The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-05

the army and navy. The exercise of this
beneficent power by President Cleveland is
denounced by the Chicago platform. There
is nothing In the exercise of this power
within constitutional limits which impairs
the rights and liberties of the citizens. A
citizen who has a grievance has two ways
of seeking redress, and only two. If there
are unwise laws he may discuss and de-
nounce them with the utmost liberty of
speech. and prevail upon his felow-citizens
to unite with him to have them repealed
or amended by the customary and lawful
methods. That Is the only way in a govern
ment like ours to get rid of unwise laws. If
ones rights are unlawfully invaded. the
only means of redress is by resort to the
courts. which have been set Up by the peo-
pie to settle controversies between citizens:
To allow the individual. or any number of
individuals. TO right their private wrongs
by resort to violence. is to assert the
barbarous communities. When incendiary
speech leads to acts of violence, the
9 Only remedy enass is lawful force rec III
hand grenade and the torch are substituted
for legal methods of redress, the answer
OF every civilized government must be a
short shrift and strong rope. There is
no liberty without law. and no nation is
worthy of the name that will not enforce
Its laws. No party has asserted and de-
Tended the right of free speech with more
vigor and persistence than the Republican
party. And 1T sets its face like flint against
all persons and all combinations of persons
who defy the laws or oppose the execution
OF the laws. For the first time in the his
tory of the Nation the spirit of anarchy.
masquerading in the name of great po-
litical party. has thrown down it's gauntlet
and defied the intelligence and patriotism
of the people. Let us accept the challenge,
and show to the world that a Nation with
such an origin and such a history as ours
Is able to preserve its institutions. That
Is our first and paramount duty in this
election.
Under our form of government the duty
of preserving our institutions, of enactng
and enforcing laws, belongs to the officers
selected by the people. Sometimes the pub
lie affairs managed by men selected by
the democratic party. then the Republican
party comes into power. This government
Is an immense machine. 1t taxed the wis
dom OF the wisest men the world ever saw
to devise and set it UP. 1t takes wisdom
and watchfulness to run it. A locomotive
engine is a splendid machine, but it requires
skilhul engineer to run it properly.
mischieyous boy or monkey may get into
the cab and turn on the steam, and if left
to themselves they will ditch it. So the
practical question is: Which of the great
political parties can be most safely trusted
to manage the affairs of the government?
And this question is put to you with the
understanding that you have intelligence;
that you know something of the history
member how they have acted in time past.
Why should you support the Republican
ocratic party? Because of the platforms
they adopt? Not always. The Democratic
party can write very good platform of
principles. Mr.. TiIden wrote platform
for his party in 1876 that was like slice
of the moral law. 1t Was like MIR. Surface
in The School for scandaI'-it was full
ments. Platforms count for little We
hear OF pirate who sailed the seas with
b boz a just out the ne SAME as Gonfuc He
said when he was young and foolish
him credit for good actions; when he grew
older ard wiser he looked at mans con-
duct. and after that gave heed to his
" ordS So | take 1t with men and parties
it is the same; it is conduct rather than
profession which makes character.
good intentions, has it the ability to give
them effect? Can it keep and perform its
good promses? | say in the light of re-
cent history, that the Democratic party
will not and cannot conduct the affairs of
this government properly. 1t has not been
able to do it once in thirty years princi-
pally because the people will not trust it;
and, again, because when they have trust
ed it they have been betrayed.
ing an indictment against Democrats cit
liens With the voters of this Nation
about equally divided between the two great
parties, a man is worse than a fool who
would say that one-half of his fellow
citizens are knaves. The Republican party
has no monopoly of the saints; and all the
sinners are not in the Democratic party
Personally should like to exchange some
of our scamps for some honest Democrats.
We are trying parties as parties The case
on trial and at issue is the case of
The Republican Party VS.. The Democratic
Party, and not Republicans VS.. Democrats
LEAVING OUT THE PEPPER.
AS an advocate HOluluS plleI lOI Inc
Republican party I accept the issue so
made up. There are two ways of present
ing this case. There is the fog-horn style.
Astounding in sound, fury and invective. l
could stand here for an hour and doubtless
evoke some applause by denouncing the
Democracy / used to resort to that style,
but have given it up whether because am
yielding to the mellowing influence of in
creasing years, or because i have more
sense, / cannot tell. When Governor Hoad-
ly began his first canvass in Ohio his
speech was full of vituperation. After his
first performance he went to the home of a
venerable politician, by whom he was en-
tertained. He noticed that the old gentle
man. while exceedingly voluble in his re-
marks concerning the weather and the
crops, had nothing to say about the speech.
Finally Hoadiy asked the old gentleman
what he thought of it. II will tell you a
story" said his host IAN old reprobate
Joined the church over in West Virginia.
and the first time he attended the prayer
meeting he was asked to lead in prayer.
He was new to the business. but took up
his cross and said: % Lord. bless the pore
and the rich, especially the pore: may every
pore man i'm the settlement have bari of
flour. bar'l of meat, a bar! of salt and
a bar'l of pepper-O! no. Lord, that's too
much pepper' Hoadly took the hint. and
III ms IutuTe SpeecHeS lie lell Oul the pep
per.
Peter was a belligerent apostle; he car
ried a. sword and believed in cutting off
ears. / could stand here and say mean
things about the Democracy and could, as
Peter would say. stir up their pure minds
by way of remembrance l think Paul is
the better model Paul says. Whatsoever
things are lovely. whatsoever things are
pure whatsoever things are of good report
If there be any virtue or anv praise, think
on these things. For good and obvious rea-
sons Democrats do not care to think of the
past a and / certainly suppose that Demo-
for twenty or thirty years would get very
little comfort in thinking of the past. and
still less in thinking of the future The
past is sacred. THE toast-master at ban
quet in mining camp. who had LETT a bad
record in the States. laid his revolver by
his plate. with the remark that while the
utmost liberty of speech was to be allowed
he wished the speakers all to understand
that the past was sacred.
So. for the present let us respect the
tender susceptibilites of our Democratic
Client history aside. then let us talk about
recent events. The year 1884 is compare
lively recent date. 1t is notable year in
the Democratic calendar. That was the
year of the discovery of Grover Cleveland
by the Democratic party. and to hear some
Democrats talk. 1t would seem that they
have made discovery since then
BY mere cratch Cleveland was elected to
the presidency in that year. Having no
Congress back of him. he was unable to
procure the enactment of any laws that
there always Republican House or a
Republican Senate To 0b9trl1ct him Thara