The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-09-02

Eloquent an d C0nvfn Gin g
Speeches by Hon. Jn0. l..
II. Sneed and GEN.
j. Id. G. Adkins.
Hancock and English Banner
Flung to the Breeze.

At midnight on Monday the cannon
Numbered and disturbed the peaceful
reign Of the sleepy god. Throughout
the night the :artillerymen held high
carnival and provoked profane litera>
ture from the followers of DeGolyer
Garfield and drowsy democrats. In
the morning the denizens for miles
around commenced pouring into town
until by noon the crowd was swelled
to huge proportions.
At 2 o'clock pm, Hon John L. I.
Sneed, elector for the state at large,
took the stand in the grove near the
Southern Pacific Hotel, and delivered
e stirring and convincing Hancock
and English speech. He reviewed
the corruption of the republican party
in most scathing manner from its
infancy to the present time. He had
the testimony at his fingers end, and
one by one the leaders and high off,
Gals of the radical columns fell before
bis trenchant blade. The platform at
Chicago the speaker called snares and
man>traps. He said no man from
Washington to Hayes had ever aspir-
ed to the presidency whose character
was besmirched with fraud and pee
ulation, until James Abraham Gar
field aud Chester A. Arthur had been
placed in nomination. The investiga-
ton of Gar6eld's public record and
that of Mr. Arthur, using facts from
their own party papers and associates,
could not be controverted. Judge
Sneed said that no civil service plank
was introduced into the Chicago plat.
form because it was foregone con-
clusion that Mr. Arthur would be
nominated for Vice President and he
couldn't stand on aplank of that kind.
His eulogy of Hancock was finished
and eloquent and in elegance Of die
ton could not be surpassed. He con-
graduated himself that he could car
ry the banner of the Knightly Han
cock without a,,blush, because upon it
was no speck or blemish. The argu-
ment of our distinguished elector was
sound to the chore, logical, brilliant
and convincing. During his speech
lusty cheers made the welkin ring and
drove home the eloquent truths he ut
tered.
Gen. J. d. e. Atkins followed in q
mastery argument of nearly two
hours length, during which he was
frequently enthusiastically cheered.
He begun by saying that he was
thorough national democrat, and
would not know how to live out of the
party, and urged the democracy to
not divide OH state issues when much
more important matters demanded
their attention. He said the republi-
cans were doing all in their power to
dovide the party in this state and in
Virginia, with the hope of gaining
few congressman. While we were d.
vided they would reap the benefits.
They wanted to gain enough congress
men to have a majority, then throw
the Presidential election into the
House and elect Garfield. He then
showed up the iniquities of the Re-
publican party since it has been in
power in q most scathing and eloquent
manner, which carried conviction to
almost every nearer. lie said that
some demagogues tried to convince
the people that the state debt was
crushing the life out Of our people, and
then showed the fallacy of the argu.
ment by figures, showing that Tennes.
nessee paid annually to the United
States government seven to eight mil
lions of dollars for internal revenue
and tariff. He then showed how the
people of Tennessee paid s31 500, 900
profits into the hands of northern and
eastern manufacturers, which we
would save but for the infamous high
tariff put on US by therepublican par
ty after the war and continued by
them. And yet our people do not
complain at paying nearly twice the
sum Of our whole state debt annually
to the general government. He also
ventilated the national blank law,
showing the great sum of S17 900, 900
interest was paid them to loan money
to the people, and the repub.
licans were keeping these men in pow
er, while the Democrats were trying
to repeal the law. He was in favor
ofapprOpriasing all the surplus reve>
nue. to the payment of the bonded
debt, fund the balance ut low rate