The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-09-17


xsrsh and tsse snsysasIne hear nf ibs South,
with a sol beneath which, sssiiy accessible
IL fvo great agencies of modern civilization,
iron aud c01a. the coasenie1ces Of nature
have beer supplemented by the genius Of
nian, until On thee rugged bills has been
reared fsf,fIcthat Is one Of the marvei< and
wonders Df American civilization nsFe on
many ocrasions gsz Il with wonder on the
r.alacts II your merchant primers. the tenn
t,les II snsfiee and religion, with their superb
archit.efurs. tie homes of yonr artisans, in
the surrouuGiug suburbs. rich wiin all that
wealth can purchase OF taste sagsest. and
have felt that i was an Object lesson and
illustration and exhibition oi Republican
enterprise. Il is an illustration OF what the
Arei, SaxoH rsce at IL best can DO wbsn
il triss. am iali that there isnet panper
within rour limits * 40 IS mol made 80 eth
er by infsrIsity OF BY calamity am advised
that there i no able-bodie,i ssari willing TO
work who can not obtain occupation at rea-
sonsb.e Wages ana told that sonisniEnent
preraiis that he relations existing between
labor aud capital are adjusted satisfactorily
So that here Bas been erected this great fao-
ric which is ricn In every contingency, and
possession of present RICHES and wealth, and
far greater IN prospect Of future renown.
Iennsyivani state, Of which this is the
western metropolis. has also shsred in this
great result. Il i an Ifnl'erial Common wealth,
and il Is bat one vt the great considerations
of States whose Development and growth IS
a marvel that has no precedent or parallel
in the civilized World
You viii recOllecs that the aged female
saint on her deathbed, when she was ques-
iion4d By her master as 70 the evidence Of
her faith be inquired OF her what she
thought; Of ihe doctrine OF total depravity
and she said she thought L was well lived
up ia. In view of the accusation ! feel jus
titled in saying that Democracy IS total
deprayi.y in politics, and well lived lpto al
that.
Since the day when the Frencbman who
killed biz father and mother aud, being con-
victei Of tbe crime, requested executive
clemency on the grounds that he was an
orphan, dont thiak anything in the ma
ture Of alironiry his ever exceeded TIE clam
of the Democracy that the Republican party
is sectional Il is sectional Mr.. President
and ladies aud gentleman. There are Con.
gressionaI districts and there are States where
a Republican meeting like this cannot be
held under penalty Of death.
a voiee-You are right
There Is to day in one Of the States OF this
Union a Constitutional Convention sitting
with the ayo~ed purpose of disfranchising
Republicans and rendering il impossible tvl
theta t. vote BON or hereafter. There ART
States and Congressional districts where. by
the enaefnenis OF Democracy, there reins
nothing but despotism and tyranny. The
last yesiige Of popular government and Re
publican principles have been overthrowf
and there is nothing left of the Declaration
at Independence or the Constitution OF th'
United States more than there is in tn,
U..r,. I -
said, Mr.. President, and ] say here again
that so long as | continue in public life, OF
private life for that matter, never will de
sist 10 any presence and in every presencI
! from declaring that this struggle shall never
cease until il IS just exactly as safe for
black Republican to vote ia Mississippi as /
! is for a white Democrat in Pennsylvania.
/ A yoice-Why don't you do III
Then / affirm Mr.. President that il wa
/ upon that pledge that The Republican partl
I was restored 10 power / affirm that tha
! pledge has not been redeemed. ! affirm fur
/ thur that if there has been any bargain.
/ there has been any agreement, if there ha
I been any understanding by which it is no
( 30 be redeemed, Il is a bargain more dsrepu
table than that of Esau when he soid hi
birthright for = mess OF pottage, and NOR
/ perlidious than that by which the Maste
/ N-A~ Gu iyt ~ li4tftN Vi oiAfrA-
SIMPLY DEMANDS JUSTICE.
The Republican party does not ask for do
minion il asks gor justice. Ii does not asl
for power: il asks that every man, black o
/ white, on this continent beneath the fcgis o
| the Constitution, shall have the right to vot
once and have that vote counted. And whel
/ this is brought about the Republican part,
4 will be no longer sectional. The Republican
/ party in this matter knows no State lines
it knows no points Of The compass-nOrth
south, east OF west II knows no frontier
but the shores of those great oceans tia
wash the eastern and western boundaries G
this continental, indivisible and indissolu
be Republi.
Republicans Of Allegheny county, an
about 10 close. appeal 10 you 10 remeinbe
tha, the contest is the same now that it ha
been every day since you were organized.
appeal to you to ignore the fatal and degrad
ing dogma Of the of year in politics. ] sr
peal TO vou to initiate Maine aud not VeT
m mt appeal 10 you in November 10 rail-
again beneath that flag upon whose victor
ious folds are inscribed the continental unit
Of the American Republic. the industris
Independence OF the American people.