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x % A \ v < >1. 4-7 (ini. ItiMllon's Speech. Tin* >iInution demands the earnest and thoughtful consideration of the people of this entire eonntry and party ularly of tile people of this State, the voters on whom, at last, more than upon the mere personnel of their ollieials, depends not merely the policies of our administration of government, hut the character of the msmillions iimier which we live. Although illy life has heeii spent rather in thinking ami doing, to the neglect of that cultivation of the gift of speech which enables men to e\pi>\ss clearly, forcibly ami altraetivelVtheir thoughts ami ideas, I am here to contribute, as heat I may, to that agitation which will aid us in performing intelligently our duty as citi/eiis lint were I possessed of the liery eloquence of Me 1 hillie, or the eullured rhetoric and elocution of Ihvston, they would he di'voted, as my humble effort will boon this occasion to that fair and frank statement which will tend to divest the minds of my countrymen of all prejudice ami passion, and enable them to look the situation calmly and squarely in the face. tii r. i:\ t t.s ok dnk-i'.urn controi.. for the past eight or ten years we have been subjected to the evils of one-party control, against which not even the increased responsibility and danger incurred by the fact that it is also one-party control could guard us. Tito aspiring talent til a party whose nomination is election limis the acquirement of political methods; more important, certainly as a first step, than 1 he mavtery of political jirinciples, and, once in the that tiehl, oride of opinion, desire for success and the heat of the conflict lead to excesses not dreamed of when it entered. The result is that we have made great progress in political methods and absorbed in personal contention and partisan strife, are losing sight of th?' [(real purpose of our organization and drifting away from its cardinal principle. I liable to find a way to combat the e\il which seems inherent in one party power, I was content, as long as it was confined to "conventions of politicians," to enter the silent protest of having nothing to do with these combinations, relying on the solid array of our people, which enable them to defy and correct the use perverted power by adverse administration of government, to easily enforce respect for the authority of our (fonsi i tut ion by our own officials. This partisan strife ami contention, which up to this time has been con lined to contests between temporary combinations for special or personal purposes, have made a decided step of progress in political methods by ting organization within the party of a permanent political combination for not only specific but general i>ol iticnl ])iir|)osoH?the principles,motho?|? and purposes of I his organization, and its offend on our common party and the great common interests of our people are matters on which there is a difference of opinion. For myself I think that in this , headlong career of progress we have readied the danger line. TICK FA KM Kits' MOVKMKNT. Before I utter one word it is doubtless known that the Fanners' Movement, which did not command the approval of my judgement in its ineipienev, when it presented itself in its most inviting shape us an or ganization of the most independent of my fellow-citizens, the owners i and tillers of the soil?a hand of P i/rivato citizens who had no favors to ask hut rights to demand?cannot command it now after its recent culmination into a fully equipped political organization, pushing its campaign as independently of our com nam organization as any opposing party could. Such a proceeding is better calculated to command the approval of our dire opponents?the a?.i:Anin 41 4.1 iv ikiiii? i?in ? iiiiin ui lHO.il' I 'eMIOCI'Ul A who organized their party to promole ami guard their dearest interests, and regard its sound integrity as of more consequence than the election oj" Miiy man or any set of men to ofllco. The spirit liTwbich it is entered upon bffords materwfl aid and domfort to our old fnemivs The charges ~ (JO N' YV"^ I 'Z T* ; 7u | of corrupt ion- -sweeping, not speei- t lied, luil with u recklessness unprc- I cedentcd in our history ?do not sini- a ply please, hut actually strengthen \ our opponents and actually weaken j us. o Til K I'A UTV* N KKI?S N'o CII A M l'IO\. c Now, 1 tlo not propose to assume a the role of special champion of the administration of our party or State. 