Now. what is it with which this democratic party confronts this the greatest. the most vital question .of administration and of legislation ever submitted to an American Congress? Do you mean to preserve or to try to preserve our institutions from destruction? Do you mean to preserve or try to preserve the American Republic from going down. not in darkness and in blood. not by the honorable fate at the hand of a foreign foe which other people have encountered. not to be divided like Poland. not to be overthrown by foreign barbarians like Rome. but from perishing by its own inherent vileness and baseness at the hand of these fraudulent stnfferg of ballots. at the hands of these assassins. at the hands of these manufacturers of naturalization papers by the tens. by the hundreds of thousands as the committees of this body have reported again and again? Congress in democratic hands has been in session for six months. and the House of Representatives has been in democratic hands for years. and at last there comes out of all this thing simply an attack upon the magistrate whose energy and whose integrity rescued New York from this rot. from this evil and mischievous disease which she had received at the hands of the politicians of that party. and an attempt by its leaders and representatives to declare that he having rendered or helped render that service to this Republic shall be a disqualification for holding office with reference to elections in this country hereafter. I wadt the people to understand what is the issue which is made up here at the close of this session in the afternoon of this summer day between the two parties who are competing for the confidence of the American people.
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