The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-08-01

trict in Maine, and also to get one
district in Rhode Island. There will
be no issue of gold or silver"
The League is a new political or
ganization, which is expected to de-
velop considerable strength in the fall
campaign. Mayor P. A. Collins, of
Boston, was moderator" as he ex-
pressed it, and presented in order Ed
ward M. Shepard, of New York; Senator
Edward w. Carmack, OF Tennessee,
and William j. Bryan, of Nebraska,
who expounded the issues of this cam
paign to the marked satisfaction of the
audience.
Mr.. Sheppard was the first speaker.
He devoted the major portion. of his
time to the tariff and the trusts. Mr..
Bryan was the last speaker, and spoke
upon the general issues of the day. Mr..
Carmack followed Mr. Shepard, and
said in part as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: | am delighted to meet this
assem- Dlage Of the stalwart and unterrl-
| fed Democracy of New England. L
cannot withhold my admiration for a
| body of Democrats who through all
these years have dauntlessly faced the
brutal Republican majorities that
exist and persist in this section OF the
country who have marched again and
again with unbounded enthusiasm to
| inevitable defeat who have borne
| Il rxyhn thn1sn @
no hope, who have displayed heroic
valor when there was no chance who,
| like one of old, have always risen with
renewed strength and courage from
their regular biennial contact with the
earth.
When | was asked to discuss the
| principles of Democracy in this great
stronghold of Republicanism | must
confess that I had a feeling like unto
that which overwhelmed the captive
Jew when he was required to sing a
song of Zion by the waters of Ba byloG.
''How can we sing the Lord S songs
! in strange land?'' And yet, | re-
flected, it is the duty of the devoted
missionary to take his life in his hands
and 60 where the heather live. l
have, too, been sustained and COM
forted by the thought that even though
we should gather no visible fruits Of
our labors, we shall, at least, have per-
formed our duty and earned blessing
for ourselves-for it is written, "lf
thou..warn the wicked and he turn not
from his wickedness or his wicked
way, he shall die in his iniquity but
thou. hast delivered thy soul. Such,
| say, were the feelings with which
nv brother missionaries and myself
tore ourselves with sob and heartache,
from the bosom of our loved ones and
Jared fourth into this great Republican
wilderness of New England. Yet,
, now that we are here, our spirits are
aglow with a new hope. l do not
believe that the labors this day begun
will be in vain. do not believe that
this magnificent gathering of earnest
and patriotic Democrats will go for
naught. I do not believe that the
heroic struggle for principle on the
part of the New England Democracy
is to be without avail. l know that
we have to deal with stiffened necks
| and hardened hearts, and with people
almost petrifed in the Republican
habit; but let us remember that where
sin aboundeth, grace doth much more
abound, and do not believe that 1t
is in the order of Divine Providence
that the sons of those who lifted high
the torch of liberty to light the nations
of the earth are to stumble on in Re-
publican darkness forever. am en-
couraged to hope for better things by
the zeal and earnestness, and patriotic
enthusiasm displayed by this Demo
cratic gathering; but, permit me to
say, l am even more encouraged by the
history, the traditions and the ancient
ideals common to all the people OF New
England of every party and of every
creed. am encouraged by the old
faiths and ideals of the Republican
party itself. Let it be said in all truth
and soberness, that New England Re-
publicanism had. at least an honorable
origin. Its early history was inspired
by lofty ideals and crowned with noble
achievement; and, while we are here
today in the name and on behalf OF
Democracy. we appeal to You by those
great principles that were nearest to
the heart Of Abraham Lincoln and OF
all the founders of the Republican
party.
80 FUNERAL NEEDED.
know the strength of party ties and
the power of old associations. know
that men will cling to party they
have once loved and honored long after