The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-06-07


making, and the reception accorded to
Speaker Reed was exceptionally cordial.
President Merrick's allusion to Score.
tary Proctor's refusal to officially recog-
nize the death of jefferson Davis me!
with demonstrations of approval from
the assembly. Hon. Timothy Merrick,
President of the club, presided at the
tables and introduced Governor Bracket.
The latter assured the members of the
club of his warm approval of the doc.
trines it sought to teach, and welcomed
the guests Of the evening on behalf OF
the Common wealth. Mayor Hart per
formed a similar service on behalf OF the
city. Secretary Proctor was received
with applause His speech did not deal
with national affairs at all Following
him came Speaker Reed, who was given
an ovation as he rose to speak. He said,
Mr.. President and Gentlemen OF the
Home Market Club: If | had been APP
pointed one of those to assist in the revi-
sion of Westminster Shorter Catechism
Tlaughterl there would be one doctrine
which | would be sure would be maintain
ed in all its pristine purity and force, and
that is the doctrine of the perseverance
of the saiuts. Applause. 1t is a doc
time of life as we'll as of religion. 1t is
as good for this world as for the next
When the air is filled With enthusiasm,
when crowds are moved by the same
thought and feeling, it is very easy &c
become part and parcel of the great
multitude, but it is the long pull that is
the test of true sainthood.
To be Republican in Presidential
&c " hEnpVpr =
country is aroused it always puts itself
upon the side of progress. The test, then
not, of Republicauism. but OF Repub-
this year you are in condition to go up
hlgher. 1t is aggravating as it is
natural. this revulsive wave after a vic
tory. Human nature seems incapable OF
prolonging a virtue. 1t is hard to keep
people always up to the Republican
programme. Whenever we have had
great national victory Ohio is almost
always likely to go Democratic, anG
Massachusetts is pretty likely to be III
said to be in danger. l have said this
is natural, as we'll as aggravating.
1t is aggravating because the righteous
man is always longing for portion OF
his rest here on earth [laughterl, but
he can never get it. can assure Won OF
that from personal experience. JGreat
laughter 1t is natural, because there
will always be grave disappointmeuts
when you come to compare hopes with
their fulfillment. Daring a campaign to
build thoroughfare to happier lands is
easy, because it is mere matter of
language, but when it comes to legisla
ton then there is difficulty, because
there comes up the question of cost and
engineering. You're Obliged to submit
to many ageicies which you never
thought of, and hence there come dis
appointments. l need not say to an
audience as intelligent as this that when
ever anything is done in this coutry it
has to be done by the Republican party.
If tariff bill has to be passed we pass
it; if currency question has to be settled
We settle 1T.
1t is perfectly amusing to notice how
is that wisdom that does not
have to solve the problem. 1t is very
rare to have the wisdom of a solomon,
but the wisdom of Mugwump newspaper
is as plentiful assault water in mid Allan
tic, and very much resembles it. 1t is
broad and expansive, but it is death to
drink of it. Did it ever occur to you that
the road i'll front Of the chariot of pro-
gress is never macadsmiZed? 1t is only
the fellows tagging behind that are on
the beaten track, and it is those men who
make the ontcrles; other men are too
busy trying to find passage in front,
and hence revusion is perfectly natural
hence come all the criticisms from those
that have been discharged by the people
at the polls and there rises all the noise
of the tlocking birds that darken the
air. Now, my friends, you don t want to
mistake all this noise for change of
public sentiment. You do not want to
mistake this criticism. which comes
from people that are blind, for objections
from people who stand at the front and
are looking forward to the future. Our
past history has some lessons for us.
Fifty years of civilization count for
and when the Fittyfrst Con
gress adjourns ] believe you will see that
never in the history of the country was
so thoroughly carried out as will be by
it the recorded will of the people and if
you wish to make sure of that let your
voices give no uncertain sound. Let the
men who have further to do with these
and New England have taken position
where history will be proud to place
them. Remember that those who do are
those who must submit to criticism, and
stand up to your part of it like men.
That you should have some disappiunt-
ments is simple to say that a government
by human beings is being carried on by
human beings. You should also remem-
Der that proud as is the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, noble as is tue stand
ard of New England, the Republican
party is not party OF Massachusetts or
party of New England, exclusively. 1t is
a party of the whole country, and when
ever it acts it is its duty to act for the
greatest good of all.
And what more can the best party on
earth do than that? We Just passed
the House of Representatives, a
tariff bill, and passed il with a
nnanimity OF action on the part
Of the Republicans without parallel in
the history of the country. The Com
mittee on Ways and Means truly reIr.s.
snJed every great interest in this coun-
try. If you will look at the list of names
you will $ 20 they stretch from one end of
The country to the other, leaving out no
great interest which the Republican
party desired to preserve, and, therefore,
40 great interest of the country at large
Doubtless here in Massachusetts, and
elsewhere in New England there is an
dea prevalent that under other circum-
Stances you mighC carry on some of your
OWN industries to greater advantages if
you had what was call free raw materi
H. You might be able to go on with
your affairs with less complication and
ess trouble.
That may be so, but the simplest
course in this world is not Away safest.
that principle upon which
is founded is not fostering of a
ew pet industries, but the preserving
If the American market to the Ameri-
Jan people. If you demand it you must
grant it, If you believe i'll it for your
selves you cannot stand up and disbe-
ieve IN it for others. What you need
S not only the business of to day but
he business of tomorrow. What you
need is not boom. but steady regular
business. How can you get this if you
hut out from the American market
your own fellow citizens? II you want