The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-09-17
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And it is Just exactly as wrong at this par
ticular moment Of time as il was IN 1861 or
any time since 1851 Slavery, secession.
state sovereignty, FeconstrRction, the public
credit, the national currency, The reSnmp-
ton of specie pay menf. TO cOinage OF silver,
protection to American lab0r-and the tariff
Tor the projections Of American industries,
say to yOu that upon every one Of these
questions. from the beginning down 70 the
last syllable OF the record Of i1ne-even 50
late as Thursday Of last week-the Repnbii-
can party has always been risht and the
Democratic party has always been wrong.
Applause And il will continue 10 be
wrong, world without end, anon.
A voice-Senator did you ever read the
Bibleg How about the old soldier2l
/ suppose. fellow citizens, that ia the SUB
urbs OF Piilsburgh--at least in the suburbs
of most cities with which ! am acquainted,
there is a vacant space of common land in
which the neighbOrbOod deposit what they
have got done with Where you will find
empty cans, the cast-oi clothing, exhnms of
yicinities with which the community hav-
ing had The usufruct i fatigned and desires
finally TO dispose of without further com
ment The Democratic party is the political
dumping ground Of politics in the nine
teeIlth century. Every excluded heresey,
every abandoned beresy Everything that the
nation has got done with ard tired of and
has cast sway to be trodden under The feet
OF man. is the heritage OF the Democratic
party, And lest this may seem 10 be harsh.
sensOrius criticism, let may 1 be called to
account fpr some nf these wholesale state
ments. and charged With defaMnaiiop, as |
have sometimes been. ! beg TO saw that
have been in public life for over IS wears
and during that period OF time the Demo-
cratic party have had control ofthis Govern
ment either in whole or in part, for Il
years, and ifany Democrat. OF any friend of
that organizaiion-tturning to Mr.. Oliver
and by looking at you'll don't mean that
YOU are one OF them-can p0iBt out 20 me a
single specific act that the Democratic party
ever did, or ever prOpJs:i TO Do, for the wei
fare or advancement, either of the moral, in
tellectual or physical condition Of the coan-
Try, pause tor reply.
IEApY TO BE CONVINCED.
III can be pointed ont OF designated, !
will confess 10 my error, and Il any memler
Of that organization WILL point out TO me
any act that they have ever performed, eN-
cept TO resist to peeyishly complain, TO at
tempt by revolutionary and intoilerable
measures TO defeat the great beneGcent
statutes that have been enacted by the great
Republican party which they have not
afterwards themselves endorsed, and which
they have not asked the American people to
forgive them for having attempted to defeat
and overthrow, / will again confess my
error and ask to be forgiven
Ny fellow citizens. have erred in calling
the Democracy parry. It's an aggregation
Of the Ignorance, the imbeciliiy and the dis
loyalty OF this country. Strongest where
public morality is weakest, reinforcing all
The dangerous and destructive agencies OF
society aud having neither conscience nor
courage Of convictions, il Is perpetual and
constant menace to The prosperity and the
honor Of the American people aud yet fel-
low citizens, occasionally hear some poor
mortal complaining Of the Repaolican party
because Il has had many indeiensible poll
cies. Well, have been somewhat ofa kick
er myself There have been Republican
leaders that did not ike: there have been
Republican policies that did not approve
Of and indorse, and have said so without
hesitation, bat ! think the worst Republican
that ever lived is better by far than the bes;
\ Democrat that esaf lived. Politically speak
ing mean. have many personal friends
among the Democratic party, and ! have
always, Therefore. taken the consequences.
Fellow citizens, your chairman was good
enough to say that | was not stranger 10
the citizens OF Western Pennsylvania How
ever that may be, the citizens of Western
Pennsylvania are no strangers to me and
never visit Pitisbnrg without feeling renew
ed sentiments OF profound wonder and ad
miratiOn at the work that has been wrought
here by the genius and enterprise Of your
people.
AN ILLUSTRATION OF ENTERPRISE
Situated at the confluence Of two mpor-
tani streams with climate of unusual sa-
! lubrity, removed from the rigidity Of the