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grew out of it by Universal Amnesty and Impartial Suffrage. [Ap- 

 plause.] I think so still; and that if the Democratic party shall 

 concede Impartial Suffrage, the Republican party will concede Uni- 

 versal Amnesty,; if not, it will have a very short lease of power. 

 So, then, friends, I summon you all, Republicans and Democrats, 

 to prepare for the new issues and new struggles that visibly open 

 before us. In the times not far distant, I trust we shall consider 

 questions mainly of industrial policy — questions of national advance- 

 ment — questions concerning the best means whereby our different 

 parties may, through cooperation, or through rivalry, strive to pro- 

 mote the prosperity, the happiness, and the true glory of the Ameri- 

 can people. To that contest I invite you. For that contest I would 

 prepare you. And so, trusting that the bloodshed in the jiast will 

 be a sufficient atonement for the sins of the past, and that we are 

 entering upon a grand New Departure, not for one party only, bvit 

 for the whole country — a depaiture from strife to harmony, from 

 devastation to construction, from famine and desolation to peace 

 and plenty — I bid you, friends and fellow-citizens, an affectionate 

 good-night.. [Prolonged cheers and applause.] 



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