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| than the tons' tuition the Constitution IT.
self has been disregaried In every part. and
public liberty nnd private right ali.e trcd.
Den down and The material prosperity of
the Fenntry essentially impaired Justice.
humanity. liberty and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for
cessation OF hostflties, with view TO an
ultimate convention Of all the States, or
other peAeeabie means, to the end that, at
+ the earliest Prsctisabie moment. peace may
be restored on the basis OF the Federal
/ Union of the States
Demanded state's Rixhts.
In another resolution the principles and
purposes OF the Belnonts and Seymours
OF 1854 were set forth in these tradi-
tonai terms:
Resolved. That the aim and object Of the
Demoeraiie party is to preserve the Federal
/ Union and the rights Of the States rDim
paired. and they hereby declare that they
consider the administrative usnrpation Of
extra aor,iinary and dangerous powers not
granted By the Constitution. the suhver-
/ sion OF the civil BY military law in States
not 10 insnrrectlSn, the arbitrary arrest,
/ imprisonment. trial and sentence of Ameri-
4 can citizens IN States where civil law exists
I In full force. the suppression Of freedom
Z OF speech and Of the press. the denial Of
the right OF asylum. the open and avowed
4 disregard Of State rights. The employment
/ Of unusual test oaths. and the Interference
/ with and denial Of the right of the people
10 bear arms, as calculated TO prevent re-
| storaisou Of the Union and the perpeluation
/ OF q government deriving its Just powers
! from the consent Of the governed
With the omission of few phrases
having reference to the then prevailing
condition of war. there is nothing TO dis
/ tipguish these utterances Of the Demo-
cratic party forty years ago from those
of the same Bourbon party to-day. The
similarity of phraseology used TO de
nounce. TO declare and to demand; the
/ in gAaaff0r ~ che 1ss,tf %
serve right. and liberties from imaginary
perils OF administra tive usurpation. mill
/ tary subversion and individual invasion:
/ the fictitious concern over non-eristing
| financial and industrial bnrdens-all go
to show that the Democratic party OF
| 1904 stands in the same old shoes OF
/ 1854. snariing al the heels Of the Re
| publican party which now as then, is
doing things for the advancement, peace
and prosperity Of the people Of the Uni
ted States
Ii will be observed that in August.
1854. the Democratic party assumed 70
express the sense OF the American peo-
! pie" in its arraignment OF Lincoln and
the Republican party. an assumption
which the American people in Noyem-
Der promptly repudiated by the follow
ing vote:
Popular Electoral
vote. vote.
Lincoln ard johnson. 2,2i6.OST 2l2
Mcclellan and Pendl.ton i.sDs,725 q
States not voting z-.--.... 81
Delaware. Kentucky and New Jersey
were the only States in the slim Demo
cratic column that year.
same Old Cry.
Every four years since 1864, the Demo
cratic party has gone through the same
formula of arraigning the Republican
party as the party Of unconstitutional
usurpation, fanaticism. sectionalism, ex-
travagance. financial bankruptcy. cen
| iralization. corruption and abuse Of pow
I er-and with two exceptions the Ameri-
can people have returned the same YER
diet they did in lssji. In 1854 and 1897
certain exceptional conditions. for which
the Republican party was in nowise re-
sponsible. caused the American people
TO lend Il trusting ear to the reiterated
impeachment OF the Republican admins
tration. Cleveland's two terms were the
result. both giving conclusive proof of
| the incompetence of the Democratic
party to administer the government ex-
cept by adopting every Republican policy
and practice they had denounced.
In Cleyeland's second administration
the Democratic party attempted TO re-
place the Republican tariff with = mon
I grel mixture of free trade, class pro-
lection and special bouniies. and then
came to pass the very conditions OF rev
enue deficits, social disorder and wide
spread despair and misery Of which the
American people had only dreamed under
the spell Of Democratic demagogy.
The restoration OF Safety and Sanity
| in the administration Of American af-
fairs came with the election Of William
Mcrinley in 1896. Since tnen the nation
has experienced period OF prosperity
unexsmpIed IN the history OF the world.
| Ii has waged n successful war resulting
in establishing liberty and popular
government in Cuba. in extending Ameri-
can freedom, justice and protection in
Porto Rico and the Philippines and in
advancing the United States to power
full. almost commanding place, in the
| polity of nations.
Nothing like the national development
of these eight years has been known in
the past OF the republic. and with II
have come worldwide responsibilities
and duties. as well as problems of in
| ternal government
1 The Republican party within the Con-
J stitution, without straining any of the
powers reposed IN the Executive or Con
gress, has met the demands Of the hour
with courage. wisdom and success, to
which the chorus of Democratic declama-
ton. denunciation and demands pays the
highest tribute.
SO to-day in its history. its policies
and its candidates, the Republican party
appeals to the American people as the
| party Of achievement. Of resources and
of the courage TO grapple with every
new phase of national life. Ii II the
party of sound principles, safe finance and
sane execution Of the laws The proof
Of its capacity TO govern is written in the
healthy progress OF the United States
during the past forty years. The guar