The Springfield herald., 1904-10-21

humanity. liberty and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for
n cessation Of hostiltics. with 4 view to an
ultimate convention of all the States. or
other pcnceable means. to the end that. mt
the earliest practicable moment, peace may
be restored on the basis Of the Federal
Union of the States.
Dema,dei .tate's Rights.
In another resolution the principles and
purposes of the Belmrnts and Seymours
of 1864 were set forth i'll these tradi-
tional terms:
Resolved. That the aim and object Of the
Democratic party Is to preserve the Federal
Union and the rights Of the States unim-
paired, and they hereby declare that they
consider the administrative usurpntion of
extraordinary and dangerous powers not
granted by the Constitution. the ,subvcr-
sion OF the civil by military law In States
not In insurrection, the arbitrary arrest,
imprlsonment, trial and sentence ne, o, OF Amsrl.
In full force. the suppression of freedom
of speech md OF the press. the denial of
the right of asylum. the open and avowcd
disregard Of State rights the employment
of unusual test oaths. and the Interference
with and denial of the right OF the people
storation of the Union and the perpetuation
OF 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
tinguish these utterances of the Demo-
cratic party forty years ago from those
of the same Bourbon party to-day. The
similarity of phraseoogy used TO de-
nounce, to declare and to demand; the
invocation of the Constitution to pre-
serve rights and liberties from imaginary
perils of administra tive usurpation, mill
tary subversion and individual invasion; !;
the fictitious concern over non-existing
financial and industrial burdens-nll go
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, is
doing things for the advancement. peace
and prosperity of the people of the Uni
ted States.
1t will be observed that in August,
1864, the Democratic party assumed to
express .'the sense of the American peo-
ple' in its arraignment Of Lincoln and
the Republican party, an assumption
which the American people in Novem-
ber promptly repudiated by the follow
ing vote:
Popular Electoral
Lincoln and Johnson .2.2l6.067 2l2
Mcclellan and Pendl-ton :1.sOs,i2o y
States not voting ......... 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
tralization corruption and abuse of pow
ar,I fxrn RI
can people have returned the same ver-
dict they did in 1864. In 1884 and 1892
certain exceptional conditions, for which
the Republican party was in nowise re-
sponsible, caused the American people
to lend a trusting ear to the reiterated
impeachment of the Republican admins
tration. Cleveand'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 Cleveland's second administration
the Democratic party attempted to re-
place the Republican tariff with a mon
grel mixture OF free trade, class pro-
lection and special bounties. and then
came to pass the very conditions Of rev.
enue deficits, social disorder and wide
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
Mcnlnley in 1896. Since tnen the nation
has experienced period OF prosperity
unexamped in the history of the world.
1t has waged successful war resulting
in stablishing liberty and a popular
government in Cuba. in extending Ameri-
can freedom, justice and protection in
Forto Rico and the Philippines and in
advancing the United States to a power
full. almost a 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 it
have come worldwide responsibilities
and duties, as well as problems of in
ternal government.
The Republican party within the Con-
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 ats history, It's 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. 1t is 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
anty of its fitness to continue in the
execution Of that great trust is in the
character and experience of its leaders.
Which Will You Tru.t:
Let the American voter look across
the stage Of public life to-day and ask
himself which he would rather trust to
administer any public or private trust
the Republican party under the leader
ship of
THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND
CHARLES w. FAIRBANKS,
Backed by
Secretaries Hay, Shaw, Taft, Moody,
Wilson, Hitchcock. Morton, and
Senator Allison and the Republican
majority in the Senate.
Speaker Cannon and the Republican
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