Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-25

response than I myself could ever frame
to the great Democracy whom you repre-
sent. My respect for them obligcs me TO
submit myself to their praise as TO grave
and emphatic judgment upon me, which
1t would be rude to question, unthankful
not to be proud of and impossible ever TO
forget. The reawakening of the Democ-
racy all over our land is the most suspicious
sign of the times. When the people OF
France rose against oppression hundred
years ago 1t meant revolution, a change of
rulers and social earthquake. When the
Democracy of America rise it means an
upheaval at the ballot box, change of
their servants and political reform.
THIS is TRUE DEMOCRACY.
This is government of, by and for the
people. When you see the farmers aroused
and allied, when you see all the fedora
tons of labor stirring. then you see in
every state the great Democratic party up
and afoot it means that the reign of pluto
Gratis is nearly over and the bright day of
Democracy is approaching dawn. The use
OF political parties is to promote TIE ex-
preston of peoples mandates. The func-
ton OF statesmen is to frame and execute
the same by Just and equal laws. The
Democratic party has its broad record. 1t
IS swift in its responses to the peoples
needs. 1t makes choice of safe and wise
statesmen to fix the statutory landmarks
OF the peoples progress and release their
energies To an ever large liberty. Democ-
racy IS progress. Liberty is It's vital air.
Constitutions and laws are the voluntary,
self-imposed safeguards of Democracy.
FOR FiREsiDE CONSIDERATION.
If any words of mine could reach every
fireside in our land this is what would
ask my fellow-countrymen at this time to
consider. All our troubles, all our dangers
aff ar< -
Republican rule, are the direct conse-
quence of that rule and follow from un-
| constitutional legislation by the very men
who sit in shivering fits over what the
Democracy will do with power. On the
| other hand the Democratic party, which
| trusts the people and would see all broad
based upon a peoples will, is precisely that
party whose creed has ever been strict
Interpretation of the constitution and con-
inement of the government TO few
/ SPECIFIC granted powers. commend those
contrasted facts to my fellow-countrymen
for neighborly debate and fireside medita-
| ton till the SHOWS melt.
DEMocRAcY's ENEMIES.
The enemies of Democracy to-day their
name is the Republican parity prolong
with true herodity-they breed straight
archical succession. They distrust the
people. Their distrust is perfectly sincere.
individual Republicans learn higher pa
triotism when they learn to trust the peo-
pie and hate plutocratic rule. Then they
leave the Republican party as Horace
Greedy did. rs Trumbull did, us Charles
Francis Adams and his sons did. but the
Republican party neither trusts the people
nor obeys them. When six millions of
people in New York find their way at last
to rule of the majority, Republicans as
crbe it to a machine. When great ma
lority of fifty million people make mant
test their predominence in the popular
vote and the electoral colleges, Republican
leaders invent vertabc machine to yet
away the presidency from the people, they
reward with plumber and public trusts By
hundreds, high and low, every participant,
abettor, and defender Of that colossal
fraud. The Republican party neither
trusts the people nor obeys them 1t now
requires another upheaval at the ballot
box like that of 1880 to be convinced that
the wicked work of the billion dollar Con-
gress must be repealed and the peoples
wishes respected.
THE BILLION CONGRESS.
Fellow Democrats | rejoice to know by
those infallible signs, by the ground-swell,
by the reawakening of the Democratic
hosts, by the arollsal of high and noble
young ambitions throughout our land that
we are advancing to q cordial union and
| n.
advancing to final renewal of the nation s
verdict in the mad, insensate reign of auto
Gratis and plutocrats in the billion dollar
Congress, whereby their verdict, now
scoifed at and stayed, shall have efficient
execution in the election of both branches
OF the Federal Congress- and Federal ex-
ecutlve obedient to the sovereign people S
will.
Continuing, Mr.. Hill said: Your mes
sage TO the great and general assembly of
democrats, | rejoice to know, touches
nothing OF interest of New York, but what
is universal and common to the interests
OF the whole Of these United States. You
stand for the whole Democratic faith ano
I tradition which in the Billion Congress.
underwent the most powerful, deliberat,
and revolutionary subversion by the
money power ever known in our history
THE MKINLEY LAWS
The two Mckinley laws now transform
the Federal power of taxotion for revenu,
, into an instrument of extortionate takin.
from the wages and profits of our indus
trial tolling millions, by subsidies, bountie
and enhanced prices, a stupendous incre
Inent for the wealth of Our employers o.
T less than per cent of all our people
shall these laws stand? The Sherman
SILVER law now transforms the Fedora
coinage power Of silver and gold into al
instrument for the gradual expulsion o
our gold for the establishment of an ex
= elusive basis, and for the permanent re
duction of every American dollar by 3
per cent or more below the level of its tru
value during the whole period Of our FIRE
blmetallic coinage from 1852 to 1872
l Shall such law stand? There has heel
V no such legislation for free men sine
: Cromwell called the laws of England :.
/. tortuous and ungodly jumblen The dc
lnand for repeal of these edicts of In
billion Congress has extorted from Repuh
lican leaders their published purpose /
i refuse appeal. The admission Is Of grca
n importance. 1t is fresh evidence that
do not press too far the charge Of di,
, obedience OF the peoples overwhclmin
u mandate.
REPEAL BEYOND THE LAW or 1888.
= The demand for repeal is proposal q
Z the largest measure Of tariff reform az
!, mt, Tor It is a proposal to recover til
c whole ground unsurped by the billo
G congress and 1t is even more, for it ha
d apprised the country that their unrepealc
# existence for another year shall not eret
g the novel superadded wrongs of the tw
I, Mckinley acts into fnality. Renenl
4 not proposal to stop at the tariff Of is,
Il as iinality. My language expressly barre
8 out that absurd idea. Moreover, when Ill
g larii OF 1883 was the law Of the land i
e the hour of our defeat three years ago
II said here in Albany: "The Democrat
party nails to the mast the flag of Ii
tariff reform" Tariff reform will renal
C. and require progressive solution with Ii
u wise and polite method Of abolishini
n whenever practicable, one after anothe
e one indefensible tax at time. where III
r two Mckinley laws to-day replaced by Ii
d tariff Of lSs3. But | do not finch bacl
!. ward from the advance line of ntrencI
:, nents which the Democrats of New Yoi
y have won. kept and will guard. do II
n shirk deadly grapple with the Repub
le can reyollltionisis. whose banners /
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