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blage. You are gathered here not a.
factions torn BY discordant views, but

blage. You + gathered here not a.
factions torn by discordant views, but
moved by one intent, you have come
the chosen representatives Of the
most enlightened party in the world.
You meet not as strangers, for no
men are strangers who hold the same
beliefs and espouse the same cause.
You may separate two bodies of wa
ter for a thousand years. but when
once the barrier is removed they min
gle instantly and are one. The same
inspire and the same pur
poses actuate us all. Never in our
lives did these purposes stand with
deeper DOT than now. At least two
have passed away since
the origin Of that great movement
from which sprang the spirit which
has been the leading impulse in Am
erican politics for half a century. In
that movement, which was both a
creation and an example, we're those
great characters which endowed the
party at its birth with
the attributes of justice, equality
and progress. which have held it to
this hour in line with the highest sen
timents of mankind. From these men
have inherited the desire, and to
their memory we owe the resolution.
that those great schemes of govern
ment and humanity, inspired by
their patriotism, and established by
their blood. shall remain as the fixed
and permanent emblem of their la.
bors, and the abiding signal of the
liberty and progress of the
There are many new names in
these days, but the Republican party
needs no new title. It stands now
it stood at the beginning. Mem
Dry alone is needed to tell the source
from which the. inspirations of the
flow. A drowsy memory
be as guilty now as a sleeping
when the enemy is astir
The name of the Republican party
stands over every door where a
righteous cause "a born. It's mem
bers have gathered around every
no matter how weak, il
by high resolve. Its flag for
more than fifty years has been the
of hope on every spot where lib
erty was the word. That party needs
no new name or platform to desig-
nate it's purposes. 1t is now as it has
been, equipped, militant and in mo-
ton. The problems of every age that
age must solve. Great causes impose
great demands, but eve in any IN
terprise have the American people
Jailed, and never in any crisis has
the Republican party failed to ex-
press the conscience and intelligence
IF that people.
1.-The public mind is awake both to
it's opportunities and it's dangers. No
where in the world, in any era, did
mean more than it means
today in America. Men of courage
and sturdy character are ranging
themselves together with a unanimi
ty seldom seen. There is no excuse
for cropping in the dark, for the light
is plain to him who will but raise his
eyes. The American people believe
a man or party that has convic.
and knows why. They believe
that what experience has proved it
is idle to resist. A wise man is n
dom which with good fortune may
guide the living and the strong. That
wisdom springs from reason, obser-
walton and experience. Guided by
these this thing is plain, and young
men may rely upon it, that the his
and purposes l have described
rising even to the ssence and aspi-
of patriotism, find their best
concrete example in the career and
of the Republican party.
But not alone upon the principles
If that party are it's members in &C
cord. With the same devotion which
has marked their adherence to those
magnificent and enduring
they are, they have already sin
gled out the man to bear their stan
lard and to lead the way. No higher
badge was ever yet conferred. But
great as the honor is, the circum-
which surround it make that
even mor profound. You have
;Ome from every state and territory
n this vast domain. The country
the town have We'd with each
in sending here their contribu.
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