The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-25
A FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLES.
Gen. Buckner Scores Those Who Are
ScrambIing for Office.
Gen. Buckner spoke as follows.

Gen. Buckner spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
thank you most heartily for the very cordial
welcome you have given me here this even
ing 1 claim not to be a stranger in this
land; I knew it almost before any Of you
ever saw this country. I was here in the
of their army, stationed at your neighboring
post of Fort Smelling. forty-six years ago.
(Applause)
The country beyond this beautiful river
then showed no other signs of habitation than
the tepee Of the savage, and nothing of COM
merce was then known in this country except
the incip1ent trade of lumber, few saw mills
were erected, and the skins purchased from
the Indians were the chief commerce of the
country.
l return after lapse of that time, and it
seems to me as if some magic wand had
been waved over the land. Two neighboring
cities, r1yalling each other in wealth. in pop
ulation and in splendor, have risen as If by
magic. Yet we are told by gentlemen who are
preaching dissention in this country, persons
who are seeking to incite the people of one
section against another, that this thing does
not exist, that these palaces, palatial resi-
dences and business houses are not here:
that the people are impoverished and starry
ing, and that the only remedy for what they
claim the evils that are existing is for one
half OF the population of this country to at
tempt to butcher the other half. (Applause)
appear in connection with my distinguished
leader here tonight to protest against the at
tempt of these men to divide this country in
twain. (Applause.) I do not come here
claiming that we will succeed or that we will
not succeed In this election; and l wish to
answer that gentleman who demanded when
my leader stood here, whether we expected
to win the election or not. / wish to say to
MIN that the thought never entered our
minds. Great applause.) We are not prac-
ucal politicians in the sense that principle
and the good of the country can be traded off
for place. (Applause.) You who asked that
question show that you know nothing more
OF patriotism than men, more prominent
tnan 20 yourself, in your party. (Applause.)
papers OF the country with two prominent
members of that party standing upon the
Cnlcago platform; one Of them was a senator
In the United States congress and the other
a prominent member of the house of renre
sentatives They said it was strange to them
that two gentlemen like Gen. Palmer and
myself should accept nomination on ticket
which did not have chance of success The
QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE
never seemed to enter their minds ~
plause) And whilst On the question of prin
c1ple, Mr.. Chairman, | wish to say this.
nave heard other outc1ies in the remote PARTS
OF thls nall. 1t is not new to US. We have
Deen IN many sections of this country We
nave met there, as we have met here the
bone and the sinew and the patriotism of
the country, but hiding away in the dark
on the OUTSKIRTS, we have seen evidences of
the presence OF these men who, having alb
d1cated their own manhood simply echo the
principles dictated to them by their masters
tremendous applause.)
IQGI.
to them, general.
Mr.. Chairman, l wish to say that I respect
any man, whatever may be his opinions
however they may differ from mine who
gives an honest enunciation on proDer occa-
sions of his opinions on political and otbar
questions, but cannot have any respect for
that man who thinks SO little of his own
cause that he is unwilling to hear it argued.
| (Applause)
I | say, sir, respect any man who enunoi-
ates on proper occasions his feelings and sen
tlments on any public question and it is nat
t urai' Mr.. chairman, that man who believes
! that large portion of this people should de-
fraud their creditors that he cry for the man
VINO represents those principles. and thai
man Is Mr. Bryan. Applause.) Moreover
| Mr. Chairman, 1t Is perfectly naturaI~T don,t
| say that it is proper, for those gentlemen
nave no sense of propriety or of manners
! (applause)-but say it is perfectly natural
1 Even the poet has told us that
| Rogue ne'er yet felt halter draw
With good opinion Of the law" (ApnIause :,
And those who conspired together to COM
NIT crime may well seek to break down the
courts ss which 1n may convict them Of their Of
fenceS (Applause.) Therefore Mr. Chair
man, 1t Is very natural that men who he
| lieve In such negation Of principle should
cry for the man who represents their view
| and that man Is Mr.. Bryan
Mr.. Chairman we are here because we aro
democrats, because we are opposed to the Sec
/ tionalism which this people seeks to build I'M
dividing one part OF this country from an
/
| that and to insist that every part of fhe
country should harmonic with the other
Our interests are common and not antagon-
istic we, therefore, appear before you, our
| fellow citizens, advocating the supremacy of
| the law advocating the honesty and integrity
of our government and the people who rep
/ resent It, We were nominated as candidates
| for the presidency and vice presidency of the
| United States on the Democratic platform.
| Applause9 Read it. you men that pretend
to stand on the Chicago platform. In that
| platform not q trace of the Democratic nort~-
is left. But read the platform at Indian,
| apolis, and you will find there all the
LANDMARKS OF DEMOCRACY.
standing prominently out, visible to any
| eye. and the declarations in that platforms
have been the gospel of Democracy from the