The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-04-05

to American prosperity, and American "a
dustrial independence. 1t has not single
element of patriotism. 1t has no national
spirit or instinct. To supply the needs Of
the treasury is its chief and exclusive
concern. 1t has no other. 1t il o
sure precursor to national pow
erty, national bankruptcy and In
dividual distress It is the forerunner
of hard times It is without a single
worthy triumph.
Sets People Thinking.
The prevailing widespread distress m3ha-
sizes the necessity for enlightened public poll
10y and wise statesmanship. The indif{cr-
encs which has been too prevalent for many
years, has given place to deep and absorbing
interest in public affairs The masses of tho
people are considering economic questions
more earnestly than ever before, and arc
aroused to their Importance as affec ting their
own individual happiness and prosperity. 10
wisely guide them calls for the exercise Of tho
highest wisdom, coolest Judgment, and purest
patriotism. No party can safely be trusted
with the sacred interests OF the people or the
control of the government without il possess
D fixed, honest and enhgh tened purpose.
Singleness of purpose is necessary to every
reform, indispensable TO wise administration
and legislation. The want of this quality is
the infirmity Of the present administration
and the present congress. Their victory was
due to discomfort Of every kind. It was not
the result of unity Of purpose. nor of lofty
and united public sentiment. 1t was the out
come of
Misguided Judgment, Pique, Passion and
Prejudice. 4
The majority of those who voted for Mr..
Cleveland and the present Democratic con-
gress did not agree upon any principle or DO.
10y. They had their several different reasons
for opposition to the Republican party,
and their temporary union was not inspired
by devotion to Democratic principles, pur-
poses or policies. Free silver men voted the
Democratic ticket; opponents to free silver
or to any silver in our circulating medium,
voted 1t; the widest infationists as wei as
those infiexibly opposed to every form Of in
nation OF our currency, voted it,. the protec-
ZIONIST voted 1t because he did not believe the
Democratic leaders would be reckless enough
to disturb the tariff; the free trader voted IL
In the belief that the Democratic leaders
would dernolfsh all custom houses and
inaugurate unrestricted commerce with all
the world; the single tax men. the disciples of
Henry George voted 1t, while thousands who
hate all such .vagaries voted it; the silver
standard, the gold standard, the double stan
dard, the paper money advocates and the adyo-
Gates or state bank money voted IL: pension
ers voted 1t, and those who were certain that
the Democratic leaders could be counted upon
to wipe out all pensions voted 1t. And when
1t was all over and the victory was won by
these various antagonistic and contendine
elements, the realization of their hopes aud
the enactment of any legislation for the good
OF the country were Of course found to be
utterly impos ,fble.
Failure and Disappointment
were bound to follow an administration and
congress thus chosen, and the whole coun try
suffers as result. The administration and
congress are without compass or rudder. Re-
fore they have accomplished anything-while
they are yet wrangling about what they will
do-the people have become 8, dissatisfied
as TO burn with Impotence for an opportunity
to repudiate them. A general election was
never before so much desired as now, and
never so much needed. The altogether too
common idea that there is in TACT little differ
ence between the two parties, and that the
country will prosper equally well whichever
may be in power, has been completely explod. d
by one years trial of the Democratic marty
That difference has been shown to be 30 vast
Is TO I'LL the country with establishment. II ia
greater question than who shall hold the
offices. In fact 1t has been demonstrated that
the success of one party or the other means
all the difference between national happiness
and prosperity and national discomfort and
distress. - :
Standing before this vast assembly. recall
the words of William Fl. Seward, spoken to
the people at st. Paul onSept. IL, 1882 when
he said; zr.s
'The virtue which Is to save this nation
must reside in the Northwest. On both sides
OF this stream are the people who hold in their
hands the destinies Of the republic. That
some great states are to be built M in the
valley OF the Mississippi, know. You will
NO longer hear hereafter of the Old Dominion,
state; dominion passed away from Virginia
long ago. Pennsylyanania is no longer the
Keystone Of the American Union, for the
Arch Has Been Extended
from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific OCEAN
and the center of the arch has moved west.
ward. A new keystone is 10 be built in that
arch. New York will cease to be the Empire
state, and q new Empire state will grow up in
a northern latitude where the lands are rich
and where the people who cultivate them are
free and equal. That state which shall be
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
tkShs fiSAeoOu5Ay c0tt1tsus Dc no pt6du ana
prayed it might be; settled in consequences of
the DEGREES of the great campaign in which
he spoke; settled by the great nberator for
whom he spoke. the immortal Lincoln;
Settled by Eternal Justice,
for freedom and manki ind. Citizenship Is no
longer 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 of its highest interests. Now
all sections and all states bow at the shrine Of
freedom. All have common and glorious
citizenship, all like interest in the perma-
nency and progress Of the Union. The liberty
for which Seward spoke has been secured and
the Union saved stronger and better than
ever. The virtue which is to advance the ma
ton now free to its highest destiny and glory,
mustreside in the people not Of the North
west alone, but In the people of every part of
our common country. The Northwest can be
relied upon now and in the future. as in the
past, to contribute to the onward march of
the best government on the face Of the earth