The Forrest City times., 1895-10-04

by the people, to stand upon that platform. If there be any who differ from the declaration of the platform of 1892 1t is their right and privilege cs democrats to appeal to the na- tional representatives in 1e90 for recognition of their views. and then. like trre democrats. acquiesce in the verdict, whatever it may be as I myself shall do.
 Tt bchoovcs us as patriots, looking to the future welfare of our country. aside from what may be purely partisan questions. to take speedy and decided action upon a subject now confronting us as a nation. More than sev- enty years ago President James Monroe issued a message which oficially committed the United States to the doctrine that any att tempt by foreign power to obtain further foothold in the western hemisphere would be treated by this nation as act of hostility. To-day the queen of Great Britain claims and exercises jurisdiction over territory larger than the state of Ohio. which is tho lawful and for many years undisputed prop erty of our sister republic of Venezuela. Tho question as to whether we propose to main- tain and assert the Monroe doctrine confronts us there. In the near future the same ques- tion will confront us In our own dominions, for Great Britain has actually. although cov- ertly and peacefully. invaded, under claim of right, territory purchased by us from Russia and included in the boundaries of Alaska. It is pleasant to read. in a recent issue of a New York paper, that Mir. Olney intends to plant himself firmly upon the Monroe doctrine and stand there while he remains at the head of affairs He believes that the action ot Great Britain in this Venezuelan boundary question is a fragrant violation of this doctrine, and that a halt must therefore be called
 Let us hope that, in pursuance of that laudable purpose, he will also call O halt in tho aggressions of Great Britain upon our own territory in the northwest.
 'The Monroe doctrine was in It's origin dis n n6 aCn nll Aar flo rfn The Monroe message was submitted to Jerer- son and approved by him, and the question therein raised declared by him to be the most momentous since that of independence Let 1t be understood that we, as the followers of Jefferson, are as aggressively, as earnestly and as defiantly in favor of the Monroe doctrine as he was, and that the United States of America stands ready with It's army, its navy and its treasury to uphold this doctrine at all hazards.
 II call upon you, my fellow countrymeu, whether you be democrats or republic ans. to rally to our standard in this fight in Ohio It s not the fight of a party or faction. It is the fight of people. The men we oppose are not republicans. The Coxes. the Blisses. tho Kurtzes, the Majors not the lineal de- scendants of the Glasses, the Garfelds the Wades and the Giddingses who created the republican party of Ohio Every republican who believes in the history and traditions of his party, or who loves his country, should join us in driving such people not only from their own party, but out of politics forever
 We see before us a divided. demoralized, faction-ridden foe, torn by internal strifes, and reoelling against it's bosses To this half hearted and disorganized host we present an unbroken front There are no dissensions, no btckerings. no murmurings. Every man is eager for the fray. As look into your earnest faces see that which we already breathe in the air and feel tingling in our blood-the as-