Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-04-29


continue a. he vital living questions
far into the future.
our continued supremacy must de-
pend upan the skill and the sucsess
with which we meet the rapidly in
crraSing and iuexerable demands of
the years before MS Under Esepubli-
can administration. American infiu-
ence has been greatly enlarged We
are more in touch with the powers
than ever before: we must deal with
them We must cultivate sense of
International justice. giving always
what We would demand exacting only
that which we would coneele Or. to
use the words Of Grant: I'VE should
deal with nations as equitable law re-
uuires individuals To deal with each
other respecting THE rights
of all nations. demanding equal re-
spect for our own" We should not
forget that if we would command a
Just measure of the worlds commerce.
we must win and hold the worlds re-
spect by exalted international precept
dnd-praetice.
We have an abiding sense of secur-
III
fear that our institutions will be inn
periled from abroad: we must see to
il that they are secure from perils
within We must see that right and
might dwell as in perpetual wedlock
The nation is in no danger. no matter
how numerous its population and great
its material resources. if the people
are constantly peryaded with sense
Of Justice. and parties which control
the government are actuated alone by
exalted motives.
We should not forget that Repub-
Hcan advance has been made against
persistent and formidable opposition.
and that its future supremacy Will be
sharply contested. 1t won undying
renown, not only for its abolition of
the accused institution of human
slavery. but for its payment of the
national debt and the preservation of
the integrity of the currency. Grants
title to the respect and admiration of
posterity does not rest alone upon the
incompatible achievements of his
pudiationists and infiationists and his
urgent insistance upon an ultimate
return to specie payments after the
delirium of the Civil War. entitle him
to perpetual remembrance and the Re-
publican party to undying gratitude.
The Republican party has withstoOd
the numerous severe assaults that have
been made to corrupt and over throw
our monetary system. 1t will not
,ha hA
is the necessary foundation of COM
mercial success. Good government
and good money must coexist. The
dollar current is essentially Repub-
lican dollar. and it must be preserved
without faint or tarnish. We must
not forget that there are those who
still proclaim their opposition to it
upon the theory that il is opposed to
sound monetary laws, and that it is
in contravention of good morals; that
the war against it is to be continued.
there can be no doubt. This, indeed.
must be SO, if the professions of those
who have hitherto opposed it have
been made in good faith, and if they
pave the courage of their convictions.
}fhe contest for the mastery between
fEood money and debased money is an
old one, and is not AT an end
The deveIopment and expansion or
our industries justify the wisdom of
one OF the leading Republican policies.
There is to be found nowhere better
object lessons of their efficacy than
in this magnificent Republican COM
monwealth.
Much of the tremendous industrial
development which we witness on
every hand about us, is due to pro-
lection. which was one of the early
cardinal principles of the Republican
party and to which it has adhered I'M
fiinchingly. 1t should not be forgot
ten that while we are committed to
the principle of protection. we are not
bound to schedules. Schedules will
be revised as time and experience shall
dictate and with a due regard always
to the interests of our own labor and
capital
The Republican party will continue
to be the faithful guardian of both
labor and capitalize two mighty pill
lars upon which rests our social and
political fabric. Whoever would pull
down either invites both to hopeless
ruin. The party which does not COM
prehend this is deficient in statesman
ship and is unfit to govern. Without
harmony between labor and capital
there can be no real enduring progress
and prosperity. 1t should be always
remembered that each has rights
which the other should respect. and
that they should dwell together In
amity. We should seek to inculcate
sense of justice among men, SO
that capital shall deal fairly with labor.
and labor deal with equal fairness
with capital The opportunities of both
were never better nor greater than
they are to-day. The Republican par
ty holds itself as the true friend Of
each.
1t is a gratifying result of Repub-
lican policies that our commerce Is ex-
tending into and beyond the seas, not
by the sword. but by peaceful meth
DDS. We are fast possessing the
worlds markets without destroying
our own.
The Republican party WILL in a
statesmanlike way. undertake the fur
Their extension of our commerce into
all countries. thereby charging the
field of opportunity in the interest of
American labor and capital The field
of largest promise at the moment Is
In and beyond the Pacific The Pa
cific. that vast ampu.-heater." in the
words of Garfield. al -und which shall
sit in majesty and power the two
Americas, Asia. Africa and the chief
colonies of Europe In that august
assemblage Of nations the United
States will be easily chief il she fill
worthily the measure of her high des-
tiny
The events of the last few years
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