The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-31
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WHY CAAAA - -
lam opposed TO the Democratic party
and viii tell you Why Every State
that seeded from the United States was
a Democratic State. Every ordinance oi
secession that was drawn was drawn by
a Democrat. Every man that endeavored
70 tear the old flag from the heaven that
It enriched was q Democrat Every man
that tried to destroy this nation wss
Democrat.
Every enemy this great Republic has
had for twenty years has been DemocTL
Every man that shot Union soldiers was
q Democrat. Every man that starved
Uuion soldiers, and refused them in the
extremity Of death, was q Democrat
Every man that loved slavery better than
liberty Was 4 Democrat The msn that
assassinsted Abraham Lincoln was
Democrat. Every man that sympathized
with the assassin every man glad that
the poblest President ever elected was
assassinafed-Eas q Democrat Every
man that wanted the privilege Of whip
ming another man TO make his work for
nothing and paid him with lashes on his
naked back was s Democrat. Every man
that raised bloodhoHnds 10 pursue human
beings was Democrat
Every man that impaired the credit oi
the United States, every man that s~ore
we would never redeem the greenbaeks,
every maligner Of his eountry's credit
every calumniator OF his country's honor
was Democrat
lam Republican. am q Republican
because the Republican party says this
country is a nation and not a confederacy-
I want to know If the government that
took you from your freside and made
YOU fight for it-I want TO know if It Is
not bound TO fight for you. The flag
that viii not protect its protectors Is a
dirty nag that contaminates the air IN
which II waves. The government that
viii not defend its defenders IS a dis
grace to the nations Of the world. / am
a Republican because the Republican
party SAYS, eve viii protect the rights Of
American citizens al home, and if neces-
sary We will march an army into any
state 10 protect the rights Of the hum
blest American citizen in that State. !"
ANY man that il not in favor Of human
progress. that is not in favor Of giving to
Others all be claims for himself We do
not ask him TO vote the Republican
ticket
Free labor, love, affection-they have
invented everything Of use in this world.
I am a Republican. We have got the
first free country that ever existed. And
right here want TO thank every soldier
that fought to make il free. Every one,
living and dead.
These heroes are dead. They are at
rest. They sleep in the land they made
free, nnder the flag they rendered stain
less, under the solemn pines, the sad
bemlocks, the fearful willows and the
embracing vines. They sleep beneath
the shadows Of the clouds, careless alike
Of the sunlight OF Of storm, each in the
windowless palace Of rest. Earth may
run red with other wars-they are at
peace. In the midst Of battle, in the
roar ofeonhict, they found the serenity
Of death. have one sentiment for the
soldiers living and dead-cheers for the
living and tears for the dead.
Now, my friends, want you TO vote
the Republican ticket. want you to
swear that you will not vote any enemy
Of human progress. Go and talk 10 every
Democrat that you can see. Get him by
the coat collar; talk to him. Hold him
like Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, with
your gIittering eyes. Hold him; tell
him all the mean things his party ever
did. Tell him kindly; tell him in a
Christian spirit as 1 do, but tell him.
want you, every one, to swear you
viii vote for the glorious Republican
party. 1 tell you We must stand by the
country. L is a glorious country. It
permits you and me to be free. 1t is the
only country in the world where labor is
respected let us support it. It is the
only country in the world where the
useful man is the aristocrat. The man
that works FOR s. g day and goes home at
night to his little ones, takes his little
boy on his knee, and he thinks that boy
can achieve anything that the sons Of
the wealthy man can achieve. The free
schools are open to him; be may be the
richest the greatest, the grandest; ana
that thought sweetens every drop Of
sweat that rolls down the honest face Of
toll. Vote TO prosper that country.