The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-01

A; Douglass and contributing to the election
OF abraham Lincoln as president of the United
states (Applause.)
And have but one prayer in this cam
paign, and 1t is this II. generation from
now, dishonor and disIoyalty should threaten
the american flag. should threaten the honor
al ene american people or the integrity or
american institutions If 1t may be permit
Tea 10 the shades Of those who have gone TO
the spirit land beyond the stars to know the
t anatrs Oh human life, pray that a boy
through whose golden hair glints the sun
SHINE OF Minnesota may arise on that day
when the honor and the integrity of hts r,ao
PIE ana OF his country are threatened and
may nave the courage to face mob and multi
Iuoe ana say My grandfather voted for
Lincoln and my father voted for Palmer. and
when they did 1t they saved the
HONOR OF THE NATION
ana sd the existence of the Democratic party
loT an generations to come" (Applause.)
), mere Is one appeal, and only one appeal
mat at the evening of this long and well
contested campaign 1 desire to call to tha
attentlon OF the intelligence of this great
democratic county Of Ramsey These men
these leaders of the siIverite party of TO-DAY
tell US that we ought to be in favor of free
silver because the statesmen Of Great Britain
are against it.
That appeal is addressed to the Ignorance
ana to the inherited hate Of all the people
OF this country. 1t is an unfortunate fact In
our history that there has never been time
IN our political history when some political
party, some INSCRIPTIONS set of political dem
agogues, have not attempted to convince the
people OF America that the leaders of the
pontlcs OF Great Britain sided with the cause
or their political opponents AWAY back in
the first administration of George washing
ton, when our first president sent from these
shores sa. IN disgrace and ignominy the min
lister or the French republic because upon
American soil he assailed the loyalty of the
people OF America, and questioned the integ-
r1ty OF our chief magistrate, there were
enough demagogues and enough traitors in
America to charge George Washington with
being the leader Of the 9pro-Britafn party In
America. Within the life of. many of the
youngest men In this audience, when James
A. Garfield, on a notable OCCASION said, with
regard to the tariff system, that he was in
favor OF a reduction In taxes ultimately
leading to free trade. from all sides of this
country went up an insensate cry that Gar
field, who had braved the horrors Of death
upon thousand battlefields of the South,
was In the pay Of British gold, and was
member of the Infamous Golden club, OF
England.
The same appeal has been made In this
campaign. need not say to an audience Ct
friends and to an audience of laborers that
every drop Of blood in my veins would rise
and boil in hot rebellion; that my right arm
would wither, and that my tongue would palsy
against any word of toadism or Of fiattery for
the England or the Britain of the past, but
may also say that was born upon American
soil, and that Of all the standards that have
ever foated to the breeze of heaven the dear
est in my sight, higher and brighter than all
Is the stars and stripes of freedom and lib
erty. (Applause) / am willing to keep step
even with the people of Great Britain in the
march OF human progress and civilization.
(Appluase) I would rather march with Eng
land, with Germany. with France. with ItaF
with Austria, with Prussia with all OF TN
scandinavian nations of the world than falh
back hundrec-aye, five hundred and thou
sand years and take the steps Of China and
Japan, the laundry nations Of the earth,
with the greasers Of Mexico with the in
habitants of the Sandwich islands or with the
cannibals of the islands Of the South sea.
(Applause)
A Voice-None Of them starving to death,
Mr.. Lawler.
Mr.. Lawler-You haven't been down there.
You look pretty comfortable yourself up
there. You are smoking a cigar that you
paid two for aquarter for.
| know the people to whom this appeal Is
addressed. I can talk to them. ! believe thai
present the insult that has been delivered
against their intelligence and against their
American patriotism. They need no certificata
as to the quality of their American patriotism.
From the day on which the blood OF Mont
gomery crimsoned the virgin SHOWS on the
Fredericksburg and all the great battles OF
our late war, the people to whom this appeal
has been made have written in blood and
In tears their certificates that they realized
the meaning of the oath they took when
they swore to defend the honor and the in
tegr1ty of the constitution Of the United Sta.es
Applause.)
A few years ago, in this city on a non
political occasion, I said to them that the
highest ideal of MISUNDERSTANDING was Philiu
Henry Sheridan the day he saved the honor
of his country and flag on the field of Win
chester. Since those words were spoken an
other and higher ideal has been presented