The Portland daily press., 1893-10-26

country was in danger, the countrv was
in danger no longer. So we orators have
for years been describing what might
happen If the democracy came into
power. On the other hand, you were
told by honest-minded Democratic
orators that the millennium would dawn
if we could only have this dreadful pro-
lection stricken down. Yo1l could not
tell what to believe. But there have
come to you since that time great facts
which YOU cannot deny or eyade. and
men whose wages have been stricken
down, who have been sent drifting and
are covering under the shadow of the
democracy, tell the story mere elooduent-
ly than nay orations. Shall we be told
in the midst of our distress, by the gen
tleman from Washington whose short
sojourn there filled the world with ad-
miration for the powers forever lost to
the country, that our limbs are tied, that
we shall not be allowed to rescue our
selves from this great national calamity,
and that we must turn our attention to
the almshouse and asylums of Massachu-
setts and pass by questions of our own
life and prosperity? Thankaheavep. this
country was not builded that way.
Never was despotism SO rigorous that
public sentiment once united, persistent
and vehement, did not sweep down all
the barriers of power. This is part and
RIsA WI VI oitO SoASeto SpiIS Ol
The Right of the Majority
to rule the minority. We have conquered
the minority in one House of Congress,
but the right of the majority to rule is
farthest from being established in this
country than it has ever been. The
majority of the people are not ruling and
that encourages every minority to add to
the Constitution that the majority shall
rule and proviso, Provided the minority
are persistent and ugly enough to
prevent it.n
There is no rule of safety in the
country except the rule of the majority.
This is only one of its phases. Ii YOU
Massachusetts, people desire to retain a
system under which for thirty years YOU
have been prosperous and great, you
must show it on election day by no un-
certain sign. There is no state SO deeply
interested as Massachusetts. If it were
not for it's condition I would saw: aLet
these men try it. Let us have the lesson
OF free trade burned into the quick and
then let US have peace But when
Massachusetts, sits around to mourn her
destroyed factories, ruined industries and
ruined machine shops, she sits around to
mourn for eternity, for if they are once
destroyed, the omnivorous West will do
OnO IHdu uuldCJltTluS lOF bQ0 country. You
have the start, you have the power, you
have the prestige. You can keep it. or
you can throw it away. The only way in
which you can keep it is by making the
voice of the majority of your people heard
and heard across the country. The
Democratic party is ruled by the South,
by which mean men who have no con-
ception of the Northern Industrial city
OF Lowell or Lawrence. That wealth
which is diffused from one end of these
towns to another they do not understand.
II you who do understand neglect your
duty, you must not be surprised if these
men carry out their ideas Truth is
mighty-so is ignorance. Let us fight it
out to the end for the right of this people
to rule themselves, and the right of the
majority to rule. In the sreat
wars for liberty there are no
Marengos. Upon them the bright sungof
Austeflitz never shines, but also there is
no St. Helena. They are more like the
wars of our own Revolution with very
few battles OF Trenton and many Valley
Forges, many betrayals at Stony Point,
many treasons of Benedict ArnoIds but,
thank heaven, in the end clear and
bright in the upper sky is the name OF
George Washington, the chief of states
men and prince of conquerors.
Mr.. Reed concluded amid great ap-
plause having spoken thirty-five minutes.
The meeting adjourned shortly after 9
o'clock.