'I'hev need none so far as I know, o ir i i i : i . : i * \ ? * | I ! ne\ tio II llll^lll III1 piVSUllipi lOll I in one w lu> lias had so Ii11It* to tlo f , with t*ither. t I desire to ili vest as fur as practicable 11 invdiseussion of tin* sit ual ion of any t personal enusidcrut ion w hatever ami t direct it to its hearings on our com- i 111011 iutcivsts, I will on this line, " however, ask how. even if t lie charges s are true, can tlii- elanior which has v hecn raised and caught u|> by our en- s cinies and ran^ from end to end of f this hroad land, possibly conduce to |i our comiiioii interest? Is its tended- s cv to reform, to purify and elevate il lis? Or is in the reverse? Is it not k inllietiiiiT, on us, already the innocent " sufferers, h\ the e\il doiiijf, if it dias t heeii dmie, the pains and penalties t that should ho \i-itcd upon the evil n doers? Is it not a a political error t that involve* a fearful perversion of a justice? No my friends, if our oMi- e rials have willfullv viohiliil lli<> Inn- I regulating the conduct of their g otlices, they are guilty of high crimes I before the baseness of whieh^any \i- I olation of a statute by a private eit s i/.eii would pale into white innocence, t ( It. would be the part of wisdom, T plain practical sense, simple justice and our duty as Democrats, to arraign them before the Courts insti- s luted for such purposes. o hut these random -hots tired into a the multitude that strike innocent o parties are audaciously rec kless and u ! dangerous to the public welfare, al I though they may be intended merely c as shrewd political devices for the )> I attainment of personal ends. g U M'l II 1.1 ('A N liOVUIiXMKNT IN* SOl'TH ?' ('A 'I hut I would ask your attention to o j one charge because it takes us back f j to tirst principles, to w hich we can- b not recur too often in periods of dif- i: ticulty and doubt. This charge is so z i sweeping as to involve us all of the a white race, and our ancestors to the " tbird and fourth generations, in "the a I darkness of Kthoopian ignorance, or a a vile conspiracy against our ow n v i rights. It is the charge that we a have not, and never have had, a lie- r publican governmeilt in South Carolina. It has a familiar sound to ii t.lloSi* of lis wild !ir<> ..I.I nnniiii-li l! I" recall the experiences of those days f of "I )estruction and l{cconstruction,M 11 when reckless Radicalism and, fury n and hate had full sway. The charge s t'?en was that we had never had a n Republican form of government, and o I he consequential inference was that )i j some power outside of ourselves was w necessarv to give it to us and arhi- n i . ? trary power was used to provide us for the first time with that blessing. tin: uui.k of thk stuaxokr. p I ... 1 To give life ami force to this re-11> form, a hand of reformers and pro jtl grcssioiiists were sent among us and ^ t< by appeals to class prejudice, vague p unintelligible assumptions of bene- ; a ! tits and advantages over the classes ! o j to accrue to them and a strong infu- s< sion of the dangers to liberty lurk- g ing in the hearts and presence of all h who are opposed to these ideas, and it i. "i? . riiiiiiv/iniiuiin hi ;111 such US "J>Olir- i M hoi is, aristocrats anil tyrants," they , b succeeded in arraying the numerically d ! st ronge.st class of our citizens and '' gaining possession of the governmcnt. To say nothing of the hitter- aj ness engendered by Jhe "progress!ye" <> career of tliese "reformers," the evils i t t of which cannot he remedied in generations, if ever, the result was, what , <?: it must ever he when such violations of the theory of our government are p practiced, lawless confusion and clia- d ! os, indicting fearful injury on all. <-j I hut greatest on the class for whose p special benefit and inhantnge it was Jl( ostensibly and -o unwisely at temp- (.< I fed. i & While it is not for me to judge of, h the motives of any man, not even of j ei these carpet-hag "reformers," whose tl actions we should and do justly exe- i? crate, I would say that if their pur- j i< pose was to bury us in the ashes of <j our ruins, under the weight of an H organized :oritv, who were known ia <us il - 1 Tit i i-J "Bo True to ) vS^TH. C rl o hiivc no conception whatever of ( icpublican government, hut reasoul?l v e\ pooled t? sympathize in ongoful hate and act with rock less lassion, the gracious consideration f providing ns with a licpohlican ;overnmont was most diabolically daptcd 10 its aceomplishmcnt. i in: ui-:\oi.i'Tios or 1 S7i?. 