The Irish standard., 1900-01-13

cares to wear q crown. citizenship is a re-
sponsibility, and no one has right to
silence his judgment and his conscience for
fear that it will hurt some man, or some
party. for him to be honest with himself.
(Applause.)
Party a Means to nm End.
means party # is .n necessary sa but party is
wears clothes to protect himself and when
the clothes are worn out and full of holes
ne throws them away and gets new suit.
a mans protection. and when the party is
worn out and ceases to protect him, he ough.
party. Iaughter and applause.) want t.,
holes. and 1t is all worn out. (Applause).
A., l assume that every republican here reveres
the tn !, name Of Abraham Lincoln. (Applause).
the name of Lincoln I know not by what
means can reach his conscience or influence
his conduct; but If you revere the name of
Lincoln want you to contrast the principles
Of Lincoln with modern republicanism of to.
day. ask you to do it, not tonight but
when you retire to your home, and when you
consider your duty as a citizen. You go to
do you hear spoken Of in terms Of unity?
the name of Alexander Hamilton. He is the
ideal of the republican party to-day. Repub-
lican, go back to the days of Lincoln, go
back to the republican convention of 1856,
and you will find that the republican party
in its organization appealed to all the peo-
pie who wanted to carry the government
Jefferson, not Hamilton. (Applause).
In the organization of the republican party
republicans invoked the name and the words
Of, Thomas !tsl Je1ferson but now republicans
demagogue, and that his bitterest enemy.
Alexander Hamilton, was the greatest states
man Of that early period.
In 1853 Abraham Lincoln was invited to
| attend q W ha
OF Boston on Jeferson's birthday. Think OF
1t, republicans celebrating Jefferson's birth
day! But they did it in Boston in 1859. and
when Lincoln could not go he sent a letter
Of regret, and in that letter he praised JET
ferson with words as fattering as any ever
used: In that letter he said that the re-
publican party believed in the man and the
dollar, but that in case of conflict they be-
lieved in the man before the dollar. ZAP
plause).
Why. in 1856, the republicans denounced our
Lincoln signed an income tax law, but times
have changed. (Laughter.)
one OF the last messages sent by Lincoln
to any person or persons was a message sent
by him through Schuyler Colfax to the min
ers OF the western states. He said: "Tell the
miners that we are going to encourage min
ing; that we now know what the national
debt is, and that every dollar of gold and
silver taken from the mines makes the pay
ment of that debt so much the easier"
Imperialism Denounced.
Lincoln wanted to make the payment of the
debt easier by increasing the amount of
money; and yet the party that boosted of a
Lincoln is to-day trying to strike down one
half Of the money of the world in order to
make it harder for a man to pay his debts.
(Applause.)
Why? Why, because Lincoln was looking
TO the producer of wealth, looking to that
man who, in time of peace, creates the ma
tons wealth, and in time of war is the ma
tons sole reliance. Lincoln was looking to
him, but modern republication is looking to
the man who gets corner on the market
and makes his fortune in day out of the
necessities of the public or of the people.
(Applause0 That is the difference between
the policies then and now.