Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-08-29

NlCn saying unaJ they have my apnro,S.
 If, as Republicans, we have lately sa saa
 dressed our attention, with what ns aa.
 seem great stress and earnestness to tS4 new and unexpected assault upon tae 6na@
 cial integrity of the government. we NY
 done it because the menace is so cravs N.
 to demand special consideration and " cause we are convinced that if the neo',l. gs5
 are aroused to the understanding aps
 meaning of this silver imitation rnoyensa.
 they will avert the danger In doino th;e
 we feel that we render the best serv;as S;,'s
 possible to the country and we appesl ts the intelligence, confidence and patriotisaa a
 of the people, irrespective of party or ssa' .' tion for their earnest support.
 It Will Maintain Law and Order
 We avoid no issues. We meet the eua den dangerous and revolutionary assam,
 upon law and order, and upon those se whom is confded by the constitutions and laws the authority to uphold and main. tain them, which our opponents have made
 with tine same courage that we have faced every enemy since our ofganlzR ion as 2
 party: more than 40 years ago tfoyerp' nent by law must first be assured: eyerSl thing else can wait. The spirit of lawless ness must be extinguished by the fires If
 an unselfish and lofty patriotism. Eyerg
 attack upon the public faith and every
 suggestion of the repudiation of debt nnhlia
 or private, must be rebuked by all who i,ssz lieye that honesty is the best policy. ar
 who love their country and would nre. serve unsullied it's national honor.
 seetionalism AImOst Obliterated. The country is to be congratulated upon the almost total obliteration of the sec. tional ties which for many years marked the division of the United States into slave and free territory, and finally threatened
 it's partition into two separate. govern
 ments by the dread ordeal of civil war l The era of reconciliation, so long and earn estly desired by General Grant and many other great leaders, north and south has l happily come, and the feeling of distrust
 and hostility between the sections is eyery-
 where vanishing, let us hope never to re- turn Nothing Is better calculated to give l strength to thenation at home, increase our
 power and influence abroad and add to | the per.nanency Of our free institutions | than cordial relations between the DeoDls l of all nations and parts of our beloved | country Ii called by the suffrages of the
 people to assume the duties of the high of- l lice of president of the United States 1 l shall count it q privilege to aid even in the | slightest degree in the promotion of the
 spirit of fraternal regard which should an- | innate and govern the citizens Of every sec
 tion, state or part of the republic. After 1 the lapse of a century since the utterance. l let us at length and forever hereafter heed
 
 should be no north, TO south. no east, DO l west but a co mmon country
 It shall be my constant aim to improYs
 every opportunity to advance the cause Of
 good government by promoting that spirit
 of forbearanGe and justice which is so es-
 4ential to our prosperity and happiness by ] joining most heartily in all proper efforts 1 to restore the refst,J.s u 5Touheriy re | speet and affection which, il our earlier l history, charat terized all the people of all
 the states l would be glad to contribute 1 towards binding in indiVisible union the different divisions of the country which | indeed now 9haye every inducement l of sympathy and interest," to weld l them together more strongly than l ever would rejoiee to see | demonstrated to the world that the
 north and the south and the east and the ] west are not separated or in danger of be- i coming separated, because of sectionaler | party difference. The war is long since | over We are not enemies but friends z
 and as friends, We will faithfully and cor 1 dially cooperate with Him who has thus | far go signally sustained and guided Us, to preserve inyiolate our country's name and i honor, it's peace and good order, it's eons | tinued ascendancy among the greatest l governments on earth.