The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1879-11-15

following good burlesque. on a re-
cent "Greenback" speaking at
Jackson.
safer Gen. West subsidized there
was n deafening call for Mr.. jana
than Warp, the gentleman from
lssaquena, who happened to be
among the auditors. This call
was surprise 10 many, and Jona-
than was evidently reluctant to
respond. However, there is no
resisting hurricane, and Warp
moved TO tho stand amid the
thnnders Of applause from a largo
audience, wild with enthusiasm.
lie said-we quote his words, be-
cause it is idle to attempt q report
Of his speech without the use Of
the identical language employed
by him-he said:
MR. WARTS spEECH.
"FelIer-citersens, Democrats,
Greenbackers, Radakils and Soap.
tails: You have called, and here
am. But disclaim any responsi.
hility for this meetin.' ! want it
TO 90 down to posterity that I had
no hand in importing the Solou
[applause) Of New England into
Mississippi on tho eve Of an i'm.
portant local election. lie has
come and he has made a good DEM
Ocrat speech. (applsusel but he
| madc 1t entirely OH his own hook
lie didn't consult mo about what
he should say, and l didn't
tell him how to say il.
| Applause and laughtcr.] | don't
intend to controvert tho main
points cfhis two hours speech.
All the hail columbia he gave the
Republican party meets with my
unqualified endorsement. Hearty
applause.l | believe the old Re-
| publican party is mean enough to
be dosed to death OH unshirtcd bail
columbia. (Vociierous applsuse.)
The more hail Columbia Solon
gives the moro hc tickles me. Zap
plause. But Solon's hog propoai-
tion (laughter) imprcsses Inc as too
far-fctched for this latitude. 1t
may suit Now England and tho hog
States OF the West. .Dut for the
bog eaters Of Mississippi it ap-
pears thin Laughter and applaasel
What. has he come all the way
from Maine to try to convince
these colorcd men Of mississippi.
the constitutional pork.eaters Of
tho nation, (laughter) that the
governmental policy Of squeezing
the largest amount Of hog into 4
dollar is detrimental to their inter-
ests |! (Applauso and laugbter)
! appeal to you colored men and
women, to say If this is patriotic
view of the hog question:! You
\ know as well Us DO, that the most
! hog which the Constitution allows
to be squeezed into a dollar is the
true doctrine for you. Thunder
ing applause) Why if Mr.. S6lon
had his way he would make hog
as valuable as horsc, or mule,
| or o bale OF cotton, and then how
would the poor darkey or the poor
white man get any hog meat 10
eat9 (''Dat's So" from the Ethio
plan side oftae house., You know
my dearly beloved colored fellow.
citizens, that it is hard enough to
supply the larder.anyhow--so hard
that it has grown unhealthy il,
this State for hogs--(laughtcr from
Saxony)--even after the amour,
of hog sqeezed into dollar ha;
been increased. l am opposed Il
any national policy which lessons
the amount ofhog squeezed intt
dollar. Laughter aud applause !
; The more hog you can squeeze int
a dollarti better it is for us.
1.-The gentleman from Maine hs'
applied his hog argument to Miss
issippi, but it won't 60 down. /
may DO the thing for Maine.
expect it is-but for Mississippi !
hurts the tcnderest sensibilities o
q large class Of our voters. (Laugh
, ter) am surprised that he woul,
press an objection to the low pric
, OF hog OH a Southern audience
| and mixed one at that. / don
understand it. | believe it j
some sort Of trick. The fac
is am beginning to believe the ol'
man from Maine is trying to per
/ petrate a huge joke on us. ldon
> believe that lie is the venerabl
Solon Shingle we have read abou
, no how (Laughler) My opiuiol
is that he is the veritable old Maj
Jack Downing that came out from
away down East In the State o
Maine during Gen. Jackson'
reign. (Laughter.) lie Is III
identical Mj.Jack Downing, re
diyivus, aud MI this onslaught o
his upon the hog cye-den is intend
ed for sarkasm. (Vociferou
laughter') lie don't mean it. II
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