The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-03
4 R0UBING SPECS Il.
Her. Jesse NOrnent Attended the
Grand Rally Held on the Bluff
at Memphis Last Monday
Evening, Rn3 delivered the following
Able and Eloquent Speech to Fully
Ten thousand Dem 5er&ts
COL. JESSE TORRENTS SPEECH.

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tion to be with you on TIN, scc2si On.
The presence OF this vast assemb,ags Of
intelligent eitizsAs, whose chief desir. is
to secure good g vernHsent and the proIae-
ten Of the welfare of every class, fer the
purpose of HnitinS their individual ener-
gies IN an earnest effort u push forward
the car Of Democracy and insure the sue
cess of lis he-ysr-bon p'iaci Piles, demon
strates thar in The Judgment the peace,
happiness and prosrerit, Of the people
lies IN the success of Democratic princi-
pies and nolicies.
Allow ne 10 congratulate you upon
she fact that the outlook for the Democ-
racy Was never Brighter. anI to remind
you that all that l. necessary to secure
the overthrow Of the Republican cohorts
in the atien, in the state ana ia the
bauSer Democratic eoWn-y Of Tennessee
il s. shoui der TO shoulder contest Hyon
the part Of the Democratic host~. A
Dem ocratic victory on Thursday next
IN ans a certain Democratic victory on
the 9Th OF November, and Democratic
victory in SsvemDsr means the utter
destruction Of the Republican party and
the ssce ndancy st Democratic prln
siples for years to come.
The enemies of Democracy and Of the
people are ma king their final struggle
for existence as political paw, and
they wall fight with the desp ration of
me n who ieel that upon the rosa # The
contest depends ecOAO mical government
and thos- who believe that the pos snrs
OF the wealth ana intelligence OF lhi>
country should govern in our local al
fairs, sheuld turn out and work ~ one
man for the success of til Democratic
ticket from end t. end On the 2nd OF
August next.
He then went on to ojte the purposes
for which congress may levy and collect
taxes, After which he entered Into a
d scussion Of the tariff, said Is:
This doctrine Of pro e in Is vicious
in principle and pernichu, in practice;
| 1t assumes tbs right Of ~. government to
take the time and money Of The masses
and = bestow il upon special classes upon
| the pretext that the latter cannot prosper
vi thou: It. Those pulling infants cannot
su beist without the government pap they
" .uld have the people believe BY means
| OF oom binations and trusts they control
! IN price Of many Of the necessaries Of
lie consume d by 6),000,0OO Of people.
| With heir paid ag@ut~ they tere tae
arena of politics AMI ,Hcc-.ede in defeat
ing the people. 1 hey b,siege your State
| and national Legislatures with powerful
! Hobbies, and secure legislation in their
own interest and against the interest
tn people BY running on half time
they can supply the demands of he
| home market, and as soon as the supply
Is equal 10 the demands of he no ne
! market they shut down IN .r mills and
| throw their lahorers out OF employment
without even tn e necessities Of life. They
| have demonstrated that they are able to
take care Of themselves and no longer
need the aid OF special legislation. 1t
macks III human Saving. Every dol
lar " the Increase in pr OF the art
/ icles used by the laborers 81 the co untry
caused by the protective tariff, presents
| a day of a'or to consumers of tho G
articles, II, by reason 81 the tariff, al
article which the labo rer is compelled to
| have is made to sell for s. which would
| otherwise cost him emily 81 tie labOrsr
is forced 10 work one day for the seller Of
that article, and for that day he has )rrn
made his slave. About one fourth OF he
| proceeds OF the labor Of the C .uu.ry is,
| by operation of law, turned over 10 thu
| protected Classes a. Donu. Ii the
/ government can, ~ ella = legislation, be-
stow upon the pr 'lected pre- iucer any
| part OF the time ot the laberer il car
make him MS absolute slave, The To-
hOri ngman's wages represents his time
| his sweat and energy, and he M light a
wall be conpsll ed to go, under tn Lash
and work enc day 70 nothing IN tn,
mine or factory, As to be compelled t,
tHrn eve. to the swnsr OF that mine OF
factory thr proceeds OF enc days labor
The "a ,oiinS man works whole week
and eli Saturday evening b. rec Give
| Sc for his weeks rOrk. That Sc repre-
sentH tue toll an sweat OF that week
and he ina, nothing else 10 show for il.
He goes and lays 1t cut IN goods for
himself and family, anC is forced t,
give the So for what wsHd without
the existence OF the high tariff law
have cost him only 81 What be.
came OF the 81? Ii went to the pro-
ducer of the goods he bought as a
reward tor engaging IN that business
the Republican idea i that the
! farmers aud labOrers meet no re-
ward ior carrying on their business
! That the, are only fit to be hewsrs
of wood AID drawers of water for
the millionaire factory lords who
M tde large contributions to Repub-
lean cam paign funds The mean
ing of il ali is that the taxing power
of the government has been place d
III the hands of the protected pro-
dlcers, AMI they are collecting mil.
lions annually from the iaborers aud
consumers Tor their avn benefit.
The excuse tor the perpetuation
of this unjust and oppressive system
which was adopted fer the purpose
OF enasling the government to pres.
ecate the war bel ween the States, is
that 1t is necessary to protect Amer
lean labor against the pauper labor
of Europe, inns excuse Is sham