Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-23

UNION LEAGUE.
of the day and their dis ingu.shed guest. The
Music hall stage was tastefully decorated
when Mr.. Depew stepped upon it, aud the
auditorium was full of the members of the
club with their ladies' The platform was
occupied by number of distinguished guests
among them Hon, Ben Butterworth, of Ohio,
and Andrew Carnegie, besides prominent
citizens of this city. Mr.. Depew was intro
duced by Chairman Head, of the club with
few appropriate remarks, and the cele-
brated New Yorker then proceeded.
Mr. Depew's address was upon "rhe Poit-
cal Mission of the United States" The key
note of the Grafton was his reference to the
fact that the first tariff act which this
country ever had was signed by George
| Washington, whose birth the country was
celebrating. Depew argued that to the tariff
system established by the wisdom and genius
| of Washington and Hamilton was due the
unexampled development of national wealth.
| The present chief executive he said, now
| proposed directly opposite policy. 1t was
fortunate that the issue was squarely made,
and the vital question would have to ba
squarely met All previous deviatons to-
ward free trade policy he declared, had
resulted in disasters to business, and
the losses which would follow complete re-
versal of our national policy now would be
serted that President Cleveland's anxiety for
denomination had led to an abandonment of
| the civil service reform principles upon which
| the administration had at first insisted. This
was an example of the dangers of permitting
second presidential terms. The increasing
| power of the presidential office made it adj
visable that term limit he made cOnsti-
| tutional in order to remove temptations to
abuse of such power in securing prolonged
| terms of office
The political mission of the United States
| has thus far been wrought out by indiyid-
ual and territorial conditions. Four men of
| unequal genius have dominated our century,
and the growth of the west has revolution
lied the republic The four men were Ham
ilton, Jefferson Webster, and Lincoln.
Hamilton at the age of II had formulated
the principles of government by the people so
clearly that no succeeding publcist has i'm
proved them. Jefferson feared the loss of
popular rights in Capitalization. He destroy
cd the party Of Washington and Hamilton,
and built up one that was dominant for half
a century This party held that we were not
nation but a league of independent states
This was a period of danger which at
times checked prosperity, paralyzed progress
and prevented expansion. Webster broke
the spell At a critical period Webster de-
livered speech unequalled for immediate
and lasting results. 1t created an unquencha-
BILE patriotism, and from that day we were
not cohlederabon' ou1 ha'loh' WIN 'ne
sentiment Aperty ana Cnloh' NO" ana
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ments He declared for unrestricted access |
of the west to the sea by the Mississippi, and |
emancipated the slaves. He killed sectional |
ism and left us an undivided nation. We
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honest intention TO carry out MS pledges No
dehed Tue TRADITIONS or MS party In MS poid
utterances on clvil service REFORM he De-
leVed ne had the power TO make coca MS
word Inc pest sentiment Oh inc country
supported MIN. YET as tine canvass OF 1898
opens the tremendous advantage OF an auxll-
lary force OF iVo,OOO faithful workers mas
RELOCATED roman virtue to the rear, ana
brought the spolls system to the front with
the growth of the republic the powers or the
president Will increase. There should be lin
ltatlon to one term, and those who have held
the position should receive an adequate PEN
sion for life. This would elevate the office
Depew next discussed the danger OF pa
ternalism in government. Individual Free
dom was a safeguard of liberty. The public
school system must be fortified as cure for
the danger of ignorance, native and i'm
ported. Ignorance is the breeding ground of
Anarchy. We must not admit criminals and
paupers. Persistent disturbers who refuse
citizenship should be expelled on the first
conviction of jury. To secure fair and
honest elections the Australian system, in
Guiding printing and distribution of ballots
at public expense, should be adopted The