Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-05-09
JUDGE PAYSON.


xA&vy AA0vt Bh80Q uV koG lW0P0Ct9Vu. ~ ia
remember how they sucosedei four years ago
-appsaling 20 the fears Of an al too oredulous
people, By emphasize aud repeated assertions
q boEruption Ia office aud the squandering OF
ne public funds and grOss sxtrsvaaanos and
nismsnAseinsnt OF m excessive army Of Of
AesholdsFs. and the pfiing up Of an immense
s~ssSs HSs an. ma r. 9ssa..''T They sSt g. SS0 sSi. snd {. :
seEies ~ Academia. any one OF which not hap
penins. The result would have been different.
eve snrnsd the Government over to them.
and how different r. ,m its condition when We
s0ok Il from them In 1851 They gave us con,
fusion; We sAve them order. They. gave 10 the
treasury: We restored the Govsrnment 70 them
WITH ons ovsrfiowing. They gave rs IN I'm.
"a ne world. they gave us IN smbarrsssmsat
= g funds they took II with only anxiety -
e its excess. They gave Us an experiment -
ssss ci1ii.:srsic: IN mi shs World sc We so sas% L 'n is
disorder and tumult aud delivered it up with
the whole macEinery Q. the Government work
e NE clockwcsk Taking II thus, what DO
iican methods or Republican legislation, I
serve notice on the Democratic party now and
hsrs that silly tabbiing about Republican in
want the proof Of performance for the luxuri-
ant promises which we're made TO them four
year. ago: and the record OF the administra-
Until they came In the Presidents messages
were bright with hope OF joyous as to resuits.
based on belief aud confidence In the country.
impending disaster. and to-day only ices the
clouds and gloom In the future OF the country.
That has besn the fault of ths Democratic par
y: Il possesses the conservatism which has
Always been . decaying inactivity. Its funda-
mental ideas Of construction have always been
tmbecility. This administration shows not
only. an inability t, manage afIairs, but . total
want Of governing capacity The difference be-
tween it, Republican predecessors and It Ia the
distinguishing difference between the two par
ties which have always existed tho difference
growth and decay. between vigor aud Incidence.
bstween activity and stagnation.
It should be our pride to-day, fellow Rspub.
Leans. that our party has always been a rndi-
cal party in other words, one Of progress and
growth, and IL has always had opportunities
equal 20 its distress. IT found the country
sucoess and continued existence. It was CON
fEontsd with Q situation that demanded dnunt.
iass courage and INFINITE capacity. and it
It, life has covered the most momentous Period
Of the countsy's HISTORY, and IL made more his.
tory worth recording than had ever been writ
ten in any period Of the history OF the world
for any continuous hundred years. When We
took control not only we're We without
cash or credit. but the war was upon
us. The Republican party was not
content TO deal with Q single subject; national.
iy and progress we're its moving 50 rits, Loyalty
and Intelligence were yoked together. Military
skill and inventive genius were both kept busy ;
prosperity wers made kindred duties. Military
operations and industrial enterprises on equally
stupsndous scales were carried on, and while
treason the other was stretched out 10 the West
for empire and We conquered with both. politi-
cal and economical legislation was initiated,
theories solved and materialized into law tali
the system We nov have WAS matured. adapted
~ we'll to peace - war.
The years went on and new questions
crowded IN upon us only to be grasped and
answered. Reconstruction aud the great amend
ments TO the , onstitutton which will live and
shine 70 long - civilization has . name; .
system OF finance; paper money for the con-
vsnisnce Of the people and TO be - gooi ~
coin sustaining the national credit in ifs great
strain and paving the national debt. All these
O. esttouD were repeatedly before us and satis-
~fActorily answered Later came the question
OF national education, which remains before us
now. n during Al these years. under the
pense Of carrying on these vast operations. the
laying Of Federal taxes DO adjusted - to pro-
tsct American labor. diversity American indus
let was arranged 10 that the hand Of the
Federal tsx.gathsrer was never felt by the
people. In doing those things We were conf.
q defect. stimulstsd 81 the srsndou .re Of Ot nv
results obtained. Thus stood the Republican
party;
-p.o ~.S - ~ oAA Via
the Nation was making these grand strides in
its pro9ressf Was 1t putting its shoulders to
the wheel and assisting in the onward march?