'I'licn wo wore su IToring the pangs if defeat in war, scattered and helpess and at the nierev of lawless dree, hut contrary to expectation In* maimed and mutilated fragDents of unsuccessful war, with hat iuhivd tenacits to liheriv which hev aire now accused of ne\er havng known, gathered themselves toother, and with the aid of their ons ami the encouragement of thei1' nxesaml daughters, lifted I lie load, tormed the old fortress occupied by leehooters and despoilers, ami dauled on it their standard of con titutional IiI?ert \ and established in h const it ut ionul government. This - the only type of go\crnmcnt that ft'ords guarantee to the liberties of he people, for as long as they have ho intelligence and manhood to infill lain and enforce their ('onstiluion, all the liberty to which tliev re entitled under it is absolutely seuro. The agency which enabled us o establish and maintain such a overnnicnt is theorgani/ation of the democratic party. The"lb-publican onu of government" was used to .. 1 ... a ! i ...... ii|ii?iv.>ss aim in'i'vcni us organ 1/.a ion. UK DMl ('A ItI'KT-llAC? MKTIIOli ItKV I V Kl>. Tin' charge now is practical)y the nine, though il implies what 111** llicr diil not?had faitli in our mangcnicnt under tin- Republican form f government that liar: been given s. With this addition, it ombraees he same allegation, and the same onse<|iiential infereliee, that some ower other than that at present orani/cd l?v us must lie invoked to onsuminate our blessings in t hat line, 'he same methods are used. The nlv difference consists in the source loin which t he charge emanates, I he and of reformers and progressionalsIs spring, and the class of our citiens to be arrayed, taken. They are 11 from the ranks of the "Uourbons," aristocrats" and ''tyrants." And It hough I know t hat no such results re expected or intended, yet when iC put the same causes to work, how re we to avoid the same or similar es lilts? It the purpose were, and I know t cannot be, tint disintegration and uul destruction of our party, our riends who have called it up again light be congratuluted on its aptess for the business, for by fair contraction, it is a simple and plain ur alignment, not simply of its incthds, but of the party itself ami its rinciples, us a cheat and a fraud, liieli never have given, and do not o\v give us what we arc entitled to -this Republican (iovernnieiif. Hut I cannot attribute such a purose to any sons of South Carolina, articularlv those who are proud of he noble services rendered bv them * their party, and the prominent art taken by them in its conflicts ml triumphs. In the excitement f partisan strife, it is no uneon ions Ting at the bridge that has iven us safe passage thus far, which as a tendency to weaken and impair s eltieiehcy. Hut 1 call your al iition to this charge particularly, oca use it takes to first principles, a ue consideration of which will j lirow s^pie light on t he <|uestion as > what sort of government we are 11 titied to, and will enable us to form n opinion as to whether we have it r not, WHAT CloV llltN W KN'T IS. When our ancestors determined to xereisc the sovereignty, which alays and everywhere abides in the eople, they deemed it best, in or et to secure its untrammelled exerise, to cast off every semblance of ersonul or ai'hit rary power. They ccomplished this by entering into a impact, which they framed and dcninly enacted into law. This iw, the embodiment of their sovcrignty ?the Constitution -was enlironed as the ruler of the governlent established liy them. ITovism was made for the conduct of this loYcrnnient, for the appointment of he various oilieial prescribed by law, ml also rules and regulations for s 'our W'ord, )'our II 'orhuiu! 