The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 19, 1890, Image 1
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(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
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"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
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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
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(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.
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I know that with the feeling now j.
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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
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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.
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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.
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