The herald., 1896-09-12

Z American hintoTx whioh msre fully typ
ines the possibilities and triumphs of
American opportunity than that of
Abraham Lincoln. (Cheers.) His life
and career put to shame the false doc
trine now so insidiously promulgated.
that there are class divisions in the
United States. applause and cries of
s.Good') Humble of birth, surrounded
by poverty. forced by circumstances to
acquire, unaided. whatever education
he had, he reached the highest place in
the gift of free people and the greatest
place in the world. (Great applause and
cheers, and cries of wen put McKin-
ley there. too.") He demonstrated while
In office wonderful ability and met public
exigencies in the most trying years in
our history with consummate sagacity
and strength. 1t is gratifying to us to
know that on the great ques-
tons on which parties are
divided, Lincoln stood from the be-
ginning of his early manhood where we
stand today. We have the satisfaction
Of knowing that in the present struggle
we are close to him and have his APPROX
al of the great principles we advocate.
(Applause.)
No man has shown more thorough
knowledge of the tariff and its influence
upon domestic prosperity than he. Forty
three years ago he made an address up
on the subject Of tariff and taxation
and their effects upon the condition of
the country, which do not think has
been excelled by anybody before or
since. Lincoln said: 1.-The first of our
resolutions declares a tariff of duties
upon foreign importations, producing
sufficient revenue for the support of the
general government, and so adjusted
as to protect American industries, to be
indispensably necessary to the prosper
ity of the American people; and the sec
ond declares direct taxation for a ma
tional revenue to be improper"
Listen to his description of the condi-
ton of the country at the time when he
spoke, and how vividly it portrays the
times in which we live: For years
past the revenues of the government
have been unequal to its expenditures,
and. consequently. loan after loan,
sometimes direct and sometimes indi-
rect in form, have been resorted to. By
this means national debt has been Gre
ated and is still growing on us with
a rapidfty fearful to contemplate--a
rapidity only to be expected in time of
war"
You would think that Abraham Lin
coin was describing the three years
from 1893 to 1896. (Great applause.) Is
It any wonder when the national con-
vention met in Chicago. May II, 1860
kf,a 10 Of ho
Republican party-the following reso-
luton was issued which is the same
doctrine that we advocate now?
Resolved. That while providing rev.
enue for the support Of the general gov
ernment by duties on imports, sound
policy requires such an adjustment of
these imports as to encourage the de-
velopmerrt OF the Industrial interests of
the whole country, and we commend that
policy Of the national exchange which
secures to the workingmen liberal
wages. to agriculturists remunerative
prices, to mechanics and manufacturers
an equal award for their skill, labor and
enterprise and to the nation CONNER
cial prosperity and independence" (Tre-
mendous cheering.)
That, my fellow citizens, was the Lin
coin platform Of 1S60.Y and 1t is the Re
publican platform of 1896. (Great cheer
ing and cries Of "That's rightly
am glad to meet the young men of
the Republican, league of the state OF
Pennsylvania. There is no surer safety
for our institutions than the manifes-
tation Of intelligent and patriotic inter-
est by the young men Of the United
States. America is the country Of the
greatest and freest opportunity. We
have no hereditary rulers and we will
have none. (Applause.) We have no
privileged class and we will have none.
There are two great incentives to Amer
lean manhood-the realization Of indi-
vidual ambition and patriotic devotion
to country, with an active and more in
telligent participation Of every citizen
in the affairs of state, the freer, purer
and greater will be the government.
Here all citizens are interested in the
government, and here represented in the
great assembly are men of every avoca-
ton and profession, but you are here
because you believe alike and because
you want neither free silver nor free
trade. (Great cheering and cries of
"Hurrah for McKinley.")
We do not delegate to anybody our
right to govern. We cannot delegate the
right to anybody. 1t is a sacred trust
which cannot be performed by a sub
stitute, but must be done by each citi-
zen for himself. Indifference to our
duties as citizens will inevitably be fol-
lowed by incompetency and corruption
In public affairs. There is no higher evil
dence of true patriotism than hearty
and earnest interest in the affairs of
the government with the object of secur-
ing the greatest possible good. The dis
cussion, such as we are having now, and
ut last the sober. intelligent use of the
ballot is the surest foundation upon
which our institutions can rest, land takes
the places of revolution, despotic gov
ernment. (Applause.)
'"The source of all power is from the
people themselves That is everywhere
accepted as the foundation of our polit-
ical fabric. The Republican party has
always been the party of lofty purposes
1t never had an aim from the first mo-
ment of its existence until now which
did not embIoce the common good of all.
Cloud applause and cries of That's
rightly 1t never fought battle against
liberty and euualitv TT never str,Ick