1 111 R8DA : tin1 conduct of ouch am! overs oilier. I'owcr was conferred really on tlie oilier, not on the individual occupying it. for otic moment before lie enters an ollieo he is a private citizen, ami one moment after he leaves it he is the same: Iml the powwr ami an Ihority of t lie ollica continue. A <;o\ Kits M 1;ST OK 'I'll K. I'KOKI.K. It nil! thus In- scon tlmt so long as 1110 oHicos are conducted in accordance with tlioso rulos and regaintions tho government thus administered is the sort of government to which wo tiro entitled, call it what you may. and actually is a <_jo\eminent of the people, hy the people, for the people, and that is the sort of government our fathers fought for and won the right to eslahlish the sort of government that was maintained h\ the party *?f t he ('onstitution in South Carolina for near? i l\ a century, the sort of government we fought for in the late civil war, tile sort of goo rnnient we lost when t lie blessing of a "Kcpuhlican form of government" wa.? for the tirst time bestowed on us. It is the sort j of government we regained when in the depth of on r ad vorsi t \ we, plough hoy "Ibonbons and aristocrats," of South Carolina arrayed ourselves on tin lines of the Constitution ami enforced its authority against over- \ w helming odds. 'Thus was our society organized into a State. Our ?->i?ue jonieo hi hit maics m uiiotlicr compact ?'st;il?1 isl?i11n aunt her government for special purposes s111 ?j?*f( to the same or similar rules and regulations made 1 iv the (iovcrn men! of the I nited States. The only materia! point of difference in the conduct of these "overninenl is in the mode of providing for their maintenance. So far as the conduct of the ollicials is concerned, t la v ai'e cipiallv! subject to the supreme law, and when administered in strict accordant. \\ it ii :t, are ecpially government^ o| lin> people, hv the people, I'll I It \ I. ??l IK'K OF Of It I'ltKsr.NT Ti:ort?i.i:>. < >ni present troubles are altrihn-i (tilde to ninl-adiniiiMndion in the federal (iovernnieiil. 11long continued control hv the lb-publican party, w hich litis never heen capable] of operating a const it lit iontil govern incut, litis resulted in progressive encroachments on tile sovereignty to which it owes allegiance. It was in its incipience intended to be a sectional party, and the administrations furnished by it were from the lirst wide departures from the track of the (donslirution, and were in fad mr' government <?| the whole people hy a sect ion for a section. Hut the progressive, spirit., of which it hoasts, did not long rest there. It has made another stride in the conversion of constitutional power into personal or arbitrary force, and degraded even the government hv a section into a government by a fraction of that section. It. has ceased to represent, or enforce even the will of a section of people of all classes, but. is controlled by the money power of that section which it has concentrated into Hie hands of a few, by its ini(jtiitions restrictions not on the production of wealth bv our people, but on its just distribution. We are in danger of having an oligarchy fastened on us, an aristocracy, through the instrumentality of the federal (lovernment, not. the State, which is in very deed the only protecting shield of our individual liberties against the encroachments of unlawful power. 'i'llk i:n('iio.\(.mimkn'ts or fhdkiiai. cow Kit, These measures of rest riction upon the just distribution of wealth are the key to the stronghold of the enemy. The\*are exerting all their skill, stretching to the utmost limit the power of the government, to for tifv and strengthen it on the one Inind and to di.slraet the assault which we are arraying against it on the other. There are iueroasing passions to an enormity to invite Our attach to that point, and at the suite time arraying the (irand Army of the llepuhlie (to tlu ir disgrace) for its defence. They are distracting our producers from the true path of relief hy promises of warehouses fori the storage of their produce and advances at low rates of interest hy the (iovcrimieiit. To say nothing ahont the constitutionality of those measures, they are both snares for the unwary and distressed producer of wealth, hy the power that controls the party that controls tin* (lovernineut, and they propose to increase their array hy as- j / V ' A I nit/' ( 'nil //// //." v, .n ! n bz\ sinning extraordinary jurisdiction over our federal elections. Til K ('II A K<? K or K X T It A V A (i 4 N <' K. This new development of the l-nr mer's Movement is distracting u.? in a wrangle among ourselves on false and comparatively unimportant issues, and is in perfect accord with the skillful tactics of our unscrupulous foe; ami this when lihertv itself : . i.