Year: 1874

ton. Every one of the people, white


as well as black, good government
covers all, and your worthy


Governor never spoke q truer word


than when he said you cannot have


one portion of the United States i'm.


poverlshed without impoverishing all


the rest. Now, gentlemen, I know


mat gentleman was called for before


came upon the stand he, | trust, is


now here. We shall not gather the


consequences of this election or realize


them all in week, the weeks will
5row into months and the months into
years and the years into decades before
iuliy and thoroughly we shall appre-


ciate the effect of last Tuesdays work.
bu. all that was done was done for the


happiness and advancement of our


whole country, and l was rejoiced to


work and have some part in securing
the victory. Let us all take lesson
from this event ; however strict and
steady we may have been in our past
allegiance, let us still remember that
there is something higher than party,
and that is the welfare of our colntry'
[Applausc


1t was not the clash Of armed men, it
was more than that; it was the clash OF
moral forces. (Applause) There is to
my mind great hope hopefulness in this;
Ior TINS struggle has shown our people
tRat SO long as we can preserve the forms
ourselves from any difficulty into which
Ignorance or bad government may bring
US, confess to you, my friends, do
feel revived and stronger. believe that
this Government will be perpetuated. be-
cause the American people have shown
chat when they choose to withdraw their
confidence from any party twin, it must,
totter and so to pieces. But one other
word Why has this confidence come to
us ? Why has the trust of power been
withdrawn from the Republics nparty and
given to the Democratic 1t is because
OF distrust in Radicalism There is no
doubt of that But, my friends, it is
given to us to try us, and it is only to be
a permanent gift provided we shall prove
ourselves worthy Of it, and if ever par
ty was called upon to stand the test of
time, 1t Is the Democratic party to-day.
We know there have been many evils,
increasing from year to year-worse evils
OF despotism IN time OF peace than ever
existed in time of war; and all this time
the Democratic party was powerlesS to
prevent these evils; and therefore, what
ever they were We cannot be held rc3pon-
sible for them and the people therefore
nave nelu uhe hepuDllcan party re5pOn-
sible, and have withdrawn from it their
support. Now there can be but two great
parties In this country, and the Ameri-
can people, withdrawing their power
from the Republican party have turned
now to the Democratic party, and they
say to us, We must repose this conf
dence in you; you have been untried in
the last nine years, but we believe that
your professions will be kept; we believe
that powerless as you have been to effect
good you have shown your desire to avert
evil; you have shown that your profess
sions were for the right, and therefore
low we will trust you" (Applause) "a
voice. "We shall keep itr') ThereforesL
say to you, while l look with joy, with
deep and grateful joy, upon the results
of this election, | nevertheless look for
ward with anxiety lest the party in tie
flush of its triumph may forget the con-
ditions upon which, and only upon which,
it can hold this power for the benefit OF
the generations to come. What, then, Is
our duty What is the first thing that
we should do? 1t is to see to it that the
agents who shall exercise this power for
us shall be men tried and true, and fit to


be trusted, and the class of men that We


want at this time shall not be the self
seeking politician nor the professional


politician. but they should be that class
of mon who


Care only to be great


Bat as they save or serve the q e.