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Great applause and cries of Wen put
Mckinley there, too.O He demonstrated
exigency in the most trying years in our
history with consummate sagaeity ana
strength.
WHAT LINCOLN SAID.
'It is gratifying to us to know that on
the great questions which are dividing us
this year Mr. Lincoln stood from the be-
ginning of his early manhood where we
stand to-day. We have the satisfaction of
knowing that in the present struggle we
are close to him and have his approval of
the great principles we advocate. Cap
pause) No man has shown more thor
ough knowledge of the tariff and its in
fuence upon American prosperity than he
Forty-three years ago he made an ad-
dress upon the subject of tariff and taxa
ton and their effects upon the condition
of the country, which do not think has
been exeeled by anybody before @ RE or rasent sinee
situation. Lincoln said:
. The first of our resolutions declares
tariff Of duties upon foreign importatlons,
producing sufficient revenue for the sup
port of the general government ana SO
adjusted as to protect American industry
to be indispensably necessary to the pros
perity of the American people, ana the
second declares direct taxation for ma
tional revenue to be improper tGreat ap-
plause)
Listen to his description of the, condi-
tiOn of the country at the tl!ne WHen ne
spoke and how wildly it portrays the
times in which we live:
For several years past the revenues of
government have been unequal TO it's ex-
perditure, and consequently. loan after
loan, sometimes direct and sometimes In
direct in form, have been resorted to. BY
this means a new national debt has been
created and Is still growing on us with
rapidity fearful to contemplated rapidity
only reasonably to be expected in time OF
war
"You would think that Abraham Lincoln
was describing the three years from 1879
to 1895. (Applause.) Is it any wonder when
the national convention at Chicago, May
II. 1S6O-the second national assemblage. of
the great Republican party-the following
resolution was passed, which is the same
doctrine that we advocate now:
Resolved, That, while providing reve-
nue. for the support of the general govern
men by duties on imports sound policy re-
quires such adjustment Of these imports
industrial interests Of the whole country;
and we commend that policy of national
exchanges which secures to the worRlng-
erative prices, to mechanics and manufac-
turers an adequate reward for their skin,
labor and enterprise, ana TO the Naton
commercial prosperity and independence
(TrGmendous .,rn aapgplause,,;3, ag ,,us os tna Tin
coin Platform in 1860, and it is the Repub-
lican platform of 1896 Great cheering and
cries of That's right.O
YOUNG MEN AND PATRIOTISM.
'I am glad to meet the young men of
Iilc INepuD-lCdn u lHC SbdlS VI cAiii-
sylvania. There is no surer safety for our
institutions than the manifestation of in
telligent and patriotic interest by the
young men of the United States. America
is the country of greatest and freest oppor-
tunity. We have no hereditary rulers, and
will have none. (AppIause and cries of
That's right.D We have no privileged class
and we viii have none. Cheers and cries
of That's right, too.O
There are two great incentives to Amer
lean manhood-the realization of individual
ambition and patriotic devotion to country.
The more active and intelligent the paruc-
ipation of every citizen in the affairs OF
be the government. Here all citizens are
interested in the government, and here
of every vocation and profession, but you
are here because you believe alike and be-
cause you want neither free trade nor free
silver. Great cheering and cries OF 'Hur-
rah for McKinley!) We do not delegate to
anybody our right to govern. We cannot
delegate that right to anybody. 1t is a sa-
cred trust which cannot be performed by
a substitute. but must be done by each
citizen for himself. Indifference to our du-
ties citizens will inevitably be followed
by incompetency and corruption in public
affairs. There IS no higher evidence of
true patriotism than hearty and earnest
interest in the affairs of the government,
with the object in view of securing to all
the people the greatest possible good. The
discussion, such as We are having now, and
al last the sober, intelligent use of the ball
lot is the surest foundation upon which our
of revolution in despotic government
Great applause.) The source of all power
is from the people themselves That is
everywhere accepted as the foundation of
our political fabric.
THE Republican party has always been
All aim, from the first moment of its exist
ence until now, which did not embrace the
common 500 goou of all loud applause ,u,s. and
cries of That's right!) 1t never Fought a
battle against liberty and equality. CAP
plause.) 1t never struck blow, except
for mankind (applause)-it was organized
in conscience. Great applause) No poiit-
ical party has been formed since the be-
ginning of time which so appeals to
of the young men ana the old men as the
Republican party. Great applause) 1t
never waged a contest in all its glorious
past which more strongly appeals to the
best sentiments and the noblest aims of
both young and Old as to-day. It's past is
stop with its past achievements. 1t does
not rest its claim for confidence upon them
alone. 1t deals with the problems and is
sues of the day, which are vital to the well
fare of the country. and maintains the
lofty purpose which has characterized 1t
from the beginning. 1t stands for country
now, and will guard with sleepless vigil
lance it's honor as it guarded its life in
the mightiest crisis in our history. Great
cheering)
"Gent!eme for the assurance of support
rendered me, 1 thank you one and all most
heartily and with full appreciation of
what your assurance means. Fighting
der the banner of protection to labor and
home industry. reciprocity, sound money.
patriotism, law and order, We cannot but
march to triumphant victory in Novem-
ber. tremendous cheering and cries of
We will elect you. all right.D / thank you
from Ohio. l thank you from Penns ylvan-a
for the generous and gracious messages
which you have brought to me to-day, and
it will afford me sincere pleasure to meet
each and every one of you personally"
Great cheering.)
BUSHNELL AND LIPPIyT.
Speeches by the Governors of Ohio