and advance it to higher honors. Let them spread the
influence of our republican institutions north and south, until
the whole continent of America shall be a brotherhood of republics.

"Let them assert the rights of American citizenship, so that they
will be respected as were the rights of citizens of the Roman
republic. Let them deal with this most difficult and subtle problem
of social politics so as to secure to the man who labors his just
share of the fruits of his labor. Let them improve even upon the
protective policy we have pursued, so as to diversify our industries
and plant in all parts of our country the workshops of millions of
well-paid contented citizens. Let them do what we have not been
able to do since the war--restore our commerce to every port and
protect it under our flag in every sea.

"My countrymen, I regret to say it, you cannot accomplish any of
these great objects of national desire through the agency of the
Democratic party. It cannot be made an instrument of progress and
reform. Its traditions, its history for twenty-five years, and
its composition, forbid it. You may punish us for our shortcomings
by its success, but you will punish yourselves as well and stay
the progress of your country. A party that with seventy majority
in the House cannot pass a bill on any subject of party politics,
great or small, is not fit to govern the country.

"Every advance, every reform, every improvement, the protection of
your labor, the building of your navy, the assertion of your rights
as a free man, the maintenance of good money--a good dollar, good
in every land, worth a dollar in gold--all these objects of desire
must await the movements of the Republican party. It may be slow,
but if you turn to the Democratic party you will always find it
watching and waiting, good, steady citizens of the olden time,
grounded on the resolutions of '98 and the 'times before the wah.'

"It is said that Blaine is bold and aggressive; that he will obstruct
the business interests of the country. I would like to try such
a President. He might shake off some of the cobwebs of diplomacy
and invite the attention of mankind to the existence of this country.
There will always be conservatism enough in Congress, and inertness
enough in the Democratic party, to hold in check even as brilliant
a man as James G. Blaine. What we want now is an American policy
broad enough to embrace the continent, conservative enoug