- :..: i:~ i i? ir*-i11iz jeopnrui/.eu aim us rescue is the great stake for which we arc arrayed. Squabble and wrangle about Statu ox|>uiisus when, exclusive of the debt we inherited from our ear pet bag friends, they will amount to less than *>(? eents per capita! According to the most reliable estimates that I can procure, our share of I'Vderal taxi's amounts to at least twelve dollars per capita, of which four dollars goes to the public treasury, and eight dollars to increase the hoards of tin'favored few. And this tax is not in proportion to property or wealth, but is reaped from the labor and industries of the country. I ll i: t N Kip A I. I>1 Si'1(1 III TION o|W I A III I. The unrest of the people arising from the condition of their private alfairs is not eonlined to this State and is not at I rihutahlc to any cause within its borders or control. The condition is this, that notwithstanding; the production of wealth is greater than ever before throughout I lie world, not only in the aggregate, hut per capita, the workers who pro duee il are everywhere, for the most part, in straitened circumstances. The (lil)iculty lies in imperfect distribution. The cause, of course, varies in diiTcrcnt countries. In those of the Old World, under arbitrary rule, with their heavy hereditary fa voivtl list and expensive outlit, heavy exact ions from tin- producers are neeessurs for their support. Over there the people, handicapped as they are by ironclad rule, have managed to interest their governments in the subject, and it has become not only a national but an international <|Uestion in Kit rope, where the solution of the problem is attended with great dillicultv, ami involves changes in I he character of the < iovernniont which cannot he ? iToeted without risk of dest ruct ion. Ilerc the situation is the reverse. The dirtribution is not merely imperfect, as it might be called, if caused bv the necessities of government, but it is unfair and unjust, because it is effected to a large extent by perversion of the powers of < iovernment. Tin; MK.MOCItATIC I'AUTX INK IIOI'K ol- I II i: STATi-:. We need no labor movements or Socialism to enlist the interest of government. All that is necessary is for our people to have the intelligence ami manhood to enforce their (iovernment to its constitutional limits ami maintain it there. The only hope or practical mode of doing it is through the agency of the par- I ty of the Constitution, the Democrat ic party. I should have said, while on lirst principles, t hat the only individual! sovereign power which was retained by the people was that which would j enable them to control the conduct of their (iovernment and enforce the i authority of the Constitution. That m iu it i v- iivorpi<iii! llii'iiin'l' (1... I...I I """"fell ,,,v I'"1 lot, and thus all voters arc equals in power and inlluencc to their control of their government, so far as humait agency can make tliein so. There can he no aristocracy in this country without violation of the institutions under which we live. Here in South Carolina we are all llourbons^ and aristocrats, or w? are all common people. IN AI'PKAI. TO TIIK VOt'Xtl MKV. One word in conclusion to my young friends, on whom the direst calamity of our defeat in war has fallen, the deprivation of their faeil ities for education, you are sons of sires w ho have stood with me slum I der to shoulder on the bloody field of battle in defence of the Constitution, who in the depths of our adversity arrayed themselves solidly on its lines, and by their manhood and tenacity enforced respect for it. You are tlesli of our flesh, bono of our hone and I appeal to you not to allow yourselves to be led away from t he fail h of your fat hers. \ TAHITI' lt?:VOM'TION ItT<H*N. Philadelphia** Toilers ICise Against MoKIii1c,v*k 11 i 11. New >< iind ('ourler. I'm 11. \ i?i i I'lli a?#l' \, !line The husines.- men's meeting for l!ie purj?ose of pr<?t< sting ogain-t the pass- j age of the MeKinlev tarilT hill was held at the Walnut Street Theatre in this city this afternoon. Alex K. i Met'lure presided, and the list of vice presidents included the names of many prominent business men of Philadelphia. The building was crowded, the tobacco, tin plate and woollen industries being largely represented. The speakers were . **'* " ' '. 