The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-20

| Let us call in the british. Let them save
our devastated homes. Courage, dear
brethren be not too much disturbed. The
Lord will reign even II the board OF
mayor and aldermen should adjourn.
Call in the British when the day comes
that this republic cannot save itself from q
dozen OF its own citizens without aid from
over tho sea. hope to be buried q
thousand leagues under some respectable
and permanent mountain range. What
unreasonable talk this is, A dozen men
fix the prices for 60,0O0,000 lfrcemen.
But II the revenue reform orator on tho
monopoly is terrible like an army with
banners, there is theme on which he can
take up the notes oil the dying swan. How
we do love TO hear him on the impover-
ished farmer. Then he is not sublime,
but he is pathetically great. heard him
years ago. To me, innocent, mtrayeled,
II seemed rs II the western farmer was the
most c-bogone, down troddcn, lucklcss,
unsuccessful, dispiritcd man on the face OF
the earth Eastern vampires had mort
gagged his farm and thrown downhi fences
and scattered his substance wantonly TO
the winds. In the iullncss OF time tray
eled west myself. You may well imagine
my establishment, who had mover seen ten
acres together in corn, TO behold fields
Of that great staple stretching way ont TO
the horizons edge, TO see tracts of land
which seemed 10 have no boundaries but
the visible sky; land so rich that II we had
an acre OF IL in Maine We would have
sold II by the bushcl while on every
side were the great brick houses, such
M only the squire lived in in our villages.
After como days OF this became sulky. |
said, gentlemen, OF course, we have rob.
bed you; your congressman would not lie
about tritles like that. But what disgusts
me Is that we did not do IL moro thorough.
ly. The cleaning looks bigger than the
harvest. Then they contlded 10 me that
tho western congressman wcro great orators
and did this for practice. Since then
have not been 30 much moved by IL.
Here il another unsolicited gun called
"thc markets OF the world" The markets
of the world How broad and cool these
words are. They stretch from the frozen
regions of the northern pole across the
blazing tropics TO the icc-bound shores Of
tho Antarctic continent. All this We can
have IL we will but give up the little hands
breadth called the United States Of Amer.
lea. What are the markets Of the world7
To hear those rhctoricians dcclaim you
would imagine the markets OF the world q
vast vacuum waiting until now for Amcri.
can goods TO break through, rush In
and I'LL the yearning void. Will your
goods go TO Austria, TO Italy, Germany,
Russia or France. Around all these be.
nightcd countries arc Chinese walls OF
tariff taxes. Britain herself is protected
by vast capital, accumulated through ages,
the spells OF her own and other lands, by
n trade system us powerful as II u relcnt-
less. All these nations will contest with
you the other countries which they already
cover. Does your mouth water over tho
prospect What market do you give up
Tor all this2 Where IL the best market In
the world2 Where the people have the
most money 10 spend, right herr Ina the
seven years Of protcctionist rules An
YOU aro asked 10 give up such q markc
for tho markets OF the world. Why, th
history OF such Transaction was toll,
lately, 400 years ago. It IL u classic. You
will lind Il In the works Of lEsop the fab.
| ulist. Once there was dog lie WIS a
nice little dog Nothing the matter with
| him except few foolish FREQ trade
ideas In his head. lie was trOt.
ting along happy o. tho day, for be
| had in his mouth nice shoulder oi
succulcnt mutton. by and by lac camo 10
n stream bridgcd by n plank, hc trotlod
along, and lTbking over the side Of the
plank, lac saw the markets Of the world
and diycd for them. \ minute after ho
WIS crawling up tho bank. the wottest, the
sickcst, the naslicsi, most multonlcss dog
that ever swan ashore.
We have now spent twenty days on tho
| discussion Of the Mills bill. Have you
noticed what has been the most utterly In.
significant thing In the discussion2 Tho
most utterly magnificent thing Ia the dis.
cusson has been the Mills bill. How do
you account for ~ | will tell you. Ii the
principles you have cnunciatcd are true, Il
u unworthy to compromise with Satan. II
the principles We have stated arc true, II Is
nn unworthy nmbuacade and YOU know Il.
You mean this merely for one call. You
mean 10 cut deeper ncxttime. You mean
tho destruction Of the system which
now exists. The whole case can h.
put succinclly in few words. II
the principles you announce are true, YOU
must have direct taxation. n tho dollar
YOU pay the cuslom.housc ON tho import
| " followed by q dollar to the manuiaci-
| urcr Tor every Ike quantity Of domestic
| goods, which YOUR tariff incidentally en-.
| courugcs, then that manufacture Is a mis-
| fortune. Ii takes dollars out OF the farmer
or lawyer without rent. II ~ not easy
under this government 10 say that the in.
direct collection for two dollars, ono-hall
Of which is lost 10 the people, " easier bo-
cause the poor fools do not know u. That
| Il the old quotation made from Colbert by
the gentleman irom West Virginia. SURE.
| ly In this country you do not ayOw that
YOU arc trying 10 got "tho maximum 81
feathers out oi tho goose for the minimum
Of squnlling." You don't moan 10 take
feathers out Of tho American goose aud
deny him the poor privilege Of noiso2 No,
u our proud bird ought % squandcr icath.
ors, ho u plucky enough 10 surrender Ike
an eagle, and II Il Is q tax alone ho has q
right to sec just what feathers 20.
The iorcialhcn oi these Democrats saw
this, aud like the honest men they worc,
clamorcd for direct taxation. They were
right Why do YOU not act like thcmi
Why not DO bold3 Why DO you hesitate2
II ~ because tWcnty.soyon ycars Of knowl.
odgo divide You from them. In your
heart Of hearts you suspect your own
logic; you dare not You may well he'd.
tate. Whoever takes down the map OF
1890 and the map OF 1883 will look upon
tho most wondrous growth that ever the
sun shone on In all It's myriad courses
around the earth. II h a marvellous
spectacle. II not alone tho great cities,
born like cxhalalions, which flash pros
pcrity over the great lakes, over the broad
plains, over the mighty fields, rich will
ycrdurc or seeming with unconni harvest