The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-28

in the ears of brave men; when every
mother became a priest and every patriot
a Levite-then all joined hands to defend
the flag of our country. Since 1861 until the
present time there has never been a time
ciety, joined in q common fight; when
Protest is and Catholics Joined hands;
when the poor and rich stood side by side;
when men of all creeds and beliefs made
battle against a common enemy. Bishop
Newman, of New York. pleads and leads
the .Wideawabes' once more; Bishop Ire
land, of Minnesota, sends out his voice like
a trumpet from sea to sea, from the great
lakes to the warm waters Of the gulf
Bishop Seymour, who held his right of
suffrage in his hand for twenty years,
comes out and declares that now he must
exercise free mans right and do a free
mans duty.
Next to being a child of God is to be an
American citizen: Seventy million people
of each other Ours is peculiar nation;
our fathers built wisely, but they built a
nation without a model to follow-there
was no model at that time. 1t is your duty
to see that this ark of the covenant left by
them is transmitted to our children without
break. How can we do that! We oIten
hear quoted as from our Constitution, All
men are born free and equal, but Tree
was not there until the Republican party
with the point of a bayonet for a pen. 1t
was then and not until then, that all men
in this country were free and equal zap,
plause.) For twelve years after passed
my majority / could not vote, because !
was neither free nor equal. For twelve
"a voice: Yes | Know But it was not
the fault OF the Republican party. CAP
plause) Now l am trying to get even, ana
every time / vote 1 want to. take twelve
men with me to show that have not Tor
gotten. (Applause)
There are lots of parties trying 70 gel
YOUR votes this year and they are offering
all sorts of -pretexts to. get you to desert
your friends. There is the Democratic
Gratis. the Popocrats, the Gold Democrats.
the Prohibitionists and the good old Re
publican party. The Democrats want you
to vote with them and the Republicans eX-
pect you to vote for them-and they went
be disappointed when L put my ballot IN
the box. applause and cries of Same
Some of the people say we don't owe
the Republican party anything. or. that we
with YOU a little while and then you can
do as you please-you will do that anyway.
Q4aughter) In all their history the Demo
Gratis never presented a bill or resolution
to better the condition of the negro race.
Every one of them was offered and passed
by the Republieans Every Yer law i NAT I Mas
been repealed. was repealed by the Demo
Gratis or Populists. Every Jim crow car in
the South belongs to the Democratic party;
every school that prohibits equal education
with the whites belongs TO the Democrats
and every law to secure to the negroes
proper education was enacted by the Re-
nublicans. If ii were not for the Republic
an party sorne of you would be picking cot
ton in the fields of G -orgta or working in
the rice swan1ps of South Carolina now;
fs NOT that true? "A voice 'Yes-D Who
brought YOU out of those fields? cAbe Lin
coln3 Not only have the Republicans en-
acted these laws. but they fought for you
a nd spilled their own blood. some say Yes,
hut we fought. too That is all right; of
course you did, but the country pelongs
to us, too
EUIOGY OF LINCOLN.
II was following this that Bishop Arnett
delivered his stirring eulogy on Lincoln. 1t
was most pathetic and when he closed It,
with face upturned and hands held aloft in
a. supplicating attitude, with the statement
land tonight he is saint il heaven
there were many moist eyes in the audi
ence Cold type could not reproduce the ex-
pressions and give them the force given
by the speaker.
Following this, some incidents of the war
were given. showing the part the negro race
took in it. He AXE of the scenes at GER
tain battles. Next Tuesday we win mount
the parapets of Fort Bragg" he said, and
we viii carry it for Mckinley. We will bury
Mr.. EfyaIf SO deep under an avalanche of
ballots OF freemen that he VIII not be able
to hear Gabriels trumpet blow.
What are the principles OF the Repub-
lican party? / can remember back in 1856
when they were first enunciated. They
were free soil. free men, free speech,
homes for the homeless. land for the land
schools and free ballot and g fair count
But in all this they have said nothing about
free silver. tLaughter)
What is Democracy and who are the
There is Tilfnan. the man who
dictated the new Constitution OF South Car