Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-25

ton, that around thlS green, men were
parading and burning king George the
III in eiiigy. They ccunsal no odds.
They fought for great principles and
they came out of the struggle ragged III
their home-spun, but self-respecting in
their hearts. Applauso.l They came
and formed u government, for they
were all poor alike. There was no man
of that day whose fortune would hGva
been worth mentioning at the present
time. They determined that as far as
they could they would elevate the great
powers of Judgment between man sad
man, and the great powers OF taxation
over all the people; that they would put
them up to be respected, to be valued;
that they would put them out and above
the hungry, greedy clutch of personal
interest and lnercenary enterprise. They
no more intended, my friends, thai the
halls of legislation should be disgraced
by the presence of a mercenary Jobber,
than they intended that the pure ermine
Of the bench should cover selfish and
mercenary man. [Applauso.]
And | would say, with all respect for
my good and honorcd friend, Professor
Elliot, that while he goes so far and so
well; while he tells the truth in regard
to the duty Of every man to cultivate
his faculties, the duty of every man to
sec in every State that the opportunity
of improving is given to every human
being in its midst; while every father
and every man and every guardian
should see to it that the blessed light Of
intelligence should shine wherever it
can in the darkest places, that alone will
not do, unless the general moral quail
., 4l,nt hac f,f ora
equally respected-the sense of fair play
between man and man, the sense Of
Justice tnat could have no right to take
public power and pervert it for a
private use. That is the spirit that is
necessary; that is the spirit that guided
George Washington-he would not per-
nit them to affix a salary even to the
great offices which he took and filled in
military and in civil life.
SOLEMN AND HIGH PUBLIC DUTY.
This is all there is in the Democratic
party. | agree that we may be very
stupid; that we may be dull men. L
feel myself in standing before you to-
night unworthy almost of approaching
such topics as | have endeavored to
treat of. l feel it, but feel also with
it that | am speaking that which know
behooyes you my friends to listen to-;
and to remember. Remember that you
are charged with a solemn and high
public duty, for yourself, for your
children, for your posterity, for your
country; and out of common gratitude
to the inheritance you have, you are
bound to keep it clean, you are bound
to resent the efforts that are being made
to change the spirit and purpose tor
which this government was intended.
[Appiausel.
What is the effect of agreeing that
party success shall result in certain re-
suits of profit to individuals? What is
the result of an election where they say,
"Carry this for us and we will restore
the Mckinley Tariff; carry this for us
and we will amend certain law in
way that shall be favorable to your in
terest; carry this for us, and you shall
| have office in abundance, and you shall
have salaries without doing the labor"
What is it alp Why, my friends, it is
putting up the powers of the govern
ment at auction. 1t was said that tho
pratorian guard in Rome laughed at
their Emperors and put up the Roman
crown for sale and said, she shall have
it who shall best minister to our pas
sions and interests" Well, they may
call things by different names, the doc
trine of Protectionism and the pratorian
guard both begin with "p," and take
it there is not much difference between
them. Applause.
The whole doctrineis based upon farm
ing out public powers for private inter-
ests, and thus the offices of the party
become the possession of corrupt schcm-
crs.
A DISGRACE THAT STiNGs.
confess that J. have felt sturg, as IL
almost with blow; / have felt an in
dignation that smarted when have
read in papers published in this State
the proposition to sell the highest places
in our State TO the men that can gather
up the most money from doubtful
sources and doubtful enterprises in other
States and come and insult our people
by It's expenditure. [Applau2e.
"Forewarned is forearmed." These
things are publishcd; and it is not so
far as know denied. And it is coolly
stated that if q certain party of shady
repute elsewhere will advance to tho
Republican managers of the State OF
Delaware a sufficient sum to overcome
the scruples of that class of our people
whom unjust taxation has made the
obvious and necessary victims of their
policies, that then he shall stand as o
Senator of the United States from the
State of Delaware.
God has many modes of trying men.
He can bring affliction in many shapes,
send death, disease into our households,
and take those most beloved from our
side; He can send His fire from heaven
and destroy the fruits of our industry,
and IN various ways he can visit the
children of men. | know not what
suffering may be in store for me or Tor
any of you. | do know the spirit in
which we ought to seek humbly to meet
our fate and to obey his call. But, men
of Delaware, such shame as is pro-
posed to lis now to send these despica-
bic and corrupt instruments to the
highest places as our ambassadors and
representatives in the Senate of the
United States can only come my friends
because we permit it.
If TILE PEOPLE ARE TRUE.
If the people of Delaware are true to
themselves, the sun will 80 down on
the evening of the sixth of next
November with an honest majority in
every county from honest men intend
ing to maintain their government by
adhering to those principles that shall
make men respect the rights of others
and insist upon respect to themselves.
That We shall be and prove ourselves
worthy to be the inheritors of that
common freedom, that simple honesty
that true American republicanism that
| ranon IN uS from our fOrefatlerS and