New-York tribune., 1896-10-06
SCN4TOR WOICOTT AT HOME.

While we are having here in the East such An
easy fight that the campaign seems almos. to
run itself. with an almost certain prospect OF Il
walkoyer i'm November. we must not forget that
there are Republicans in some of the silver States
who are quite differently situated. They are
making a hard. heroic, uphill fight for Repub-
licanism. with the odds heavily against them.
In the whole political field there is today no
finer figure than that of Senator Wocott of Colo
RADIO. Deserted by his colleague and by so many
of his old Republican friends and associates
that he, seems to be facing almost alone an over
whemng opposition he is standing up for Me-
Klnley and for Republicansm with the dcs-
perate courage OF fororn hope The magniii-
cent energy which he has thrown into dcs-
perlte encounter against heavy odds. heightened
bv the Gift Of unusual cloquencc and the wide
personal popularity due TO the attractivcness of
his manner and the evident sincerity Of his con
yictions recalls the famous Maryland statesman,
Henry Winter Davis. who in similar hostile con
ditions bravcd an overwhelming opposition in his
OWN State in the struggle for the preservation "f
| the Union and rendered the greatest possible
service 10 the cause.
Senator WelcOtt Is entitled 10 the highest praise
for the manly courage with which he has ma.
famed his convictions. resisting the turbulent
tide of Populsm which has apparently carried
Colorado off It's feet and has saved the Repub-
lcan Dartv of The state from utter dcmoralZe-
ton In closing his speech at the late State Con
vcntiOn he kndcd the enthusiasm Of his audi
encp 10 the highest point with the following
| burst Of genuine patriotism and true coqucnce;
Fellow-citizens the boundaries Of the States
which form our Union are imaginary, not real;
the mountains wonder. which look down upon us
stand like a scrricd column: yet Just beyond our
| vicw they open To the west in gentle undulationS
| and our fertile orchards merge and blend with
| the commemorative OF the Occident. To the
| eastward the plains slope into great prairies.
| the cranares of :hc world. The rivers which
! find their source in our mountain crags wind a
tortuous course through many sister States be
fore they fret their way To the sea From the gray
! summit of the mighty peak which now casts its
! shadow over MS. on on TO the rocky coast oi
| Maine there is but one land, fed by the same
| dews watered from the same heaven and kissed
| by the same sun. No stockade bristng forts
| divide us. We are 81 one race. one destiny. one
| common and immortal hope. In the century
| now dying, we. who are the inheritors of the
| liberties secured us by our forefathers. will
| build no barrier or sectional hate to Sunder us
| from brothers whom love to exclude from
! our vision the hills and valleys far away. where
! our childhood was nursed and our dead lie
| buried. The sacred memories which cluster
around the contest Of 'Gl are too near our hearts
| for us In our day and generation. to find room
| for hostile or dsloyal sentiments toward any
| section Of our common country any class OF
our fellow -citizens: and with fervent lips and
patriotic impulse our erecting and message to-
| day to every true Republican within the borders
| of our dear Colorado shall be: one country, one
| hope, one faI. and everywhere within this com
| monwealth. whether on its broad plains or,in its
deepest mountain recesscs. the right. as God
gives US grace TO see the right. and the courage
| TO stand by an honest opinion.
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