The Monitor., 1888-06-15
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Miss willard, in making her address At
Indianapolis on Mag 30sli. said:
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/ sIe4k tie words of truth aud s0ber-
ness. 10 other party eyer dared % be 80
great A. 10 ofdain scene Ike this.
What circle W have here, Sweep the
con1Iasses of thought through it's circnm-
ference. Prohibition. first of All, the fixed
point y hence We calculate MI others. The
blue and gray, the working men. the 70
men. al the centre If this cireIo is the
home that goes without the saying; and
beyond its shining course Is the saloon,
out-matched. ont-witfed aud out-voted,
which, iH a republic, is best of all. For
the fiat Of the greatest party has come
forth. and Ne are here simply TO set our
seals to It, there is no saloon in politics
or law; no sectionalism In Law OF politics.
no sex in citizenship, but liberty, equality,
fraternity in politics ard law, now and for
cvermore.
This is our platform IN f nutshell and it
| is a platform Of four ideas at least.
When, in all history, were such match
less issues cspeused by such maenanimous
mnn2
There are two other parties; big but
not great mullitudinous not masterfnl.
| Their tissue is adipose, not fnnsculaf; the
| issues Of the one are made literally ''out
| Of '. hole cloth, " of ali-wool tariff warrant
| cd to wash in yet one more campaign, and
| the ensaueffiued shirt warranted never 10
be washed Mt all. Those Of the other are
| spoils and Bourb0nism. They will soon
rally their respective clans to their sterco-
| typed old fashioned conventions in Chica-
| 90 aud St. Louis, prepared Ia fight, bleed
and die for their country and its Offices
/ once NOR. Not a woman - i'll be in their
delegations Oh. 10, They might dis
place some man. Not a word abont the
home any more than II, ike Topsy, "they
'speeted they wasn't made at all, but
growed. p"
Probably Women would not attend these
conventions, even were their presence
songht They certainly could not hold
their own at the bar, While IN the greatest
party they are only required TO hold their
own at the bar Of public opinion
Meanwhile, as IL to sot before these
brcttren lofticr example, tho greatest
patty welcomes hero the home folks to
equal opportunities aud honors, and rallies
here n remnant of the noble veterans who
have learned that it is good 10 forgive,
! best 10 forget - aitesting by this splendid
and fraternal object lesson that ono party
spells "nafion" with the fallest kind Of n
capital 'E''--one that indeed includes
"the geopie Of these United States'-and
that the blue and gray are to us cmblcms
Of nothing less than the blue sky that
bends It's tender arch above us all, and the
gray ocean that enfolds one country and
one flag.
"Augels look Downward from the skica
pon no hOiier ground,
ThHu where defeated yaloF lies
By generous toemnn crowned
How Grant would nave rejoiced 10 hook
upon a scene like this he whose most
memorable words were, ''Let us have
peace" by whose sick bed sat Gen.
I}uckhcr of the Confederate army, and TO
whose recent birthday celebration rallied
Fitz Hugh Lee and other Southern braves.
The women who uniformed their
| sons in Southern gray and said, like
the Spartan mother of old, Come ye ~
conquerors or come yc no more" are
here tonight with those other women
who bcltcd Northern swords upon their
boys with words rs pitiless and brave.
The women who embroidered stars
| and stripes upon the blessed flag that sym-
boized their love and faith, to-day have
only gentle words for those who deckcd
their "bonny flag of stars and bais' with
tenderness as true and faith as foryent.
The greatest party acais these women side
by side tonight and we all wear onr sun
ny badge OF peace above the hearts that
hate no more, while We clasp hands in
compact never To bc broken, and solcmnly
declare, before high heaven, our equal
hatred of the rum power and our equal
loyalty TO God and home and native land
Devoted to The stars and stripes the sen
timcnt Of patfiotiGm having been, from
childhood, like fire in the bones iih me,
| have wept over the flag for love Of which
Stonewall jackson and hlhert Sidney John
son died. Nor do | envy the Northern
patriot who can read without Juggling Of
the heart that wond'ous poem by Father
Ryan. the Southern Catholic priest, about
'fhe Sword of Lee, - and / can hardly
| trust myself 20 repeat his requiem Of tho
| Southern flag.
"Fold TINT bAnnef, for tis weary;
Round its atm itia iloating drcmfy
Fun It.. fold It; IT h beat
For thcre'a not a mum Ia WttVs H.,
And there's not Il aword 10 anvc II,
And there's not one left To lave II
In the blood that heroes gave IT..
| And It's foes now rcOrn and brave u
rnrl II, hide II, let It rest.
Furl TINT banner. furl it sadiy;
once ten thousands hailed ~ plHdly
And ten thonfands Wildly nndly
swGro II should forever wave,
swore that foomnn's swofd should never
Hearts Ike thClra entwined diHAeyer,
TIL that fng should iiout forever
D'er their Freedom on their grave.
| tnrl that banner. softly, slowly
TrHut ~ gently, II n holy,
For II droops above the dead
Touch IT not, unfold IL never,
| Let II drop there. furleh toicvcr.
For ~ poople's hopes nre dend
Not that loved that flag. Nay, verify,
| ] loved the slave too we'll not TO deairc iis