The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-11-27
REPUBLICAN VICTORY
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The president among other things
said:
We are always in danger OF
alton on an occasion OF exultation over
a political victory, and While the result
is mainly due to the efforts of our
splendid party. there is sometimes a
tendency TO gives too little credit TO
other forces which, silent though they
may have been. were none the less po-
tential. We must not withhold gener-
Gus acknowledgement from that great
body OF our citizens who. belonging to
another party. powerfully assisted in
the achievement Of the result which we
celebrate tonight. nor from that other
large body, former members OF our
own party, who, with honesty Of pur-
pose, separated from US a few years
6 or financial issues, have now re-
turned n are home again to stay.
Nor is my accounting for the victory
either just or accurate which leaves
out of the calculation the almost I'M
broken column of labor engaged in me-
chanics and agriculture which rejected
the false doctrine of class distinction
as having no place in his republic,
and which rebuked those teachings
which would destroy the faith OF
American manhood in American char
acter and American institutions.
Some disappointments follow all
elections; but all men rejoice when an
election is so decisive as to admit of
neither dispute nor contest. The value
Of a national victory can only be right
ly measured and appreciated by what
it averts as we'll as by what it accom-
plishes. 1t IS fortunate for the party
in power if it understands the true
meaning Of the result. Those charged
by the people with administration and
legislation are required to interpret as
well as to execute the public will, n
it's rightful Interpretation is essential
to it's faithful execution. We can not
overestimate the great Importance n
the far reaching consequence of the
electoral contest which ended on the
9Th of November. 1t has to me no per-
sonal phase. 1t is not the triumph of
an Individual, nor altogether of a par
ty, but an emphatic declaration of the
people Of what they believe and would
have maintained in government. A
great variety of subjects was presented
campaign.
w may differ as to the extent of
the influence of the several iSuSes in
volved, but W. are all agreed as to
certain things which it settled. 1t re-
cords the unquestioned endorsement of
the gold standard, industrial independ-
ence, broader markets. commercial ex-
pansion, reciprocal trade, the open door
in China, the i~nviolability of public
faith, the independence Of authority of
the judiciary and peace and beneficent
| government under American sovereign
ty in the Philippines. American credit
remains unimpaired. the American
name unimpaired, the honor of Ameri-
can arms unsullied, and the obligations
Of a righteous war and treaty of
| peace ~unrepudiated.
1.-The republican party "a placed
| upon it tremendous responsibilities,
| No party could ask for u higher express
|! sion of confidence. 1t is a great thing
to have this confidence; it will be a
| greater thing to deserve and hold it.
To this party are committed new and
| grave problems. They are too exalted
| for partisanship. The task of settle
| ment is for the whole American peo-
] pie. Who will say they are unequal
to it?
Liberty has not lost but gained in
strength. The structure of the fathers
stands secure upon the foundations on
which they raised it and is today, as
it has been in the years past and as II
will be in the years to come, the gov
eminent of the people. by the people
and for the people. Be not disturbed
there is no danger from empire, there
is no fear for the republic"