The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-16

e,
as gentle, as loving as God in His Inv
finite love ever gave to man. cannot
forget this home and these people And
can say no more today than to ex-
press In words which, IL not elaborate,
will be sincere, the deep and heartfelt
thanks for these tokens, these mani
festations of good will"
There Is an ideal plane In politics
and believe we stand upon it here to-
day We differ in opinion. We differ
as to party policies. But we meet to-
day. recognizing those differences and
yet each feeling a charity toward every
other. We are all imbued with the
same spirit. We all possess the same
ambition We are all living to carry
out the same great purpose. We want
government of the people, by the
| people, and for the people, and though
we differ as to the means of carrying
! 1t out, we can
DIFFER AS HONEST CITIZENS,
differing in judgment and agreeing in
purpose. thank the Republicans who
have assembled here. thank the Pro-
hibitionists. I thank the Populists as
much as I do the Democrats, because
/ at last, my friends. when these ques-
lions which arise from time to time upon
! the surface and disturb the thought
and agitate the people have passed
away, we all agree in those great fun
damental principles which underlie our
form of government.
1--WE believe that all men were Great
| ed equal, not, that they. are equal in
talents or in virtues or in merits; but
! we agree in this, that wherever govern
ment comes in contact with the citi-
! ZenS or wherever the citizen touches
! government all must stand equal be-
| fore the law We agree that govern
! nan ho of
| and that its strength, its matchless
strength, must be the protector of the
| fortunes of the great and the posses
sions of the poor and that it shall
stand, an impartial arbiter between all
of its citizens. We must agree on
this.
1--WE agree that there are unalienable
rights, the rights which government
! did not give, rights which government
cannot take away. We all agree that
| governments are instituted among men
/ to secure and to preserve these rights,
and we agree that governments derive
! their just powers from the consent of
| the governed. We know no divine right
| of kings. The people gathered here, and
! in asSemblages like this all over this
broad land, are the sovereign people Of
| all power. These citizens are the sub
| stantial foundation upon which rest
! our form of government. And, while
our citizens appreciate the responsible
| ties of citizenship and strive, each in
/ his own way and according to his best
judgment, to bring civilization to high
er ground and make the government
each year more fit expression of the
virtue of the people, as long as this is
desired by all, we can agree in the fun
damental principles, though we may
differ in those minor points which
! separate US.
i fho+ roo INV
first instruction in Democracy. I do not
use it as a party name. l mean 1t in
i the broader sense-that Democracy
| that recognizes the brotherhood Of man.
1t was her that l learned the truth
of the poets language Honor and
fame from no condition rise. The
clothes do not make the man. We all
contribute to the nations greatness
and all who have the good of their
their station in life, what their ances-
try, what their surroundings-all these
stand upon common ground and all are
citizens. (Applause)
''It was here, too, that learned that
principle that must go hand in hand
/ with
BROAD DEMOCRACY,
the freedom of conscience; that every
! man has right to worship God ac-
cording to the dictates of his own con-
science, and that no government like
ours can attempt to dictate how a man
"shal serve or worship his God. Great
applause.)
THESE are the basic principles upon
which have been reared the greatest
nation to history. I am a believer in
/ the progress of the race. Talk not to
\ me about crises through which we can
not pass. Tell me not Of dangers that
will overthrow, or obstacles too great
| to be overcome. We know none such.
! A brave, a heoric, patriotic people
will be ready to meet every emergency
as it arises. Each generation is cap
able Of self government and I believe
each generation will be more capable
under our institutions than the genera
ton which went before.
Abraham Lincoln, in that greatest
Of his speeches, said that we had an
unfinished work. Every generation re-
ceives from the preceding generations
4 an unfinished work. The works of man
are imperfect. We shall labor on from
age to age; we shall not reach perfec-
ton, but if we do our duty we shall
leave the world better than it was
when we entered it, and every genera
ton will enjoy the blessings bequeathed
from the generation passed.
my friends, with such a gathering
here, and hot here alone, but through
out the entire land, from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and from the lakes to
the gulf; a people such as these, a
nation can look with absolute conf
/ dence for that wisdom that intel
ligence, that patriotism and that cour-
age to meet every hour of danger en-
thusiastic applause.)
But must not talk to you Permit
me again and again to thank you for
what you have done for me, for the
words that you have spoken and the
kindly expressions which L see on every
face. We know not what may be the
result of this campaign. We shall go
1 forth and do our duty as we see it, but
what shall be the result cannot be
known until the votes are counted. But