Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-29
wEDNEsDAY.u...MARCH %, 1892
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"f truth ana error cur contemporary
starts out by asserting that the EopubI-
can uarty-the present party of imperial-
5sn-was formed 10 preserve the Decl-r2-
ton OF Independence and write t mc.c
deeply into the Constitution and the life
Of tho republic. and that eft had never.
mp 10 within eight months ago. abandoned
the championship OF the principle that aU
governments derive their just powers from
The consent % tho governed" The Repu5
Iican then glorinos that party for hay
ing until tho beginning a. the eight
months specified been the hulwarN against
The doctrine the might makes right, ana
in Illustrating tho fall OF the mighty calls
attention e. tho declaration the party
made against tho Ostend manifesto in iis
hrst convention. That declaration reeds:
Resolved Ihe- the maintenance Of the
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OIL CoretttnfiCo g.. c.slr..., IN tb- ma
scryation OF our republican institutions.
Resolved. That the hichWayman'5 plea
nat 'm.fHt inaAc3 fis"t embodied in
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H,o,',( br.r,. shame and 5i.ilro.' ,.,.,o ,l,,.
qoycInmcaI or p,op.e ihat gave 70 their
fancstn.
Tine WHole record or the Fop'Dhcan
party goes 10 prove mat the plea that
II was ioIHtd - preserve NE Declaration
81 Independence was the yer.cG, hyp5-
crisy. Some of th5 men WI, were after
WARDS promiEeu; 81 tia coIuseis O.. The
party, bur had been forced by their euv.-
Tonmonts. and ambition 20 joia So. openly
recognized This. Tho party was formed
for tho purpose OF interfering Wi-h rights
~ the people If a whole section OF the
couutry-r.ehts guaranteed 90 them by
the Constitution. which was the product
az the Declaration of Independence. Tho
attitude o. the Republican party upon tie
secession issue, SIS atrocious reconstruc-
ton measures. iis attempts at iorce-bil
legislation. its c0luivance a. Fedora 3udi-
Gal usurpatiOn. demonstrate that its
championship Of "the uriuclp'e that all
governments derive thei- ius. powers
from the consent of al, governed" be-
gins ano ends with cbampioning the
.,cause" Of e.iob mar, of tbs pcaplo orlv
as il can depend upo.. 90 aid 81 in fits
fight 60 enforce the doctrine that might
makes right. As far as possible ii has
lived ND 10 ibiq doctrine ever since its
,irth. " ha- made the oath it swore
IN its infagc, on The Declaration OF hide
pcndencc q cloak under which 81 has com.
mittcd countless crimes against the Con-
stitutlon and The rieht- OF the people and
the states. In the name of liberty it has
prof9noC the shrine of freedom. link Wy
link forged the chains of Capitalization,
pat the masses in the bondage OF oppics-
slve taxation and carried the country step
bv sicp 20 the verge o. Gcspotisu.. Oh.
no. Our contemporary Contcntioo as TO
The Republican championship of the prin-
ciple IL cites from the Declaration OF
sndependence viii not meet The test OF
history.
Further on our contemporary says.
'Rut Republican administration of toe
DAY has kicked over thesa Underlying pun-
riples OF the party" Wroug aga'u. 4
Republican administration OF to-day hav-
ing heen ted 20 nc'scvc u can safely 90
90 has thrown off the dissent. under
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underlying principles of the party and
boldly and acrogtutly exposed tnem
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