NOE &C ali but. acting on their conservatism
Snd cuising the radicals. growing about al
legged violations Of the Constitution. somswhnt
~ doubt during. all these years a. 70 whether
President Lincoln or JEFF Davis was the most to
blame. opposing every amendment which was
proposed to the Constitution. they have opposed
ne always. The test Of Democratic fea ~ for
s 81 sn1's i Ass's record sss 0 sSo.s how 70 t a:paI a,soS
upon the local questions that were ari-
tattng the people. Beginning with the home
homes TO free s.i mem its Srs, pss..s ssI ev i Es.
publican influence was vetoed by the last
Dsmocratac President preceding Prssidsnt
C s,e:snen Upon ne question Il national
md secured by constitutional provisions, the
Deunocratic party WA most conspicuous and
earnest IL its opposition g the contributions
Upon the great questions Of reconstruction
growing out Of the favorable solution Of the
was. every proposition which came from the
tanned BY the people OF this country. was
earnestly opposed and resisted by them.
Al nseesssry legislation. Che endorsements q
they now accept and approve, met with their
sturdy oppositlon. The Legality Of the paper
currency Of the Union was always earnsstly
sitsr rs - npssO i became no f,s s%'' d fscs.
and AL the blessings to the coun.
try resulting from It's accomplishment
cratic party VS. not opposed ssi to o the ss sysssn Dea and
We all remember when resumption was pro-
posed the bitterness with which It Wa resist
e. both n and out q Congress. Substantially
favor Of . resolution - against resumption Of
specie paymsnts; Every Democratic orator In
this country predicted the Absoluts failure Of
the decrease OF the national debt and the ss-
tahlishmsnt nrmly Of the credit Of the Nation
upon ~ pffnciples q the extension Of internal
ard the great question Of national education
suppostsd BY Federal aid, upon the quss-
ton Of International arbitration. and every
country to the Union soldierp they have been
conspicuous opponsnts cf the Republican par
y. But he people In III these questions have
proposiaoas oonnscssd With The great "a au s%s
lions have sntsred into and become part Of the
lsgislAtioa q ths country, and We look hack
that vhach thyy opposed during al these ysars
they NOV sarnsetfy indorse, and the strongest
claim fox popular support which is made by
TIE present administration e the fact that II ID
-Supposs they had succeeded In al these
years. suppose the Republican party had a.
.sys bsen n the minostty ! asi you. fellow
Of The country to-day NEED. mot 60 over the
detatls Of Democratic ideas during all these
yeast. bnt the statement Of the question sug
xywtb IL AAsyWVp WtttcU uu8y ~ HIOuO W u.
Then. - nov, the Republican party repre-
scented liberty. freedom, pFogrsss, faith IN tbs
nation. and . striving always aitsF sSMe
lAiRg higher and better: and the Demo.
inactivity md incapacity. What has II
eyer d0neS WhaA has y eveE proposed afhrma-
lively n the intSrsst Of human liberty and hp-
map progrsssf Nothing absolutsly nothtns.
II couFss has beep one Of opposition only. In
thls geneFAf3oQ ID hes never won . battle On
pgincipls. and III record 10 20 b found. mot IN
The bright peUss Of lsgislation Toy the public
good, but IN he Inscriptions and spitaphs IN the
political cemeteries. whsrs it. proportions havs
been uniformly buried BY che eonsiderpte judg-
ment Of the American people. while tie great
ats q legislation and The performances Of the
Republican party are but ths milestonss In the
tziumphal march of the pEogress Of the nation.
Il venture TO express the hope that In the
present campaign and upon the present quss.
ton the Republican party will speak through
IL representatives with no uncertain sounds.
Primarily. the question OF the right Of every
citizen Of the United States to cast his vote
freely, aud have the same fairly and honestly
counted. 0ccupies . paramount position. do
mot refer in this sxl ression to thOss localities,
isolated and scattered here and there over the
North. whore Democratic majorittes recently
have been reduced on account OF violations
OF the election law by change Of