Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-03-30

9eafs. mas given place to q deep q d Ihsorbin1o
lnlcr st In pubic affairs. The masses Of the
people are cGnsi ,erlng economic questions
I lnors earnest than ever befo 8. and are
arou 81 to their Importance as affe ting their
on s Z IhdiVla ual happln ness and prosperity. 10
WI ely gu de them cal. s for the exercise g of tha
highest wisdom, coolest Judgment. and nnrast
patr1otlsm. 40 p.rty can safely be trusted
Win the sacred iatsrcsts of the peop g or / ha
contro OF the government without it possess
liked, nest and enlig tened pnrnosa
slngleness OF purpose is necessary to evrrv
reform, indispensable to Wise administration
anu NJ !sglsiatlon. The want of this qua itya ia
the lntlrmity of The pre- ent administrator
ana the present congress. Their victory was
Que to discomfort Of every XII d. It was not
tne re sult OF unity of purpose. nor of lofty
ana united public sentiment. It was the out.
come Of S:5S%-.
Misguided Judgment, Pique, Passion and
Prejudice.
The majority of those who voted for NJ.
zCieyela::d und the present Democratic ron.
gfess u.d ROE agree upon any principle or No :.
ICY they had their sew .ral different reasons
IOr opposition to the Republican marty
ana thelr temporary union was not inspired
ny oefot on to Democratic principles. pur-
poses OF pc les. Freq silver men voted the
or to any silly in our circulating nahum
Voted it; the widest inflationists as we as
.ose LII tXtbly opposed to every form of in
natlon OF our Gu "rency. voted it; the protec.
ZIONIST Votei it because he did n believe the
democratic leaders would be reck ess enou n
=! ~ ul1tuIo t-.e tarlH; the free trader voted it
IN the he 1ef that the Democratic leaders
would demoiish all custom houses and
lnau surate unrestricted commerce with ali
t1e world; { e Single tax men, the disciples of
nenry o. rge voted it, while thousands who
n1te a. such v carries voted it; the silver
standard, tn gold standard, the double stan.
dart, the paper money advocates and the advo-
Gates of state bank money voted it: nension-
els voted 1t, and those who were certain that
I. democratic leaaers could be counted unon
10 ~lp9 out all pensions voted it. And when
II was all oyer and the victory was won hv
these various ant :gonistic and contend;n,
elements. The realization Of their hopes q I'd
the enactment of any legis alton for the GOOD
u. the country Were of course found to he
ut erly impos i.le. No
FAILURE and Disappoin: mont
were bound to follow an administration ona
congress thus cLOsel, and the whole conn trv
su1rers a, result. The administration and
congress are without cOmpa or rudder Re-
Tore they have accomplished anythine-whila
t:ey are yet wranyling about what thew will
oo-9ie people nave ecome s, dis satisfied
as TO burn with impatience for an opnortu nity
to repudiate them. A general election was
never befo so much desired as now. and
never SO much needed. The altogether foo
common idea that there is in fact little differ
ence between the two parties, and that The
c'un!1y Will prosper equally we'll whichever
may De In power. has been completely explod d
ny ny one years trial of the Democratic party.
1naC dlHerence has been shown to be 50 vast
as TO NIL the country with establishment II ia
greater question than who shall hold the
onices. In fat it has been demonstrated that
Inc success OF one party or the other means
all the dlHe ence between natl nal hanniness
a.o prosperity and national discontel ut and
distress. 'A-"
On Which Side?
What part shall you, my fellow countrvmen
of the state of Minnesota, take in the settla.
ment OF these great and press ng public ones
nons! Nay We n hope that the spirit of
justice and patriotism which animated Won in
the critical days of the past, when the peonle
OF the Northwe lead the hosts of freedom in
the great contest with ths slave power. NAV
SUN inspire you to even mi yhtier efforts in
behalf of the fundamental principles >of orr
COVE nment, and OF our in ustrial independ-
ence and prosperity? Stan lin, before this
V;st assembly, recall the words Of William
d. Seward, spoken to tie people at st. Paul on
Sept. IL, 1t6', when he said
no W tuo WHICH is 10 save this nation
must eslde in the northwest. On 10th sides
OF tals stream are the people who hold in their
nanos tue destinies of the republic. That
some great tates are to be built up in the
valley OF the Mississippi, know You will
no Ion er hear hereafter If the odd Dominion
state; dominion passed away from Virginia
long ago. Pennsylvanania is no lenger the
keystone OF the American Union, for tn ,
" Arch Has Been Extended
from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific ocean,
and the center of the arch has moved west
ward A new key tone is to bs built in tn At
arch. New York will cease to be the Empire
state, ana new Empire state will grow up in
northern latitude where the lands are rich
ana where the people who cultivate them are
free and equal. That state which shall he
truest to the great fundamental principles of
the government, that state which shall be
most faithful and most vigorous in develop
Ing and perfecting society on those principles
Will be at once the Dominion state, the new
Keystone state, the new Empire state.'
The question for which the great New York
statesman spoke so eloquently has been set
tied, rishteously settled. as he plead an /
prayed it mi ghtsbe; settled in consequences of
the DEGREES of the great campaign in which
he spoke; settled by the great iberator f +
whom he spoke. the immortal Lincoln;
Settled by Eternal Justice,
for freedom and man ind. Citizenship is no
lon er unequal and every man is free beneath
the flag. The differences existing then are no
longer present to impede the progress and
unity of the republic. or to stand between us in
the realization If it's highest interests Now
all sections and all states bow at the shrine of
freedom. All have a common and glorious
citizenship, all like interest in the perna-
nency and progress Of the Union. The liberty
for which Seward spoke has been secured and
the Unto saved stronger and bett.r tn II
ever. The virtue which is to advance tn. na-
ton now free to it's highest destiny and 81 r.,
must reside in the people not of the North
west a one, but in the people Of every part Of
our common country. The Northwe It can
relic upon now and in the future, as in h
past, to contribute to the onward marh O
the best government the face of the cart