The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-07-13

workingmen of Albany, and when
say workingmen l do not forget that
in our country the number who live
upon the income of what they have
accumulated or inherited is extremes
ly small, and that nearly every citi-
zen of our vast Republic lives on the
produce ofhis daily toll. In America
we are nearly all workingmen. There
fore the interest and prosperity Of
that class may almost be eaid to be
the interest and prosperity of all. No
country which the sun shines upon
has had so many blessings as our own.
Stretching from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and from tho great lakes of
the North TO the Gulf of Mexico with
genial climate, with fertile soil,
with every natural and artificial ia
cility for the travel and trapsporta-
ton, with all the arts and industries
of old civilization planted and hour4
ishing amid the boundess natural
wealth of a virgin continent, we
ought to be to day the most prosper
GUS, the most hapay and contented
people in the world. But what is
our actual conditions All business
depressed, every industry languish-
ing, labor without employment and
the wolf at the door of nearly every
home'in the land, gaunt and hungry.
Applause. What is the matter7
We know that for the last eleven
years, since the peace, the earnings
of labor and income of capital have
been consumed or wased in govern
mental expenditure. The taxes drawn
from the people OF the United States
have been larger than the entire net
savings Of the whole 44,000,O 0,OOO.-
These taxes have increased within
short period OF tourfold, and its intln
enco Is ielt upon every business and
every industry, and in every home
throughout our broad land. What
next do we find in tho public admin
stration! Everywhere abuse, pecn-
la'ion, frauds and corruption until
we are almost becoming ashamed OF
the Institutions of our country, and
instrad OF holding them mp as eX-
amrlco t"r imitation of oppressed
people OF other countries, we are
contcssing them as n scandal in the
ewes Of mankind. What else do We
Iind! We find the office holding
class have become SO numerous, pow,
crtuI and INSCRIPTIONS, that they
assume to comtr'l elections; aud II
the people are indifferent or at all
equally divided, they are able TO
exert corrupt influence sufficient to
porpolnatc their own power at last
We arc reaching the worst condition
OF the crounirles ot tho world. The
government no longer exists for the
people. The people oxists for the
government. Our Centennial pro-
duct is evils, license and wrongs, to
escape which our ancestors aban-
doned their homes in the Old World
and planted themselves in the will
derne3s. Now, l ask, what is the
remedy for these public evils, for this
private distress, for this disorder in
business, which carries suffering into
every household2 A voice in the
crowd: "The election of Tildenp'-
[Applausc.1
1t is compromised in ono word
''rotorm"-roform of tho public ad>
ministration. Cheers Upon this
subject thero is difference of opinion.
One class say elect tho nominees Of
the party undor which these OWLS
have grown up by the means Of tho
office holding class, which is interest,
cd in preparing those abuses and
wrongs, adopt negatives on whom
all the contcnding factions could agree
without danger OF harm to any or t0
the systom by which they fatton on
tho 8uffcrings of the people. That is
ono opinion. There is another opinion,
and that opinion demands q change
of men for tho sake of reform in tho
administration.
Fellow citizens, don't intend to
argue the question. [ intend to simp.
ly state it and lonvo it to tho udgs
ment of the people. l am heartily
with You in sympathy and action; 1
am happy to meet you to night. l
trust | shall have opportunity Of 500
ing you hereafter. a voice, noxt
November. Choors. Again thanking
you for your kind attention, | bid
you.good ovoning.
The band then played several airs,
and tho Jacksonians, after filing past
the Governor aud, shaking hands with
him, left tho grounds. But tho crowd