Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-12
CAROLINE RALLY.
TELLING SPEECH OF HON. CHARLES h.
MAssuR, OF MISSOURI
Democratic Meeting at Bowling Grsen-A
Large aathsring-An Able Address
Greatly Enjoyed
Correspondence of the Richmond DisDatch.l

Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatchl
BowLrNa GREEN, VA. Sept 10. 1883.
Hon. Charles II. Mansur, OF Missouri,
addressed the Democrats OF this county
in the courthouse to-day. Owing TO
pouring rain the crowd in attendance
upon court was quite small, but this ana
not in any way affect the speeches lie
opened 10y expressing his pleasure 81
standing for the first time before All
audience OF the citizens of Virginia,
State TO which be had always been
strongly attached. and that himselt
farmer he came to speak 10 the farmers
of Caroline upon the issues vital 10 theih
that the coming election involved. lie
showed by the census reports OF the
United States that the period OF greatest
in the prosperity OF inc
farmers OF this country was the decade
from 1850 to 1860 under Democratic
Administration all but two years ana
under the lowest tariff law that this coun-
try has ever had, the percentage oil IN
crease for that decade being lOO per
cent. that for the period from 1860 70
1870 being about 81 per cent. and thai
for the period from 1870 to 1851 9.lo OF
] per cent. This he charged was due 70
the tariff and the Republican rule.
BAYEFUL EFFECTS OF PROTECTION.
He then showed that the building mp
of gigantic manufacturing Industries and
enriching the monopolists did not help
the farmers by creating home market
az the Republicans claimed, and proof
of this cited The case OF the State OF
Pennsylvania, which was the largest
State of the Union and
in which. as the census showed, the
wealth OF farms, farming implements,
products, &c, had steadily decreased
ms the manufacturing interests In
creased. These facts, he said, could not
be denied. they were proven by the
highest authority in the land so far as
statistics go. He denied the charge OF
the Republicans that the consumer did
not have 10 pay the tax of the tariff, be-
cause if man had to pay - here Tor an
article that he could buy in England for
81 he WIS paying the tax, and when a
man paid for suit Of clothes here dou-
BILE what it would cost abroad he was
paving the tariff. This tax was upon the
Of life and fell most heavily
upon those men who found 1t hard 10
procure these necessaries.
CLEVELAND AND THURMAN.
The people had borne these burdens
ever since the late civil war until Grover
Cleveland precipitsted the issue before
them. Starting as sheriff he had risen
rapidly to the presidency of the United
States, and had given to the world
fearless and clean Administration. None
but great man could have accomplished
this
Speaking Of Judge Thurman he said
that the only attack the Republicans
could make upon him was that he was an
old man. 1t was an honor to be old and
eray-headed. He would yet live to be
the Moses to lead the people of this
country from the wilderness Of unjust
and excessive taxation. The ticket was
n strong one. While Cleveland would
win many Mugwumps that Thurman
could not, Thurman would hold many
Democrats that might otherwise find
cause for dissatisfaction.
ADDRESSING THE CoLORED PEOPLE.
Speaking to the colored people he
said that after three and half years Of
power the Democratic party had made
no effort to put them back into slavery,
and that speaking for the people OF his
own State he would say that they would
not put them back into slavery if they
could do it by turning over their hands.
He did not believe that there was col
ored man in Caroline SO silly as to think
that the Democratic party wanted to put
them back into slavery. The Republ-
cans pretended to be the friends of the
colored people, but he had heard some
Of the white Republicans of his State
say that they could not eat a meal cooked
by colored person, ard that they could
not bear TO have them around, because
when they happen to touch them 1t felt
like the touch of serpent. He had
never experienced any such feeling as
that. He had eaten for twenty-five
years meals cooked by a colored cook.
He had been raised with them had run
races with them played with them !;
hunted the opossum with them, and
had grown to manhood with them, and
had never had any such feeling as that.
THEIR BEST FRIENDS.
The white men Of the South were the
best friends that the colored men had.
They helped them in times of trouble
and sickness, and. yet the colored men
would always vote against them, and the
reason was because they were afraid not
to-afraid Of their own brethren. But
this could not last. The colored man
would eventually learn that 1t was his
best policy to vote with the white man.
1t would come in time.
CONCLUSION.
Concluding, he urged upon all Nir-
ginians to do their duty like men and
send up handsome majority for Cleye-
land and Thurman.
His speech was a powerful one, and
undoubtedly did much good, for any rea-
sonable man must see the truth OF his
statements and arguments.
Miss Kate Wright has been appointed
to the third place as teacher III the
graded school here.
Circuit Court will commence to-mor-