The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-23
OVATION FOR BUCKNER.
A Special Greeting Accorded to the
Southern Soldier,

"A SpecA"i Ufeet1nE accorded to the
Southern Soldier,
When Gov. Flower introduced Gen,
Buckner, the scene was almost dra-
matte. The audience evidently thought
tfat to that brave soldier of the South.
It Should accord special welcome. and
cneer upon cheer rent the air the
speaker being for several minutes I'm.
able to begin. Ex-Gov. Flower said.
Az the indianapolis convention we
nominated union general and a for
nfer confederate general, in the last
war OF thirty years past. The grass has
grown green over the graves of the
: Union and the Confederate dead. At
indianapolis we buried all the hates Of
the past with military honors. I IN
troduce Gen. Simon B. Buckner.'
Mr.. Buekner said:
whenever question of interest to the
pubic is concerned, wherever a spirit of true
patf1otlsm Is to be sought. we Of the South
feel That We can find it in New York audi
ence tApplause) We remember well time
when party built UP on sectional hatred
sought to crush us in the South to the earth
We had met on principles. NV Distinguished
leader here and l had met in opposing ar
mics. We had fought out the issues we
shook hands and were friends. (AppIausel
democrat once said on his death bed
there were many persons in this broad land
VINO did not go mad until the war was over
and they continued to agitate both sections
try. 1t was then that this sectional party
seeking rather to perpetuate its power at
all hazards, than to maintain, the good Of the
country, used the military force OF this eoun-
try to GUST from legislative halls the legis-
lative bodies chosen by the people,.
Against that act of usurpation. against
that act of the Republican party this great
city, followed by Boston and Philadelphia,
protested in the loudest terms. (Applause.l
And we had here in a neighboring hall
without distinction of Observation-Disclosures
f(Qm6cP4fS 4likA-a raFOf iru
against the use Of the power Of the govern
ment to Cypress the liberties of the people.
That voice was heard, and from that day
until recent period the voice of sectional
ism has been stified in this land. (Applause.J
And the Democratic party is built upon this
spirit of nationality.
tanned power in this country under the head
of Grover Cleveland than the full recogni-
ton OF the rights of every citizen of this
country to take part as patriot in the gov
eminent Of his country was recognized. I'm
to that period large section had been prac-
tically excluded from connection with govern
mental affairs, but no sooner had the Demo-
cratic party attained power than, following
the principles which had always actuated it,
we find seated side by side in the supreme
court of the United States men from the
South, from the North, from the East and
from the West. We find In the cabinet of
the president an equal number of men from
the South and men from the North.
You go abroad and you VIII find thet our
representatives in foreign countries are taken
without reference to sections, from patriotic
men In every state in this union. 1t is that
spirit which has always aetuated Democracy
Recently, too. we have had the satisfaction
Of learning from the chosen leader Of the Re-
publican party that sectfonalism thereafter
would NO longer be part of that great party.
But at this very moment when those two
great parties seem united in bringing to-
gether again this country in bonds Of unity
and of friendship there raises another party
in this country protesting to be built upon
sectional interests and sectional feelings.
feel that in New York today as in 1857.
when our people were threatened by sectional
issues, that here, at least, we will find the
spirit Of true nationality. This party, / say,
is based professedly upon sectional issue.
1t proposes to unite two sections Of this
country against two other sections of the
country In hatred, thereby opposing interests.
So much is 1t inbued with sectional feeling
that the candidate of the party Is moving
from one portion of the country to the other
announcing that he is going into the en-
emy's country and not into a country of
friends.
Gen. Buckner also told some pertin-
ent stories relative to the arguments
that the financial question brought
forth.