The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-05-16
Nick ENZIE'S Wit.
A SPEECH WHICH BROUGHT
THE HOUSE DOWN.

THE HOUSE DOWN.
l want TO ask you another qncs-
tion OIL the subject OF iron (and that
is where the iron enters into my
soul !; OH the subject Of iron will the
consumers or manufacturers be heard
or needed before this august tribunal
OF nine? On the subject of wooden
goods will the ragged and suffering
poor that pay the enormous duty on
wool and the manufactured product
that constitutes their mi,erable
squalid covering have an audience ?
Or will the rich owners OF the mil.
lion spindlcs and the l.rdly proprie-
tors OF the herds upon q thousand
hills to be listened to and obeycd I?
WIN ear be, given 10 the plants ol,be
lowiy, the stricken, tho oppressed
and oil effort made to relieve their
grievances? Or will these doctri
naires DO wined and dined by the
manufacturing aud protected inter.
ests, and listen TO appeals whereby
the thurnb.screws of taxation and
protection eau be so applied as 10
wiring an additional penny from the
unwilling hand of pcnury and want !?
| Applause. viii the shiverlng,
aguc.slrickcp people OF our malarial
bottoms be listened 10 inytheir cry
tor unlaxed medicinal herbs, or will
the quinine kings of Philadelphia aud
New York be heard In she effort 10
restore Q tax on quinine, which II
ever enacted, should. be styled "An
act for the promotion Of malarial
feverir fli = s b
These arc questions. as Lord
Byron said, at once answerless aud
yet inccssant; they appeal TO our
sense Of juslicc and; to- allihe finer,
higher and noblcr Instincts and i'm.
pulses OF our better natures.
Little as you may think it, gentle.
men, Republicans are not wholly dc
praved. tGreat laughtcr.J say
this IN the interest of humanity; |
say this for the general credit OF our
common country. II Ia All admission
not extortcd from inc, but yoluntari-
Iy made because | rcnlize II, aud ask
them, notwithstanding the great bur.
den Of sin and infquily that hangs
upon them like a cloud notwiih-
standing The great dust aud smoke
that obscure the few good actions
they have done, | ask them in the
name ofihc shivering people Of our
malarial bottoms, | ask them in the
interest OF the halfnaked aud half.
starved people of the whole country,
II they are willing 10 pcrpeirate q
System Tor mere party supremacy
that works so great i'll aud injustice
to that class OF our people that needs
The protection Of your laws. Do not
all answer at once gentlemen,
lLanghtcr.l
Win Wall street have a voice In
this business? And the national
banks, those blessed institutions that
haye brought such untold and incal.
culablc benefits upon our poor tax
P"yers-wiii tney nave Voice, TO-
gsthcr with other moneyed monopo
lies, tosccure relief from the imsgi
nary grievances OF which they COM
pam or WIN 'hc hard listed farmer
eiad III me habllimei's OF holden
gray that betl. his calling, bc able ia
secure audience and obtain redres,
Tor 'he real grievances uhder which
ne Is now ana mas ior'so long atimt
occn iaoorlngf
we hear our friends on the othei
sue howl about the Demoerstic op
position to tue re.chartcring ot The
national BANKS Gentiemcn, If the
Democratic party never made any re-
cord mat WAS honorobie to- it, II Y
never made any other record IN th'
interests Of The people raiher thar
protected few, u Is the fact that W.
haye got the national, bank intcres
ss The under dog y this fight, aud W
intend 70 Keep u there II we have Y
stay here all summer. Applause.
| ask you II you are going to adop
this System as a whole, or will 80.
reJect II ( or what will you do will
i NJ A distinguished Senator said
,ew dsysago AZ INC other end OF TN
Sapmo'--i mean senator Ai,ison-
cause II secured' nor. n.sc,,on for ~,