The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-06-27

strong in the imbecility of 'innocuous desue-
tude," and deserves TO live as a Renaissance
OF promises forgotten and pledges un redeemed.
There are those in this land who seem to be-
leYe that the mission of the republican party
IS at an end; that the emancipation proclama-
ton, Appomattox and the constitutional amend
ments are at once the monuments of its glory
and the grave-stOnes of its demise but the work
of the republican party will never be done
until every American citizen enters into his
unquestioned inheritance of liberty, equal
rights and justice, until representation In con-
gress is based upon votes freely cast and fairly
counted; until there is adequate protection for
the helplessnesS and old age of the disabled vet
Grams and the widows and orphans of their de-
ceased comrades; until those policies OF gov
eminent which ensure national and individual
prosperity are firmly established, aud until
patriotism and LOYALTY are the only qualifica-
lions, except fitness, for official position in the
service OF the republic.
There are those in the land who insist that
the republican party keeps alive the old-time
sectional feeling and that il refuses to let "the
dead past bury its dead" The republican
party longs and prays for the coming OF the
millennium of its hopes when III spirit
and in truth a Mason and Dixon's line
will be bl0tted out forever; when fraternal ties
and common interests unite us all; when the
whole people found rejoicing together that
the inherited institution of human slavery
DESTROYED by the justice OF God; glad together
that the holy bonds of union could not be sew
cred; hopeful together for n magnificent
tiOnal destiny; loyal together to a common
country and its uncOnQuered flag.
But, when that glad time comes black and
white must march side by side in the broad
sunshine of safety, and lie down to peaceful
slumbers in the untroubled shadows Unprotected
homes. The republican party turns to the new
south with wide open arms. Ii offers loyal assist
ance in the development OF It's agriculture, the
opening OF its mines, the building up of its
manufactures. 1t proposes to break down the
barriers OF unpleasant memories with the hope
OF a new prosperity.
The great distinctive issue of the present
campaign is the issue of the tariff. To the sup
port of protective tariff there will rise up an
overwhelming army of intelligent, thoughtful
and practical men, and the East and West, the
North and South will join hands together to
forever exterminate in this republic the per-
niciouS doctrine of free trade. As we gather
had in this city in 1850. We remember how it
was inspired with the wisdom and courage to
select that great man of the people-that Moses
who led us through the parted waters of the
sea, past the wilderness of battle, over the Jor-
dan of sally into the promised land. In 1884
we were driven back to the wilderness again.
God give us the wisdom TO find another Moses
who can limit our wandering TO four years in
stead of forty. The mighty past is with us
here to-day. 1t fills us with the same spirit of
freedom, patriotism and devotion which
breathed into the common dust of ordinary hui
mainly the sublime inspiration of heroic deeds.
Let us read Its lessons rightly and hold its pre-
cepts dear
When Robert Bruce king of Scotland, lay
upon his dying bed he requested that his heart