The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-28
BUTLER AND WEST.
A SPEECH AND a LETTER,
The Grernha,k Candidates fnr President
and NiCu-prc,idCnt nciin" Their
ru.itious-iien Makes Re
murkablr statements,

punyprvru, Aur, 2l-I.a,t evening,
zen, Butler az ,m spoke at Rocky Point,
tou small audience, substantially ms fol-
lows:
lla -u.d he hUd followed the banner of
democracy uw"i',mgly, because twas
tho party OF slavery, Ilc kept his bar
gHu villa iaUt UrfNwulrh iu those days
WuS ,it nearest st"-ll, jon, DAY II
N,ls r.NaiilUl.uu.lr right, lie fought
Iug h., country, Uuli' hc found hi, Couu
uy Ia danger and thon left tho party
and rcbvllcd. When ! Wu, released from
my obligations tu lua Constitution,
mere Of my country, and did what could
{. right that wrong, la lHil ! voted Tor
o. hill hy which the yC-ru could ROMAN
mere without having ni, homo ritdlCd
with bullets, In ls,S | proclaimed ON
the il0Dr of Congress tha' the Erueuhack
hnUld Ice maintained 20, the currency of
this country. stood by
the grcuuhark because nothing
else was paid the soldiers during war
-rgoubnckS and pay banEcrs gold. !
suid what rs good enough far 'hc solder
Is good enough for lnu banker. Tho
.rocuhugA of today is the money of che
nation, aud soon there will bc none
other, for YOU cannot get much Of
any other. | stood by the Republican
party until il put forward for President,
u man whom could not support Then,
without altering Il single sentiment /
LETT it and supported gallant soldier.
! laid before the Cincinnati convention
and asked the Democratic party 10 adopt
three principles: That the code Of duties
which the Democrats ofmy State had
twice endorsed in the STATE convention,
and to agree upon an Issue rs the
greatest OF issues, that Of
labor and the people; of how the people
were 10 get their Just share of what be
lOnged to them. / brought that before
the Democratic party, and the principle
was spurned. | left them and appealed
to the people. | have not changed one
hair, and what have done has not been
done in a corner.
He then appealed to the people to or
-dui2c much in tine lone of his letter OF
acceptance.
VESTS LETTER.
The following letter from \. NJ. West,
candidate for Nice-Prcsident, was read
At the meeting:
Holly springs, Miss, Aug. IL, iNSl--To Charles
T.. Adams:
DEAR SIR:-I am in receipt Of yours
of the Sih. ! regret my inability to
comply with the invitation ofNOur state
Central committee to participate in
the opening of the campaign demon
stlation of Butler and West, on tho
18th inst. at Rocky Point. have ac-
ccptcd an invitation to speak in Central
Mississippi ON the Eth and i'll scycra!
other places Immediately after. ! inter
from your letter that all the labor and
industrial organizations of your state
are in hearty accord and cooperation
Al I'm. Of
common objects. If this union
and cooperation could he extended
throughout the entire country the pub
lie administration would he reformed,
Justice re-establish ID between man and
man, the CU-Cquality of States rocog-
niAcd, and unjust and deceptive sys-
toms Of taxation ahrogated. The general
"rsources Of the country would be
developed by constitutional methods
and the strife between the States, en-
rendered and fostcrcd by the two old
parties, the unparalleled oppression and
tyranny which have marked theircarccf
would pass away and peace and proper
itV among the masses would follow, the
supremacy of the constitution of the
United states maintained inViolate.
in expenditures, government sai in
correspond With the simplicity of re-
publican institutions, corrupt men
would be expelled from Office and good
men appointed to succeed them, and all
u~eless offices and agencies would be
abolished. / therefore hail you and
those whom you represent MS brethren
engaged in the glorious work of reform
ing the abuses of the government and
trust your meeting of the 10Th will be pro
4Qctve Of much good and that its in
u,,Nnrn will pNtnnl until il fell
all OVER the country, and the people he
aroused to sense of the danger threat
ening their liberties and that the OBJ
iccts for which the National party is
battling may be accomplished. / SIN
those whom you represent, for the cor
dial invitation to attend your opening
demonstration, and regret we are so sit
lated in the south as so forbid like de-
mOnstratiOn.
am, very respectfuilyYours, etc,
\, NJ. WEST.