The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-05-22

squared like infantry in battle resisting he charge
foT revision anywhere is defeat everywhere"
so the sole duty any one VIII give up is that
sugar, because they believe the surrender of the
sugar duty will take from the treasury 50 many nil
Mons of dollars; that thereby all other duties nay be
saved. The promise to give bounties is as purely
lllusory 80 were The offers made on the Mount Of
Temptation. The present tariff q result of com
bination is TO be maintained by combination. The
interests which secured its passage 10 retain its
benefits the means received by H. so far neces-
sai, are 10 We used 70 perpeuate IT, The boast has
been made on this floor that the chGirnan Of the
committee on ways an4 means of the forty-eighth
and fOTty-lIinth cencrcsses-that gallant and pure
Psntteman, brave of heart. clean OF Efe, loyal TO
friend frank 70 foe, with conscience void Of
ofense and lave for truth that nothing could daupt
has been stricken down because he opposed thk
combine" Greatly as dep!ore his defeat and as
mneh as .d., MIS- his ds,s,, presence i
It was win be OF greater benefit than his presence
His very absence arrests the attention Of the re
public, and all people ask, ''are su h clectionf
necessary to the maintenance Of this system"'
Gentlemen, prolectionists, warn you that the
vacant seat OF Morrison cries louder uan the viz,
tues Of Duncan against the deep Gamnation Of
his taking off,"
In conclusion. he said
M one standing here in this hall today and
looking into the future could be able to see what
the years would bring under system whose uu-
tfammelled activities of free Christian people find
fruition under a climate salubrious and with
coil so fertile all burdens to progress thrown aside,
all passions of the past removed, and everyone
make for and out OF the opportunities
to which he is called all that is possible no hand
the result. Then we. children Of exiles and emil
grants could welcome kinsmen of all lands to
cast their lot with u.s. for willing hands would find
waiting work 10 yield a livelihood. The silence Of
the river, now broken entirely by an occasional
fiat would be turned into the sweet hum OF proiita
Bile commerce. Secret lodges of anxious and dis
contented operatives would become open assem-
blies of happy and contented families from whose
"reminiscences the shadow of want had given place
to the mild radiance Of permanent comfort The
husbandman, no longer sowing in tears, would yet
and is founded in the certainty ofa assured market
at rcmunerative prices The legislation o
the country, having for its object
me me public good 70 r ana freed rom
grapplc with the problem which progress will pre-
sent and the free people be represented by free rep
resentatiycs, neither owned, seduced nor terrified
by organized interest. Slowly will this future come.
We have had our backs TO it today. Let us turn our
faces to its rising sun. If we can do no more, we
can lift our eyes toward the east of new hope and
resolve that from this hour steps shall be in
that direction.
Mr.. Breokinrdge's reference to Mr.. Morri-
son was greeted with most tumultuous APP
plause on the democratic side Hands and
arms were wildly waved and books tossed into
the air Turning toward Mr.. Randalls seat,
Mr.. Breckenridge expressed his high apprecia-
ton of Mr.. Randalls past services and to his
him to hear the gentleman close his speech by
a reference to slavery. 1t contrasted with the
manly opening Of the gentleman from Ohio
(McKinley), when he put the past behind him
and looked to the present and the future.
The applause, which had been literally in
terspersed throughout Mr.. Breckinridge's
Speech grew into storm when that gentle
man concluded and took his seat. Cheer fol-
lowed cheer, ladies in the galleries were
waving their handkerchiefs and Mr.. Breckin-
ridges colleagues rushed forward enthusiast
caly to grasp his hand