'Jlkx. *** BaSESs t <>,1S9< >. _ I (Jongiessilien MeAdoo of .1. Springer of Illinois, Ifynum of Indiana, and Itreckinridgc of Kentucky. To-night a mass meeting of textile workers, called for I ho same purpose as t he afternoon meeting, was held at textile Hall in Kensington, a -uht ^ nrh of Philadelphia, in which most of the large woolen mi 11.? are located. The meeting was gotten up under I he auspice# of (lir 'PariIT loforin t'luh, lln- membership of which con sisls mostly of workmen in the mills, w ho are opposed to the proposed in. crease in the duty on imported wools* Messrs Springer, I'reekinrid^e, Me- 1 Adoo and llynum were tin principal speakers at this imetin^, It was .1 I tremendous affair. It i- estimated t ; that from 7,<><><> to 1 o,nou people, | ' most of them workinenien, partici- ' paled* : > In addition to the meeting at Tex- * tile 11 a 11, where over two thousand ! people listened to the speeches >?f N Springer. Iiivckinridgo, McAdoo ami , I Kyntini, threo overllow meetin^fs were necessary in order that all who desired to hear and see tin* distinguish- 1 i'?l speakers miiflit he gratified. t Marly in tlie evening a parade of workmen took place. The line ( formed at P>road and Hiamomt streets , and bet woon t hree uml four thousand | men marched from there to the ? scene of of the evening demonstra- | I lion, dohn Moore, carpet weaver, L I presided at the Textile I lull meet iug. N Two of t lie ovjerllow meet ings w ere . held in the open air. At hot h o| , I these the attendance wa- very large. , A third overllow meeting assembled , ! at Knterprisc Hall. Kacli of the x four speakers addressed all lour ol the meetings, their remarks creating ( intense ellt lllisiiisni. I The following {>r? ;11111?I? and ivso j lilt ion wore adopted: ( Whereas, I???t 11 pdlil ioul parlies . have promised to correct t lie iiieipialitics and discriminations of tin* presi-nt tii ill law which, I?y placing nn* ' due burdens upon tin; raw material- \ of our industries and the necessaries L of life, destroy our opportunities for , enlarged markets, restrict opport u i.ities for work and reduce the wa- ! 1 j ges of labor; and whereas, the party ' now in control in Congress, instead j I of redeeming its pledges and keeping' j I faith with the workingincii, is at-! i I tempting to foist upon the American ! people a most inupiitous measure, | ' (iiinnionly known as the McKinley ' bill, which, by increasing incipiali ties and discriminations, will i V strengthen monopoly, destroy our industries and crush labor; therefore Jl we, the woi'kingmen of Kensington, i t in mass meeting assembled. o Uesolve, That we cannot too strong- jly denounce the MeKinley bill as a dangerous measure, nor too earnestly protest against its passage by the ' 1'iiited States, and that we hereby I give notice that we will not lie satis i lied with anything short of free raw materials, and such corresponding ( reduction of general tariff rates as will make li\ing cheaper and cise n- ' a chance to enter foreign market- t ...oi 11 wiiii wur prouueis, as well as l<> keep and control our own, knowing full well thai only by these means can I toilers he steady and get good wages. W hen chairman Moore announced that he had a letter from Kx President Cleveland, regretting his inability to attend, the demonstrative crowd went wild with cheers. W hen order was restored the letter was read, which was as follows: \ I.KTTKU FKOM CMiVKLAMi. ' 1 Nhw Yoiik, May 20, 1SOO. P. A. Ilerwig, Ksq, President My I )eear Sir: I desire through yoti to thank the Kensington refrom Club, formerly known as the Workingman's Tariff Reform Association, for the courteous imitation I have received to attend the mass meeting on the evening of the dial of .June. The terms in which the invitation is expressed) convinces me that the question of tariff reform is receiving the attention it deserves from those most vitally interested in its just and fair j sol ut ion. ? " I V I know that with the feeling now j. . ' | J abroad in onr land and with tin* in tense existence and activity of such " clubs as yours the claim prcsumpt f uously made that people at the last tl election finally passed upon thesnb-, ject of tariff adjustment will be emphatically denied, and that our ^ wnrkingmcu and our farmers will t continue to agitate this and all oth ' '| er ?pietions involving