The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-11-17
PEAKE-W WALLACE.



These grand democratic orators 81 exc
at Lexington last Friday afternoon ind
night. Mr.. Peake spoke tn a pat led
room al the courthouse at p. m., Tor
two hours, and the interest in HE
speech never abated for n moment.
In addition TO being line reaso Ier,
he is eloquent, and is n capital rel tter
of anecdotes in Illustrating his subject.
He is also splendid mime, aud hat
adds much To. his entertaining powers
before = popular audience.
At about p. III the visiting clubs
Cone being q splendid one from Rich
mond, all nounted) formed in GonpeC-
ton with the Lexington aambeau Glat,
on Franklin avenue, and marched
through all the principal streets to she
music of band, the shooting Of rockets
and all the parsphanalia OF campaign
clubs, too familiar To need any desGrip-
ton.
At about p. III. The opera house, on
account OF its large seating capacity,
that had been chosen for the address OF
Mr. Wallace, was packed, gallery snd
all, with all eager and expectsnt audi.
ence. OF course Lexington aud all
Lafayette county are always glad Ia
meet William IL. Wallace--we like to
have said the matchless orator of the
state-but then there is Vest aud Phil
lips-anyway, il ia worth going tiity
miles any time to hear him speak.
Ii had been two years since we heard
him speak and he seems TO have Consid-
erably improved in that time--and that
is saying u great deal when speaking 0l
Wallace.
He discussed the tariff from con-
stitutional standpoint. lie quoted
from Chief Justice Marshall and from
Justice Miller, now oi the supreme
court Of the United states, both OF
whom affirmed the unconstilutionslity
of tariff forme for protective pul-
poses-Justice Marshall in his day and
Justice Miller in recent case taken
from the state courts of Kansas.
Justice Miller, though II republican
in politics, denounced the levying Of q
tax for any purpose but 70 secure
money for the purpose OF defrayiag the
legitimate expenses OF the government
a robbery. He declares that the farm
81, or those OF any other occupation has
the same right to dsmans projection Of
the government TO build mp and support
their special interests us has the MANI
facturers.
This is precisely the conclusion that
any man of ordinary intelligence who
ut all understands tho constitution of
his country or is governed by a sense of
common honesty and lair dealing would
come to.
MIR. Wallace showed cOnclusively
that there could be no general pros
perity in any nation where the law OF
reciprocity or the you-trade- with me-
and.I- will-trade- with-yo principle
was violated, that whenever that rule
was infringed upon, it was done for
special purpose and the many suffered
while the lew prospered.
But it 10 impossible for us to follow
Mr.. Wallace in his grand philippe
against the reckless and criminal cou-
spiracy of the protected barons to rob
the people. He did show what The
Democrat has often asserted, that the
| golden era OF this country was between
1850 and 1860, when we were living
under the Walker tariff, enacted in
| lS46-that tariff averaging abont 25
per cent
Mr.. Wallace argued his case as no
| other man has done whom we have
heard in the present campaign--Snd
this we say with no disparagement Of
others.
Wallace is a grand man aud a grand
debater lie is not after office, but he
will, if he lives few years, get one all
the same, and it will be big one.