The river press., 1904-11-02


to restore the Union by the experiment OF
war. during which, under the pretense Of
military necessity--"r war power higher
self has been disregarhed in every part. aud
public liberty and private right alike trod:
den Gown. and the material prosperity Of
| the country essentially impaired. Justice,
humanity. liberty and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for
Il cessation Of hostilites. with view to an
ultimate convention Of all the States, or
other peaceable means to the end that. at
the earliest practicable moment. peace may
! lie restored OH the basis Of the Federal
Onion OF the States
Demanded states Rights.
In another resolution the principles and
purposes of the Belmonts and Seymours
! of 1864 were set forth in these tradi.
tional terms:
Resolved. That the aim and object Of the
Democratic party Is to preserve the Federal
paired, and they hereby declare that they
| consider the administrative usurpation OF
| extraordinary and dangerous powers not
Sion Of the civil by military law in States
i not In insurrection, the arbitrary arrest,
imprisonment. trial and sentence OF Amert-
can citizens In States where civil law exists
! III full force the suppression Of freedom
/ OF speech and Of the press. the denial OF
! the right Of asylum, the open and avowed
disreganl Of State rights the empleyment pleylnt
| with and denial OF the right OF the people
| 10 bear arms. calculated to prevent a re-
storation Of the Union and the, Perpetuation
of Il government deriving its just powers
| from the consent Of the governed.
With the omission of Il few phrase.
having reference to the then prevailing
condition of war. there is nothing to dis
tinguish these utterances of the Demo
cratic party forty years ago from those
Of the same Bourbon party to-day. The
i similarity Of phraseology used to de-
nounce, to declare and to demand; thu
invocation Of the Constitution to pre-.
4 serve rights and liberties from imaginary
perls Of administrative usurpaton. mile
tary subversion and individual invasion:
the fictitious concern over non-existins
financial and industrial burdens-all 80
to show that the Democratic party OF
1904 stands in the same old shoes OF
1864. snarling at the heels of the Re
publican party which now. as then. il
doing things for the advancement. peace
and prosperity Of the people Of the Uni.
ted States.
Il 1t will he observed that in August,
1St;4. the Democratic party assumed tn
express the sense OF the American peo-
PIE" in it's arraiynment Of Lincoln and
the Republican party. an Assumption
which the American people in NOvem-
bcr promptly reputiated by the follow
ing vote:
Popular Electoral
; Lincoln and 'ohnson. .3,21.;u!;l =;
Mcclellan and ptndletoil. 1.SuS.725 II
states not voting ........ 81 a-
II Della aware, Kentucky and New Jersey
We're the only States in the slim Demo
!, cratic column that year.
a Same Old Cry.
Every fofr> years since 1854: the Demo
cratic party has gone through the same
\ formula OF arrniyninG tile Republican
party as the party Of unconstitutional
,,Surpation. fanaticism, sectionalism. ex
! travagance financial bankruptcy, cen
trallzatiOn. corruption and abuse Of pow
! rr-and with two exceptions the Ameri
, tan people have returned the same Yer
diet they did in 1864 In 1854 and 1S0.
certain exceptional conditions. for which
, the Republican party was in nowise re
= sponsih!e. caused the American people
a to lend Il trusting ear to the reiterated
!. impeachment of the Republican admins
tration. Cieveland's two terms were thu
. result, both giving conclusive proof o.
. the incompetence Of the Democratic
!. party to administer the government ex
|. cept by adopting every Republican polio!
;. md practice they had denounced.
In Cleveland's second administration
:, the Democratic party attempted to re
. place the Republican tariff with 4 mon
!. yrel mixture of free trade. class pro
lection and special bountics. and thel
Z. came to pass the very conditions Of rev
= cnue deficits. social disorder and wide
=. spread despair and misery Of which th'
American people had only dreamed unde
Z. the spell of Democratic dcmagogy.
= The restoration of Safety and SAINT,
in the administration of American at
fairs came with the election of William
!. McA>nley in 1896 Since tnen the nation
= has experienced period Of prospcrit.
uncNampled in the history OF the world
IT has waged successful war resilftin;
- in establishing liberty and Il l,o2nla
government in Cuba. in, extending Ameri
can freedom. justice and protection il
:, I'orto Rico and the Philippines and i,
>, advancing the United States to IL power
= full almost a commanding place, in tn
;, polity of nations.
:: Nothing like the national development
l. Of these eight years has been known il
f the past Of the republic. and with
o have come worldwide Responsibilities
b and duties, as we'll as problems OF in
ternal government.
Il The Republican party within the Con
= stitntion, without straniug any Of TIL
j. powers reposed in the Executive or Con
l. grcss. has met the demands of the hou
. with courage. wisdom and success. t.
d which the chorus Of Democratic declama
Y ton. denunciation and demands pays tn
l. highest tribute.
j. So to-day in its history. it's policie
II and its candidates. the Republican part
. appeals to the American people as tn
n party OF artlievcment of resources an
Of the courage to grapple with ever
new phase Of national life. 1t is th
a party of sound principles. safe finance an
l. sane execution of the laws. The proc
/. Of its capacity to govern is written in tn
n lealthY proRceSS of the lInited State