Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1890-10-30

McGill made one of the best, most upright
governors Minnesota lever had. Great APP
llause. And Itru that ON some future
occasion the Republicans of Minnesota will
again ~ put him into the executive chair.
lkenewed applause.
''Gen1ie,nen,5 4 reed not tell you that I
feelutteriy unworthy OF this occasion and.
this audience. If had had my own choice
about the matter, l should> not have APP
peared here at all Poor Knute Nelson does
!; very well among little rural audiences up In
/ Northern Minnesota, in what they call the
bloody Fifth, laugiterl, but when it comes
down to addressing intelligent audiences,
and such a one as you have here in Mime
aptlis, feel entirely unequal to the task.
Il was wondering tonight v:hy. you had
sent for me here, but it occurred to me, espec.
iaIly after Hearing yonr club here, after
hearing your choir here sing laughter and
apEauscl that this was q sort. of revival
meeting, renewed Slaughter and appleuseJ
and that you called upon me upon. the Same
principle that they do at those exuberant
campmeeting-the call upon some rural
sinner from the back country renewed,
laughter! and when they can get such q
one to
COME FORWARD ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT,
even though the hayseed is in his hair Ire
newed laughteri /. even though he may STUN.
bic in his speech, yet they are exceedingly
grateful at the repentence of the old sinner
tlaushterl: and suppose that it is on'that
principle that you gre glad to see me with
you discovering. Renewed laughter and APP
plause.
Ny friends, we who are Republicans have
all good reason to be proud OF our party Of
great men, great deeds, and great and per-
feet prime. pies. 1t may not be fashionable,
1t may subject man to criticism to so back
a third OF century or more, but in discuss
ing the characters Of men we always look at
Their record aud history, and SO in reference
to the political parties. it is just and proper
that we go back and scan their history, for q
political party. like an individual, has q.
character, as much as profession Of faith.
more, we shall find that the moral sense OF
the American people. the mora senseiof the
north WAS shocked at the cruel aggressive
ness, at the arrogance, the overbearing greed
of the: Slave power. and the sentiment of the
be ter part OF the American people crystal
lied nto.the American party, based upon
the idea TO check. the extension, if nothing
more, of human slavery il this country.
-. In our first efforts as national party,
under the .sencraiship of Fremont, we were
not success full; but TO a large extent the
campaign foreshadowed the victory Of 1860.
when, as you all know, under the leadership
OF the great Llncoin [applausel we carried
the cleo; ion. We set our foot upon the neck
of human slavery and we put
A CHECK Upon THE DEM oCRATIC PARTY
from which 1T has never recovered since that
day. Renewed applause. That arrogant
power, the $ aye power of the South, which
before that had threatened to spread its
fangs into every state and community in
this country, became frantic with rage and
rushed sinto.open rebellion, and the Repub-
lican party had scarcely entered into
power. President Lincoln had scarcely
taken his seat before the slave power was in
open rebellion seeking to destroy and dis
member this union of states, founded BY
Washington and the fathers of the republic.
Applause. And in what condftio did the
last Democratic administration-I mean the
last proceeding Grover Cleveland sin what
condition d that leave this government2
They left our treasury empty; they left our
arsenals depleted: they had sent ell our fleets,
all our war vessels (what few we had to
foreign stations; i fact, they had wrecked
and .dismantled the Federal government,
preparatory to dismembering the Union.
Under these circumstances, md under such
straits the Republican party entered upon
the great task, under its great mon, Of pre-
serving the union.
q need not e int the details Of that
struggle;it is fresh in tho minds Of most Of
you. Through more than four long, weary
years. the American peoplS, the people of
North under the leadership OF the Republi.
can party and these great men carried on
that contest and We succeeded. We sue.