Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-30

@'tAh I1t4A& aL r4o4aEAt t4atA+S -
Abraham Llncoln. II hon be -ssd.
M man ever had q harder task be
fnrs hin. No aIs ever knew. 40 oDe can
know the perpiexitiss with which he
as beset the petty snnosanees. the
leeloslsies IN the army and out, the blck-
erinzs IN high places and IN los places.
the dis>rnsipns IA congress- and Ia the
cabinet. and yet amidst them all be
sb~d uGDosed IN his purpose % save
the union. aud nothing could divert
him from the accomplishment % that
sob..lIe purpose which he had taken an
oath - execute.
His greatest achievement II the
many great achievements 81 his aduin,
lstrztlon. was his immortal prcslamation
u emancipation his proclamation Il
liberty d the tlack people ~ the United
Stafes That act will ~ down % the
ages lie spoke the words which maete
men free. He made the Declaration ~
lneiepensience 90 longer promise. fut
an actual fulfillment lie struck the
saackles from the souls and bodies q
4tsotsO ~ bondSmen. He lnsbssissed in
our iastitufions cisll and political liberty
- every citizen every y here within tho
jurisdiction % the fiag
Hafrt-<sns worth.
Speaking n benjamin Harrison.
Major Mckinley said that his admins
tfafion Mas pure. vigorous and patriotic
and ais own contemporaries viii give
hin has true place Ia history His al
uinistrstion taught the nations II the
world that no country can with safety
modest an American seaman or insult
the American tag
In conclusion he said: 1T Is notable
that all the republican presidents
elected bs the people had been soldiers.
Mr.. Lincoln had served in the Black
hawk war as the captain of an Illinois
company. While his succes-ors had all
participated IA more or less conspicu
Gus capacity IN the great civil war.
The history n the republican presi
dents j. the history - the party Tor
more than thirty years The presi
dents. however. did not create the
did not create the cause for which the
republican party had contcnded- That
carsc was created ln the consrisnccs of
the people ~ the north. and IL has been
triumphantly sustained and indicated
by fhe repeated verdict ~ the American
people and the deliberate Judgment q
mankind The cause is just as great
AMI Triumphant a. II ever was IN the
past
The Country's Needs.
The country needs the republican
party. for lis principles and purposes
and policies underlir every American in
tefest and are allied with lis true growth
and advancement We have now
reached ia the national pathway the
,.fu... her. ia. xx.xa t.trsa Str.... 1~tt
until the ith day of March. this year.
the democrat party has been without
power % do anything with public meas
ures without the sanction of the repub
llcan party. In all those years until
now they have never had al the same
time the Legislative and the executive
branches ~ the government.
They have both now, they are in full
and undisputed possession They have
no divided responsibility. There IL no
longer any excuse for pretenses; no
longer any room Tor hypocrisy. II they
believe in themselves and their profes-
sions of thirty years they can now make
them effective. What they will do | do
not know. l cannot know. for they
don't know themselves. There is no
cause for discouragcment on our part.
We have but % move on with our old
time sigor. yielding nothing 81 prInci-
Pile AZ MIR. Lincoln said November n.
1861: The fight must 20 on; the cause
enust not surrender at the end OF one or
even hundred defeats
senator Green's Views.
The colorcd senator from Cleveland.
John T. Green. responded 20 the toast
The American Citizen.
II blush to present 20 you. he said.
the humiliatlng paradox that. for por
ton ~ our citizens 10 enjoy the full pro
lection of our glorious flag they must
20 away from home. for | grieye 10 say
II. in the United States the enjoyment
of lie. liberty and pursuit 81 happiness
IN 81 far az II concerns sotooro ~ our
coiofcd citizens il regulated by sectional
customs In the great north he ~ the
peer - the most favored. while in the
greater portion ~ the south he is pro
tectssd ard tolerated only in the guise of
ar accomplishing menial"
The toast q The Tariff was re
spctided q by Nahion Chance. He said
The result - tho election Last November
Uas not the defeat n the tariff The
democracy talked one kind ~ plat
form IN one part ~ tho country and
atI'tlI'f fi~ffN tlfNt-s III tOitNftiItUI II
talked better protection. IN the west free
trade. II was a campaign ~ deception.
binding II the people Ia true ISSUES.
In speaking % the toast - Young
Men in Club Work the Hon. W l.
squire of Toledo. ey president - re
publican league. said that the event II
the night was the beginning ~ move
mont that prcsages better methods of
politics and the dawn ~ more intelligent
action az the ballot box Other toastz
we're responded - hy James A. Garfield
- Cleveland. Who spoke upon Young
Republicans Atforney General Rich.
srsls AMI Judge Wickham ~ Pennsyl
rania II wss after midnight before the
oratory vas over
\ significant feature - The event was
the references made ty almost every
ous ~ the speakers - Governor Nc
kinney. az the one ard only republican
rorsinee for the presidency - i-qsi