, 1888-09-09
A BUGLE BLAST.
The Old Roman Hurls Some
Hot Shot.
Democratic Policy of the Past
and Present.
The Tariff Tax Explained with
Luminous Precision.

ocracy of Newark, N. j., held a mass
meeting tonight in BELLEVUE avenue rink,
at which Allen j. Thurman spoke. The
building, which has a standing capacity of
from 1000 to 5000 people, was packed to
OVERLOOKING. On Judge Humans arri-
val on the platform j. Watts Corney, the
chairman, called the meeting to order
and introduced the Democratic candidate
for the vice presidency. The heartiest
applause greeted his appearance. He
spoke as follows: >
Friends and Fellou Citizens-When [
was born L was duly baptised into the
Christian faith by the name Of Allen G.
Thurman. Many years afterwards some
enthusiastic Democratic friends of mine
gave me a new baptism and styled me the
"Old Roman" but my Republican friends
of tie New York press would improve on
that name and this morning give me bap-
tism as the EGYPTIAN obelisk." | have
seen in the Place de la Concorde in Paris
an Egyptian obelisk, said to be more than
1000 years old. If | can only live as
long as one of these obelisks [ shall GER
J tainly see the enemies of Democracy
buried beneath centuries of dust. [ am
engaged in business too serious to be
troubled by quips however sharp, and
witticisms however pungent.
| come here to speak to you my friends
in New Jersey in a serious, sober manner
as to American citizens In a year of great
moment to you and to our country. |
come here at the request of your central
committee, and [ come willingly because
there ID no part of this whole continent in
which | would rather meet my Democrat
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was done by our foretathers in the war
that achieved our independence at Tren-
ton, at Princeton and at Monmouth-those
things are fresh in my recollection, and as
they made my youthful blood stir within
me and thoroughly boil with devotion,
to-day in this old obelisk the recollection
of them sets my heart in motion. | am,
therefore, glad to be with you tonight.
Now, there are not a few subjects upon
which | might address you tonight.
There are some in my heart that | would
like to speak to you about. | should like
to speak to you of the history of this great
< Democratic party, to which | have be-
Dlonged from my youth. l would like to
4 speak to you of that party founded by
Thomas Jefferson, and consolidated and
maintained by Andrew Jackson, and whose
interest and welfare nave been SO much
promoted by Grover Cleveland. l would
like to remind you that there is not one
acre of land now within the limits of the
United States beyond the original thirteen
colonies that was not obtained by
a Democratic administration |
would ike to remind you that
the thirteen colonies which achieved
their independence were a comparatively
narrow strip of land along the Atlantic
shore, and that now this republic extends
from ocean to ocean and is one of the
largest, as it is the most intelligent and
most powerful, of all nations on the earth.
| would like to recall to your recollection
the fact hat whenever the contest has
been between the rights of the people
hand those who would control their rights,
.the Democratic party has stood by the
1 people unflinchingly determined not to be
moved.
L would like to recall to your emo
such facts as these, that the removal of
the property qualification and the relig
ious test and all that impaired the great
right of the people to vote was the result
of Democratic legislation inaugurated BY
the Democratic party. | would like to
call your attention to the fact that when
the spirit OF Know Nothingism arose in
this land and threatened to disenfranchise
every foreign born citizen and to put
down all people of a particular church,
the Democracy came to the rescue OF
liberty and religion and said this thing
shall not be. In the good old days of
Democratic ascendency we had an
economical government economically
administered. The expenses of Gen.
Jackson's administration, for instance, in
the course of a year did not exceed one
quarter OF the expenses that have been
}entailed on this country one year since the
Ielose OF the rebellion. | would like to
further state that this Democratic party is
a party that has never laid down to die;
that 1t is naturally a party of free instltu
tons and that lust as long as freedom ex
lists in America the Democratic party will
u exist. There is no way of destroying it
ST except by despotlsm and as long as 1t ex-
lists detpotism is impossible, for that partv
u will not endure it.
Passing from general observations, allow
me to come to some issues that are most
SHARPLY marked in this campaign. Let
One say something to you upon the tariff
szauestion, SO called. Our opponents are
mmendeavoring to alarm the country by the
cry of free trade. They must have a poor
opinion of public intelligence. What is free
trade? Free trade is the Unrestricted 10
q ercourse between nations in which
{here are no custom houses, no duties and
n taxes on goods imported for sale.
GU have an illustration of free trade in
ne United States. There are thirty
eieht states 10 the Union. Between these
etates Is there free trade? When goods
ne taken from New Jersey, from this
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