The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-02

his birthright and manhood for the
 filthy lucre of despot. And now,
 fellow countrymen, will yon hug to
 your breasts the agent of the party that so lately tried to crush you out
 of existence. Will you harp on
 freedoms strings, liberty's accom-
 paniment, 10 the acts and deeds of perjurers and centralizsrs? 1 trust
 the cardinal virtues of the demo-
 cratic party will not be thus betray-
 ed. Why, gentlemen, it is the first
 time Tn the history of your country,
 that I am aware of, that presiden
 tial candidate has himself visited
 the south or stumped any stase. for
 his own personal election. Gen.
 Weaver first visited Alabama, a
 democratic state. and next our demo
 cratic state. Now, what do we
 gather from this? Why, simply the truth of the statement. to catch, if
 possible, those democrats who are
 wavering in their opinion, thus
 weakening the support of Gen. Han
 cock, strengthening that of Gen.
 Garfield, and adding 2 ray of hope
 to the centralizers. You all remem-
 Der che "infernal trap Gen. Weaver pictured out to you; well, fellow
 countrymen.h he is one of the men help
 ing work that 'infernal trap" and is
 now among you asking for higher
 position, so he can work it upoa yon
 upon a still grander scale He
 would have us believe our demo
 cratic representation in congress
 never dld us single act of legisla-
 tion while there. Why, fellow coun-
 trymen, who is it but the democratic
 party that has been hammering on
 our public debt and interest ever
 since it originated to have it reduced.
 Who was it but the democrats that
 introduced bill in congress to pay
 of part of our bonds2 And who was
 it but such as Gen. Weaver, with a
 republican majority to demonetize
 silver, working with all their might
 in the interest of the bondholder,
 heaping millions of dollars of taxes
 upon you for twenty years to come, and which is to be wrung ont of you
 by the sweat of your brow. This, fellow countrymen is the man who asks you for your suffrage, and who for the sum of few paltry dollars has the audacity to come south and virtually ask you to support, in round about way, the past administration, and endorse the acton of intriguers, by supporting them in the future. Stand up for those principles fellow countrymen, winch the constitution of your country gives you, and which is the platform of your civil liberty, then surely is your platform your sword, and freedom of speech under it, the hand that wields it. In de
 fense of this, fellow countrymen, I would pour out my blood, on the soil of my country, rather than have it course my veins, amidst tyranny and monarchy. Again, who is it that pays the tax on tobacco, and whiskev under our present existing laws2 Why it is the consumer. as the wisdom of our laws have judi ciously provided. But General Weaver would remove this revenue, and instead levy tax; and upon whom fellow citizens? Upon the consumer? No, upon you and 1 alike, upon you who never smoke, the same as on the most inveterate smoker, upon the innocent, sober, christian man who waves the truest banner of Temperance and Reform, and and lulls himself to sleep midst the harmonies of happy home, the same as upon the drunkard. This is the doctrine of our distinguished Greenback candidate, and it IS upon this ground ( l presume) that he seeks your support, The Green back party would have us believe, they are world of solid weight when in fact they are enly fairy delusion of frostwork that yanishes with breath. But fellow country men, reviewing the history of primi- 1 tive ages, and gleaning an occasional fact from the lives and deeds of those, Jefferson, and many others, whose lives have long since joined the silent procession of dead centuries. What is the past record of the Democratic party? Her cemeter- ies, the cities of the dead speak for themselves. why "an anthem sung in stone, and poem wrought in l marble" And what is she today fellow-cit under the leadershipoi 1 our gallant Hancock, and the states manship of the brilliant, noble, and l patriotic Samuel J. Tilden. Why 1 SITS, the day star of our nations ex- istencc, and the cradle yet of our civil liberty. And who was it fellow conntrymen that rocked that cradle from our infancy to the present timer Was 1t the present Republican party2 No. Was it the Greenback party2 No. 1t was the Democratic party. the peoples party the party that has