Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1879 — The Wisconsin Jubilee. [ARTICLE]

The Wisconsin Jubilee.

The following is Associated Press account of tho (Celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization of the Republican party in Wisconsin, held in Madison on the 23d of July; The Republican mass meeting, in commpmoratian of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization of the party in Wisconsin, was called to order !r an the platform at the east portico of the Capitol, at 2:15 o’clock, by Horace Rublee. There was a crowd present extendin t far out under the genial shade Of Capitol Park. The weather was delightful. The platform was crowded with distinguished guests, and all available space within the sound of the voice was occupied. On motion of W. M. Davis, .of Sauk, the officers of Ibe convention which organ zed the Republican party on the 13th of July, 4854, here present, were m ide the officers of this meeting: President, John Walworth, of Richland; Secretaries, Horace Rublee and L. F. Frisby. Alter music, an original poem; dedicated to this occasion, was read by S. S. Kockwood, of Whitewater. It was a rhythmical roll-call of past and present Republican leaders, and the names, especially of those now most prominent, were received with applause. Till-: IION. CIIA3. O. WII.I.IAMB was introduced, but Was temporarily suppressed by the music of the band, -which enabled him to say it was the first time lie had been beaten by wind. Pioccedmg with his remarks, he said that twenty-five years is a complete epoch and presents,a rugged test, and nothing can hope to siaiul twenty-five years, now,, that does not plant it,self on <t rnal Guta. It is li ting to say that young Wisconsin''Cfc’.coiues to the silver wedding the eloquent champions of freedom from Ohio and Michigan, both of wide 1 1 States wore successively foster motli rs of this State, the remote Territory. The spirit of slavery is not dead but lives and exerts a balelul influence over the Southern country. The record ot its past Is one of blood, ami is continm d to-day In assaults more subtle but not loss aggressive. ■ . Mr. Williams pa d a glowing tribute to the memory of the noble men who bore aloit the assertion of the princ pits on which tile Republican party was fouuded, before the Republican party was formed, some of whom fell as martyrs. He closed by calling for three cheers for Garfield, Burrows, and old Zacli. _

seSatok chandlek was received with great, applause. Re said it has become popular to talk up State citizenship. aud deny National citizenship. He declared himself a citizen of the United States iu its broadest tense. U is tilting to-day to celebrate this anniversary, but we must remember we were but mites in a mighty whole. The Republican party was born 6f God, and it little now where or by wlioui action was taken by some earlier than others. We were a due-idea patty, but that idea was liberal enough and broad eunuili to covet; a world. Are we a Nation or are we butt The Uuetnjpj of Stale Sovereignty that luvolved us in a great war is asserted to-day, uotwiihsiamliug that when the rebels surrendered at Appomattox they admitted the United States as a Government, Then they made no claims, for they had none. They asked only tneir miserable lives as a boom We treated them with a magnanimity never bc’fore shown, They were hound, by thd laws of Nations and the laws Of war, to every dollar of the cost of that war, They s'akcd all and lost all; We took i them to our arms, fed tfieffi, clothed them, . and reinstated them. Npw, in 1879, Uiey ’ hold the same purpose they did twenty years ago, and make the same pretentious claim of ! State-rights. I find in the Senate to-day almost the Identical.’ Issues that were raised : there when I first entered it, in 1857. Men have changed, but their measures huye not. They are determined to ru,e or rain the Government., Failing to capture Washington by armies, they boast to-day of having captured it, and I tell you the country is in more danger .than it was twenty years ago. King Caucus rules now where King Cotton once held sway, and is a not less dangerous power. Mr. Chandler here asked permission to make a digression and answer, certain Chicago papers tbat had misrepresented him in comments on one count of his Indictment against the Democratic party, viz., that party bad attempted to damage the- business interests of the country by silver legislation. He explained, and defended his posit ion. Mr. • Cbafid.er thanked God for the whole record.

