The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-21

| military necessity-or war. power higher
than the ConstitutioD-the Constitution 1t.
, self has been disregarded in every part, and
public liberty and private right alike trod-
den down. and the material prosperity OF
the country. essentially impaired. justice.
| denand that immediate efforts be made for
4 cessation OF hostilities, with a view to an
Ultimate convention Of all the States, OF
the earliest practicable moment. peace may
be restored on the basis VI the. Federal
Union Of the States.
l. 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
Union and the rights OF the States unlm-
paired, and they hereby declare that they
consider the administrative usurpation OF
extraordinary and dangerous powers not
| granted by the Constitution. the subver-
sion of the civil by military. law In States
not in Instruction, the arbitrary arrest,
Imprisonment, trial and sentence OF Ameri-
ran citizens in States where civil law exists
In full force, the suppression OF freedom
OF speech and Of the press. the denial or
the right Of asylum. the open and avowed
disregard Of State. rights. the employment
of unusual test Oaths. and the interference
with and denial Of the right OF the people
to bear arms, as calculated to prevent a re-
storation Of the Union and the perpetuation
of a government deriving it's just powers
from the consent Of the governed.
With the omission of a few phrases
having reference to the then prevailing
conditnen 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 phraseology used to de-
nounce, to declare and to demand; the
invocation of the Constitution to pre-
serve rights and liberties from imaginary
perlls of administrative usurpation, mill
tary subversion and individual invaslOn;
he fictitious concern over nOn-existing
financial and industrial burdens-all go
to show that the Democratic party OF
1904 tands 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,
1854, the Democratic party assumed to
express the sense Of the American peo-
pie" in its arraignment Of Lincoln and
the Republican party, an assumption
which the American people in Novem-
Der promptly repudiated by the follow
ing vote:
Popular Electoral
Lincoln and Johnson. -. 2, 216.067 PIP
Mcclellan and Pendieton l,SOS, TO Il
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
uSurpatlou, fanaticlsm, Se~ctlonallSm, ex-
t~ravagance, financial bankruptcy, cen
tralization, corruption and abuse Of pow
er-and with two exceptions the Amer7-
can people have returned the same YER
dict they did in 1864. In 1884 and 1892
certain exceptional conditions, for which
the Republican party was in nowlse re-
sponsible, caused the American people
TO lend a trusting ear to the reiterated
impeachment of the Republican admins
tratiOn. Clevelands 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 vide
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 at
fairs came with the election of William
Mckinley ia 1896. Since tnen the nation
has experienced a period OF prosperity
uneNamped in the history OF the world.
1t has waged a successful war resulting
in establishing liberty and a popular
government in Cuba. in extending Ameri-
can freedom. justice and protection in
Porto Rico aud the Philippines and in
advancing the United States to a power
full. almost a commanding place, ia 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 we'll 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 it's history. it's policies
and it's 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 it's leaders.
Which will You Trust: