Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-02
BRUISES RRoans1pE.
The Young Orator Addresses Third Ward

The Young Orator Addresses Third Ward
Citizens.
The Republican meeting held at Twelfth
and E streets last evening was largely at
tended. 1t was called to order by County
Committeeman W. n. Lamphrey, who an
nounced the following named officers:
President, E l. Robinson; Vice Presi-
dents, c. P. Collins, W. E. Osborn Conrad
Schepp, s. Ure2. Phil. Douglas Robert
Forbes, T. NJ Lipdley, George Kuchler,
James l Feter, Peter Schmidkens, John
Rider and ]. w. Pritchard.
Secretaries, Frank Ashener and H. Jaf-
ford.
The meeting was one of the most en-
thusiastic held in this city since the CAM
paign opened. Stirring speeches were
made by J G. Brusie, ]. E. Butler, F. D.
Ryan, E. c. Hart, G. G. McMuilen, G. G.
Davis, G. W. Harlow and others.
MR. BRUSHES SPEECH.
The chief address of the evening was
that Of Mr.. Brusie, whose spirited and
eloquent speech aroused his hearers to the
highest pitch of enthusiasm. He said;
Some one has well said 1.-The safety of ma
ton depends not alone on the wisdom of its
statesmen or the bravery of its Generals, but
the yine-clsd cottage on the hillside, the rudely
constructed cabins of the pioneer, the simple
and humble abode of the mechanic are the
true citadels Of any country. Why, within
their walls dwell laboring men without which
no country can survive, no sovereignty exist
Yes, indeed, il Is the rank and file IL is the
hoard of humble but obscure men, those who
are never seen on the public streets except as
they pass from their home to their daily toll.
that give to this nation its true vitality. II Is
| the heart under that plain old working jacket
OF yours that beats in unison with this country;
to you is our prosperity due; upon you does the
response ility OF government rest
Speakers may spend hours in their endeayors
to prove to your satisfaction that this political
organization or that political organization
should be accorded the praise of this coHutry's
prosperity, bui say to you in all earnestness
the true source of our nations strength is
found in the intelligence, industry and superior
skill of our laboring classes IL is the brains and
muscle OF such men as / see before me to night
| that has placed .his country in the very zenith
of national supremacy
| 1t matters not to me whether you are Demo-
crat or q Republican; 1t matters not 10 me
| whether you were born north or south of the
| Mason and Dixon line, on this or the other side
| of the Atlantic, or where you may have been
| reared. All know is this, you are American
| laborers standing to-day on broad plain of alb.
| solute equality with the most favored members
| OF society, and you have placed yourselves there
| not entirely by the aid of any political party,
| but by reason as have said before. of your su-
perior skill intelligence thrift, sobriety, moral
/ stamina and true manhood. An intelligent APP
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| your learning, love of home and nobility of
purpose, has been the m. ans of placing the
| standard of American citizenship so high that
| to-day it confers distinction enjoyed by the
people of no other country on earth.
| / stood the OIL her day and gaZed upon the
| marvellous and famous panorama of the bait e
4 of Gettysburg. The scene presented there de-
| fes description by devices OF the tongue, but
| what l observed while there was this: Where
| the smoke was the thickest, where the roar of
| the battle was most dreadful, where the danger
| was greates.-yes, where death was almost in
| evitable. saw the rank and file. Face to face
| hand to hand were they in mortal combat, the
! fate of nation depending upon the strength
| of an army he endurance of a breath the
| depths of devotion. Every inch of the ad-
| vancng line was marked by the blood from
their bursting arteries.
| On hill st distance safe saw the Cen
| erals The commanders of those men who be-
| low were fighting with their grim visages
| warmed bv the hot breath of a determined
| enemy, were stationed far away at place of
/ safety.
| 1t is true that some Generals with wisdom and
| learning had directed the course of the battle,
| they could perhaps from distance better view
| and judge of the entire situation; but say to
/ you, when it came to that personal encounter,
| that man to man contest, waged at the cannon S
| mouth; when it came to directing the thrust OF
| the deadly bayonet no man on earth but he
whose hands held the weapon was answerable
for that; and no man on earth is entitled to the
4 praise for the work that bayonet performed but
\ him. The commands of the Generals may have
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| in the ranks consummated and constituted all
| that was to be done.
| And viii the praise and gratitude OF this
l country seems at times to be alone embodied in
/ the polished shafts and futed columns that rear
their heads heavenward over the resting places
| of those who gave commands, the memories OF
| those who composed the rank and file are en-
| shrined within the heats of the American peo-
| pie, ald 10 them is due our debt of gratitude.
| And thus it is day. There may be great po-
litical parties, political organizations oeclara'
| tions of principles as long and diversified as
they are numerous; there may be theories adj
| vanced and various systems proposed; you
may have policies prescribed, political can
| vases mapped out, according TO plans mace at
| some place unknown to you, yet, after all, we
find whatever may have been the extent OF the
preparations, whatever care and attention may
have marked the counsels of the leaders, as the
time approaches which draws the contest to a
close, but one question then is asked What
| will be done by the rank and file?' This ques-
ton goes down t. line, passes politician states
man, orator, ofice-holder, and all, until it
reaches you-you, who compose the rank and
file.
Your party leaders may have tried to push
you into line, they may have endeavored to
draw upon you the strict line of paItisanship,
but after all you answer them in the words OF
Poe:
For forms OF government let fools contest,
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