their welfare! and increased zeal and in the light f I of increased knowledge and oxpej rience, until they aredetermined tin* 1 ally and iji accordance with the Aim !e eriean sentiment of fair play. 1 I use no idle form of words when jI say that 1 regret my engagements and professional occupations will not permit me to meet the members a of your club on the occasion of their t *? N:< >. J O. mass unci ing. Hoping thai those w ho arc fortunate enough to partieipale will liml it to their profit, ami I hat the meeting will in all respects he :i great sneeess, I jiiii your* very trillv, drover Cleveland. ^ IM:\ . THOM AS DIXON, lie I,sislies the New York "Mail 11 Oil l \ lll'I'.v" I i ipi i | *s Sort i oil n I Imii and I In I r<*?| ol' I lie Sou I li. Ni'w York Sun. The I {(-v. Thomas IVvon, dr., -poke Sunday liioniiiiL: to the tiifinhers of tlie T?t uty third Street Ihip isf ( linreli on "Tile S> of ions' .\,->vx MJter, wllil'h lie denounced us a mm ioil.tl ( tn -r jiikI ;i disgrace to ( hl'iianitv, "It, lias no mission to per'iiiii," lie said, "because the can es vliieli separated this < ouiitrv into sect ions have disappeared. Talk i boil I I ho ('onfederate llu^I Why, I vas horn in the South and lived here I w ent v-t lin o years, and I tever aw a < 'onfederate 'hi-. Speakinir of l he recent lla" edito ials in < "oh Sheppard's in w vpapt r lie preacher said: " rile 11'III Ililil / ' r I S-.S II disorts and falsities the facts as to nake it appear that tin- on 1 v the to ie seen was I he ( 'onfederate the. This was done with the deliherah nirpose of deception. It dea in it operation, abuse, epithets. The voids traitor, rebel, and such are orv ready for use they aie ridden to leatli. Such is the resort of small intiii'CH. Think of Abraham Lin olii, whose life meant "charity to vard all, malice toward none. ' I'liink of him and then think of his foul tirade of ahiiso. Think of leiieral (Jrant. Hear the nie.-vsau'o hat lie sends from Mount Met! repp ?r: "I have witnessed since inv sick toss just what I wished in see ever ineo the war harmony and good eeling between tin1 section*." Shall uitdals ties troy this harmony ami fond feeling:' 'The man who wnuhl eok la do.strov it, in lite face of this tiossagc of peace and <d fraternity hat entiles lo its front the lips of he "real chieftain, is un\vorth> I he nheritiince of such a titan, and for itch a revilor to dare to pay tribute o I lie grave of l Irani is the height if sacrilege. Such a paper assumes a pious rhino, nauseating in the extreme, ltd poses as a representative of hristianily. It could not Ii\e w ilItuit the assumption of some moral orce; it would not he toleraled, and o it steals the liverv of heaven. In lie name of (iod and of truth, of toiiesty and integrity, I, for one, re mdiiilethis so-called newspaper us n any sense representative of ('hrisianitv. The (iod that presides over lie editorial oll'tee of the M'til t.m! W.i'/ni s.< .- id such papers is not nt\ iod. I do not know Ifiitt, I never atcw Hint, I do not want to know lint. About as near as I can make t, his (iod is the devil, whom I light ml fear, with this exception, that he deril is shrewder and more ar istic in hi* methods. [ Applaud.J Hear this quondam editor shriek or an army of men to march on lichmond! For what? To roh the lyin^ of t tie dead. Such men are icither brute nor human; they are ;houls. Twenty-five years have roll<1 away since those awful days of he war. Peace and prosperity onmrd llow over t lie mountain and lain ami -tea. A ml now in t he uidst of all these things this little in soldier wakes up suddenly and .caries the ears of heaven and earth .ith lii> little tin horn. [Applause.) Keep such papers from voir.* ionics as you would a post. 11 you uiut virions literature, use tin- bald ulgarity of Swift or the naked realsni of Zola. It will be less dangrrus than tin- hatred and malice and alsehood of such a sheet wrapped ip in a Scripture text. Men of the North and men of the tonth, we are brethren. Let us hear o-dav the voices of the heroic dead* Phev a'l speak for peace and for barman. The hrave and true never ight after the hattltjjs closed. The . i 1110 has come for us to*4ake each ot hr hy the hand and crush those inllunces that seek to perpetuate strife or a l>ase, ignoble pnrpos. (Jod n lp us that we may have, in deed ml truth, one glorious, united naion. 4 1