Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

that we render the best services possible
to the country, and we appeal to the in
telligence, conscience and patriotism of
the people, irrespective of party or sec
ton, for their earnest support.
We avoid no issues. We meet the sud-
den, dangerous and revolutionary assault
upon law and order, and upon those TO
whom is confided by the constitution and
laws the authority to uphold and MAIN
tain them, which our opponents have
made with the same courage that We
faced every emergency since our organi-
cation as a party more than forty years
ago. Government by law must be as
sured. Everything else can wait. The
spirit of lawlessness must be extin-
Suished by the fires of an unselfish and
lofty patriotism. Every attack upon the
public faith and every suggestion of the
reputation of debts, public or private,
must be rebuked by all men who believe
that honesty is the best policy, or who
love their country and would preserve
unsullied it's national honor
No More Force Ellis.
The country is to be congratulated
upon the almost total oblterat.on of
sectional lines, which for so many years
marked the division of the United States
into slave and free territory, and finally
threatened its partition into two separate
governments by the dread ordeal OF civil
war. The era of reconciliation so long
and earnestly desired by General Grant
and many other great leaders, north and
south, has happily come, and the feeling
of distrust and hostility between the
sections is everywhere vanishing, let US
hope never to return. Nothing is better
calculated to give strength to the nation
at home, increase our power and influence
abroad, and add to the permanency and
security of our free institutions than
the restoration of cordial relations be-
tween the people of all sections and parts
halo tfxr lad W
the suffrages of the people to assume
the duties of the high office of president
of the United States, l shall count 1t a
privilege to aid, even in the slightest de-
gree, in the promotion of the spirit or
fraternal regard which should animate
and govern the citizens of every section,
state, or part of the republic.
After the lapse of century since us
utterance, let us, at length, and forever,
heed the admonition of Washington:
There should be no north, no south, no
east no WeSt-but a common country.
1T shall be my constant aim to improve
every opportunity to advance the cause
of good government by promoting tnat
spirit of forbearance and justice Wnicn
is so essential to our prosperity ana nap
piness by joining most heartily III az
proper efforts to restore the relations OF
brotherly respect and affection, which, IN
our early history, characterized all the
people of all the states. L Woulu De glao
to contribute towards binding IN lndiVis-
ible union the different divisions OF the
country, which, indeed, now have every
inducement of sympathy and interest,"
to weld them together more strongly
than ever. 1 would rejoice to see demon
strated to the world that the north and
the south and the east and the west are
not separated, and are not in danger OF
becoming separated because OF sectlonal
or marty differences. The war is long
since over We are not enemies, but
friends, and as friends we will faithfully
and cordially cooperate under the APP
proving smile of him who has thus far so
signally sustained and guided US, to pre-
serve inviolate our country name anu t
honor. it's peace and good order and it's
continued ascendancy among the great
est governments on earth.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.