of lae Republican party, and gloried In It* financial fffcordL It Uaa mastered tho great* e»t National debt over laid on any t eople, and ha« iriven tbu lie to all pfopliedca ttiat the debt would be repudiated when our exlgpnetes made ua great hoirowers and bad closed the money market* of »“« against us. A Ropublhttii Adiu’ulst ration anhealed to the patriotism l of the pa*. He. aud thin and there Use greenback woo boru.Tho Republicans came Into' power at a time *U«u uttr National builds JounJ no pui chasers. To-day our bonds. Wit « volume, command a premium at the lowest rate of Interest. After a record or so treat achievements in Ciinp and cabinet, wo are told tile Republican party has perlorined Its mission, outlived Its usefulness, and ought to die. Well, H ever a party was prepared to die, It is ours, but we have made other arrangements and propose to liveEvery promise and pledge ot the Republican party bus hitherto been kept, and sbull wo be told the Republican party ought to dlef Aud Who seeks Its deatlil iliey are the men who rejoiced in every JUulondefeat, and unw threaten the Integrity of the Union. Tho mission of the Republican-party la not ended and will not lot until those devilish rebels are brought to humility. But w 6 are told the country is being ruined, If not already ruined, by financial 'burdens; that poverty and Idleness oppress our people, and ihe Republican party la to blame for It. But, ho declared, every man capable of doing a good day’s work could find it and get good p ty for It, and that never had a day’s wages greater purchasing power than now. Mr. Chanuler was vociferously cheered as he resumed his seat. A congratulatory dispatch from the Republican State Committee of Missouri was read. THK HON. JAMES A. GAKFIEI,I> waS*received with cheers. Re said -this vast assembly must have richly enjoyed the review of the party’s history presented here ams celebrated here to-day, ana not only the review of the past, but the hopeful promises made for the future of that great party. The Republican party, organized a quarter of a century ago, was made a necessity to curry out tho pledges of the fathers, that tbis should be aland of liberty.. There was In the early days of the republic, a Republican parly, that dedicated this very Territory, and all our vast territory, to freedom; that promised much for schools; that abolished Imprisonment for debt, aud that Instituted many wise reforms; but there were conservatives In those day a whose measures degenerated into treason, and the Republican party of to-day wa* but a revival of the Republican party of seventy years ago, under new aud broader conditions of usefulness. It is well to remember and honor to-day the great names of the Republican party. One of these is Joshua R. Giddings, who for twenty years was freedom’s champion in Congress, aud from » feeble minority of two, lived to see a Republican Speaker elected, and himself to conduct him to the chair. Another is Abraham Lincoln, the man raised up of OoJ for a great mission. No mao ever had truer apprehension of tho principles of the Declaration of independence, that great charter which it was the mission of the Republican party to enforce. There was Illness in the first platform of Wisconsin Republicans that they bused themselves on the Declaration of Independence. While Republicans have from the first been true to their principles, perfecting all they ‘ promised, and proved to-day of whole record, the Democrats, on Hie ot her hand, steadily wrong, have been forced from one bad position to another. Can any Democrat point with pride to his party pi atiorms of 1854, or find in them any living issues? Tire issues they then presented led us into war and involved us in a great National debt. •Looking for tlie cause of that debt, 1 say the Democratic party caused it. W'c are, as a Nation Just emerging from difficulties, aud the Republican party alone can proydlv claim that the brightest, page of. the country’s history has been written by the true freinds of freedom and progress. v The Uepublican parly has yet work to do. We arc confronted to-day in Congress by nesrly the same spirit that prevailed there in the years just before the war. They tell us that the National Government is but the servant of the States; that we shall not interpose as a Nation to guarantee honest elections in the States; that If we will interpose they will deny appropriations. Is this less dangerous than their position In 18(51? Have we no interest except in local elections, no power to guard the ballot-box and. protect ourselves against outrage upon it. Why does tlie South make this issue? I answer, they have a solid South, and only need to carry Ohio and New York to elect a President, and they trust to carry these States by meat*? they best know how to use. There are sentimentalists and optimists who may see no danger in this. Thera were sentimentalists and optimists In the Republican party, but to-day all are stalwarts. President Haves came into office, saw all his hopes of conciliation frustrated, ail his advances met with scorn. We all now stand together on the issue as one, and I rejoide to see Wisconsin, young, hopeful and prosperous, so true to the Republican party. There was further speaking in Capitol Park in the evening, Hon. J. C. Burrows, of Michigan, making the principal address.