The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-03
aOBERTLINCOLN'S SPEECH.
Enthusiastically Received by the Re-
publIcans of Quincy, III.

L. Lincoln. Minister To England,
addressed 5000 Republicans IN this
city this afternoon. He was given
an enthusiastic reception, his re-
marks being frequently interrupted
by cheers. He spoke from manu-
script substantially as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:-I
thank you heartily for this greeting
here to-day to me, practical stran-
ger. CA voice-"Oh, we knew your
daddy.") (Cheers) Though born
in Springfield, this State, | have
never before visited Quincy. | am
glad to meet so many who knew my
father. (Cheers) am glad to APP
pear before you in Quincy, one of
the cities visited by my father in
joint debate IN 1858.
The year 1858 brings to mind the
State banks of the days OF Demo.
cratic supremacy and misrule before
the war, the troublous times when
the currency of this and other
States was called by the cheerful
names of "red dog" and "wild
cat" (Cheers.)
And that date calls to my mind
the fact that the Democracy upheld
slavery as u divine institution.
Those were the days when the South
ern slaye- holding Democrats spoke
contemptuously of Northern work
men, as the mud stills Of humanity.
| do not see how self respecting
workingman can join the ranks of
the Democracy when he remembers
the epithets that were given him by
the men who are now the hope and
strength of the Democratic party.
In those days we were told that
America did not need any manufac-
turles, that this was essentially an
agricultural country; that 1t was
cotton that this continent was best
fitted to produce. They said if
slavery was abolished the country
would go to ruin and sink into
desolation. The Democratic party
survives to this day as the parry of
obstruction, destruction and calam-
lty and nothing else.
In 1864 it was the Democratic
party that declared the war to be
failure. At the close of the war
it fell to the Republican party to
reorganize the government and
make sound laws for the develop
ment of our national resources.
From that dav to this the Democ-
racv has never been in power.
(Cheers.) For 81 years, for the
life time of generation, you have
lived and the country has prospered
under Republican laws, despite the
efforts of the Democrats to over
throw them. When the Republi-
can party came into power the
country was undeveloped. There
were no railroads in this great west
A man then crossed the continent
in covered wagon at the risk Of
his scalp. (Laughter.) In the east
there was 10 continues line of rail
road two hundred miles in length.
The east and the west were waiting
for Republican laws to develop and
foster the enterprise of the country.
There were no American manufac
torres worth mentioning. Foreign
manufactures planned to break
down and drIye out Of business the
struggling manufacturers by COM
bining and cutting prices so that h
could not live. We were then u
distinctly agricultural country. We
had no iron for our railroads, and
the good women AT home could not
buy an American made brussels
carpet. To-day, on the contrary.
steel rails sell for $25 Il ton that
then cost $3.50 ton. and you can
buy American made brussels car
pets at less than 81 that cost then
1926 per yard.
And the same thing Is true in re-
gard to hundreds of other articles.
This was mainly brought about by
the Morrill, tariff law and subse-
quent notifications of that wise
law. Tariff laws, together with
American genius and inventive skill
have brought the prices of all these
goods down to so low a scale that it
is simply astonishing to those who
lived back there and paid the prices
charged under Democratic ascen-
dency. (Cbeers.)
American wages nave, on the
other hand, been doubled and
trebled during the time of which |
speak. The Republican policy has
enabled the working people to pur-
chase more with their money, and
has secured to them more money
with which to buy. The Demo-
Gratis wish to break down this
American policy. They say that
the cost of living has been increased.
This I utterly deny. All articles
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