, 1873-08-09


fit onraolvoa and na,!roaa ouraolvon egaI,i to tlo
reforming OF oar political ldoas md practices.
Whon tho heart Of one:half Tho world dusll beat
Akin IT,. to II tho brave and tho truc.
". a'oaii not DO l!vnu III .iarkne.a hi, dust,
n9 Is M. ias axi't f .ls t1s lnSasl la rr."
"o sho'ld Battle for Freedom n'l nlaht!;;
-: . -[GeraM Atassty.
Thia addroHs wan 1lstonod to throughout with
oarnoat attention; and, at itu close, tho rrou-
'dent of tho Scott County Club gave tho cell to
adjourn for dinner, md tho 'Exolor Band
atruok up a livc1y Htrnin, followed by
tho Winchester Dand, during which young
aud old bostirred themselves to empty
tho baskota of their tempting contents,
and sproad tho tables that Ind boon extompor-
izca out Of tho rough planka aforesaid in tho
el'alioat places. Wagons 1adcn with barrels Of
ico-watcr, tlioughtfu1ly provided by tho enter-
tanning Club, supplied oach tablo with nll1-paila
full Of tho grateful fluid; and, amid tho din Of
orookory, the rntt1o Of ktyos nrl forks, choorful
laughter md lonritablo commando from overy
tablo to straying strangorH to como mud partako
Of tho good things provided, tho hour allotted
for tho purpose apod away unnoticod.
At 2 o'clock tho Assembly WAS called to order,
and Mr. Minor introduced
s. N. HM1Tn,
Secretary Of tho Btate Farmora' Association,
who, aftor somo preliminary romnrkB aB to Iia
personal shnro In tile now movement, delivered
an oratfon Of upwards Of two hours In duration,
from tho hearing OF which tho audience rose,
nftor roponted applause, apparently dcoply
moved. MIR. Smith spoke substantially as fol-
lows:
SPEECH OF g. Ii. ssI1TH.
Thoae whom he addressed wore mon and wo-
mon Of bis own class. Ho waB q working farmer,
who 1aborod on his own farrn, ovory day, for
living, with tho exception Of those days when hc
wns called forth in tho Boryico Of tho now cauBe.
Ho hnd only Just como from work In tho fold,
whore he had put III six days' as hard physical
labor ~ ho had over done in his younger days,
and he found himHole, an old man (62) but
poorly prepared that day to speak to thom
with that cloarnoss and vigor which belonged to
tho unwoaried franc md uncloudod mind. Flo
WAS toillug farmor, like thoac around him, and
had known what 1t was to plan how to mako tho
two ends moot. His wifo WAS a truo farmer'a
wife, and hfs boys wero at work in tho oorn-acl.
He was tho man whom tho politicians, part Of
tho political press, md othors, Ind singled ont to
tonounco aa domagoguc. II these politicians
and political vritora only know him aB lo wae
Thoy called him broken-down demagoguo. II
thoy only know him na lle stood bofore thom, q
FLOODING, To1LINa, SIMPLE FARMER,
they would roaeryo their powder for moro lan-
gorous enemtos. They called linn, also, bro
kon-down politician. Ono gentleman Ind said,
only the previous night: Tho old follow is
running for Governor ; that's what he's after,
depend on It," That's tho way they talked Of m
old farmer whose wifo WAS hard put to It to
mend his brooches, whose three-colorod patches
wero already blending into ono. There wcro many
good wivos among tho crowd thoro who woro for
over hopoossly mondiug tho far1nora' brooches,
till they dropped almost to bits. Ho was ono of
those farmers, aud knew like them what 1t was
to bear cruol hardships, to PINCH to scrapo, to
atrive, to economiHe, tho farmer Ind to
endure. III standing to addre8s them, ho did 30
with hoart full Of Bympathy for thom Us for
himself.
Tho eqilH thoy suffered wero 10 common; and,
In laboring for reform, lo would participate with
thom in tho benefits. Ho Ind not particle of
doubt that thoy would
BEcUnE TIE REFORM THEY SOUGHT.
He described how, in his recent journoyings
through tho State, he had looked ut and ad-
mired the glorious folds Of corn that spread out
on MI BidoB, and, in tho midst Of tho1n, found q
little speck in tho shape Of the dwelling Of tho
owner Of all that wealth lind looked ut tho
Bpeck, and found 1t log-cabin,--n little sl,anty
with mud stuok between tho logs to koop tho
wind and rain out
HOWELL
for it was nothing but hoyel,-12 feet BY 20,
with barely loom to stand up in, with never d
flower or shrub noar, without tho kindly elado
Of treo; bare, blaclr, wrotchcd npodo, TT for
nothing but tho squalid and tho pigs. No booka
thoro; no gladstone music no fragrant plants
to scent the mir; no grateful ahndo to cool tho
heated framo Of tho man who had toilod all day
in tho glowing folds, with tho sun at 90. 1t
waa stab1o tit to put tho straw in. Yet tho
owner of those beautiful corn-1elds was tho in
habitant OF this place.
As ho Qho speakor) went furthor on past tho
waving corntold ind its poor master, he Haw
4 PALACE,
surrounded by all tho improvements TINT extrav-
agant tasto could sigh for, aud fitted with all tho
luxurieB that wealth could command. The abode
of whom? OF tho man WHO handles hia poor
himself.
The mnn who 1ivcs in u hovel gots too little.
and tho man who ivos in tho palace gets
too much. It wns to pull down the palace to tho
levol Of tho hoyol, or build up tho hoyol 10 tho
proportions Of the palace, that tho farmers Of
this stnto had organizod.
He thou reforrod to statistics by William
Ewart Gladstone, premior OF England, showing
that tho accrotion Of wealth Ind practically bo-
gun 500 years ago, but that, during tho past 20
years, as much was accumulated az during tho
preceding 70 years, and wont on to ask WHO it
SWALLOWED THIS WEALTH.
It waa not tho toiling people. Of whom tho
farmers were 4 majority [seo Flagg'a addroaB).
The pooplo wore still living from hand to mouth.
toling prcdocessora, who titled the ground in
hnciont days, had dOno. notwithstanding those