Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26

, sn.g country. Having accomplished that Il
n hay r m no issue through ali the years after
Pntty could not exist and continue to 90 on with.
uus susn an ISSUE Thousands Of us Of the party
up this our Knees to them almost and said
human slavery s Hffe y tbs something worse than
sae republic. It is riding ON the whirlwind
n.o1na tho temple OF our liberty and will destroy
Know f tha4t question ~ supreme: You said, ave
way; II we declare for temperance, why We lose U,i
s Raas OF our vote" And that is Just So We
r nsrtv .. md fault with the Republican
to !, saye their existence il they could save
~ ~. IN mat way because it has all the time a
nar re- element in it larger than their majority
And the e party in a these years
VI me liquor element in 1t, so that It ia
III, for either of these old parties to take
a aR nus issue said to the National Committee
s s9aa Keep us at home, that shall stop the
eaTaus. Declare against the saloon and be
~ r. 70 suffer temporary defeat II need be-
zee Isen %Tavng in triumph over this republic to.
day; But they hesitated. Most Of their promi-
KEEN KEEN the %en te said; I'VE know IT. We can
they viii not ea9e the s's old u.s. par ps
We en- not keep the saloon with us ~ >
V WhM ~ they will go, ut the first signal
,sn AMY; we could not stand that" So over ali this
lanu thousands OF conscientious, thinking peo-
Rle. no. only in the Republican party but In the
i.s..ocatic party, came to this standard of pro.
. n.DlGioa IN my own State of New Jersey, in
many = the counties, there are two Democrats
70 9 oIe Aepublican who are coming to US, and an
ola scetch Presbyterian in the Democratic party
t tIu hS mat he was coming to our party And
years ago. So that we must not think that we
are taking more from one party, or trying to,
n eann ane other. They tell u.s. You know, the
neWspapers soy that our shibboleIh is simply to
smaeh the Republican party. l never said
that never heard one OF our speakers say So
l y! saw 1t 50 stated in our press. We ara
tor the destruction OF the American saloon
Thatis our shibboleth, and We are Tor smaah.
lng everything that comes between us and that
sonsummatlon, and we don't stop to ask what it
Is. II TIP Republican party gets within range Of
our Datteftes, we cannot help it. If the Demo-
cratic party of the South or North gets there
ana gets damaged by us, we cannot help 1t. We
81, SIMPLY exAlt our cause, the Prohibition cause;
De1evlng " TO be the most sacred thing talked
about In this year of 1858 in our American politics.
and we would talk about it in all reason. I be.
leve that oyer the portals Of every place where
men gatner IN this eventful year should be writ
Ten. Gomez and let us reason together; let us
see, let US compare notes. Are we right? Are
you wrongly
My dear friends, when the American people are
once aIOusef, the American conscience once
aroused, 1t ia perfectly Irresistible DIR. Brooks
Will tell yon that He sawit; he saw it go down
oeow t, tne ONO River sweeping oyer his home
which he hadhe taught to believe was q divine
Institution: And now he comes to US as our
Grofne stod ne Zones clasp ng my hand and
greater evil. Ought he not to be encouraged?
IT fell to my lpt to spend two years succeeding
tho war in tue great work OF reconstruction; the
best work Of my hfe-goins inta that Southern
0ra6 In
their old masters. ALI that section of the coun-
try desolated. No plowshare had turned the fur
row, except tho red-hot plowshare of war. What
was my duty In the premises? Why, simply to saw
to the old master and the old slave, the war ia
over, you have got to live here, am here to help
you establish 2 new order OF things, to bring
cord into all this country to restore its indus.
tries and its goodly fellowship. I really Thought
That was my Christian duty as man, and my
duty as a General in the Union army. So laid
away the muskets and the swords and went
among those people, speaking to them as kindly
as speak to you tonight Addressing them by
the thousands and saving, what shall We do now
be my duty to restore those people. They have got
to live with US, and whom Gen. Grant said to me,
Il am going to give rebel officer such place,
said, why, give it to him. And when HAYES
said, II will put this rebel in Office" said, 1T
is just the thing to do" They are our brethren
Let US teach them that they VIII love this land
their voices and sing with US:
Lord OF the universe, shield and guide us,
Trusting Thee always through shadow and sun /;
Thou hast united us, who shall divide us?
Keep US, o keep us, the many in one.
Then up with this banner bright,
sprinkled with starry light.
Spread its fair emblems, from mountain to
shore;
While through the sounding sky
Loud rings the nations cry, -5.
Union and liberty, one evermore."
Thnt should be the prayer in every household
IN this land, at every public and domestic altar.
We are one people. Let us trust them. AS
for me, will trust them During the years of
tion, learned to trust them. look upon them
altogether different than in the olden times.
They were reared there. 1t was their institu-
that it was right; that it was Gods
own Institution. They fought desperately to
save it; fought rs long rs they could fight.
They are our brothers, therefore they must be
brave Now, let US forget that bloody past and
accept the lessons it teaches US. Never throw
it from platform and pulpit and stigmatize them
as rebels Let us treat them as brothers, and
80 meet all thu South that they may unite with
all the North in this one grand supreme effort
OF ours to bury the American saloons under the
avalanche Of our united Ballots Let the breth-
rem of one Christian pulpit meet the brethren of
other Christian pulpits, and there is power
enough in the Christian pulpits and Christian
pews of this land to-day, it we stand side by
side bravely in tho sight of God, to settle this
whole controversy in November; no doubt
about it.
am cautioned about my weariness forget
that am an invalid as 1 stand before you 1
was talking the other day with gentleman ;one
of DIR. Storrs deacons called upon me the other
day to see il there was not some way of Citing
me, after all, to retire from the contest. He
said, "This matter Of protection is important"
why" said, what about DIR. Storrs limse Il?
DIR. Storrs started for the woods not long SINCE"
We'll, he said, "the Doctor laughingly says that
he found the woods SO full that he could not get
in just then, and that the woods were full of
Prohibitionists wherever he undertook to 60
into them" told him thut we would try and
said to this deacon, why don't you stand with
meg" He said, Why tell you, General in the
first place. there are some liquor people great
friends of mine; there ure some of them even in
our church, and have got son who is prepar-
ing for the ministry, and he says he hardly
knows what he Is going to say when he gets in
to his pulpit, and he is to go into it in q few
weeks, because he is going to preach to mixed
congregation of Prohibitionists and liquor-sel-
the place for young man; you tell him to be-
gin right" and 1 told him q little story of O
young Methodist preacher that I found in New
Jersey few years ago. when was campaigning
in that State in behalf OF IN increase Of water
power. / found myself i'll one of the most beau-
tifu1 of country villages in New Jersey de-
lishtful spot; the people mako their living
chiefly from those who 60 there to spend the
summer months-one Of the most Lovely lspots
in all Jersey In the side of the hills was a little
Methodist church, and along O block or two was
Presbyterian church. There had been sent
from Philadelphia q young Methodist minister
to preach in the Methodist Church, and he began
erandly; they liked him very much. They
were pleased with his eloquence and