The Dickinson press., 1894-03-31
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were bound to follow an administr.tion .,ia
congress thus CT osel, and tho whole country
suffers result. The admin stration and
congress are with ,ut compa or rudder, r..
t"re they have accom- llished anythlnx-vhils
ey are yet wrAn ling about what they viii
do-the peoP.e have ecome Q dis ,atis6ed
as to burn with impau .nce for an opportu .itv
to repu late them. A general election w.
mover befo 90 much d.sirsd % now. and
never 90 much needed. Tho altoe..thar foo
common idea tnat there Is In fact little uilPer.
ence betwesn the two parties, and that he
untry will prosper equally well w.iohsver
may be tn power: :nas be- completely explod d
That difference has been ahown 10 be- "a VT
g to MI the country with astonisument. L ia
agreater question than who shall ho:d fhe
omces. In fa t 1t has been demonstrated thnt
tne SUCCESS Of one party or the other meaus
all the due enc. between natl nal hsppineeo
distress. ~""
Standing before this vast assembly, I recall
the words Of William H. Seward. spoten "a
tie people at st. Paul onsept. IL, lS6l when
he said; '''
"The virtue which is to save this n.&,on
must reside In the Northwest On both sides
OF tais stream are the people who hold In their
hands tue destinies of the republic. That
some great tates are to be built up In the
valley Of the Mississppi, know. You Win
no Ion er hear hereafter the 'Old Do, inion'
state; dominic passed away from Virpinia
long ago. F. nnsyivanania 10 no niger the
Keystone OF the American Union, for The
Arch Has Been Extended
from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific ocean.
and tho center OF the arch has moved west.
ward. A new keyston is to be built in III Z
arch. New York will cease to be the Empiro
state, and new Empire state will Rrow M in
northern latitude where the lands are rich
and where the people who cultivate them are
FREQ and equal. That state which shall be
truest to the great fundamental principiea Of
the government, that state which shsii ia
most faithful and most vigorous IN develop.
ing and perfecting society on those principles
will be vt once the Dominion state. tho new
Keystone state, the new Empire state"
The question for which the great New York
statesman spoke so eloquently has been set
prayed 1t mi hit be: settled in consequence. Of
tht DEGREES Of the great rampaign In which
he spoke; settled W the great uberator {
whom he spoke. the immortal Lincoln;
Settled by Eternal Justiee,
for freedom and man ind. Citizenship IA M
lon or unequal and every man is free beneath
the flag. Tho differences existing then are no
longer present to impede the progress and
unity Of the republic. or to stand between us in
the realization 4 its highest interests. Now
all sections and all states bow at tho shrine OF
ffeedm. All have o nm N and glorious
citizenship. all a like interest in he perms-
nency and progress OF the Union. The liberty
for viii h seward spoke has been secured and
the UnioI saved strong and better than
ever. The virtue which Is TO advance tho na.
ton now FREQ to its highest destiny and glory,
must reside In the people not Of the North.
west a one, but in the people of every part Of
our common country. The Northwest can be
relic 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