gratis this year and for many years to
come. The hand of destiny clears the
way for the man who bears the message
of relief along with the magnetic prestige
OF unbrOken years of success. Do you
imagine that Harrison can carry New
York or Indiana? Pause and consider
Why should he carry either state? What
principle is behind him? What DESTINY
has him in hand? Old Farmer Williams
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blunders-his failure to feel the beat OF
the public heart that crushed him then.
Again he posed in public with the
startling claim that he had been defrauded
out OF senatorial honors by Judge (now
Senator) Turpie. The question was left
to a republican senate and Harrison lost
You remember his rebuke, nav his in
suit, to the greenback party, and
you recall his attitude toward labor few
years ago. That the republican party
nominated him is proof and a prophecy
it is a proof of the insincerity of its
promises to labor; ii is a prophecy of de-
feat His destiny is the destiny OF worry
and defeat whose origin is in coldness,
lack of human sympathy and a total want
OF that earnest courage which is engen-
dered by close study and experience OF
common life. lie cannot and ne will not
win, because he ought MOI to win. You
will feel this if you will cast off more ex-
element for moment ana look coolly at
the calculus of forces at the power behind
Mr.. Cleveland, which is the power of
duty we'll done, and the destiny before
him, which is the destiny of young,
strong, self-reliant, courageous man who
has never known defeat.
Young man, do you know the secret of
Success? History holds this secret, 1t is
this: The successful man is he who has
the power to feel the current of destiny.
As the sailor trims his vessel to utilize
the breath of the wind, the successful man
gets into the current of human sympathy,
human desire and longing, and by that
stream he is guided. Human destiny is
not controlled by money, nor by syndi-
Gates, nor by trusts; but by the broad tide
of the masses OF men and the man who is
not at the head of this is no favorite OF
destiny. Would you be successful Have
a care how you set out. Successful men
are successful from the start. A crushed
bud never opens into perfect flower. A
life beginning with a mistake never
broadens into the fullness of success.
Cleveland the president is but the flower
of Cleveland when he ran for his Office
and captured Destiny on the threshold of
youth. These is the secret. Come where
the current streams strong and full into
the future it is buta repetition of history;
a sober thought fixes this truth; you
know what it means. Are you courageous
enough to profit by it? or will you
weakly submit TO influences alien to every
hope OF success? One thing you do know
you know that neither time nor the &C
cidents and exigencies of our country's
growth have in the least debilitated the
vitality of the principles upon which the
democratic party is founded; moreover,
you can but feel that Grover Cleveland is
a manifestation OF that vitality and that
his success is 4 striking instance of I'M
broken achievement due to that inspira-
ton which gives a young man the courage
to start Alright. 1t is not the wise or
wholly self-reliant young man who makes
a great public show of his vote The bal
lot is sacred, and each man may silently
deposit it. He owes no explanation, no
apology, no argument save that recorded
within his secret conscience for truths
sake. If the young mans first political
act be on the side where the elements of
honorable success preponderate, the
act may be secret and yet it will
be the beginning of series
of fortunate ventures. because it is inner
courage and not open bravado which sub
dues destiny and conquers fortune. The
great poet saw with the last refinement OF
vision this truth / am stating when he
wrote of the tide in the affairs of men
which, when taken at the flood, leads on
to fortune. Young man. the tide is now,
the moment is golden, the flood will soon
he mast vnu must chOOgQ boldly Won