, 1890-06-05

human slavery. II sought preteNt for
prcoipitating the bloody conflict, with
the purpose of establishing slaye-hold-
ing confodcracy, or an ultimate empire,
to embrace n large portion of the terri
tory OF the United States includin q
great section OF the territory thnt had
been purchased by the whole people,
Comrades, We pay the highest rover
ence to the memory OF our dead when
we strive most earnestly TO RENE IN ber
and impress on Others the nobility oi
the cause for which they so steadfastly y
fought. We have no desire TO revive
the unhappy memories or TO fan any
embers of sectional strife, and, so far as
have observed, the tanning Of those
embers has been principally the work Of
our brethren of the South"
Reference was made to the scenes at
Richmond during the past few days,
and MIR. BOutellc expressed q little IN ore
than regret at what he said could not
fail TO shock true sense OF proprieiy.
lie protested against the lavish display
of rebel colors, and said that the eS
coniederAtes who displayed the rebel
flag to glorify IL were not true to the
parole granted at Appomattox.
Mr.. Boutelle's Grafton was followed by
applause of the stormiest kind.
Congressman Mason, OF Illinois. de
livered a spirited address in q similar
vein at the Congressional cemetery.
THE oERMAS VETERANS.
A large number of German veterans
and others gathered at Prospect Hlll
cemetery to do honor tn their dead
comrades. Tho Grafton was delivered In
German. The.orator turned to the con
siderntion of political questions, and
said in part; III the German eleine mt vf
this country does not wish to expose
itself to the well-grounded charge that
IL places material success. above all other
aims and objects OF human existence,
then II will have to devote itself to
political duties in the future IN greater
degree than heretofore. In nine great
states OF tho Union no governor and no
legislature could be elected IL they
should be unfricndly toward the just
claims OF the German element. II IL
would but assert its inherent power and
political strength no man could he ele-
yated to the office of president of the
United States by opo or the other OF the
two great parties who should bear upon
his brow Gains mark OF nothingisrn.
Tho principle of political equality upon
which our government Is based places In
the hunda Dt everyone the most power
tul weapon of seli-deicnse mans ingenu-
ity has ever created, the elective iran
cbiso. Has the German element prop
erly appreciated this weapon2
1--WE find tho German element, one
seventh of the entire population OF the
Union, not represented In tie supreme
court, and in the senate but by single
voice. Among the hundreds of repre-
sentatives In congress hardly one
iiftieth part speak the mother tongue.
Can there be a valid reason, in "A syste m
of government based upon the broadest
foundation of universal equality, for
such dispfoportionate representation OF
the p ipular elements, claiming common
rights. II would be better for the Ger
man element as well as for the fortunes
of this nation, would IL but show less
party icaity aud more Independence of
thought in the political life SO surround
Ing IL.
"lt would not then be asked in to an
cept and respect laws which originated
in tho marrow minds Of fanatics, laws
which at best are but ephemeral. 1t
would not be asked to give Its approval
to the narrow restrictions Of tho free
human right Of emigration By the ercc-
ton of barriers against any nationality
by means Of unjust immigration laws,
iurthered by AN unworthy class spirit
and nourished because Of antiquated
prejudice